Tag Archive - life

Life belongs to God. Not us.

January 23, 2011 in life, videos with 1 Comment

Today is Sanctity of Life Sunday, which is the Sunday that falls closest to Jan 22.  Jan 22 is the day in 1973 when the United States Supreme Court decided on the Roe V. Wade and Doe V. Bolton cases which legalized the murder and dismemberment of unborn (aka – abortion) babies in the United States.  Sanctity of Life is the Sunday closest to that horrible day where we celebrate life.  Not destroy it.

Do me a quick favor; stop reading this post for a second and find a mirror.  No seriously.  Go look at yourself in it.  Don’t you like living?   Life is pretty cool, huh?   (I’ve yet to meet anyone who says, “You know Rick, I really wish my mom would have murdered me before I was born.”)

Our son Noah was born on December 15, 2010.  It was seriously one of the most awesome days of my entire life.  Here is a crazy statistic,  on the same day we were celebrating the birth of our son, we should have been mourning the murder of the other 115,000 babies who were killed that day. (There are approximately 115,000 babies murdered by abortion every day in the world.  Crazy, huh?)

I was recently introduced to the website Abort73.com by John Piper.  Their website is the most accurate, and informative I have ever seen.  (They are also the ones who created the video posted above.)  I would HIGHLY suggest visiting their website and clicking through all of the links about this horrible injustice.  They do a much better job then I ever could, so please take the time to read through their site.

I really enjoy their section on personhood. Here is an excerpt;

“Embryos and fetuses are fully and individually human from the moment of fertilization on. If this were not true, if unborn children were not genetically-distinct human beings, there would be no need to even talk about rights of personhood. “Removing a fetus” would be the moral equivalent of pulling a tooth.

Finally I can’t say enough about how much respect I have for John Piper and his strong stance on the murder of unborn babies.  He was written and spoke much about this, and tonight will be broadcasting live about this very topic (I highly suggest tuning in.)  I have posted one of videos that I really liked in the past, and below you’ll find another. His website has lots of great resources if you’d like to learn more about the proper response we should have toward this great injustice.

One last thing.  I know that this is a topic that brings a tremendous amount of pain, and heartache for those who have participated in this in their past.  First, let me say that God can heal the deepest of pains.  He loves you more then you could ever fathom.  Even though some say God is simply an “imaginary being,” He isn’t.  He is very real.  And one day those who think He isn’t will meet Him (sadly the hard way.)  He longs to know you, to love you, and to heal pains you never thought could be healed.  If you have any questions about this at all, please contact me.  I’d love to pray for you, or help you any way I can.

My friends at Focus on the Family have some great material that you can read if you have ever gone through this process, or are thinking about it.  I highly suggest visiting their site, and reading through some of their material.

As you’ll hear John Piper say in the video above, I’m thankful that God knitted me together in my mothers womb.  That He is the creator of life.  And life belongs to Him, and to Him alone.  It is absolutely none of our business, and to tamper with things that belong to God alone is incredibly dangerous.  Let me be very clear, I HATE ABORTION!  It sickens me that we live in a world that you even have to discuss if it is “right or wrong” to murder millions of babies every year. Babies that can’t run from their murders.  Babies who have no choice in the matter (even those who promote this injustice claim to be “pro-choice.”)  Babies who want a mommy and a daddy.  Babies who want to cry.  Babies who want to smile.  Babies who want to be loved.  Babies who are fearfully and wonderfully made.

Dear God, please have mercy on us for how bad we have messed this world up.

If you are a Christian, please take a few minutes right now to stop and pray for God to put in end to this horrible tragedy.  That God would touch the life’s of moms and dads thinking about murdering their unborn baby.  And that God would protect these wonderfully, made in the image of God, babies.

I have more to say, but I hear our 5 week old son in the other room, and I can’t wait to go hug on him!

Noah’s video introduction…!

December 17, 2010 in life, videos with 4 Comments

Our son, Noah, loves the camera! Check him out…!
(warning – you are about to fall in love!)

(sorry for the poor video, but I’m not the one you wanted to see anyway!)

Twitter schooled me 7000 edition

February 7, 2009 in journey, videos with 12 Comments

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What I’ve learned at 7,000 Twitter updates.

1. Twitter moves fast. Very Fast. If you follow a lot of people, and you blink, you WILL miss something. {p.s. – it’s ok to miss something!}
2. A lot of people on twitter have the same job – “internet gurus” or “SEO experts.” {I have no idea what either does by the way.}
3. You can use twitter to do some REALLY cool stuff. {like this}
4. You can almost become obsessed with how many people are “following” you. {You just have to learn to not care about it.}
5. People that you interact with on twitter are REAL people. There is actually a human {and often times a family} behind that avatar.
6. Twitter is really a time machine. {for instance, one day I sat down at 1pm and starting using twitter, one second later it was 5 pm – crazy!}
7. I have no idea how Guy Kawasaki makes his living.{I mean it, I really have no clue – do you?}
8. People who don’t use twitter have no idea why people who do, do!
9. Even though it’s really awesome to build so many new friendships on twitter, I have to be really careful to cultivate the friendships I already have. {this includes friends, wives, dogs, fish, etc.}
10. (TweetDeck) + (Any other thing) = “Any other thing “not getting done very well, or taking much more time then it normally takes.
11. My relationship with God is more important then my relationship with Twitter. {much more important.}
12. My relationship with my wife is more important then my relationship with Twitter. {much more important.}
13. It’s sort of funny {and annoying} when someone sends a message to me and says “hey will you follow me?” {unless of course it’s @human3rror, in that case that you should follow him, because he really likes followers!
14. There’s a guy on twitter who has over 20 Emmy’s! {plus he’s a Christians, my friend, and I’ve hung out with twice now – sweet!}
15. There are some SUPER cool people on twitter. {I’ve gotten to meet MANY of them first hand!}
16. When someone sends you DM they expect you answer it within five minutes. {note – I don’t take my laptop in the bathtub with me!}
17. It hurts the feelings of my friends and family when I use twitter on my iphone while we are out at dinner or just hanging out. {they are super nice, and would never tell me that, but I know it does. I really need to stop doing that.}
18. I do not need to get on twitter during church service, or class lecture. {I need to stop doing this also…..}
19. I sort of like it when I post a picture on twitter, and it gets a lot of views. {any other people out there check their picture views?}
20. Twitter is funnier then a “beachball at a Nickelback concert”! {pop quiz – anyone know where that quote comes from?}

These are just a few things I’ve learned at 7,000 twitter posts. What are some things you’ve learned. {Rather you are at 70 posts, or 70,000.}