Before God

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything that you Gave me"

THREE THINGS ONCE GONE, THAT NEVER COME BACK

This should be the structure of how we conduct our life.

Three things in life that, once gone, never come back

1. Time – Is like a river, it has no beginning and no end… It just keeps flowing

2. Words – Are like wild animals, if they are not tame when they come out they can be very destructive!

3. Opportunity – Is like holding a million dollars over a fire; drop it and it’s gone.

Three things in life that can destroy a person

1. Anger – Is a bull in a China Shop, very destructive.

2. Pride – A close mind can never be feed.

3. Unforgiveness - If our Lord and Savior could figure it out, we should too

Three things in life that you should never lose

1. Hope – Belief and hope live on the same street you loose that, what else do you have to live for?

2. Peace – With out this in your life, most people live disconnected.

3. Honesty – Goes with value, you loose honor, and you loose credibility.

Three things in life that is most valuable

1. Love - Makes the world go around.

2. Family & Friends – Are one’s greatest achievements!

3. Kindness – A luxury that one gives to another.

Three things in life that is never certain

1. Fortune – A Blessing from God!

2. Success – Can only be determined in one person mind, for everyone has his own value of what it is.

3. Dreams – Are unlimited, if you think it... It is done.

Three things that make a person

1. Commitment – Is a gift of love to each other.

2. Sincerity – The older you get the more you value what the words actually mean.

3. Hard work – The fuel that burns in you to help you achieve your goals!

Three things that are truly constant

Father - Son - Holy Spirit ( I ask the Lord to bless you, as I pray for you today; to guide you and protect you, as you go along your way. God's love is always with you, God's promises are true. And when you give God all your cares, you know God will see you through. Share this message with other People you want God to Bless - I just did!

My Dog Kandy

My dog Kandy taught my daughter a valuable lesson that when she wants to go outside, she wants to go out. For what ever reason Kendra was not getting that the dog wanted to go outside, so she kept putting the dog out of her room... I guess that was the final straw with the dog when she put her out and closed the door. So she dropped a load directly in front of her door and then came and sat on our bed. and looked down the hall at her doorway. When Kendra came out of her room and saw the poop she screamed... Kandi just sat on the bed watching her and did not move. Of course when we figured out what had happened we laughed our self to tears.
It seems we go through life teaching the dog, but life offers you many twist and turns when the dog teaches you a lesson!

Obama's flip-flop

This recognition of flip flopping is nothing new to the world, many have practiced this craft. They say one thing but have to make a change in the program because at one point in time it becomes unrealistic. Every four years we receive promises from mayors, governors, senators congress men and woman and presidents on how they will make a change. George Bush snow balled the world with promises and for some reason he thinks that he will go down in history as one of the best presidents ever. Lets face it president Bush, you will go down in history, but as the worst.

Barack Obama flip-flop on his policy regarding the Iraq war. For months now, Senator Obama has been insisting he would have all U. S. troops home within 16 months of being sworn in as president. Even if this were a realistic timetable for bringing Iraq to the point where it can police itself -- which it isn't -- it is foolish to announce it to the world. The point in this war is its not our fight! When we started this war vengence was are goal, now we the people are asking the question of what are we fighting for? The american econmy has hit rock bottom. Gas before the war was $1.40, 6 years later $ 4.50 a gallon and its still rising. Record forclosures, unemployment sky rocketing and we are pretending that everything is alright, but is it? The terror groups are going to always exist, like gangs, hate groups, mobsters. So can we live on if and an's? I think not.

Were it not for Mr. Obama's restrictive definition of "long-term," he is actually onto something here. Iraq has become much safer over the last year. Coalition casualties there have fallen by 75% since their peak in early 2007. And, most importantly, violence against innocent Iraqis -- suicide attacks, market and mosque bombings and sniping -- has declined by half or more. (In Afghanistan, by contrast, attacks on NATO forces are up 40% in the first six months of this year over the same period in 2007. The recent jailbreak by 800 Taliban, too, shows Afghan forces are not yet as prepared to patrol on their own as their Iraqi counterparts.) But all of that progress has come about precisely because of the stable security situation created with the help of the U. S. military. Why would Mr. Obama want to pull the rug out from Iraq's nation-building at such a crucial juncture? Its nice that Iraq has become a much safer place to live, but we don't live their... Why is it the US problem to always step in? Iraq should share the wealth and pay us with oil for the help that we have given them... Except that is not going to be the case, what we will get is "thank you very much". We spend million and billions climbing to trillions of dollars on a war that will not benefit us, don't you think that it is time that we cut our losses before it gets to late? Really their is no end in the near future if we don't innitiate it!

High Gas Prices

The high gas prices are steady finally, although by the end of July the prices may be around $4.50 a gallon. The best thing that can possibly happen is gas actually drops. The economy is well into recession and we maybe creaping into depression. These high gas prices are crippling the economy, so the most important thing to know if it reaches any higher the economy will not beable to stand that kind of drama!

Bulldozier Attack

Israeli police gather around the bulldozer that was used in the attack Wednesday. "Everything he saw he rammed," one eyewitness said.

Israeli rescue workers survey the scene of the attack, which authorities described as an act of terrorism. The attack was different from terrorists' previous methods of bombings and shootings.

The attack took place on one of Jerusalem's busiest streets, and sent hundreds of people fleeing in panic.

A medic carries an injured Israeli child from the overturned bus. After the attack, several injured people sat shocked on the ground.

A medic helps an injured Israeli woman from the bus. One pedestrian said she barely escaped. "He almost hit me. Someone pushed me out of the way at the last moment. It was a miracle that I got out of there." Source: AP

obvious racial discrimination

Why is it that some people simply refuse to see the obvious racial discrimination that lies in front of them plain as day? Since I don't have time to write a book here, I'll discuss just one of the racial aspects to the mortgage mess.As a group, African Americans simply do not have the accumulated family capital available to white people. There are historical reasons for this: the economic and social policies that favored white people. There are many books on this subject such as The Wages of Whiteness, When Affirmative Action was White, The Hidden Cost of Being African American and lots more.Not having this accumulated family capital to the same degree as whites, African Americans are forced into unfair lending situations to a much greater degree than whites.For example, my dad was able to take advantage of the GI Bill and the inexpensive veterans' loans available after WWII. African Americans were still barred from many universities and faced widespread housing discrimination in the cheap working class suburbs that sprang up in the post WWII era. My spouse's parents had the same advantages.By the time I was a teenager, we had moved out of a low income inner city neighborhood, to a segregated working class neighborhood, to a segregated white collar professional neighborhood. Home prices soared and the educational advantages that both our parents had enabled them to move into the professional middle class much more easily. Their kids than were given educational and social advantages based on this rise in family income.My spouse and I were able to use this family advantage to obtain a cheap parental loan to buy a house while both sets of our parents were still living. Our kids have gotten social and educational advantages from this. My spouse and I are perfect examples of how affirmative action for white people works in this country. There are millions more like us.Of course lots of white people get positively irrational when you point this out to them. It's wrong, but understandable. The myth of the individual "self-made man" is very strong among white people. Pop that myth and the whole white privilege thing is exposed to public view. White privilege is demeaning to white people. We're not dumb and helpless and we don't need it to live.Maybe it's time for America to grow up and leave its Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny racial myths behind. We'd all be the better for it.