Ice

Last night we were scheduled by nature to receive an ice storm. The forcasters were saying we could have quarter of an inch of ice plus blowing winds out of the east. I warned my parents who were coming from Michigan. They decided to come and that was great. It was scheduled to hit at 9:00p.m. I watched the radars and the storm was all around DeKalb county but we were dry. It did not finally attack our county home until after 11:00p.m. We went to bed around 11:30 not knowing if we would have power in the morning or not. When I woke at 5:00a.m. I heard the sound of the storm and I could see the wind blowing the tops of the trees but there were still lights, Praise the Lord. Showered, shaved, dressed pack up my laptop, and put on the overcoat and gloves and went outside hearing the sound of rain, so I thought. Went outside and it was warm and the front porch was wet but not icy. Walked the side walk and it was icy but not slippery because the top ice was crunchy and had some give to it. It was a lot warmer than I anticipated and it was not raining, the sound of rain was the ice melting off of the trees. I began to scrap the ice off the van and once I got through the top layer of ice the just fell apart. The warmth of the air saved many branches of trees from falling and power from failing. We had Sunday School as scheduled and worship service was great. I was able to finish a sermon series and then promote next weeks added new 8:00a.m. service. What a great day for the Lord and for our community. I hope that those in the storm's way were as blessed as well and that they can join us in praising our great God.

Back

It has been a while due to computer failure. So now I have a new lap top computer. With this new computer there are new things to mess with. Like, this computer does not have my Biblesoft programs on it nor will it let me use the one I installed on it. Not good. Nor is it com pliable with my lexmark 2003 printer and the downloads are not ready for this new computer yet. This weekend had plenty of drama with the computer not ready to use for a sermon until Saturday. God provides and I kept thinking "God this is your message please let me be able to get it to the congregation." He did and with all the struggles God allowed me to hear the praise of many who were blessed by God through the sermon. We had 222 people in worship when the last few weeks it has not been over 190. Praise the Lord!
This spot is short but I will be back in the blogging world soon.

Who should I give it to?

Today I went to our local superstore and was browsing around and found a poster of the World Champion Indianapolis Colts. I thought that it would look great in Andrew's room. This last summer I bought him something for his room that represented his someday love for the Detroit Tigers and the poster would just add to his future favorite team collection.
Here is my dilemma now. The kid could care less for the items that I have purchased for his future joy. The one item from the Tigers is not even hung up in his room and he has not cried because of it yet.
My daughter Krystal is a fan of the Colts right now. Her birthday is this month. She loves the Spartans, and I do not think she cares very much for the Tigers. I could take this poster and give it to her instead.
Is it wrong to go and purchase an item for one child and then change one's mind and give it to another. Seinfeld, Raymond and the Tool man Taylor have not counseled me in this so I need some help from those who care to advise me on this very important decision.
What say you?

CSI Miami #1?

Monday night my wife and I were about to watch CSI Miami, when she reported that the show we were in the process of watching was the most watched show in the world. Every man in the world who watches the show with his wife first of all hates to watch it, and then in the second place can not stand Lieut. Cain.
He is a joke to watch act. He reminds me of the actor who played Batman in the old TV show. Adam West I think was his name. The problem was that Adam was trying to make his character into a joke and this guy is serious with his treatment of this CSI agent.
After about 15 minutes of Sherri watching the show she fell asleep leaving me the responsibility of watching the rest of the show. There is no NFL to watch, no baseball, no golf and so here I am having to watch the number 1 show in the world, with no one else to mock the story line or actors with.
Anyone want to join me in mocking this show?