Winning an Oscar is not enough

On my last post's note, winning an Oscar is not enough as evidenced by James Cameron's (he won an Oscar for the Titanic) expedition to prove that he has found the remains of Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, and their child in a tomb in Jerusalem.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/02/26/jesus.sburial.ap/index.html

The documentary is to be aired on March 4th at 9 p.m. EST on the Discovery channel.

Even IF they had conclusive evidence, I wonder if this would jolt the faith of Christians?

Thirsty?

Yesterday was my first day in the office (Friday was my official start date but I spent the day in training). I was so nervous, excited, and anxious that I woke up almost every half hour the night before. All that was put to ease after being greeted with a decorated office, friendly faces, and my very own personalized EARS! : )

My morning went by quick with an office tour, staff meeting, and team introductions. Before I knew it, it was time for my welcome lunch in California Adventure *more pixie dust was sprinked* After lunch, the day zoomed by as I rolled up my sleeves and jumped right into the work. At 6:30 p.m. I was rushing out the door to meet Melvin for dinner before our Monday night Married Couples Fellowship http://marriedcouplesfellowship.com/ group. We walked in right on time and during music worship, I found myself consumed with thoughts from the day's events and tomorrow's tasks. I even found myself resenting being there. I was disgusted with myself at that very thought - pushing God, and my marriage for that matter, aside for work even after all the good God has shown me in fulfilling his promises to me!

Melvin must have felt me slip, because he squeezed my hand and gave me a smile. I said a quick prayer to clear my mind and to focus on the things of God. That's when I heard Pastor John read Isaiah 53 and just like that, God changed my heart. We closed with communion where Pastor John had the men come up to receive the bread. As I watched Melvin walk up with the other husbands, I teared up. It reminded me of his beautiful testimony (I'm praying that one day he will share his testimony with you on this site!) and all that he has overcome in his journey to God.

BTW, Melvin had these delivered to me on Monday. They were waiting for me on my desk after lunch ;)

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As I was walking out of the office today at 7:40 p.m., I reflected on how much I have learned in just a few days, how much I love and respect the people I work with, and how much I love the Company products and brand. Then I thought about how exhausted I was feeling at that moment and before I knew it, I was complaining! That's when I happened to gaze over to my right to see the words "Christian Fellowship Club." It was a flier for weekly Christian Fellowship lunch meetings! I silently thanked God for the reminder but I couldn't believe that I was complaining especially since I had been praying for this job since June!

The lesson? That fleshly/worldly desires won't satisfy us and that we will always thirst for more unless we focus on the things of God. For those of you who doubt, try to think of one thing that has completely satisfied you.

Another lesson. Be quick to pray! Don't wait as the last resort if you want to intercept the devil!

WSJ Front Page: Digging for Sodom

So it was Saturday morning and Melvin was finishing up the end of Finding Neverland (to which he fell asleep the previous night) and I plopped down next to him with my Wall Street Journal and cup of Nescafe. I did my usual scroll down the "What's News-," which lead me right to this Digging for Sin City, Christians Toil In Jordan Desert article. FRONT PAGE!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117228246309518076-email.html

Personally, I am not one who needs "proof" to support my faith - in fact, isn't that an oxymoron? However, I think his quest is a pure one with a great motive. In regard to the debate over what Sodom did wrong, either way, we should find that gravely unsettling since the world today is probably much more hideous.

Birth of this blog

I was washing dishes and reflecting on our (from here going forward, whenever I write "our," "we," "us," etc I am referring to me and my husband) discussion during lunch on our trip to Mammoth on a specific conversation we had with B on agnosticism. We had heard the term used before but wasn't sure exactly what that meant. B explained that it was "someone who acknowledged the existence of a particular God but didn't care." I remembered feeling the senses of shock and horror at those words. That discussion was followed by other controversial discussions and we found ourselves stumped on an issue which led me to ponder on the importance of knowing scripture and science in order to intelligently defend, and I'll use Lee Strobel's term, 'The Case for Christ.' From there, I decided that not everyone is meant to be the Pastor Chucks and Billy Grahams of the world and that we, as individuals, can be witnesses to others simply by sharing our testimonies. A few more thoughts later, God led me to the idea of starting this blog.

So after a few hours of building confidence while priming our home office wall.....

.....here it is! I'll say this upfront - I don't claim to be a good writer, to be consistent in my thoughts, or to even be the best testimony but I hope you enjoy my blog anyway. I welcome comments/answers/questions/prayer requests/etc!

I'll leave you with this song http://www.myspace.com/davidcrowderband until my first real post. A Beautiful Collision by David Crowder Band.