Shooting drops

This is how I did it.

I will not forget this is a war!

I will not forget this is a war!
As the day approaches I think of all that has happened since that fateful day. I now know the difference between concern and anguish. I am not what I was before that day and how could anyone who felt anguish rather than concern after September 11th. My mind is forever branded from the images of that day.

Powerless is how I felt to watch my fellow man destroyed. I have heard so much religious rhetoric, but it’s all passive. I’m not one of those who just had a flash of concern then just let it die. No. I broke down. I cried. I prayed. That anguish and not a fleeting moment of concern is what drove me down to my knees. I have been serving my country since 1991 because I believe in something bigger than myself, something many of us who have stood on foreign lands carrying a blued steel rod understand all to well. That the American solider is without doubt no stranger to suffering and sacrifice.

We have got to lay our lives down for God. This is a war for the souls of men! Does it matter to you that there is such a coldness sweeping the land? That’s all the devil wants to do is get the fight out of you so you won’t weep before God anymore. You can just sit and watch television and play video games while your country goes to hell or you can fight.

“We were made to fight! We were made to strive. We were made to conquer. We were made to give ourselves for something that is eternal. “ ~ Paul Washer

~We were called to advance a kingdom

I'll take your Jesus if the pay off is right

It has been a busy month with work and life in general! It always seems like things happen all at once doesn't it? I guess that's where the saying you have to take the good with the bad comes from.

Not that the weather has helped with any ones attitude either. I mean really, do any of you remember a worse summer? The weather was terrible and the sun stayed captured behind the thickest clouds I have ever seen. We tried everything to keep the kids busy and from losing our minds. Lea and I even started playing a video game call wizard 101. It helped with those wet wind driven days and we had fun doing something together since the game encourages team work.

Now school has started and I can't help but be a little frustrated that summer went by so quickly. Seems like I blinked my eyes and it was over! Lea had her first day of 3rd grade yesterday and she seems to be OK with it and Logan will have his first day tomorrow. This should make for an interesting school year with the both of them in school. I thought it was really interesting to find words from our pledge of allegiance on the back of Logan's school it gave me a little hope for the year to come and hope that some how, some way our country will bounce back from this economic down turn. We are one of those families stuck in the middle of all this. Meaning I make too much for a government hand out and hardly make enough to pay the bills. So all we have is literally hope and faith that it will all work out.

Its all gonna come... martial strife, tensions on the team, sickness, and pain don't think it strange when it comes. If you walk with Him you should not only believe, but you should also remember you "will" suffer. See you all on the Calvary road.