Just call me Noah

It has now rained for 3 days and it's starting to add up...I wouldn't be worried except that it's supposed to rian heavily for another 3 or 4 more days.













The picture on the left is one of many leaks in our basement wall. The left picture is our front yard and the pictures below are the back yard.

Awaiting the calls

Well, this coming Wednesday is the "call day", in the US East at least. I'm not sure about the rest of the country. And I know Canada already recieved their calls.

So anyway, there are a lot of nervous, expectant people out there in Officer land right now. Some of my friends have been told they're not moving, but you never know...up until that last week in June when the moves actually happen. I don't think we'll be moving, although our appointment may change. In the end, I just pray for the leaders that the decisions made are of God's Will. And I also pray for the field that they accept the moves as God's Will. Much bitterness has been caused and allowed this time of year in the past...too much.

Well, more later when moves are posted.

For Blood and Fire (used without permission),
Dave

Founder's Quote

I was doing a search for some of the Founder's quotes for our Corps webpage (www.use.salvationarmy.org/concord) and I found a very profound quote. The more I read about William Booth and some of his writings and quotes, the more I know how attuned he was to the Holy Spirit and the workings of God.

I know his most famous quote is from his last public appearance and rightly so: “While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go hungry, as they do now I'll fight; while men go to prison, in and out, in and out, as they do now, I'll fight; while there is a drunkard left, while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there remains one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight, I'll fight to the very end!”

But I think this quote is incredible: “In answer to your inquiry, I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”

He, of course, was speaking of the 1900's as "the coming century", but how true it was then and is today.

For Blood and Fire (used without permission),
Dave

Title and Profile Changes

Well, okay, I've done it. I saluted and deleted: my favorite flag with my favorite phrase. I took the waving Blood and Fire off my profile, but I DON'T LIKE IT! If the Army was worried about what I would say in uniform or out, online or in person, why did they commission me? I also changed the title of my blog (took "The Salvation Army" out)...can't go letting people know what I do for a living.

Doug Burr has been blogging about this subject as well...www.seekerofthelight.blogspot.com

I know that it's not just my blog that was affected, but seriously, does the US TSA leadership not have enough more serious concerns to worry about? There's a reason I chose to put the flag on my profile in the first place. I am proud of The Salvation Army and what we do for the Kingdom of God. I love this strange denomination/movement/church that I minister for and in. If there were certain people that were "giving the Army a bad name" then speak to them and have them remove thier logos, flags, et al.

Okay, I'm done...for now.

For Blood and Fire (used without permission),
Dave

Life in Prision or Death Sentence

The trial of Zaccarias Moussaoui has certianly made me think. I am still struggling with the death penalty...should we or shouldn't we? I firmly believe that people can be redeemed and some death penalty inmates do accept Christ and repent sometime before they are put to death. But, should we or shouldn't we? The OT law had the death penalty, and Christ himself said that He didn't come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it.

I don't know, what do you think?

In His Grip,
Dave