Ok,today is June 19, 2011 for those of you keeping track, but something odd strikes me. Can't seem to put my finger on it. I get this feeling something was supposed to happen on May 21st 2011 and well, it didn't.
Hmmm.
Of course it didn't, much to the surprise of Harold Camping. The surprise was that the world did not end like pastor Camping thought it would.
It won't happen in october either.
See, the problem with what is known has pre tribulation believer's is that some of them go too far and it can be one of two things, one they are either out of their minds or two their down right scary talking about death and how pretty it is going to be. The pretty part is getting to Heaven.
Its a goal that all Christian's want to and will reach, but I personally don't think it should be somethig that consumes your every day thought that you go about planning what you and your friends are gong to do in Heaven once you get there.
A pastor I once heard give a sermon said this: "Even though Heaven is going to be fun and we will finally get a chance to meet Jesus face to face, we shouldn't go making plans for what we are going to do once we get there, because it will amaze so much, we wont have time to make plans."
If I am getting long winded and what I just wrote makes no sence, let me put it this way: Maybe we should just live our lives the way do, worshipping God the way we do and leave the party planning to Him.
Don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to going to Heaven when I die, but I have never made plans of what I will do once I get there.
Here is a question that may or may not have been asked during the months leading up to that May Saturday. Why is this guy saying this?
I can't speak for him, but I can give you my hypothesis and its this: Once we become Christians we want to share the Good News of Christ with other people. We want them to know the same joy that we feel and the fact that we are going to heaven. We want them to come with us.
We made the choice,why can't they?
It's a fair question that I think I have the answer for. I have stated this before.
Christians and non christian alike like doing what ever it is they do and they don't want to be told that it is wrong. Doesn't matter if it is or isn't. Alot of people in todays society love doing the wrong thing just for the sake of doing it.
People may say to you, 'why are you a Christian? Why is it so important to you to have God in your life'? Another simple answer, it is because we are tired of living our lives the way we used to.
When I became a Christian in 1993, I was dealing with alot of issues. I didn't know how to deal with them. Some of it anger, some it just nonsence I had brought on my self. Thing was, I wanted to get rid of it all, but I didn't know how to.
Now, granted there are doctors, therapist's etc that can help what ever ills you, but, the problem comes back.
What I found is that God is the ultimate healer. Once you give him a problem in your life, he takes care of it. Now, you may find your self thinking about it from time to time, but you know God has it in control.
Once again, when we become Christians we want to share it with other's so they can know the same peace we do.
So there for when some one like a Harold Camping says what he says, even though he has no more insight than you or I do, he is doing it because he wants people to know Heaven is a real place and he doesn't want people to go to hell.
It's unfortunate that people choose to go there.
The only flaw with Camping's message is this: No one on earth knows when Jesus will comeback. NO ONE.
Only Person that knows is God himself.
I will leave you with two things
One: I am sure you have heard many people say this: 'You're funnier than hell or you look like hell or worse yet, go to hell.
Hell is not funny and it wont be a party.
everyone knows what hell looks like and I doubt there is one human on earth that looks like it or feels like it
and third, if you are a Christian and want people to come to heaven with you why would we tell them to go somewhere we are trying save them from?
It your choice. To all that will read this, I can't say I will never meet you personally because I don't know if I will or not, but if I don't I hope to meet you in Heaven.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Sunday, June 12, 2011
To Be Or Not To Be...... A Vegetarian
In either the spring or summer of 1995 I tried to be a vegetarian. Operative word was "tried". The reason why It didn't last I think was because I wasn't really focusing on giving up meat. It's not as easy as you might think.
I think one other reason why was because no matter what we are vegetarians or not, we like the foods we eat and it's hard to give them up. On this particular 1995 spring or summer day I had passed by a taco bell resturant and thought a burrito supreme would sooth my appitite.
Thats not to say that If I had tried again to give up meat I couldn't succeed this time. When I make my move from Arizona back to California, it is something that I will deffinetly consider.
Oh, about that.... I know I told you I wouldn't be writing untill I moved, obviously I changed my mind. I can do that, it's my blog.
Besides, you my reader's enjoy reading it. Just admit it to yourselves.
I used to think I would never become a vegetarian, not because I couldn't give up meat, although that is a big part of it, but I also didn't know how it would taste. I had heard stories about vegan food being some of the worst food around. That is untill I actually tried some that my feelings were a bit different.
I also felt that the reason for some people going vegan was because they felt it was creulity to animals. That could be part of the reason for some people, but not for everyone, as I have learned.
People can be a vegetarian for religious reasons, health reasons, etc.
It's not a bad thing at all. The preference is yours.
Scientist have never really been able to confirm whether or not a vegetarian diet is either good or bad. They have did research and it was sort of the same. You can get ill by eating certain foods whether they are meatless or not.
Although I have heard and in my own experiance's meat can be detrimental to some people. I have known people that simply cannot eat it. Not by choice,but biological. Hard to believe, but it is true.
I feel the way a person is raised to eat, doesn't matter meat or not is just that, you were brought up this way and yes, if you wanted to you could change it, but it would take some strength. I am not say that being a vegetarian is an addiction because I dont think that it is, but if you wanted to give it up, you could.
Keep in mind it may take a while for you to get used to your new diet of meat.
In doing research for this topic I have learned that people that have either been tricked in to eating say a hamburger or just wanted to try meat for its taste had become ill afterwards.
Why, you ask? Simple, really. They were not used to it. Same could be said with non vegetarians trying a meat less meal for the first time.
With me, I personally could not tell the difference. It was only till later that I was told that the dinner was meat less. I didn't get sick, I just found my self liking it and to a degree wanting to try the dish again.
A couple of months ago, I read a blog about milk and the ingredients that store bought hemogenized milk has. I was unaware of this. I must admit that even though I found the blog interesting and I did take alot of it for my own personal value, that doesn't mean I gave up milk. Once again, when you have been used to something your whole life, it's hard to give it up.
I remember being a child and was invited for dinner at a friends house. I don't recall how old I was, but I would guess possibly single digit's. I recall the family having a big piece of land with a cow or two. When they offered me a beverage for the meal, it was milk and I was told it was fresh from the cow.
Tasted alot different than what I was used to. A bit sour,I recall.
Now, I could be wrong with what I am going to say, but if the person that wrote the milk blog ever tried hemogenized milk ( I have no clue whether he or she has or not) just like a vegetarian trying meat for the first time, it could make them sick.
If I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. I honestly don't know. I am not a doctor.
In closing, I will say it again, whether or not you are a vegetarian it is your choice. There is nothing wrong being one or not being one. You can eat just as healthy either way.
If I choose to try giving up meat again, I will let you know of my progress. I couldn't tell you to wait for this, cause I don't know when or if it will happen. All I can say is that I will let you know how it goes.
I think one other reason why was because no matter what we are vegetarians or not, we like the foods we eat and it's hard to give them up. On this particular 1995 spring or summer day I had passed by a taco bell resturant and thought a burrito supreme would sooth my appitite.
Thats not to say that If I had tried again to give up meat I couldn't succeed this time. When I make my move from Arizona back to California, it is something that I will deffinetly consider.
Oh, about that.... I know I told you I wouldn't be writing untill I moved, obviously I changed my mind. I can do that, it's my blog.
Besides, you my reader's enjoy reading it. Just admit it to yourselves.
I used to think I would never become a vegetarian, not because I couldn't give up meat, although that is a big part of it, but I also didn't know how it would taste. I had heard stories about vegan food being some of the worst food around. That is untill I actually tried some that my feelings were a bit different.
I also felt that the reason for some people going vegan was because they felt it was creulity to animals. That could be part of the reason for some people, but not for everyone, as I have learned.
People can be a vegetarian for religious reasons, health reasons, etc.
It's not a bad thing at all. The preference is yours.
Scientist have never really been able to confirm whether or not a vegetarian diet is either good or bad. They have did research and it was sort of the same. You can get ill by eating certain foods whether they are meatless or not.
Although I have heard and in my own experiance's meat can be detrimental to some people. I have known people that simply cannot eat it. Not by choice,but biological. Hard to believe, but it is true.
I feel the way a person is raised to eat, doesn't matter meat or not is just that, you were brought up this way and yes, if you wanted to you could change it, but it would take some strength. I am not say that being a vegetarian is an addiction because I dont think that it is, but if you wanted to give it up, you could.
Keep in mind it may take a while for you to get used to your new diet of meat.
In doing research for this topic I have learned that people that have either been tricked in to eating say a hamburger or just wanted to try meat for its taste had become ill afterwards.
Why, you ask? Simple, really. They were not used to it. Same could be said with non vegetarians trying a meat less meal for the first time.
With me, I personally could not tell the difference. It was only till later that I was told that the dinner was meat less. I didn't get sick, I just found my self liking it and to a degree wanting to try the dish again.
A couple of months ago, I read a blog about milk and the ingredients that store bought hemogenized milk has. I was unaware of this. I must admit that even though I found the blog interesting and I did take alot of it for my own personal value, that doesn't mean I gave up milk. Once again, when you have been used to something your whole life, it's hard to give it up.
I remember being a child and was invited for dinner at a friends house. I don't recall how old I was, but I would guess possibly single digit's. I recall the family having a big piece of land with a cow or two. When they offered me a beverage for the meal, it was milk and I was told it was fresh from the cow.
Tasted alot different than what I was used to. A bit sour,I recall.
Now, I could be wrong with what I am going to say, but if the person that wrote the milk blog ever tried hemogenized milk ( I have no clue whether he or she has or not) just like a vegetarian trying meat for the first time, it could make them sick.
If I am wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. I honestly don't know. I am not a doctor.
In closing, I will say it again, whether or not you are a vegetarian it is your choice. There is nothing wrong being one or not being one. You can eat just as healthy either way.
If I choose to try giving up meat again, I will let you know of my progress. I couldn't tell you to wait for this, cause I don't know when or if it will happen. All I can say is that I will let you know how it goes.
Monday, June 6, 2011
Let's Talk About Sports
Recently I was on the social network site known as facebook and a friend of mine posted something about his or at least one of his favorite sports team. I had made a comment back saying that I had seen one of the games and I liked where it was being held. Looked like a good sized arena from the camera veiw I saw. When another facebook friend had written something back in responce to my comment it finally hit me:
Never make a useless comment about a Canadians hockey team. Especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. Reason is very simple and I have heard this saying before but obviously it slipped my mind:
Canadian's take their hockey seriously.
Now, I wasn't durogatory about the game or it's team. I am not that big of a sports fan to make it a point of saying " yeah this or that team is better than your's." Quite honestly it never made much sense.
Now, don't get me wrong, my reader's, I do have teams in basketball, baseball, hockey, and football that I do like, but that doesn't mean that I don't like the other guy's or girls team because in all honesty their equally the same.
It doesn't matter what the sport is every team in it has had their share of victorys, losses and championships. I guess it might be because I am not that big of a sports fan that I dont get the whole picture.
Before I continue, I think I should make it clear that I am not trying to say that liking ones country or city team is a bad thing because it isn't. One thing these teams do in any given sport is it takes you away from your daily routine when you sit down and watch it. To a degree it is entertainment. Either you or your friends and family are taking time out of your busy daily life to sit down either in a stadium or an arena or at home to watch these men or ladies play their respective sport.
There is nothing wrong with that at all. I have seen my share of superbowl games and I have rooted for the team that I thought would win, thats not to say that by the end of the game when said team might have lost that I didn't give credit were it was due to the team that did win.
I wouldn't doubt that even if my friends hockey team doesn't win I dont picture him to be the sort of person to degrade the winning team. He may not be a fan, he doesn't have to be, but at least he would give credit were it is due and might say it was a well played game by both teams.
From what I understand, not everybody feels that way.
Recently, during a baseball game in California a man got into a fight with another man over whos team was better. One of the men is in jail for beating the other guy so bad that his chances for recovery are slim.
And all this happened over two baseball teams.
Now, granted, the man in jail had some realy serious problems and according from what I heard on this news report he had a violent streek in him prior to this. But, this all started over two fans of two sports teams playing a game of "my team is better than yours"
I have been to my share of, basketball, baseball and football games and yes you do meet the occasional person that thinks he or she has to play the afore mentioned game, but it's all in good fun.
You may or may not agree with what I am going to say or what I have said in this blog, but I will give you one more hypothesis on sports.
In any given baseball, basketball, football or hockey game you have each team saying they are going to win the game. In all fairness, they have the talent, but for either team the only way to know this happens once the game is played. I think it basically is about what team wants it more. And neither team knows that untill they are out there on a feild or a court or a rink playing the game.
In closing I would like to add this:
Go Vancouver Canucks!!!!!
Never make a useless comment about a Canadians hockey team. Especially during the Stanley Cup Finals. Reason is very simple and I have heard this saying before but obviously it slipped my mind:
Canadian's take their hockey seriously.
Now, I wasn't durogatory about the game or it's team. I am not that big of a sports fan to make it a point of saying " yeah this or that team is better than your's." Quite honestly it never made much sense.
Now, don't get me wrong, my reader's, I do have teams in basketball, baseball, hockey, and football that I do like, but that doesn't mean that I don't like the other guy's or girls team because in all honesty their equally the same.
It doesn't matter what the sport is every team in it has had their share of victorys, losses and championships. I guess it might be because I am not that big of a sports fan that I dont get the whole picture.
Before I continue, I think I should make it clear that I am not trying to say that liking ones country or city team is a bad thing because it isn't. One thing these teams do in any given sport is it takes you away from your daily routine when you sit down and watch it. To a degree it is entertainment. Either you or your friends and family are taking time out of your busy daily life to sit down either in a stadium or an arena or at home to watch these men or ladies play their respective sport.
There is nothing wrong with that at all. I have seen my share of superbowl games and I have rooted for the team that I thought would win, thats not to say that by the end of the game when said team might have lost that I didn't give credit were it was due to the team that did win.
I wouldn't doubt that even if my friends hockey team doesn't win I dont picture him to be the sort of person to degrade the winning team. He may not be a fan, he doesn't have to be, but at least he would give credit were it is due and might say it was a well played game by both teams.
From what I understand, not everybody feels that way.
Recently, during a baseball game in California a man got into a fight with another man over whos team was better. One of the men is in jail for beating the other guy so bad that his chances for recovery are slim.
And all this happened over two baseball teams.
Now, granted, the man in jail had some realy serious problems and according from what I heard on this news report he had a violent streek in him prior to this. But, this all started over two fans of two sports teams playing a game of "my team is better than yours"
I have been to my share of, basketball, baseball and football games and yes you do meet the occasional person that thinks he or she has to play the afore mentioned game, but it's all in good fun.
You may or may not agree with what I am going to say or what I have said in this blog, but I will give you one more hypothesis on sports.
In any given baseball, basketball, football or hockey game you have each team saying they are going to win the game. In all fairness, they have the talent, but for either team the only way to know this happens once the game is played. I think it basically is about what team wants it more. And neither team knows that untill they are out there on a feild or a court or a rink playing the game.
In closing I would like to add this:
Go Vancouver Canucks!!!!!
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