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Skywalker Ranch by Philip Bloom

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Pepe's Great Escape!

Today, while we were foraging for a new food supply for our Love Bird, Pepe, we spied some new environmental enhancements for his cage(er, living habitat). An attachable, edible, beak sharpening branch to enhance his hunting and pecking skills and a beautiful red ring the size of a large swing with a bell hanging from it to accompany his visions of swinging in a tree in the jungle! After fighting the strong currents of traffic on the asphalt river to arrive back at camp, I proceeded to “green up” Pepe’s habitat. Well, as soon as I brought one of these strange new objects in through the door, he was having none of this! With wings of steel, he squeezed through as space so small I couldn’t see it without my glasses and off he went into the wild blue(uh, wondrous air spaces) in our house! Sooo… armed with nothing but a couple of soft towels and a non threatening, wooden back scratcher, we set out on a find and capture expedition that should have aired on “Wild Kingdom”! Through sheer strength and maneuvering on our part, we began to wear down the resolve of our adversary! At one point, I had to hit the switch for the overhead fan with the swift dexterity of a gazelle to extricate the fowl winged beast from his perch without flinging him into the wall! After many attempts to cast our nets(ugh, towels) over our ungrateful friend, I guess he just valued his newly found freedom too much, he finally managed to fly into the side of a cliff(wall) and wedged himself between it and a large bookcase! After great thought about our dilemma, we decided to pull one end away from the wall, then I proceeded into the dark recess with my trusty little belt flash light and towel. Much to my chagrin, the little beggar pushed forward behind the next book case! So with great trepidation, I place the towel next to this opening with one hand, and with the other, proceeded to simulate the tremors of a minor quake to the other case! Low and behold, I saw a small red and green streak flash into the towel and voila, I had him! So I transported him to his home and gently extracted him into his own, familiar environment with the new additions and left him to himself to get used to them. I came back a little later hoping to catch him happily swinging on his new swing only to catch him soundly sleeping away, totally oblivious to his new toys! oh well, so much for the great jungle experience!

After Hours


After Hours from Mike Mastroni on Vimeo.

Zippty doo da

Just a thought from Bill Craven: Wow! What a beautiful day! Life is good, my day off, wonderful weather, home with my beautiful wife! Man, I could sing zippity doo da all day long and praise God in the midst of such wonderful times. Please pray that I can remember to praise Him at all times, even in foul weather and everything seems to go wrong! Isn't it so much easier to do so when everything is "peaches & cream"?

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Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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The Weekly Walk from James MacDonald
A New Look at Forgiveness

I have a confession to make. For most of my ministry, I’ve taught a specific passage of Scripture out of context. In fact, I see now that I missed the big picture. Read Isaiah 55:8-9:

"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

I’ve always believed this passage taught that God is not like us; God is bigger than us. Even though that’s true, that’s not the primary point. The context begs us to ask, “In what way are God’s thoughts bigger than our thoughts?” Answer: when He forgives.

God’s like, “Let’s compare. When people sin against you, your way of handling it is completely different than how I handle it when people sin against Me.”

Correct me if I’m wrong, but here’s how we measure forgiveness:

Flip a couple more pages in the Bible and people are still choosing.

* We think who. Who should we forgive? “She did this and I don’t know if I can forgive her.” We question if the person is worthy of our forgiveness.

* We think how much. We measure the things on our list. We say, “I can forgive that-no problem” to some and “I could never forgive that” to others.

* We think how often. How’s that saying go? “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” We’re like, “Nobody’s going to do that to me again!

Everything we think about forgiveness is measured with our little yardsticks. I wonder if God shakes His head and says, “Your thoughts are so little. Look at me and get the bigger picture.

We can’t conceive of God’s boundaries on forgiveness. They’re so much bigger than we can get into our heads. Since all of our sin is ultimately against God, imagine all the times He has chosen to forgive. Isaiah is right-as high as the heavens are above the earth... and then double it... and again, ad infinitum.

This is all great in theory, but now I’m going to meddle. Are you thinking, “God could never forgive my thing? If I ever really brought my sin before the Lord, He would turn His back. I’m just going to have to carry this one myself because He’s just not merciful enough to forgive me.” My friend, you are so wrong! God’s forgiveness is not like our forgiveness. It’s higher and greater and available upon request. God can completely pardon but you must make the choice to ask for and receive His forgiveness.




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