birthday's

well it has come another birthday it seams that as the years pass by and so do birthdays another day older and what have we learned probably nothing as we rush threw our lives trying to obtain the unattainable but yet we still try having the time to reflect and watching as it is just the opposite for the younger generation as they are willing to do what ever it takes to grow up to fast wanting to be adults with all the responsibility not knowing what they are willingly inflicting on them self's wanting a job to have spending money to blow an what ever tickles there fancy if they only knew that that's what thew will be doing until they die why do they insist on having this way i know from first hand experience how the world loves for you to be in dept it all starts with a car a nice reliable vehicle you soon find that you are working for the car payment and the insurance and your licence all the extra costs but with this new found freedom you have to put gas in @ the ever rising cost and you now have to go to the movies with friends and you will still have the payments for another 5 years and they say that kids have it easy as there teen years drift away in to a dead end job for most not being able to brake the bonds that hold them slaves and when thy finally pay off the car the reality is that they may only have another 3 or 5 years left in that old car before it starts to cost in repairs and by now you have moved out on your own trying to make a go at this thing we call life what compels us to be driven at such a young age for Independence to become slaves to the daily grind if only kids had the opportunity to be kids if only for a little wile we should be encouraging them to enjoy true freedom. here is a little something for you think about you are born you are totally helpless your parents take care of you feeding clothing cleaning until your 5-6 years old then you go to school and you start to find some Independence being a child the average age for kids to start working is 16 that only gave you 10 years to be a kid i know that we are to train our kids to walk in the way of the lord tech them what is right instill in there hearts, I have often wounded if the media is to blame and the corporations telling us that we have to have it this way threw advertisements, i do believe that there is another way that we as parents have the obligation to protect our children with out love what do we have in life acceptance is what everyone is longing for this is the reason we have children having baby's how can a child who has not began to figure out life raise an infant and why have we as a society allow this to continue we need to get back to the basics of life to truly understand equality if life not just existing until next time freedom Fridays.

good budies

went over to a buddy's last night and James with his band it was cool i set up my pa for them the music was loud but good they asked me if i wanted to sing a couple of song so i did i had a great time got home around 3 am it's nice to hang with friends and just enjoy the time together after all we never know when we might check out. the thing about live music is that anything can happen that's what makes it great the vibe that you veal at that one particular moment in time fleeting and you may never have the same experience after all they are all different so enjoy life little moments until next time freedom Fridays

camping

recently we went camping for the weekend we had bought a camper by the way this is the first time sleeping in one i have always tented last year we went throw a funnel cloud in a tent my wife and daughter was scared but i was sleeping quite peaceful we had a norther family with us they had gotten up and ran to the safe haven of their vehicle watching the van rock back and forth from the wind i know that i could have slept right threw it even thou it was a turmoil time i had total peace i know that God was watching over me and if he wanted to take me home that was OK i was ready to go when i read some of the story's and the horrific things they went threw i know what they must have felt i can only imagine what a non believer might have thought would they have reacted much the same as my friends running for shelter scared that they might die but i know that my friend was only watching out for his family safety being believers in Christ as i i can only pray that when my time comes that i will be bold for the faith even in times of turmoil life can be calm with faith in Christ i can do all things through Christ who straightens me i found this to be true believe and thought shall be saved, As i watched my family playing and having a good time in the new camper having food and celebrating my niece birthday i couldn't help but wonder just how short life really is compared to eternity with Christ Jesus by the way we did get rain and lots of it one night the sound woke me up and i was glad in the morning that i was not wet i think that i like this style of camping there is still about the same amount of preparation involved and you just cant take it to the bush 20 miles like a tent. until next time freedom Fridays

spair time

have you noticed how when you are doing work for your self that it seams to take a long time yesterday i put base Bord's on the main floor it seams like a don ting task when you are not getting paid but if you were getting paid we don't seam to mind the work have we fallen into the trap that we need to be paid for the work that we do and i hear every one saying i cant wait for the weekend like they hate there job's and if they had lots of money life would be grand but do they ever stop to think that if they had every thing that they ever wanted what would they look forward we become so complacent with our daily tasks that we don't see the bigger picture. and we need to work to keep our minds busy so that we do not fall tempted to do evil when i was a little boy my mother told me that idle hands are the devil's playground and an idle mind fall in that same category if we are not feeding on the word of God we will fall into the traps of satin for he Romes the world like a ravenous lion seeking whom we can devour so remember to put on the armor of God and fight the good fight until next time freedom Friday's.

what is loved

well i went to church on Sunday and boy did i need to hear what the pastor had to say the message was straight from the bible with some Greek translation because the English language doesn't quite explain it quite right and it is so true that we need our fellow believers as we gather to praise the lord i know that when we try to be a lone wolf thinking that we are doing all right by our self but this is not the case we need to be together to feel the love of the lord and others what a great gift that doesn't cost anything but is so powerful i cant imagine what the world would be like if we had no love i see that even though people might not be christens every one needs to be loved by some one i can see that in the world today our young kids joining gangs looking for acceptance a kind word some one to listen to what they have to say and have that sense of belonging i truly believe that we all know and want to do the right thing and make the right choices in life if we only had love wrapped around us all the time these decisions that we make would not be so hard but come natural i can only hope that we can get in tune with God and fellow believers until next time freedom Fridays.

Finding My Way

i went to church this Sunday and was really touched by God i could feel his presence over me i know that his words were speaking to me it was like a tingling feeling over the top of my head and it flowed down towards my heart the sermon was on shadrack meshack abendigo and how they stood there ground for god and how the king was furious with them that he would have the furnace heated 7 x hotter than normal as the guards went close to throw them in to the fire they died from the heat and they fell into the furnace and have the holy spirit of God with them if not Christ him self walking with them amongst the flames the king leaped to his feet as he seen this and called out for the men to come out of the fire only to find that they were not harmed in any whey and he cry'ed out praise be to the God of shadrack, meshack, abendago, how is that for faith in god it got me to thinking would i have that kind of faith to die for Christ i can only hope and pray that when my time comes that i will stand tall for God in my last days the world kips us blinded by the lights or the scale's over our eyes to keep us busy with the trivial things of this life the more that we focus on Christ the more he attacks us different ways like getting angry with out kids our our spouses with the divorce rate on the rise in the churches we can certainly be coming close to the end times for the beast comeeth with wrath because he know his time is short. Praise be unto God almighty the giver of life abundantly a new home forever whilst this life pass away before my eyes strange and wonderful things that i will behold in the day's of eternity with Christ blessed be the man that knows the truth let him walk in upright stature for God is with him i hope that you have been challenged to examine your own hearts this day as God has opened mine until next time freedom Fridays.

Bonding

i was wanting to go to church this morning but some how the alarm wasn't set or it just didn't go of and i woke up at 10;30 service starts at 10:30 i was a little disappointed but i soon got over it when i remembered that my brother lent me a Gibson Les Paul to play for a couple of weeks so i got to see what the difference is compared to a copy that i own the sound is different than my Tokai witch has hotter pic ups but the creamy sound from a Gibson after playing with settings and finding that one sound that resonates to your very being i then proceeded to turn it up to 2 not that it's quiet considering that I'm running a 100 watt half stack and i was quickly told to turn it down so i had to wait until everyone left to get a feel for the volume. I had told my daughter that we were going to hang out just her and me totally excited we went down to the forks to hang and i told her that we were going to record a song together we picked Cry Out To JESUS by third day it was a great time we had fish and chips from a place that wraps it in news paper so Ireland i had coffee and Ashleigh got a slushy blue i can't believe that even though she is 13 that she would want to hang with her dad for a whole day i soaked up every minute we got our recording and headed for home stopping at the mini donut's for a bag to go cant resist must have mini donut's eating and smiling all the way home we listen to the recording i don't know what i ever did to deserve a loving girl i am so blessed i can only hope that many other dads get the chance to spend quality time with their kids one on one we are planing a movie night or should i say I'm am planing a movie night as she has no clue i love to surprise her the excitement on her face move me simple things in life that make me happy my prayer is that dads every where will spend alone time with their kids i learn so much from the time together i know that she is a gift and a blessing from God thank you Jesus for guiding me on travels in faith until next time freedom Fridays.

Unity or Bust

Hi again just a little update i am getting batter but not 100% yet. I do have a little dilemma that i was wondering if you might be of some assistance my wife and family have recently moved to Winnipeg and with all the different churches to chose from we are finding it hard to pick one out to see if we would like it we have decided that we would like to attend a small to medium size church something that we could grow with as i love to sing and my daughter as well we make a pretty good team i do not like the spot light but i do love the Lord and that is why i do sing on occasion i feel like i am lost Right now with out a church family we haven't been to church for 2 months i never thought that one could fall away so easily the temptation to stay home is to easy i need to connect with God again and i need your help. I do see how the devil is trying to over come the church how the government is being forced to hear the cries of the unrighteous these are turbulent times around the globe and what better way to occupy the people than with strife in our own back yards just look at our government we have the french block Quebec Que trying to separate from our country and the power struggle over who will govern our land my brother is a truck driver and he as told me that when he is in Montreal if you do not speak in french that they will not help you and i have herd this from others in the past and we say that we are not predigest in any way and yet we have ethnic groups that move into area's and only mingle with each other what is this great country turning into that we are segregating our self's in to groups is this what God intended for a free nation i don't think so and yet we still allow it, if we are truly men of God we should be making a difference and trying to win other to Christ and live like God intended Until next time Freedom Friday.

What it takes to focuse on God

what is it that makes you feel like you are on the top of the world like a new car or that new job,why is it that we are only satisfied for only a short period of time we think that we have true happiness only to find out that the luster wears of and we find our selves longing for something else i know that it might sound st rang to you but i to am not a stranger to this anomaly recently we had lost heat in our shop and for two days over the worst time in Manitoba history the temps were hovering around -46 and with the wind chill making it feel like -50 i was working under a truck and you could see your breath i thought that this isn't so bad but now i have gotten sick and the only thing that i want is to be better i haven't been able to sleep due to coughing all night long i might be getting 3to 4 hrs sleep a night and every time i cough my brain hurts and through all this i have tried 3 different kinds of medicine. so i ask you why is it that we try to fill our lives with distractions only to find that we are only running from God being sick has opened my eyes again and i hope that you you find your self in a similar situation if you only get to see how much we really need to be with Christ and follow in his footsteps. I haven't gotten over the flew yet but i did get my voice back i tried to go to work today but i could only work for 3 hr i got so many people telling me that i really didn't look well i hope that you will pray for me and i hope that you have had a chance to examine your own heart until next Freedom Fridays.

Freedom

What is Freedom well when i look back in history i can see that when the world was in the begging stages that we as a whole had freedom we would live our day's foraging for food planting food for our lively hoods life was simpler the instinct to fight and protect family came naturally then one parson decided that he would have control over his country men. the strongest one in battle would become King and rule, is that when we became slaves was it out of fear or out of necessity for survival once under the rule of a king you no longer have freedom you have a dictator ship we all think that we are free when you buy a home do you really own it not really for if you do not pay taxes they sell your land and you get nothing for it In this day and age when technology is at it's peek and we have so much to be thankful for and yet we take it all for granted we are all still slaves even in this day and age if you don't work you don't get paid if you do something wrong you get fired we always hear about other ethnic groups complaining that they were so oppressed and want compensation for what happened in the past hundreds of years ago i thing that we need to live in the now and try to make life better that it is for our people just a thought we have the right to be free it's up to us as individuals to stand together for one cause united under God then and only then will the powers that be take notice that if it wasn't for the people that they would not be in the position that they have now, until next time freedom Fridays

Hockey anger

I sometimes wonder why tempers flair when you are in the middle of a game well maybe i should start at the beginning. I play Friday night hockey with a church group that started as a ministry out reach and for church members to get to gather and play Canada's greatest game Hockey, i have been playing for 9 years now and we stop at half time for a word of wisdom after all not all the players are followers of Christ and that is the ultimate goal. well Friday night was our regular time we played our game and found out at the end that we had the opportunity to play a double header on the weekend against a norther team the first game went OK we lost and we needed to work on our lines for the second game the other team started to use slap shots and hitting a little as we tried to carry on with the game as we were still loosing as i sat on the bench and watched the goalie from the other team sweeping at the feet of one of our players he stretched forth his hand and pushed the goalie away from him one of the other players performed an axe like swing across his back well tempers rose and words were said, the coach from the other team came over and started to talk to the individual and proceeded to grab him well that just made matters worse and i cant help but feel bad for my fellow player. so i ask you this question why do we let our feelings take over our rational thoughts why cant we have more control over our mouth's why do we speak before we think i wonder why we as a generation have so much anger in side that we let it escape in the most unprofessional way i think that we need to confess our sins to God and ask for forgiveness bottled emotions have a way of exploding when we least expect it and the verbal ones hurt more than the fisacil because the verbal scars the heart and is not seen by the human eye but the fisical every ones see and it heals in a short period of time. i hope that you think about this the next time you find your self in a similar situation until next time.Freedom Fridays