Well... to make a long story short, this morning I got in a little bit of an argument with my mother. Just to be honest, I was in the wrong, and I lost my temper over something that was said, and said something pretty disrespectful. =( I regretted saying it as soon as I did, and we eventually got the problem resolved, and apologies were issued.
A few minutes later, as I was reflecting on what I had said, I realized that I'd said it entirely on impulse, without thinking, and it was my anger, not my true heart showing.
James 3 has a lot to say on the tongue, and most of it isn't good. The tongue is a something so small that can cause so much trouble.
So, I decided that if I needed one single thing, it would be a bridle for my tongue, if I feel really tired, or exasperated, or angry, or upset, I can clamp it on my tongue, and keep me from saying something ungodly.
But, unfortunately, there is no such thing on the consumer market. I guess I can only pray that God will help me think before I speak.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Family News and Prayer
I haven't gotten around to posting about this yet, so here goes....
Back in December, my Dad caught pneumonia. As is procedure, they took him in to get a chest x-ray. What they found was very startling; there was a five-inch growth in the cavity between his lungs. We rushed to the hospital for a CT scan, which was sent to the radiologist. We were very scared; our first thought was that Dad had lung cancer (even though he has never smoked), which is %98 fatal.
To make a long story short, he after a biopsy and PET scan, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma.
He began Chemotherapy Thursday, and will have it every two weeks for six months, then possibly Radiation.
Please pray for my Father, that he would be healed of this, and for our family, as we adjust to Dad's sickness. The doctors have said that the Chemo will likely make him too weak to work more than a half-day, even from home, so myself and my older brothers will be undertaking some of the business work.
I know that God will not give us more than we can bear, and that all the trials are in order to test our strength, and I pray that He will let us learn all we can during this ordeal, and draw us closer as a family.
~The Two Young Men
Back in December, my Dad caught pneumonia. As is procedure, they took him in to get a chest x-ray. What they found was very startling; there was a five-inch growth in the cavity between his lungs. We rushed to the hospital for a CT scan, which was sent to the radiologist. We were very scared; our first thought was that Dad had lung cancer (even though he has never smoked), which is %98 fatal.
To make a long story short, he after a biopsy and PET scan, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lymphoma.
He began Chemotherapy Thursday, and will have it every two weeks for six months, then possibly Radiation.
Please pray for my Father, that he would be healed of this, and for our family, as we adjust to Dad's sickness. The doctors have said that the Chemo will likely make him too weak to work more than a half-day, even from home, so myself and my older brothers will be undertaking some of the business work.
I know that God will not give us more than we can bear, and that all the trials are in order to test our strength, and I pray that He will let us learn all we can during this ordeal, and draw us closer as a family.
~The Two Young Men
You're SUPPOSED TO BE ENCOURAGING ME TO BUY THE STINKIN' ALBUM!!!!!
I was kindof surfing iTunes, so to speak... I was given a $15 iTunes gift card for Christmas, and I was looking for some songs by my favorite artists.
I usually read the album reviews for any album I'm interested in, but I've found quite a few official reviews on iTunes that didn't make me want to buy the album. Here's one for the Phillips, Craig & Dean album Top of my Lungs
"Christian Pop music carries with it twin dangers, and each is kindof a mirror image of the other: one danger is the risk of falling into saccharine sweetness; the other is the risk of treating sacred things in a casual, flip manner. For both of those reasons, pop songs about sin and redemption tend to succeed best when they focus on the Sinner, not the Savior -- in a pop context, you have to sing about Christ in general terms so as to not sound disrespectful, whereas you can sing about yourself in the kind of gritty detail that tends to make a song compelling. So how do Phillips, Craig, & Dean walk that particular tightrope? Pretty well, which shouldn't be a surprise, since they've now been doing it for about 16 years. On Top Of My Lungs, their sound is based in sturdy folk-rock, and when it fails sonically, it's usually because producer Nathan Nockels couldn't resist throwing in that dang string section where it doesn't belong (most egregiously on the slightly syrupy title track and the equally over-sweet "Saved the Day"). When it fails lyrically, it's because they sound too offhanded about their Lord ("That's my Lord"). Not surprisingly, they succeed best when they rock out about the path of salvation ("One Way") and about their own religious commitment ("For Your Glory"). Overall, Not bad at all. "
WHAT?!?!?!?!? These things may be true, but they don't make me want to buy the album. I enjoy PCD, but this honestly doesn't sound like a good album. and I know it's to the contrary, because I've listened to this entire album. * NOTE, if YOU WANT SOMEONE TO BUY THE ALBUM, MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A GOOD ALBUM!!! Whomever wrote that review pretty much failed.
Seriously, you're supposed to try and make the person reading the review WANT to buy the album.
~The Two Young Men
I usually read the album reviews for any album I'm interested in, but I've found quite a few official reviews on iTunes that didn't make me want to buy the album. Here's one for the Phillips, Craig & Dean album Top of my Lungs
"Christian Pop music carries with it twin dangers, and each is kindof a mirror image of the other: one danger is the risk of falling into saccharine sweetness; the other is the risk of treating sacred things in a casual, flip manner. For both of those reasons, pop songs about sin and redemption tend to succeed best when they focus on the Sinner, not the Savior -- in a pop context, you have to sing about Christ in general terms so as to not sound disrespectful, whereas you can sing about yourself in the kind of gritty detail that tends to make a song compelling. So how do Phillips, Craig, & Dean walk that particular tightrope? Pretty well, which shouldn't be a surprise, since they've now been doing it for about 16 years. On Top Of My Lungs, their sound is based in sturdy folk-rock, and when it fails sonically, it's usually because producer Nathan Nockels couldn't resist throwing in that dang string section where it doesn't belong (most egregiously on the slightly syrupy title track and the equally over-sweet "Saved the Day"). When it fails lyrically, it's because they sound too offhanded about their Lord ("That's my Lord"). Not surprisingly, they succeed best when they rock out about the path of salvation ("One Way") and about their own religious commitment ("For Your Glory"). Overall, Not bad at all. "
WHAT?!?!?!?!? These things may be true, but they don't make me want to buy the album. I enjoy PCD, but this honestly doesn't sound like a good album. and I know it's to the contrary, because I've listened to this entire album. * NOTE, if YOU WANT SOMEONE TO BUY THE ALBUM, MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A GOOD ALBUM!!! Whomever wrote that review pretty much failed.
Seriously, you're supposed to try and make the person reading the review WANT to buy the album.
~The Two Young Men
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