June 24, 2010

Unbelievable

You've got to be kidding me!! Nope--it's true! I could not believe what I was seeing and hearing!

I was watching a news show this morning on TV, and one of the top stories was about a new policy for an elementary school located in Provincetown, Massachusetts. (I still can't believe what I saw.) This new policy is going to make condoms available to elementary age children through the school. There reason for doing this is so that kids as young as six (6) years old can practice "safe sex". DO WHAT?! Are they totally out of their minds? Why would kids that young even be having sex? The policy also states that School leaders are not to honor the demands from parents who object to their kids receiving protection. They feel that it would infringe on the kid's right to inform parents.

That is absurd! What about the right of the parents who are trying to raise their children with Godly moral values? Come on church! We must rise up against this kind of wickedness. Rather than teaching a six year old how to use a condom for "safe sex" we should be teaching them the value of purity and perhaps--I don't know for sure, this is just a thought--maybe reading, writing and arithmetic!! We should also teach our children that the ONLY "SAFE SEX", according to the Bible, is within the confines of marriage--and that is defined as between a MAN and a WOMAN!

I encourage each of you to stand up and do your part to be a Godly influence in your part of the world. If we don't, we will see more of this insanity and possibly even worse things. We must arise and let our voice be heard!

June 23, 2010

To Google or Not

The other day I was on the Internet and, as I often do, I spent some time "googling". Yes, it has actually become a verb! With many tenses--both past and present! I have googled...I am googling...I do google! Wow! Google and other such search engines have definitely changed the way we do life. I remember once when my garage door opener quit working. I simply "googled" the question: "How to repair a garage door opener." Amazingly, it came up with a page that not only told me how--but it also told me what is typically wrong with one as well as what parts I needed to fix it, how much those parts would cost, where to get the parts, and how to install them. Wow again!

It is truly amazing just how much information is literally at our "fingertips" on the Internet. Most of us who are computer literate will spend hours each day logged on to the Internet. However, when it comes to the question "How to do life"; there is no substitute for the original "mega-Internet" we commonly refer to as prayer. I have found throughout my life that there are those times when I am more confused than, as they say, a termite in a yo-yo. It's more serious than how to fix my garage door opener. But all I have to do is log in to God's Internet and get all of my answers.

However, just like with my computer Internet, if all I have is a dial up connection, I will become very frustrated with my response time. You see to establish a real adsl or cable modem type connection, I must practice my connecting time regularly. Practicing the presence of God in my life through prayer will establish a strong, fast connection and, in return, I will find that I have a much better search engine than Google could possibly be.

So, I encourage you to schedule into the middle of your "googling" time a little "God-gle" time. In the long run, you will be glad you did!