An Ode to What I have Left

If you haven't heard yet MTV has a new site with nothing but videos. On which I found the following video.

Weird Al Yankovic |MTV Music

The Basics: Whom I Are.

I think my high school English teacher just died. The next couple of post are going to be a theme on the basic concepts I've come to understand about the Bible. I'm doing this partly because of the Swiss cheese in my head and in hopes that it will help others in their understanding of God. So...

To start I had to know what I was. I know I am a human man, but I mean what God made me. Luckily He states this in the first two chapters of the first book. How cool is that it's on page one and two! Genesis 1:27 says that He created us in his image and further on Genesis 2:7 God explains that we were formed of dust and He breathed life into us. So what is his image? It took a while but I found that in John 4:24, He is spirit. What the heck, we are spirit but we have a body and a soul (because of the breath of life)?

I got the body and soul thing, I mean I think therefore I am and if I get cut I bleed. But what is this spirit thing? I decided I would reread the beginning again and see if anything else had these three things. Well Genesis 1:1-23 is all about the earth, light, water, and plants. Nothing with spirit so far, stuff came from the earth (like the dust we are made of) but no spirit. Genesis 1:24-25 talks about living creatures (souls) and how they came from the earth also, but no spirit. It's not till Genesis 1:26 that God lays out His plan to make us in His image (spirit) and He also planed for us to have dominion over everything on the earth, so we would need a body and probably the breath of life (soul) for that body.

The basics of what God made me (us) is 1: in His image (Spirit), 2: of the dust of the ground (Body), and 3: breath of life making a living soul (Soul). The only thing in creation with these three distinct parts!

A Tolerant Witness.

Ten bucks says I piss someone off with this one!

I have come to understand that the Church (all Christians) in American has no idea how to deal with homosexuality. Science dictates survival of the fittest and natural selection, meaning that without technology nature through the principles of reproduction takes out those who desire same sex. The responses from the churches across America has been varied from accepting them into there clergy to psychologically manipulating them into believing they are not homosexual to out right ostracizing.

My question here is what is the biblical response to homosexuality and how tolerant dose the Church have to be. Well Leviticus 20:13 says that not only is homosexuality a sin but we should put them to death. Now Romans 6:14-16 states that we are no longer under the law but under grace, however, we by being under grace should still offer obedience to God and his laws. But should we shun or tolerate those who continue to sin, remembering all sin is equal. For Romans 8:1-3 says we should not condemn those in Christ.

We should embrace them as we embrace other sinners in the love of Christ and help them to grow in their walk with God and in His word. As we help others as well as ourselves in the continued path of righteousness. As 1 John 5:16-18 says in prayer that God continues to give him (the sinner) life and protection from the evil one.

So should we allow them to serve? Anyone who still actively chooses to walk in their old ways or rather sin, is not a very good example/witness of God or His word. To be a tolerant witness we as Christians should embrace all sinners with the Love of God and pray that God works within them to walk in His way.

Overcompensation!

So I went to the doc today for a check up. My blood is better than it has ever been before. My whit count is 8.5 (normal is around 5 and I've never been more that 3) and my platelets are 900,000 (before it was 14,000 and normal is about 100,000). Things are too good. So they put me on a whole bunch of immune suppression meds and said no driving. I'll see them again in two weeks.

So thank you for all the prayers, they are working real well.

If this is Plastic Surgury, How is it a Growth Industry?

I'm home as of yesterday at about 3pm. With my girlish figure. But the back pain was totatly unexpected. You always hear about how after someone has a nose job or breast augmentation that they are in pain for awhile, man thats an understatement.

Finished catching up on my blogs. Dan I thought the glow in the dark fish were just a joke but if their real and not to expensive (I have problems with fish) I might just by one.

The next couple of weeks are going to be sketchy, I'll be on pain killers a lot. So enjoy the drunk posts.

Calling from the Clink

Well I back, but not out yet. I will be leaving the hospital tomorrow and be heading home for about 3 to 4 weeks. They said I couldn't drive but I could do part-time work, if I got a ride. Well you can't win them all. The blog name will change but the address will remain. There will be more on this later. Matt.

{Matt Update: 10.11.08}

Matt had a long night, the bed made his back hurt. They just brought in an air bed, so he's going to try to get some sleep. He's been walking more and hasn't had any pain meds since early this morning (and those were for his backache). Dr. Sebastian came in today-says Matt is doing well and might go home Monday! We're both excited-that's a few days shorter than the week he was expected to be in :) He's recovering quickly!

Love, Jen

{Matt Update: 10.10.08}

Matt moved out of ICU last night. We're now living in our "suite." He's doing well, he's been up walking around a little this morning and he's asking to eat solid foods, so things are going well!

{Matt Update 10.8.08}

Matt's surgery went better than the Dr. expected. It lasted a little longer than we thought, but it went well. The Dr. said it was a good thing that he had his spleen out-it was bigger than they expected. He is in ICU now, and will hopefully move out on the floor tomorrow. Thanks for all the prayers, keep them up. The next 48 hours will be the most crucial -that he does not get infection or have to go back into surgery due to bleeding. God is good.

Love, Jen

System of a Down.

People ask are there down days? Yes! And I'm having one today. Is it because tomorrow is the big day? No! Is it because my coffee didn't taste coffeeish today? No! Then why?

One of the things I have learned about myself is I'm empathic. I'm sensitive to the feelings of those around me. While I may know that there is nothing to worry about, concerning the spleen thing, my wife is not so convinced. She has been very tense about it and the closer it gets the more upset she has become. Thus I'm having a down day because she is having a down day.

So I ask of you to pray for my wife, that she can see the brighter side of having my spleen removed (like I'll get my youthful figure back). And that I get my attidued back to good.

Lets take a Poll!

Well is unoffical but next Wensday I will be losing my thrid organ, my spleen. That's October 8th. So while I ask for your continued prayer and support, I thought I would take a poll on wheather I should chang the name of the blog to reflect the loss of another organ

Enjoy!.