:-D just had to put this up, its just a simple paint based flash animation, but its new to me and I made it :-) (don't laugh, its a pretty flower).
Friday, March 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
This is just a funky thing Anne and I found on the internet that was pretty funny. Its not posted here for much of a reason but just a test to see if I am doing this "embeding" thing right. Thats the way I learn best lol, playing around :-)
Thursday, February 26, 2009
First Flash Project
Ok, I know its just a ball going from one point to another, but its my first flash animation and I'm proud of it lol. Anyway, hopefully I can learn flash enough to do something that is actually useful, or at the very least more impressing :-P Anyway, just had to post it as a first step thing, its fun to learn and I look forward to getting better at it. I'm teaching myself as much as I can before my next leg of school starts up in March, its a bit of a time drain but I must confess, its very enjoyable. I started my first day of a part-time job this morning giving home healthcare to ederly adults (I'm a state tested nursing assistant). Its been almost 5 months since I have worked after the mass lay-offs at the GM plant I was previously employed at. It's not easy for me being the type of person I am to just waltz into a job with confidence, it doesn't matter how many jobs I have been in, or how well I can do any given job. I just feel like a kid, and don't know anything about nothing, and bound to make a complete fool of myself. I know Matthew has been dealing with some of the same sort of feelings (for which Anne and I both have been keeping you in prayer for Matt) and can certainly relate. Anyway, just finished figuring out how to add flash to blogger, so I can show off something that any flash expert will most certainly laugh at LOL. (it may take a few seconds for the flash to load)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Going back to school
I finish my first stage of school this week, it's not my original plan of pursuing nursing, but rather a backup plan in case nursing is more than I can handle. The classes I am taking will give me the certifications that I need for an entry level IT job. I have always loved working with computers and thought that I would do quite well in IT, we will soon see. I still plan to go ahead with the nursing when these classes are finished, which will be the second week of April. At the end of the courses I will have a diploma in IT fundamentals, A+ certification, network + certification, and security + certification. I am thoroughly enjoying the classes, and have learned a fair bit so far. I already knew a lot about typical P.C. function as well as a little programming and a lot of technical. I find myself behind the class in networking and database and ahead of the class in the technical and hardware functions/installations. This blog is really just a small update of what I have been doing lately and a small reason/excuse for why I have been so out of it lately. Actually, I am in class now working on publishing blogs through Microsoft Word 2007 without having to go to blogger. It seem much better, I knew it could be done, just didn't ever get around to giving it a go, and anyway, why not do it in class for a project instead yeah? :-)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A timely video for me
This is a really good video that I had come across and wanted to share. It reminds me of where my own strength leads me and leaves me, and where the strength of God lifts me from and places me.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Just a couple of questions
Can anyone, well, the two maybe three that come here LOL, answer these questions simply and straight forward?
1. Can a believer lose their salvation? And if so how?
and.....
2. How does one know one is a true believer?
I know I am sounding a bit thick, but I really need to understand. I'm really not totally dumb even though it sounds like it sometimes, it sure feels like it. I hear alot of verses, but most of them seem ambiguous when someone else comes along and throws in what seems like a clause that changes things just enought to cause any security at all to fly off. I have meet several people on here who are very kind, and very knowledgable, and have given me much comfort. I'm sure that these two questions have been answered already in some form or another, but I guess what I am looking for may be impossible. A straight forward "no way jose" and "when you put your faith in Christ and his finished work" without the add ons of, "but if you end up falling away later, because of what ever reason, it simply means that you were not really saved at all, no matter what you thought you trusted in". I know its a tough call or seems like it is, how many times have I heard people say, "you can't say things like that, it will cause license to sin is that what you want, a license to sin?". I don't want license to sin, I hate it when I sin, I just want to know that just because I'm over sensitive, react sometimes in an over the top manner, and go to silly extremes and curse my very existance sometimes, that God still has me. Not has lost me and has to chase me down, hopefully He would catch me before I die it thats it, or has to fish for me and hope that I bite. I guess "perserverance" is one of the clenchers for me, sometimes the Word has a way of throwing those words in there that give a feeling of having to no matter what happens, or what emotions well up and make us want to run, we have to "perservere to the end and turn our feelings over to Christ so we don't run away". But somehow that seems like my work holding me to Christ, my work of perservering keeping me saved, so is it my work or Christs work? This has gone a bit further than I meant it to, I was just going to post the two questions :-P. Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts for the hopeless feel free,,,,,I'm just tired of worrying sometimes when I'm driving home that I'll get in a wreck and die and not be ready :-(
1. Can a believer lose their salvation? And if so how?
and.....
2. How does one know one is a true believer?
I know I am sounding a bit thick, but I really need to understand. I'm really not totally dumb even though it sounds like it sometimes, it sure feels like it. I hear alot of verses, but most of them seem ambiguous when someone else comes along and throws in what seems like a clause that changes things just enought to cause any security at all to fly off. I have meet several people on here who are very kind, and very knowledgable, and have given me much comfort. I'm sure that these two questions have been answered already in some form or another, but I guess what I am looking for may be impossible. A straight forward "no way jose" and "when you put your faith in Christ and his finished work" without the add ons of, "but if you end up falling away later, because of what ever reason, it simply means that you were not really saved at all, no matter what you thought you trusted in". I know its a tough call or seems like it is, how many times have I heard people say, "you can't say things like that, it will cause license to sin is that what you want, a license to sin?". I don't want license to sin, I hate it when I sin, I just want to know that just because I'm over sensitive, react sometimes in an over the top manner, and go to silly extremes and curse my very existance sometimes, that God still has me. Not has lost me and has to chase me down, hopefully He would catch me before I die it thats it, or has to fish for me and hope that I bite. I guess "perserverance" is one of the clenchers for me, sometimes the Word has a way of throwing those words in there that give a feeling of having to no matter what happens, or what emotions well up and make us want to run, we have to "perservere to the end and turn our feelings over to Christ so we don't run away". But somehow that seems like my work holding me to Christ, my work of perservering keeping me saved, so is it my work or Christs work? This has gone a bit further than I meant it to, I was just going to post the two questions :-P. Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts for the hopeless feel free,,,,,I'm just tired of worrying sometimes when I'm driving home that I'll get in a wreck and die and not be ready :-(
Thursday, January 8, 2009
An interesting blog I found, if you are a star trek fan that is :-)
I have not posted in a while, and really mean to more, eventually lol. I have been in the midst of many transitions that call for much prayer and would appreciate any that could be given :-). While my mind is in a state of pure blank, I would like to pass along something that I have found just this morning that I thought was really cool. I, as you may or may not know, love science fiction, computers and everything to do with technology, so when I came across this blog I was very pleased. Its by a guy named Joel, not the Breeze Man LOL, but this Joel also goes by Mr. Klingon. I don't know his actual beliefs or manner of thinking as far as the "grace teaching" goes, but the excerpt that I am copying to this post I found most beneficial as well as just plain cool lol. So with no further ado, here it is.....
vaD everything jatlhpu' Sum joH'a' ghaH DuH.
For everything spoken by God is possible. Luke 1.37
This is a Biblical verse, appointed for the fourth Sunday of Advent, that would delight a Vulcan - pondering the logic of it is a tricky business, particularly if you look into the Greek text and realize that it says literally "nothing spoken by God is impossible. (I wonder if the translators who put it in the positive were trying to avoid the dreaded "double negative?")
However you put it, it has potential to fuel long debates along the lines of "can God make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?" And to do so would, I think, miss the point. The context for this passage is the angel Gabriel announcing the miraculous birth of Jesus to Mary. This is the angel's answer to Mary's objections:
vaD everything jatlhpu' Sum joH'a' ghaH DuH.
For everything spoken by God is possible. Luke 1.37
The key Greek word is adunateo ad-oo-nat-eh'-o - is only used twice in this form. It means "to be unable" (that is, impossible) and comes from the negative "a" plus "dunateo" to be able. The root of "dunateo" indicates power (to be able) and is heard in English words like "dynamic" or "dynamite." For the Klingon, I've used "DuH" (be possible). To say "impossible" it would be DuH plus the -Ha' suffix: DuHHa' - not-be-possible. So nothing - even a baby where none would or should be expected - nothing, God says is impossible.
It's worth noting, the other appearence of this word - when Jesus is explaining to the disciples
their failure in healing :
"He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Mt 17:20
Not just for Mary - for all believers "impossible" is out of the vocabulary. What a challenge! And what a promise. It recalls a Klingon proverb: reH 'eb tu'lu' - there is always a chance. In other words, never give up.
I wish I could keep this foremost in my heart every day - and say "I believe, help my unbelief!" I need to write this in places that I'll see it every morning and every night: nothing God says is impossible! Oh, may we live by those words!
vaD everything jatlhpu' Sum joH'a' ghaH DuH.
For everything spoken by God is possible. Luke 1.37
This is a Biblical verse, appointed for the fourth Sunday of Advent, that would delight a Vulcan - pondering the logic of it is a tricky business, particularly if you look into the Greek text and realize that it says literally "nothing spoken by God is impossible. (I wonder if the translators who put it in the positive were trying to avoid the dreaded "double negative?")
However you put it, it has potential to fuel long debates along the lines of "can God make a rock so heavy he can't lift it?" And to do so would, I think, miss the point. The context for this passage is the angel Gabriel announcing the miraculous birth of Jesus to Mary. This is the angel's answer to Mary's objections:
vaD everything jatlhpu' Sum joH'a' ghaH DuH.
For everything spoken by God is possible. Luke 1.37
The key Greek word is adunateo ad-oo-nat-eh'-o - is only used twice in this form. It means "to be unable" (that is, impossible) and comes from the negative "a" plus "dunateo" to be able. The root of "dunateo" indicates power (to be able) and is heard in English words like "dynamic" or "dynamite." For the Klingon, I've used "DuH" (be possible). To say "impossible" it would be DuH plus the -Ha' suffix: DuHHa' - not-be-possible. So nothing - even a baby where none would or should be expected - nothing, God says is impossible.
It's worth noting, the other appearence of this word - when Jesus is explaining to the disciples
their failure in healing :
"He said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Mt 17:20
Not just for Mary - for all believers "impossible" is out of the vocabulary. What a challenge! And what a promise. It recalls a Klingon proverb: reH 'eb tu'lu' - there is always a chance. In other words, never give up.
I wish I could keep this foremost in my heart every day - and say "I believe, help my unbelief!" I need to write this in places that I'll see it every morning and every night: nothing God says is impossible! Oh, may we live by those words!
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