All is well

Well we are on the final stretch of our trip to the great country of Vietnam.  We are back in Hochi Mihn City and we will be here until late Wednesday night.  Our plane leaves at 11:55 on Wednesday night.  I have enjoyed my time here, but I miss my wife a whole heck of a lot and my youth back in the states.  I would not remind returning to Vietnam one day, I really do like this country.  

Well can I just say I love modern technology.  I love computers, the internet, and iPods.  The reason I say this is, because I think it is so awesome that I can download a cd from iTunes no matter where in the world I am.  Today I downloaded one of the most amazing cd's ever, "Rebel" by Lecrae.  If you do not know who Lecrae is you should.  Lecrae is a "Holy" rapper.  His lyrics are the best I have ever herd.  He doesn't just rap he preaches.  His lyrics are deep, modern, and most important theological.  They are inspired by the things that surround us in the world and his own life.  I encourage you to check him out.  I am not a big fan of rap music, but i could listen to Lecrae all day.  In my opinion i think Lecrae should start a "Fellowship".  

There is a song on the cd that says, "Go Hard or Go Home".  That is what I want to do with my life.  I want to go hard until I die for "His" name.  I want to live it and preach and do it.  I want to be a doer and not a sayer.  I want to go out into the streets and get dirty.  Lets Go hard or Go Home.  

Peace Out,

  Daniel

Dear People of the world that care

LETS COME TOGETHER AND MAKE A CHANGE IN THIS WORLD!

I am so tired of all this election crap.  We still have to listen to this for another month and I don't know if I can take it.  I do not care if you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Moderate, or whatever you call yourself if you think that one of these men is going to change the world you are an IDIOT!  No seriously you are.  There is know way you can convince me that two men who have run dirty campaign's are qualified to be president.  Both of the "candidates" (if you can call them that) do not deserve to lead a country.  All they have done is spread have truths and lies about each other.  To me integrity is one of the first qualities I look for in a person especially one who wants to lead the country I live in.

On one hand you have a man who has served in the military and I respect and appreciate him for that, but he is the biggest flip flopper I have ever seen.  And I am pretty sure that if he becomes President the war will last forever and there will probably be WW3, because he is just going to want to fight everyone.  

Then on the other hand we have a guy that I can not even put into words what he would do if he is president.  I mean yeah lets raise taxes, so people can become poorer.  And lets raise the budget another trillion dollars that we don't have.  I mean come on dude seriously how can you think these are good ideas?

And he thing that bothers me the most is the fact that they both voted for this stupid bailout.  I mean all this is is rewarding banks and people for being STUPID!  Banks for lending the money and people for thinking they could afford houses way out of there budget.  

People we need to stop spending more than we have, but hey I guess we are just following our Government.  What are they like Trillions of dollars in debt?  Yeah way to go Government officials and yes that includes you George Bush!

People we need to unite and come together and bring this nation out of the gutter.  Rich people need to help out the poor.  The government needs to stop worrying about themselves and start representing the people that elected them.  America lets stop being selfish and start sharing and loving.  If everyone would just stop worrying about there fancy cars and mansions then we would be better off.  What good are al those things when we die?  We can't take them with us.  What happened to it is better to give then receive? Lets stop worrying about ourselves and start carrying for others.  Enough said!

Over and Out-Daniel

The Picture is Becoming Clear

I am sitting here staring out the window looking at the beautiful Ocean that is set before me.  I have thoughts about how Beautiful it is and how massive and glorious the Ocean is.  However in the grand scheme of things the Ocean is just a tinny dot on the earth and in the Universe it is even smaller.  

As i sit here and contemplate what the next step is in my life, I believe I am slowly getting a clear picture.  It is like there is something coming over the horizon and I am trying to focus in on it with my binoculars.  There is something there and I am finally starting to see it.  This life that we are mint to live is not about video games and television.  It is about far greater things.  Things that we can not even comprehend.  Things that if we did comprehend would blow our minds up.  Things that are so complex and creative that we can not wrap our minds around them.  Things that are so massive they are amazing.  

Through these last couple of days and minutes I have come to realize that maybe it is time to give up what we have and gain what we should have been striving for from the begging.  The thing that matters most in life.  We should give what we have have to those who need it not expecting anything in return not even a thank you.  We should give it up out of Love.  The things that matter most to us are the things that are on our hearts.  What is on our hearts to day?

I believe some of us need to have our hearts circumcised.  Our Hearts have become callused to the things of this world and we need to cut these calluses off.  We need to have a renewing of our hearts and remember what should matter most to us.  What does matter most to you today?  If we were to take an x-ray of your heart what would we see?  Would we see things of this world or would we see Love?