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Colossians 1:20 And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. As I was heading to bed last night, I saw that there had been horrific attacks in Paris by Islamic terrorists.  It was not isolated and random. Preliminary reports suggest that over 24 individuals may have been involved in the attacks. Over a 100 people have died. One of the venues for the attack was at an Eagles of Death concert. Irony indeed, and a very sad one at that. One of their songs is "Don't Speak (I Came To Make A Bang)." Actions speak louder than lyrics. I am listening to their "Peace Love Death Metal" album (2004) right now.  I couldn't think of a more apt description of the ISIS version of peace and love through death and metal. Atonement by attack. A caliphate that kills a...

Psalm 62:3 Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. This was the only reference I can find to a fence in the whole Bible. I took out the un-PC part of the verse because it is really not relevant to this blog post. About ten days ago, we have a gusty storm blow through during the late night and early morning. Earlier in the evening, I had noticed that the door had been blown off my plastic storage shed so I checked on it first thing in the morning at 5:20 when I got up for work. To my surprise, I saw this out in the backyard: It looked like a UFO had crashed in my backyard. It took me a sec to figure out that it was the townhouse 3 doors down trampoline. I walked out back and tried to move it and it weighed what felt like 200 pounds.  Earlier this summer, God had used the trampoline to remind me of the joys of childhood because the kids would  bounce on it for hours, laughing the whole time. I found myself having to correct my spirit. Initially, I was getting...