Christmas 2010  

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Christmas can be such an interesting time. We get together with family, exchange presents, eat lots of food, and should be celebrating the birth of the Son of the Most High. It should be a happy, joy filled time, bursting with thankfulness towards EL SHADDAI at the very least. Yet for so many people its an uncomfortable, semi-joyous time. You may or may not get what you want, you have to be civil towards your relatives (who you don't really like) and celebrating when Christ chose to bind Himself to a weak, human form is far from their minds.
I'm not sure what the point of all that was but there it is.

For me this Christmas (and every one preceding it) was a very good one. I started reading a book about church membership and discipline, which I am just barely in to but really looking forward to. I also received for Christmas the Johnathan Edwards Essential series, which I am also really looking forward to reading. I am also getting a new pair of cowboy boots which I really need. As well as several other good things, including the first CD from the Welcome Wagon. If you haven't heard them, you should go do that, NOW! Anyway, it was a good Christmas. 

Another thing that made it a good time was that after Christmas, my dad, brother and I went down to my dad's cousins ranch to go hunting. Before anyone gets on me for hunting let me lay a few things out first. I hunt for meat, not for sport. We hunt so that we can have another source of meat. Also, killing one of God's creatures is not an easy thing to do. However, it is within our Biblical rights, and God provided His creatures to nourish us. I am thankful for what He has given, and it was a reminder that what He has given is precious, and that He has provided for us. 

It was also a time to marvel at God's creation. If any of you have been to South Texas you know it that is a bleak, one might say even desolate place. At the same time it is amazing to look at the plants, and animals that God has designed to survive in such land. There are even small bits of color that God has made to brighten up everything else.We can choose to look at the world around us as mundane, or we can marvel at what God has created, even in the little things.

Here are a few photos from our trip. Some are from near my grandparents house.





We shall meet down the road.

P.S. My candy cane attacked me today. Watch out for them, they be deadly.

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Humble Indie Bundle  

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Well rather fittingly after reading about the Humble Indie Bundle on someone elses blog, I got it myself for Christmas from my cousin. For those of you who are not familiar with it. The bundle is a group of games from several different indie game developers to benefit charity. They are mostly different forms of puzzle/challenge games. One of the most fun is Braid, its basically a mixture of Mario, a jigsaw puzzle, and Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. Its highly amusing, the music is amazing, and basically it will eat your entire day if you're not careful. Than there is Osmos. You are an amoeba and  your objective is to absorb as many other single cell life forms as possible.  Its one of those games that frustrates you so much, and yet you must continue playing! Overall it is a really good deal, especially because you choose how much to give. So if you like puzzle/challenge games I would highly recommend it.  

Edit: I should probably also mention that you have a little under 2 days at this point to purchase the bundle. 

And as for Reverb10 Posts... Eh they're coming lol

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Reverb10 Post 1: One Word  

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Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?

 I think I would have to go with Change. No, that has nothing at all to do with our President, not that he has really changed much anyway.

There has been quite a bit of change this past year, all of it good, I think at least lol. We changed churches, my brother and I started a bakery, and of course school is always changing. I worked at Katz coffee, which was my first per say "factory" experience. Not exactly factory, but large scale, product production, without any real customer contact. It has been an interesting year, good, but interesting.

As to what word I would like to embody 2011? I think it would be faith. I know a dangerous thing to ask for lol. I'm not really just talking about general faith that God is in control, though I can also use a greater dose of that. But I want to have faith like a child, I want to have the faith that moves mountains. Faith that has rest in knowing that God will do what I ask in faith. Lord help my unbelief!

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December random post  

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So its time for my monthly blog post :D

This one is certainly a mishmash of random stuff, but those are the fun ones right?

Through someone elses blog I have been considering doing reverb10's month of reflection. Which being that it is the middle of the month I suppose I should get working on that if I am going to do it... I do think some of the prompts are rather silly, so I most likely won't be doing all of them, assuming I do any at all.

As well I plan on making myself a flannel sheet, which I'm sure many of my readers can attest that cold sheets are not welcome in the midst of winter.

I also intend to fix my moccasins before the school break ends. See picture below for reasons why.





We also intend on replacing our sliding glass doors on our back porch, as one of them pretty much refuses to open now. This will also involve building in a couple new windows, so that should be interesting and might even involve pictures!

I have also begun running everyday (not counting the weekend) 1. Because I need exercise, and 2 because I want a pair of these! *insert big grin*





The idea behind the shoes is to basically be running barefoot (when you have better balance and save more energy) but still have a bit of protection.


I also am trying making cookies with coconut sugar (insert your own picture) we shall see how those turn out.

Well thats it for now, we'll see how it all goes!

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Man's Chief End.  

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 "What is man's chief end? Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." Enjoy Him forever. (From the Westminster confession of faith shorter catechism) It honestly sounds wonderful, but something I think all believers struggle with in one form or another.  It is certainly something we should strive for as He is our end all, and without Him we cannot even exist. However, is that really part of our chief end? Is it our end all, our reason for existing? If this is man's main purpose in life, then in the end (after we die, and we are judged to either Heaven or Hell) we will accomplish this task no matter what. There are two sides of this though, from a believer’s perspective, and from a non-believers perspective.
For Believers: It could be easy to say that this is part of our main purpose. We should be enjoying Him, if for no other reason (and there are many more reasons than this alone) than He chooses to save us from death and damnation. We will also be doing this once we reach glory.
For Non-believers: We know they are glorifying God, at least indirectly in how we figure things. They are certainly not singing Him praises, or attributing good things to Him. However, at the very least when they reach Hell they will be glorifying Him by receiving the punishment that is their due and just reward. I think we can all agree though that there is very little of their enjoying God in Hell.
So then, how can part of man's chief end be to enjoy Him forever if it applies to everyone? I could accept this a bit more if it was only a Christian’s chief end, but as far as I know this was not the intention of the writers of the Westminster confession. Even still it would not sit well. Not to mention the passage the catechism uses to support this does not really speak to it in my opinion.
The verse they use to support it is Ps73:25, 26 
25Whom have I in heaven but You?
         And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. 
26My flesh and my heart may fail,
         But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 

I have two problems with this. 1. This is basically a hymn written to the Lord, not a command, not even a wise saying, like proverbs. Now I certainly understand that it is inspired, and most certainly should be what we desire but still, a bit weak for a command. 2. This is the psalmist saying what is his heart's desire, not necessarily a direct command, and certainly far from our ultimate purpose.

I just feel that while enjoying God is something we should do, it is not part of man's chief end. Though giving God the glory certainly is. :)

Any thoughts?

soli deo gloria

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The chief end of brownies?  

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Apparently it is to epically fail, well at least the eggless, gluten free kind. They have decided that they don't like butter and spit it out and are just a gooey mess. Evidence provided forthwith (and yes I know this is not the exactly correct usage but who care :D)



And yes that is a pool of butter...



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Yea...  

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So I thought of something to blog about the other day, and I then promptly forgot. Yea I guess I do need to blog about David Crowder hmm.... Well while that runs around my head, any requests/suggestions from the audience for a topic?

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