I used to have an old pastor that used to say: God gave us two ears and one mouth. That means He wants us to listen TWICE as much as we speak.
Now if that isn’t a message from God, I don’t know what is. 
Sesame Street goes online!
Remember when Sesame Street was just a bunch of puppets on a public television channel? They’ve come a long way since then. Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, and the rest of the gang have made thier way to the Internet! Check out their new beta site:
Living by faith
I care not today what the morrow may bring,
If shadow or sunshine or rain,
The Lord I know ruleth o’er everything,
And all of my worries are vain.
Refrain:
Living by faith in Jesus above,
Trusting, confiding in His great love;
From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.
Though tempests may blow and the storm clouds arise,
Obscuring the brightness of life,
I’m never alarmed at the overcast skies—
The Master looks on at the strife.
I know that He safely will carry me through,
No matter what evils betide;
Why should I then care though the tempest may blow,
If Jesus walks close to my side.
Our Lord will return for His loved ones some day,
Our troubles will then all be o’er;
The Master so gently will lead us away,
Beyond that blest heavenly shore.
Governor Schwarzenegger defends equality
This is an excerpt from an email from Equality California…
Dear Friend:
Our community and our supporters continue to be the victim of outrageous, relentless attacks by proponents of Prop 8.
Now they are claiming that Governor Schwarzenegger supports anarchy—anarchy—for saying that he hopes Prop 8 is overturned in court and for encouraging us to “never give up.”
In a recent email urging supporters to attack the Governor for his comments, Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council had this to say:
Since Election Day, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has made statements supporting demonstrations against Proposition 8, and urging California ’s Supreme Court to block the amendment’s enforcement…Condoning street protests and supporting judicial activist scams to overturn a popularly approved state constitutional amendment approaches advocacy of anarchy. Gov. Schwarzenegger is playing a dangerous game, and it needs to stop. Now.”
What needs to STOP NOW is the hateful rhetoric and continued assaults from the leadership of the Yes on 8 campaign who used lies and deceit to write discrimination into our constitution and eliminate our equality.
Email Governor Schwarzenegger, and the 44 members of the California Legislature who signed a friend of the court brief to overturn Prop 8. Encourage them to stand strong in the face of these outrageous attacks.
There is a giant in the land
1Sa 17:4 And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits nd a span.
1Sa 17:5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
1Sa 17:6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
1Sa 17:7 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron:and one bearing a shield went before him.
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Make no mistake about it. There is a giant in the land…his name is Goliath and he’s armed with helmet of discrimination, the coat of violence, the shield of prejudice, and the spear of hate. This giant kills, steals, and destroys. We are in a battle, a war of cultures and beliefs. We must stand strong, and fearless, as we face this formidable foe directly and valiantly. It’s always easier to believe a lie, rather than the truth.
