Maximum Exodus

Sometimes music can really stir one's soul, especially if the performer is putting his heart and soul into the piece... watch and feel the goosebumps. There is quite a few of Maxim Mrvica's performances on YouTube, try and watch them all, you will be enthralled.

Of course the music brings back childhood memory's of drive in movies with my parents and brothers, where I remember hearing this music of Ernest Gold for the first time in the movie Exodus. Andy Williams wrote moving lyrics as well...
Exodus:
This land is mine
God gave this land to me
This brave and ancient land to me
And when the morning sun
Reveals her hills and plains
Then I see a land
Where children can run free

So take my hand
And walk this land with me
A nd walk this lovely land with me
*Tho'I am just a man
When you are by my side
With the help of God
I know I can be strong

(Repeat *)

To make this land our home
If I must fight, I'll fight
To make this land our own
Until I die, this land is mine

I remember that the movie made quite an impression on me and has probably influenced my feelings for the land of Israel. As a Christian I am even more convinced of the need for us to pray for the Holy Land God gave to the Jewish people.
"The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob."
Exodus, 3. 15

Thou shalt have no other gods...

I never quite got that until these last few days. I was not going to comment on MJ but as things have happened that have bearing on celebrities and life in general that have to do with hero worship I am putting finger to keyboard. God is very clear in this regard and the consequence of not following His Word.
We have filled our modern lives with gods and idols, even going so far as to create a TV show to create idols! But it is the lesser idols and gods that do the most damage, the most insidious and harmful is what causes peer pressure. For when you look up to others for approval and worth you open yourself up to getting hurt and abused, very often without even realizing it. Only by loving God and having the realization of your worth in His eyes can protect you from this.
If I knew this when I was a kid I would have been a happier person, so would many others.
"A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized." Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)

Forget Swine Flu...

Wait till you get the YoYo Flu, it makes you feel ok twice a day and rotten at least three times untill you reach the end of your tether and head off to bed...
They say it takes two weeks or a fortnight to clear up... I am halfway there!
"After you've been in a place for a while, everything starts to look... I won't say better, there's no need to go to extremes...but your everyday life does start to become...familiar."
David Assael, Northern Exposure, Russian Flu, 1990

Stop...

means STOP! Even a kid knows that... Or so I thought, this past Saturday I was gobsmacked when virtually the whole Quad class ignored this most basic of signs and proceeded to blast over the crossing at top speed. Of course the subsequent list of exclusions from the day's results was not taken well by many. Unfortunately I am not letting safety take a second place to popularity or convenience, neither did some of the race jury members, MSA now has to decide... and I will comment further when that happens. in the meantime... please Stop!

"With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'" Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)

"One only needs two tools in life: WD-40 to make things go, and duct tape to make them stop." G. Weilacher

Calling all South Africans @ 21:00 Today

Calling all South Africans (and people who care) to pray at this CRITICAL time, for GOD to give our country the right goverment this coming Wednesday when we go to vote...

2 Chronicles 7 v 14 d
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin and I will heal their land.

Proverbs 29 v 2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the
wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

In the light of the coming elections Wednesday, please, pray for our Country at seven PM today, leave the news or whatever is on MNET and go on your knees with your family for a while...

'Heavenly Father, thank you that we can take comfort in the fact that
you are in control of every situation.
We pray for a godly, honest leader for our country, South Africa.
God YOU make the impossible, possible.
We pray for a leader who will bring peace and reconciliation to our land.

We pray for a free and fair election tomorrow.

We pray that YOUR people in South Africa will keep their eyes on YOU and
that you will bless them.
We pray this in the precious name of JESUS.

Amen

Have another wonderful trip around the sun!

This is something that God sent me for this day;
God is jou SAKDOEK as jy huil...
Hy is jou HOEKIE as jy erens wil skuil...
Hy is jou SAMBREEL as HARTSEER oor jou reen...
Hy is jou 911 as jy in nood verkeer...
Maar meeste van als...
Hy is die ANKER op jou lewenspad.

God is your HANDKERCHIEF when you cry...
He is your HIDEAWAY when you want to hide...
He is your UMBRELLA when HEARTACHE pours down...
He is your 911 in times of trouble...
But most of all...
He is your ANCHOR on your life's journey.

Remember, I will always love you... have a wonderful year!

Unfailing Love

This is the last of my Passover postings...

I will rise

The grave is empty... Jesus has risen! Praise God for his redemption.

Above All

Above all powers, above all kings
Above all nature and all created things
Above all wisdom and all the ways of man
You were here before the world began

Above all kingdoms, above all thrones
Above all wonders the world has ever known
Above all wealth and treasures of the earth
There's no way to measure what you're worth

Crucified
Laid behind a stone
You lived to die
Rejected and alone
Like a rose
Trampled on the ground
You took the fall
And thought of me
Above all

John 3:16
For God So loved the world that, He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Reason

The reason why I can only fall on my knees and whisper... Thank You Lord...
When I saw this on YouTube I knew what day to post it on... I wonder if the writers ever thought that the song could describe how I feel about what Jesus did for us on the Cross...

Hoobastank : The Reason Lyrics
Songwriters: Estrin, Daniel; Hesse, Chris; Lappalainen, Markku; Robb, Douglas;

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You

and the reason is You [x3]

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found out a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you