Persecution

"Blessed are those who are Persecuted for Righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven" Matthew 5:10

As Christians we should not run from Persecution, but instead embrace.  We should thank God for being persecuted and pray for those who persecute us.  Rejoice when you are being persecuted, because through your persecution God is being glorified.  

Redeeming Rides

So, after my last blog being noting but a rant i thought I would actually write something relevant.  One of my favorite things to do when traveling is to listen to a sermon.  Mark Driscoll calls this a redeeming ride.  My wife and I where ever we are going usually are listening to a sermon usually by Mark Driscoll.  This has really become one of my favorite things to do in the world.  There are several reasons why.

One I am spending time with my wife in a car listening to someone talk about God.  I mean how much better can it get?  

Two, it gives my wife and I something to talk about.  It is not like in church when you have to wait until the sermon is over with to talk about it.  All we have to do is hit the pause button and we can talk about what was just said.  This gives us a time to discuss our opinions about things, and find out more about what we believe as individuals.  My wife is my favorite person to talk to the Bible about.  I would not trade these redeeming rides for anything.

I encourage ya'll to try having a redeeming ride.  Instead of listening to all the crap that they call music today on the radio.  Find copies of your favorite preachers sermons and listen to them.  Most pastors are now available on Podcast through iTunes or on the church's web site.  If you do not have a favorite check out these guys Mark Driscoll, John Piper, and David Platt.

Grace and Mercy,

Daniel

P.S.- LSU won the SEC West this weekend in baseball and is the number 1 seed in the SEC tournament.  GEAUX TIGERS!  

Dish Network Sucks!

So, when I moved to the country I had no choice but to get Satellite.  After comparing prices and looking around my wife and I decided to go with Dish mainly, because they were cheaper on Digital cable.  Well the guy comes to install my Dish and we find out we can not get the HD channels, because a dang tree is blocking the Satellite in Outer Space.  What is the point of having an HD TV if you can't even get HD channels?  Strike One for Dish!  

Then one night we try to order a Pay-Per-View.  Well to our frustration we can't order it, because we do not have a phone line.  This made me mad, because when I was setting up our Dish with the dude on the phone he told me we did not have to have a phone line, but apparently you do.  Strike Two for Dish! (We later found out that we could order the pay-per-views over the phone, but it would cost and extra dollar.  So, we decided to get Net-Flix.) 

This brings me to the whole point of writing this article to say that Dish Network needs to show LSU Baseball.  We are ranked number 2 in the nation and I get stuck watching crap like Georgia and South Carolina.  I mean seriously show some teams that are actually good.  It makes me so mad.  We are playing MSU this weekend and the game still isn't on TV.  I live 45 minutes from Starkville for goodness sakes.  You would think that they would at least show one game, but know apparently Georgia and South Carolina are so much more important.  Dang it I just want to watch LSU play Baseball is that so much to ask?  So, for those reasons when my contract is up I am switching to Direct TV.  Thank you to the Idiots at Dish Network for giving me something to write about.

Disgruntled Dish Subscriber

Hospitals and Other Stuff

Well I am sitting in a Hospital waiting to hear how my nephew did in surgery.  Everything looks good and we are praying for the best.  As I was sitting in the Hospital I started thinking about Scrubs.  I was thinking how cool it would be to work in a Hospital, but only if it was just like Scrubs.  Meaning that I was a surgeon just like Turk, my wife was Carla, and My best friend Jason was JD.  It would be really amazing to work with those two in a Hospital setting.

The other thing that Hospitals make me think of is Death.  I mean when you are sick in a Hospital death is always near.  Whether it is in your room or just down the hall.  As a Christian I am not scared of Death.  I think that we should embrace Death as Christians.  We should be scared, but rejoice in Death.  When i die I know that I am going to Heaven and party with Jesus.  I am stoked and ready to be Heaven with God.  It will be amazing no more sorrow, no more sin, no more world, just God and all the other Christians.  

Grace and Mercy Covers Me,

Daniel