Warning: This Post May Cause Envy

According to Jacey, she got the best Valentine's Day present ever – a miniature schnauzer puppy!!! She named her Valentine and calls her Val. She is absolutely adorable!

And here she is:

Quote for the Day

"The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of 'liberalism' they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened." – Norman Thomas (six time U.S. Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America)

Who would you be?

If you could be any person from the Bible (other than Jesus), who would you choose to be and why?

Dedication

As some of you know, Jacey fell in love with golf this summer when she started taking lessons at The First Tee. They are not having classes for the winter, but they are playing on Saturdays. Today, she and a group of five other kids played four holes in 31 degree weather!! I am so impressed with the dedication they showed. According to their coach, they not only played, but they played without complaining!! Apparently they had a great time! Most of the other parents walked with the kids, but Jacey being Jacey (and this being her first time to really play) told me, "Bye!" Afterwards, one of the dads (thanks Wade!) bought the kids hot chocolate in the club house.

Nothing to Say

I really have nothing to say right now, but since I haven't blogged in a long time, I thought I might as well write something.

I watched the inauguration at work today and thought it was very interesting. It is a great accomplishment for our country that we finally have an African-American (in the truest sense of the word) as our president. Unfortunately, I disagree with the vast majority of his politics. I have also been pondering the idea of "unity" and I believe this is an impossible task. We are all individuals with varying ideals and beliefs. The only way you can have true unity is if we all believe the same things.

Confession

In a perfect world I would spend all my free time reading the Bible or talking to people about Jesus and furthering my relationship with Him. Unfortunately, I don’t live in a perfect world. So I plod along and make myself feel better by “doing the best I can.” In actuality, I am not doing my best and I think most times I’m not really trying. When I have time, I spend it in front of the television, reading for entertainment purposes, or occasionally surfing the net. Though it pains me to admit, I devote very little of my “free time” to God. This term alone shows how arrogant we humans are. Our time is not free. Our time belongs to God. Our freedom was purchased at a price. Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice for our gain. His death was the most selfless act ever to occur on this planet. It burdens my heart that we take it for granted.

Food For Thought

"A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer