Hypocrisy in Olympic Land

So it seems that the some are putting pressure on the IOC to withdraw the 2014 games from Russia, due to the invasion of Georgia. While I believe the aggression shown by Russia should not come as a surprise from any one who has watched the developments over the last couple of years , it is the height of hypocrisy to scream , no games for you while they are in China. The oppression of free speech,the on going persecution of Christians and home churches , the occupation of Tibet , the Sudan crisis and China's role in the terror there , the continuing polluting of the earth without restraint , need I go on. It is laughable for the international community to cry out and try to get the games changed because who has boycotted or cried foul over China , no one. I contend that every medal won has blood on it and every western country should be ashamed ,as well as the athletes who line up to take medals. It just shows winning is everything and human beings who are marginalized and under China's tyranny are nothing. I guess gold and money is indeed what makes the world go round , not justice .

I'm Back , Bigger and Louder Than Before ...

After some very long breaks on this blog , I have a solution to get my hands on the keys. I'm a opinionated person , I always have been . Sometimes I have been called a bit , well abrasive . Sometimes I rant , sometimes I preach and well you get the drift. So going forward I will be more myself . I will pull no punches but will try to filter all I say through the lens of the grace of Christ. So stay tuned and ready because here I come .

Just Wondering......

Have you ever wondered why ....... why does this happen or why did I do that .......I'm just thinking about the why.....

......Weep With Those Who Weep...Romans 12: 15

Yesterday on my routine travels in the land of the internet , one site I go to for news concerning Christian artist , I was shocked and saddened to read that Steven Curtis Chapman's youngest daughter Maria , was killed in an accident at their home. It appears that their son accidentally struck the little girl with a vehicle in the drive way when he didn't see her move into his path . She was later pronounced dead at the hospital they had flown her to. I was overwhelmed with a grief that moved me to tears . You see Steven's music has been a part of my life for almost 20 years . He through his music has encouraged me, convicted me and comforted me along many of my life's struggles and pains. Plus over that time I have watched his family grow and now through the internet and blogging , have watched his children grow and have gotten to know them in a real fleshed out way ,as best you can as a fan. So as I read about this profound tragedy , my heart broke knowing that this sweet little girl , who was just 5 years old ,would no longer brighten this families days with her smile,laughter and kisses.
I cannot fathom the pain this family is going through . Losing a child is one of the most difficult things one can experience. As a fellow Christian , I hold that all things are appointed by God . But at times like these it is not time to engage in those type of semantics , but as the Bible commands us , we are to weep with those who weep. It is a time to lift this family before the throne of grace and trust the beautiful promises of our Lord Jesus Christ ,that he will comfort those who mourn and are broken. For as believers we do not grieve as ones without hope , but in Christ we have one who has gone before to death and conquered the grave . I'm confident that little Maria was received in the arms of God , and has seen her Saviour Jesus face to face and all pain and tears are no more . May God bless the Chapman's and comfort them in this dark hour but the dawn will come for, God will heal their hearts.
I have a link to his site where you can read more about this precious little girl .

Get Your Hands Off My Gun , You Dirty Liberal Wacko!!

Well on Saturday one of my favorite screen heroes died. Yes I'm talking about Charlton Heston. I will never forget the first film I witnessed Heston in , it left me scared out of my wits. At the drive -in , with my parents ,witnessing a world run by apes and that stunning ending , the Stature of Liberty in ruins , on that beach and the surf washing against the hero , as he collapsed in the horror he was home , not on some remote planet!! Heston at his over acting finest! Planet of the Apes is a sci-fi classic and from that picture I searched out and watched Ben-Hur and of course the Ten Commandments , great films .
Heston was a legend and has taken much flack over his increasingly conservative values later in life but the man was a gentlemen, a devoted grandfather and a charitable man . Plus he was faithfully married to his wife for over 64 years. Yes you can take the gun from his hands now , but I will take a 100 Heston's over the Clooney's ,Pitts and Doughnut boy Micheal Moore that populates Hollywood today. RIP CHUCK..........

I'll be back!!

Man,perhaps I'm just not cut out to blog. I have been told I have something to say about everything and then some , so you think it would be easy . I have been pretty occupied but .....Anyway , I have decided to treat this like a job , one I would love and therefore , I will assign a time to blog!! Once again it will be on anything that strikes my fancy , from thoughts , reviews and tears for the Leafs!! Well those are pretty dried up , too many years , my tear ducts are like the Sahara desert !! Well , you will see me again real soon .Thats a threat and a promise!!

Snail Blog!

Man if I blog anymore I might get "blogger" finger from typing so much! Ok I'm joking. Its funny how you just go , well I should write something and then its the next day and so on. So I vow from now on to chain myself to the computer once a day at a specific time to get some flow going!!
I promise , honest !!