may you walk in constant joy

May you walk in constant joy
Though your path be rough and steep
Though it be smooth and easy
Though none go with you
Though you travel with strong companions.

May you exist in joy from step to step
day to day
hour to hour
minute to minute

and be continually filled with the assurance
that the source of all joy
is found in Christ alone.

current EF discussion

so in my online life, i spend some time on a message board where there’s generally some great discussion that goes around… the current discussion is basically over whether or not God created evil.

it’s really a rather interesting problem when you think about it, and basically centers around this idea of whether or not we have true “free will” and how far that free will extends. while i’m certainly not God and don’t claim to have any or all of the answers, it’s none the less an interesting discussion.

feel free to comment on your views of how much free will we have or don’t have in the determining of our actions.

weekend plans

we’re heading down to kingsville today for joshfest. hopefully there will be some pictures when we get back. i’m slated to run a 10k tomorrow, but i may panzy out and do the 5k instead.

at any rate, will be back sunday night. call if needed.

may you testify

In living
may you testify of a God who lives.

In loving
may you testify of a God who loves.

In serving
may you testify of a God who serves.

In sorrow
may you testify of a God who weeps.

In forgiveness
may you testify of a God who forgives.

In suffering
may you testify of a God who suffered.

In victory
may you testify of a triumphant Savior
overcomer of death
eternally victorious
ruler without end.

downtime

the blog/website was down earlier today due to corruption of the tcp stack on my server.
(i didn’t do it).

none the less, the problem is fixed.

will update more tomorrow.

buy me things

so i want a lens for my camera… more precicely i want someone to buy me a lens for my camera.

i want some sort of 12-24mm zoom lens for a nikon mount digital camera. if anyone is rich and has a spare 500 bucks laying around (the tokina is acceptable – the tamron 11-19 would be ok too… if you want to drop 900 on the nikon, that’s cool too) then please contact me and let me know…

links are available on request…

other lenses on the wish list:

new (better) macro
80-200 f2.8 constant
24-85 zoom

though it cost all you have

May you walk humbled from this place
into a dark, hurting world.

May you shine brightly
though it place you in darkness.

May you love deeply
though it return only pain.

May you give of yourself
though it cost you all you have.

And may you rest
satisfied at last

darkness vanquished
pain healed
costs repaid

secure at last
in life that has no end.

commentage

ok, so comments really do work now. it turns out that you have to have an email address to register unless you’re like me and can add the account manually. that requires that a mail server be set up. slight oversight.

but it’s all happy now. the smtp server is running and you can officially login/comment/make me happy.

shannon is the only one who tried so far, and you’ll need to request a reset to your password instead of a new account.

as a side note, your comments will be moderated until i’ve approved one of them, then you’ll be able to spam away.

sorry for the confusion.

comment away.