February 2005
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Posted by Dan on 28 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
so things are really bad. my sis called to tell us to come home early. My dad can’t really even talk right now. Everything is up in the air right now. We are leaving in the morning.
thank you all for your love.
One By One
Posted by Dan on 27 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
One by one the teardrops fall as I write you
One by one my words come falling on the page
One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight
One by one my schemes are fading fast away
One by one the flowers fading in my garden
One by one the leaves are falling from the trees
One by one my hopes are vanished in the clouds clear
One by one like snowflakes melting in the breeze
One by one my hair is turning gray
One by one my dreams are fading fast away
One by one I read your letters over
One by one I lay them all away
One by one the days are slipping up behind you
One by one the sweetest days of life go by
One by one the moments stealing out behind you
One by one she’ll come and find not you or I
One by one I hear the soft words that you whispered
One by one I feel your kisses soft and sweet
One by one I hope you’ll say the words to marry
One by one to one by one forever be
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Criticism
Posted by Dan on 24 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Got this from Noel who got it from somewhere else.
“I have long prided myself as being a critical thinker. Through years of practice and perseverance I have developed a well-honed ability to spot weakness, problems, and things that suck in pretty much anything. The last few years of my Christian life have revolved around applying this nearly prodigious skill to understanding the church and helping it to become relevant. I am sad to say that I have become an expert at finding the bad in everything, and the worst part of it is that I am often proud of this fact.
Just this week I realized that there is nothing to be proud of in my critical nature. Yes I can spot weakness and brokenness a mile away, especially in the church, but what’s so hard about that. Brokenness, sin, and imperfection are everywhere. We live in a world where very few things work the way they should. Those of us who are master critics are really just stating the obvious and fooling ourselves into thinking that we are really clever. Think about it… how hard is it to go out and find something wrong with a church or a person? Any monkey can do that.
I have decided that the real bright people are the ones who have learned to find beauty in everything or to find God in everything. Now that’s a challenge. The last few days have been a challenge for me since I am really trying to live this out. I want to learn how to be someone who sees God in the world today instead of being someone who is always focused on the crap. I’m hoping to get to the place where I am no longer surprised or judgemental when I see brokenness or garbage, where I acknowledge the crap but get truly amazed and surprised by the way that God’s grace is there despite it.”
Temple
Posted by Dan on 24 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Anyone want to hit the show this Friday at the Temple? Rusted Root’s frontman is playing along with some other guys. It’s $8.
Michiganders
Posted by Dan on 23 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
So we finally switched to 517 area code for our cell phones. Email me if you want the new number. We were thinking about going with Nextel, but T-mobile is having a great sale right now. Suz’s work is paying for her plan, so we both got a 1000 mintute plan with free phones etc… Pretty decent.
Lock Your Doors
Posted by Dan on 22 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Ok, so Nicole and Suzanne’s cars got broken into last night. The shoeprints are about Jr. High boys sized. The sad thing is the only thing worth taking was a $15 portable cd player and the burned, live, Wilco cd that happened to be in there. At least they might find some taste in music.
home again
Posted by Dan on 21 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
We left for Ohio on Saturday, just in time to beat the snow. We spent time with the family, it was Mom running around taking care of everything- kevin playing guitar (all the time) like a pro- Patrick with his new girlfriend Ashley who happens to be a couple years older but is very cool- Rach and Javier, the steady two, sitting in the double chair, playing with Jaden-Suz in the kitchen where she is supposed to be… = -Dad on the couch. It’s tough to see him so sick. Yes, he cracked a couple jokes about lost modesty in the hospital, but he was much more serious than usual. I wanted more time with him to talk. We stayed there today and I was hoping he would be feeling up to chatting more, but last night we had to take him to ER becuase of his fever. He’ll be in for at least another day while they figure out if he has an infection or not. Now we are home where we can’t help out much. A couple words now and then, but that’s about it. Keep praying.
Not Good
Posted by Dan on 16 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
So they found out that my dad has cancer in his nervous system also. They have to put a port in his brain tonight and administer more chemo there. Prognosis is “not good.”
The Man
Posted by Dan on 16 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Boasting
Posted by Dan on 16 Feb 2005 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
2Cor. 10:12 ¶ For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.
2Cor. 10:13 But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.
2Cor. 10:14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;
2Cor. 10:15 not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other men’s labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we will be, within our sphere, enlarged even more by you,
2Cor. 10:16 so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another.
2Cor. 10:17 But HE WHO BOASTS IS TO BOAST IN THE LORD.
2Cor. 10:18 For it is not he who commends himself that is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
It’s interesting while preparing this message to read this passage in light of Don Miller’s “Searching For God Knows What.” He takes the analogy of an alien coming to observe people on earth and the one major thing that the alien notices is that everyone is comparing themselves to each other and how silly it is. Indeed it is! And it’s amazing how our identity is wrapped up in man’s approval! I hope I can take Paul’s words to heart. “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.†Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.