Sometimes I feel like I'm falling Fall back again, fall back again, Fall back again, fall back again
Oh, life it seems a struggle between what we see and what we do Well I'm not going to change my ways just to please you or appease you Inside a crowd, five billion proud willing to punch it out Right, wrong, weak, strong ashes to ashes all fall down Look around about this round about this merry-go-round and around Well If at all God's gaze upon us falls it's with a mischievous grin, look at him
Forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking Forget about the notion that our emotions can be swept away Forget about being guilty we are innocent instead For soon we will all find our lives swept away
Late at night with TV's hungry child his belly swells Oh, for the price of a coke or a smoke Keep alive those hungry eyes Take a look at me, what you see in me Mirror look at me Face it all again
Forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking Forget about the notion that our emotions can be kept at bay Forget about being guilty we are innocent instead For soon we will all find our lives swept away
You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing You seek up on emotion, sometimes your well is dry You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you But when he finds his way to you, the devil's not going, "Ha ha, ha ha"
(Say, oh say)
Oh look at me in my fancy car and my bank account Oh, how I wish I could take it all down into my grave, God knows I'd save and save Man, take a look again, take a look again things you have collected, well in the end piles up to one big nothing, one big nothing at all
Forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking Forget about the notion that our emotions can be swept away Intentions are not wicked, don't be tricked into thinking so And soon we will all find our lives swept away
You seek up an emotion and your cup is overflowing You seek up an emotion, sometimes your well is dry You seek up a big monster for him to fight your wars for you But when he finds his way to you, the devil's not going, "Ha ha, ha ha"
Fall back again, fall back again Fall back again, fall back again
Left Orlando around 9:00 am eastern Friday morning. Got into Pensacola around 3:00 pm central. Hung out with Stuart for the night and we went to the Flora Bama which wasn't all it is cracked up to be. We then went to dinner at Global Grill which was pretty cool since I haven't ever experienced Tapas before. It was a really cool dining experience in which both Stuart and I had time for conversation and time to explore the Tapas. We made it back to the base (NAS Pensacola) and headed for bed.
Day 2
Woke up around 7:30 central and got ready to head out. Stuart and I watched the tail end of Breach, which seemed to be a pretty good movie. We said our goodbyes and I got on the road at 9:00am. Pretty boring drive through Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. I finally made it to Lafayette, LA and stopped at Landry's and had some crawfish etouffee. It was some good heavy stuff. Got back on the road around 2:00 pm and headed up I-49 to Shreveport, LA. Hit Shreveport around 4:30 pm and headed west on I-20 into Texas. Stopped and got a burger at WhatABurger and was indifferent, it wasn't the best but not the worst. Finally got into Dallas around 7:00 pm and took the "scenic" tour around Dallas and got to my final destination around 8:00 pm. It was nice to get out of the truck after so many hours behind the wheel.
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
So today I was talking with a friend about taking up a position I formally held. He asked about the duties the position required and I told him the general description and then I said "More than anything I was just lead by the Spirit to whatever arose and whatever was presented to me." What!?!? did those words just come out of my mouth, I was lead by the Spirit. Often times I look for the Spirit inside me, look for direction and Power. But the more I look the more I can't see it. The more I think it is, the more it isn't. So what would prompt me to say "Lead by the Spirit"?
I think it is because the actions of the Spirit and God are only visible after the fact and need to be in tune with His path. The Spirit isn't a get rich scheme, or a "help me get out of traffic" plan. It is a harmonious relationship that requires faith; faith that requires reflection, discernment, prayer, compassion and meditation. It doesn't take long to get in tune with the Spirit, but the results are not immediately recognizable. Maybe that is the reason more people are not in tune with God and the Spirit, we are a society who wants results right now. A relationship with God is eternal, not just tomorrow.
Watched this documentary last night. I must say I was amazed and shocked.
In an environment of pervasive corruption, assassination, and street rioting, the story of chaotic post-Soviet transition is told through culture clash, electricity disconnections and blackouts.
AES Corp., the massive American "global power company," has purchased the privatized electricity distribution company in Tbilisi, capital of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. AES manager Piers Lewis must now train the formerly communist populace that, in this new world, customers pay for their electricity. The Georgians meanwhile, from pensioners to the Energy Minister, devise ever more clever ways to get it free.
Amidst hot tempers and high drama, Lewis balances his love for the Georgian people with the hardships his company creates for them, as they struggle to build a nation from the rubble of Soviet collapse.
Rest from inordinate desire of knowledge, for therein is found much distraction and deceit. Those who have knowledge desire to appear learned, and to be called wise. Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul. And foolish out of measure in he who attendeth upon other things rather than those which serve to his soul's health. Many words satisfy not the soul, but a good life refresheth the mind, and a pure conscience giveth great confidence towards God.
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That is the highest and most profitable lesson, when a man truly knoweth and judgeth lowly of himself. To account nothing of one's self, and to think always kindly and highly of others, this is great and perfect wisdom. Even shouldest thou see thy neighbor sin openly and grievously, yet thou oughtest not to reckon thyself better than he, for thou knowest not how long thou shalt keep thine integrity. All of us are weak and frail; hold thou no man more frail than thyself.
