Melody's Blog

Thursday, November 06, 2008

  • The First Puppy; and Everything WILL Be Alright

    What kind of dog should President-Elect Obama get his daughters? (Isn't that sweet that he's getting his daughters a puppy?) I really REALLY want a big dog. So I suggest he get them a mastiff or a great dane (which are great with kids, too!)

    A word to all of my friends (You, if you're reading this): I didn't vote for him, but he's our president-elect, for better or for worse. And God is working this out for my good and yours, if you love God and are called according to His purpose. So let's just:
    - be positive,
    - yet oppose where necessary, and
    - try to work with Obama as much as possible without compromising our beliefs.

    Let's take a moment to pray for our new president. Pray that he would change his mind on the issue of abortion, particularly, and that he would pray and seek God's wisdom on each and every decision. Pray that he is kept safe from assassinations and things like that.

    Listen to this sermon that my pastor gave this last Sunday. It is over Romans 13, and is a good political and governmental lesson for us all. http://www.soundwordsministries.com/ - Be Careful with that Sword in the Voting Booth.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

  • A Comforting Passage from the Perfect Word of our Perfect God

    Romans 8:1-39
    1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
    2  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
    3  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
    4  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
    5  For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
    6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
    7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
    8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
    9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
    10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
    11  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
    12  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
    13  For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
    14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
    15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
    16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
    17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
    18  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
    19  For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
    20  For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
    21  Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
    22  For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
    23  And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
    24  For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
    25  But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
    26  Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
    27  And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
    28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
    29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
    30  Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
    31  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
    32  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
    33  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
    34  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
    35  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
    36  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
    37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
    38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
    39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

  • A Statement: Why Obama is Wrong About Money - and a bonus about the war

    Wanting to "spread the wealth" or "take from the rich and give to the poor" is envy. A sin, by the way.

    If someone earns their millions, let them have it. My grandfather is a rich man, but he doesn't owe a cent to me. He is not obligated to share his wealth, and I am not entitled to it.

    Now, it is an incredibly nice act on someone's part if they willingly offer their wealth to help the less fortunate. But the less fortunate are not entitled to a "piece of the pie".

    It is not Christian to want to take from someone more fortunate because "those rich people just need to share!" If you're not a Christian, then it is simply a morally unacceptable desire to envy someone who has more than you.

    And an bonus at no extra charge: I don't think Obama, if elected, would really pull the troops out of Iraq. He would probably do the smart thing and stay there, and then all the liberals would be fine with it because, well, at least it's not a Republican president leading this war anymore! Because we all know that when Republicans call for war, it's hateful and unnecessary; when Democrats call for war, it is justified and worth trying.

    That is all.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

  • Two Items of Inquiry

    1.) Why do you have to push the lever on the toaster down like five times before it sticks?

    2.) Should I go to law school? Or should I go to philosophy graduate school or seminary? (Assuming, of course, that I could get accepted into these programs)