The Powerful Paper Prayer Rug ?

The Power Prayer Rug. I received one of these the other day in the mail and was so excited to see how soaked it was, in "The Religion of SCAM." The face of Jesus is very haunting on this rug, He looks like a ghost.

It looks like something you would see hanging next to a velvet portrait of Elvis. If I kneeled down on this rug you would not be able to see the rug at all. It would look an elephant sitting on a golf ball. It's so rediculous the things we get in the mail anymore. I'm sure they got my mailing address off some website I signed up for and decided that I needed a prayer mat. Thanks, I don't! I do need a million dollars though if they want to send that to me.

If you get one of these things remember its soaked with the power of prayer.

Westboro Baptist Church: The WBC

You may need to click on the picture to get a larger view to read it. But this is ridiculous, I can see Christians picketing a gay parade or an abortion clinic. Come on, a poor guys funeral, yeah he made the movie "Brokeback Mountain" and it was as ignorant as any other movie. But to show your example of God and picket a guys funeral and then make the statements on the sign like they did. I feel like I should be picketing the WBC. I don't think God hates Homosexuals, he dislikes their behavior. I don't think God would call them "Fags" either.

The WBC has has allowed their religious heads get to big, this sign sounds all to "Pharisee-ish" to me. When did the Westboro Baptist Church get the right to judge if Heath Ledger is in Hell.

I don't agree with the movie "Brokeback Mountain" I never saw it, and I hope Heath Ledger and everyone else in Hollywood has repented of any of their roles in movies. And I hope those who made this sign never watched the movie Brokeback Mountain either. If they did they need to add their name to this sign of Hypocrisy also. Judgement is what God is against and anything else that concerns sin.

I always remember the story where the Pharisee's catch the girl with another man and drag her into the streets and they all grab stones to launch at her. But Jesus steps in and says "He who has not sinned, cast the first stone." The rocks dropped, and the girl was forgiven. We are all sinners and judgement has no place for us, only God.

Now that doesn't look like a sign Christ would write and neither should the WBC.

Pray For Ethan Powell

I don't know this little precious baby, but he is needing prayers from everybody. Ethan Powell is his name and he has been diagnosed with leukemia and has been having some pretty bad seizures recently. His family lives in Little Rock and have some ties to College Church. We have been praying for him in our Bible Class. Remember him in your prayers and the many other children going through the same thing.

He has a website set up for him: http://www.ethanpowell.com/

Thanks, Clint

A Worry Free Sunset.

As we drove home from West Virginia me and Shannon discussed how much better 2008 would be for us. It was in our minds like everybody else's that it was a new year and things will get better. Then I thought no I don't think it will get better, I think things will be the same. I can be very negative some times. I always think things should go the way I think they should go, but they usually don't. They used too, but for some reason luck is not running in my veins no more.

As we were driving to Arkansas my mind just wondered most of the way back about what's my next move. What's the next big plan, I've learned this being in insurance you have to plan ahead. I don't like that, I'm not a think about the future kind of person. And that is where me and Shannon differ she thinks way into the future, too far into the future. I just wait till I wake up in the morning and say I guess I will go here and maybe I will call these people. At the end of the day not alot has been accomplished. When I was landscaping I already had it planned out, I knew the plants I was going to use, I already knew who the customer was and had payment already figured before the job was done. That's me, in landscaping I had it all right there in front of me no worries at all, not so with insurance. I don't have a clue who my customer is, I don't know what material the customer wants, and payment if they buy is a couple of months down the road. I miss the garden center/landscaping business!

So I get stressed, those who know me I don't get stressed very much. Thanks to my Papap Singer and my Dad, I inherited their don't worry about anything genes. Thanks to insurance it has brought out the Massey get stressed right now and lose your cool genes. My Papaw is excluded from these genes I never saw him ever get stressed about anything. But I am sure his children have some stories they could tell.

So as I'm driving home worrying about such things, I look to the left and saw the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. That is it in the picture above, is that not awesome? It calmed my nerves and I believed God put it there for me to see. Yes, I did take that with my phone while driving, I didn't run anybody off the road. My worries are not only my worries but they are also God's worries. He knows where we are at all times in our lives, and He'll take the burden from us if we let go of them. I believe at that moment I gave them to Him.

My worries are nothing compared to others though. Right now I know of a little girl who is in very bad condition with a huge fight for life right now. Her name is Summer Simmons, I don't know this girl at all. She is a friend of a couple in our Bible class. We get updates through e-mails about her. I've kind of have adopted her as a special prayer request in my daily prayers. Things will look good one day and very bad the next. So I ask that you would remember Summer in your prayers tonight and all the other children in the same condition also. Have a good Lord's day.

Matthew 11: 28 - 30 "Come to me all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and will find rest for your lives. The teaching that I ask you to except is easy; the load I give you is light." NCV

Entitlement: What Do You Deserve?

This word came up in our study today in Bible class, "Entitlement." What do you think you deserve? Do we deserve material things? Do we deserve money, a pay raise? What do you think you are entitled to?

Kind of a easy question for the arrogant, and a easy question also for the Humble. We all think we are deserving of something, some of us suffer from an ego that can't let go of self. All the time an egotistical person constantly thinks whats in it for me. When do I get my share?

We live in an Arrogant world and we all suffer with it. Some more than others, but the answer for a Christian with a foundation laid firm on the Rock of Christ should know he or she deserves nothing. We don't! We've done nothing to deserve one breath of life.

We see so many people on TV grumbling and complaining about who they should be and that they don't get any respect. I heard one person the other night say they shot somebody because they weren't respecting him. Okay! Maybe that person should've let it go and now he's going to prison where nobody will respect him.

A world full of the phrase Me, Me, Me. We're all guilty of it, aren't we? I worked with a girl not to long ago that can be a very kind person most of the time, but I could tell she had issues with her ego sometimes. She decided to have an operation to inflate her chest, (I'm sure you understand what I mean) and after the sugery it was all about her and her new balloons. She wanted everyone to notice what she did. She loved the new attention she was getting, she would go out with her boyfriend and when she dressed she looked like a Hooker. I told her that on many occasions, just to kind of deflate her ego. Things were popping out everywhere, and I asked her did she feel better about herself. She said "yes" because everybodies eyes were on her now. I said everybodies eyes were on you already, I told her she didn't have to do something like that to get attention. I told her God made you special, he gave you a good personality, He blessed you with beauty on the outside and the inside. You get all the attention you need by just what He gave you. What I said never sank into her at all, she still thinks she needs everybodies attention. So be it, I guess. She felt she was entitled to attention from everyone.

When I hear somebody driving around the Walmart parking lot with their stereos bumping and thumping it DRIVES ME UP THE WALL. I don't know why anybody would what that bumping sound in their car in the first place. But it drives me nuts, to the point where I feel I am Entitled to tell them to turn that junk down. They drive around thinking everybody thinks their the bad boy of the world. NO! Everybody thinks your a Moron!

Attention is their deal, they feel entitled to get attention from as many people as they can. I think they should ban those things, because I'm going to say something one day to somebody. And tell them how ignorant they really look. Entitlement, it feeds on all of us.

I felt like that the other day when Shannon told me that one of her friends got a job here in town making $20 dollars an hour. It killed me, I've been trying to look for a part time job until this new medicare stuff I'm selling kicks off. I've been all over this town trying to find a job to make ends meet. I've got alot of experience in a lot of things, but this girl has very little experience and got the job. It drove me nuts for atleast a week, and then I thought," good for her maybe she needed it more than I did." I was selfish, and I'm usually not like that, but I prayed about it and for her to enjoy her new job.

What are you entitled too? What have you done to deserve something in return? I know I deserve nothing at all. I know I'm a good father, so should I deserve good kids in return. Probably not, but God has blessed me with three sweet kids and I believe they will end up being great kids. Do I deserve my loving and kind wife, I guess not. But God felt I deserved it for some reason. Did I deserve an entire family tree that is faithful to God? No, I could've been raised in a drug infested, atheist and unloving family. But He gave me a rich and Godly family.

I feel their are many people out there that deserve alot more than they have.

I sometimes wonder why some have and some don't. Why are there children living in poverty? Why are there children and their families living with terminal illnesses? I don't quite get it.

I found the answer in the Bible, John 9:1-3 when the disciples asked Jesus why this man was born blind. And Jesus stated: "This man was born blind so that the power of God could be shown in him." They weren't deserving of this state that they have been born in, but God has entitled us to help them out, not to heal like He did. But to show love and offer up prayers for them and to help them all out as best we can. Makes sense some what. God made me and you deserving enough to do something for somebody else, so that His glory may be revealed. So maybe we're worthy and deserving of something.

Deserving enough to send His son to die for our sins. So the next time we think we should be entitled to something, think of what God did and His son Jesus did for all of us. He has made us worthy of His calling and has given us an Eternal place to rest. Amazing love, how can it be?

God Answering Prayers

I joined this website the other night called "GodTube." There is a video I have watched at least 15 times, and every time I do it brings me to tears. I think Niki put the link on her blog a couple of months ago. Look back through her old blogs and find it, it's amazing to watch.

This website is a very good site for linking Christians worldwide. But I clicked an icon that was titled "The Prayer Wall." So I clicked and read. You wouldn't believe how this click changed me. So many prayers on this wall, people full of hurt. Asking for prayers of others and offering their own prayers for themselves. So I sent a few messages to some of them, and I got hooked. I wanted to answer them all, but I couldn't I was getting a headache, my eyes were getting tired. But I felt I need to say something to these people in distress. Eventually I had to quit, I felt I could do all I could for one night.

This reminded me of the movie "Bruce Almighty" where he curses God and then God comes to him and gives Bruce His Almighty powers. There is a point in the movie where Bruce starts hearing all these voices in his head and has no clue what's going on. He comes to find out they are the prayers of all the people of the world. He tells them to shut- up and they just continue. He struggles to find a way to answer all their prayers so he googles them and the computer answers them all with the word "YES." Everybody gets what they want, bad choice Bruce!

I felt like that with so many prayers laid out on this wall. How could I as a person send them all an answer. It was tiring for the 20 I did send a message to. It's a good thing God is not like me or Bruce. How many prayers are offered to God daily? How does He do it? I don't know!

It's good to know that our Father in Heaven does not tire ever! Our world would not be, if He did. The Bible says "pray without ceasing." And we shouldn't, prayer should be a normal routine for all of us. Did God hear a prayer from you today? He heard a few of mine today.

I was talking with a guy who served in Iraq last year in the army. He told me about how everything stops in the area he was in when it's time for the Muslims to pray. Everything stops!

Where have you been during the day when everything STOPS, and it's time for all Christians to pray? We have already been defeated by the Muslims in this category. I wonder why they look on Christians in shame. Maybe we should try and catch up with them, "ASAP."

Pray for yourself and pray for others, make it a daily habit. And remember you can do it all day long if you want!

This Week In Blogging!

I was watching the news the other day and was just in gross shock! I had to turn the TV up just to make sure I heard it right. I heard it right!
That little fuzzy animal over there in the picture. It's called a "kopi luwak" and it is a living coffee bean maker. Coffee beans are now harvested through this critters "bow movements." The little "varmint" eats the beans and then shoot them out through the backdoor. And they clean the beans and sell them for a lot of money.
A Four ounce sample cost $30 dollars. Who thought of this? What kind of person sits back and says," Hey I got an idea, since the housing market is hitting rock bottom, let's harvest coffee beans through a kopi luwak's hind end?" Mental disorder????????? They say the process takes out the bitterness taste of the coffee. I think I'll take the bitter taste instead of the beans from a "Critter Fritter!"
Next is a picture of me and the kids in our jerseys before the game. I wasn't quite in the mood to take pictures after the game! I guess we'll wait for the draft and see if we get somebody good to help us get back to the Superbowl. Big Ben did have a great year though. Have a good week!

HOW A DISGRUNTLED STEELER FAN REACTS TO A LOSS!!

I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY ABOUT TONIGHT'S STEELER GAME. LET THE PICTURE SPEAK FOR ITS SELF. I HAVE A NEW HATE FOR THE JAGS. THEY ALWAYS FIND AWAY TO HUMILIATE THE STEELERS!

It Was Nice Being Home : )

Well I can say we had a super nice visit in Wheeling. I wasn't ready to go, actually none of us were, but the Arkansas tractor beam was tugging at us. So I guess we had to make the trek back.
It always feels more like Christmas up there than it does down here, I guess it's the boring weather we have in Arkansas. We might get snow once a year but up in WV there always that chance of getting some snowy weather.
It is always nice to see people at church and get to visit with everybody. Even though my kids were pulling down the pulpit area and Macy was trying to talk in the microphone. I still got some time to talk to everybody. I asked Harold Thomas to yell at my kids while they were up there messing around. He did it didn't faze them one bit. Boy, I would've turned pale as a ghost if he yelled at me.
Mom and Dad out did themselves again to host us for 9 days. I'm so thankful for my parents and my sister I miss them very much. Thank you guys for everything.
Christmas eve is probably my favorite time of the season, it was a little louder this year with 5 wild and loud kids plus Chuck. It was fun though, I just wish my Papaw could've been there with us. I'm sure he was.
We were all glad to get back to Arky and get back to normal life. The ride was longer going back than it was going up. Wheeling will always be my favorite place to be, you really don't know how special something is until you let it go. I pray for everybody's well being and hope everybody has a good 2008. I sincerely love you all. May God bless us in everything we do! I did have my fill of Dicarlo's pizza, the best pizza in the U.S. If anybody was wondering :)

Pictures Of Sweet Victory!

A Fiesta 4 the 'EERS / A Siesta 4 The Sooners

How sweet was that Fiesta Bowl? Coach Rod I hope you regret your STUPID decision. Cause Coach Stewart stole your spotlight!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great way to end the season, OU was stunned. They weren't as much as a powerhouse as the critics said they were. David beat another Goliath three years in a row. Georgia, Georgia Tech and now Oklahoma. We own you guys! Owen Schmitt what a Beast of the East! It's a good day to be from WV!