So I guess I will join the fray in the health care debate. I really don’t care about universal health care as long as it accomplishes a few things:
1. NO MORE TAXES- if we can’t do that then it must be nixed. Pres. Obama says it will not add to the deficit. Well I have a few cost saving measures that might help pay for this.
- Stop giving Illegals medical help
- Stop giving drug addicts free heroin
- Stop funding coorporate excess with TARP
- Get out of the Banking Business
- Get out of the Auto Business
2. IT SHOULD COVER EVERY AMERICAN- not illegal immigrants, but American Citizens. Everyone should get the same health care, including memebers of CONGRESS. If they have a cold they should have to take a day off of work and stand in line like eveyone else. Class or social standing has no place in this, everyone gets the exact same health care.
3. THERE WILL BE NO REDUCTION IN SERVICE or QUALITY-
Mr. President and members of Congress, please do the ‘Hard Work’ to get it right the first time. Take some time to overhaul the entire system. Why do drugs in America cost astronomically more than other countries? Why are Americans required to pay for all the R&D? Why is someone who needs certain drugs to fight cancer required to pay $1300 a month for 2 perscriptions? Why are hospitals allowed to charge $6 for an Asprin? Change the Torte laws to significantly reduce the number of lawsuits.
This is not a problem that can be fixed overnight. Please do the due dilligance and cure the system. Congress has been given a true opportunity here, take the time, even if it takes 3 years to get it right. Remove the politics, remove the hype, remove the media and the special interest groups and really focus on it.
Mr. President, swallow your pride, step back get a good look at the entire problem and fix the system. Do not fall prey to the American CEO and Politican mentality. That mentality states that I will do something that is good for the short term to make myself look good with no care on how it will affect future generations. This model has crippled America. Do something for the future, weigh your decision based on your children and how it will affect them, not how it will affect your wallet and public opinion tomorrow.
Well i finally made it back to the blog site…… Wonders never cease. There has been so much going on that the Blog has been neglected. My dear Blog is feeling left out and rejected, so it is time to restore it to the glory it once held.
This Friday and Saturday theBELONGING has an opportunity for an out of this world fundraiser. WE are going to start working the concessions at some of the Marlins, Miami Hurricanes and Dolphin’s Home games. Plus we are going to work the SuperBowl (jealous), the Pro Bowl and the Orange Bowl. Should be some exciting times. Ill fill you in after the weekend is over to let you know how it went. If you can’t make it to help out feel free to just send it a check to the church website to support theBELONGING, Thanks 
Last night was a great start to a new chapter in theBELONGING. We moved to Flagship Cinemas and lots of people rose to the occassion to make this successful. The entire youth leadership team took on the challenge and it was smooth and went really well. Many improvements to come over the next few weeks but it seemed like we had been there for months.
Zech, Matt, Josh, Elizabeth, Tony – GREAT JOB!
Highlights-
- New Service Location
- Popcorn and Jesus- what a great combination!!!
- No gangster window shades (using a dry-erase board)
- Sound was great and Matt did a great job leading us in breathe
- John 12:25-26 What is keeping you back from being ready at a moments notice to serve Jesus
- How do I become reckless in showing and giving my love away
A little humor to start your day off!
Acts 8 talks about Phillip and the Etheopian eunuch. In the begining of the story Phillip is told to travel a pretty desolate road. If his life was to resemble mine I can imagine the conversation he had with God. Why do you want me to go down that road? No one ever travels that road it’s desolate and there are no McDonalds. If you want me to preach your message wouldn’t it be better to do it this way? The options are much better if you allow me to do it my way. But Phillip went with God’s plan. I like to think I eventually would go God’s way to but……
What happens next? Well after several checks with God to make sure he was still going the right way and God didn’t want him to turn back the Etheopian arrives on the scene. Not just any Etheopian but the individual who was personally responsible for the Queen’s cash. This guy had influence. Phillip shares the gospel with the eunuch and he repents and is baptised. Another entire country, nation and culture was introduced to the gospel that day because Phillip was willing to travel down a deserted road and be availble to God.
At the end of the story Phillip is taken off by the Spirit and deposited in
Azotus and he continued on his travels north. Phillip was farther along in his travels by being willing to go and do what God asked than if he had traveled that day. If we are willing to be where God wants us and follow what He is telling us, our lives will be farther along than if we do it our own way.
Have a great day traveling with Jesus and just being willing….
I have recently been reading Acts and today read about Stephen. What an amazing faith that he would continue to preach while being faced with being stoned to death. If I could have that faith.
The Apostle Paul said, “follow me as I follow Christ.” The question of the day is, can you say that to people around you with confidence that those following can see Jesus?
Sorry to all my blog readers for not posting for a while. I have been busy doing everything and then nothing at the same time. Much needed rest and now we are back to a normal schedule. Started SRO class Monday, and am excited to get my carerr with FPL finally off and running.
Had a great week in Orlando at the church planters conference. Got to attend with Pastor Travis and shared some good times with him and his family. On top of that, the Similey’s took in Universal Studios and a few Disney attractions. It was a good week.
Had a youth leaders meeting last night! Good stuff on the horizon for the teens at theBELONGING and the youth of South Florida.
Last night when I came in to work I was looking forward to the end. As a department we have worked hard for the past 6 weeks on extended hours. You see Operations starts 6-12 hour shifts 2 weeks before the outage and ususally goes 10-14 days after the outage. This is prudent due to the work necessary to perpare the unit for the shutdown and the work necessary to align and tweak the systems so they are running at their peak performance after getting to 100%. Plus it allows a somewhat smooth transition from split shifts back to a rotating 5 shift workforce.
However, that was not to be. It seems that one of the rods would not move out. Rods are meant to be out of the core when operating and inserted into the core when shutdown. They are the devices we use to shutdown the reactor and make sure it is controllable. We can operate with a rod fully inserted for a short period of time, but if left inserted for a long time it will cause distored power generation in the core. We like an even power distribution where each part of the core is generating an equal amount.
So, now that the rod won’t move we have to re-align the plant for shutdown, cooldown from 500+ degrees and ~2000 psi to ~110 degrees and 0 psi. AFter that we have to pull the head and figure out what is going on.
The outage that was 2-3 days from being over in now 2-3 weeks from being over. Major bummer, but that is the nature of the business and there is nothing I can do about the plant except my attitude!
Attitude is what it is about- and currently mine has been dragging! The only thing I can control is my attitude! There are people right now in Homestead and the rest of the USA that would love to work for just 2 weeks. Jesus is still Lord and HE HAS RISEN (Happy Easter, see previous post) and my life has been redeemed. To many times WE as followers of Christ allow our external circumstances to affect our internal position. Isn’t that what Joy is about, not being bubbly and exuberant, but having a sense of peace, radiance and happiness because we are redeemed, blood bought, and have been adopted into Father God’s family.
Father- forgive me for not showing Joy. Jesus thank you for the tremendous gift of eternal life. Taking the whipping, the mocking, the crown of thorns, the pain and the humiliation for me, a low down stinking sinner that is dysfunctional and broken. Holy Spirit guide me today, tomorrow and everyday in the future. Amen
What a great day today at Life Pointe- Homestead. It was awesome to celebrate Jesus’ ressurection with my LPC family!
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The band was rocking
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Kelly (x2) and Jesse did some cool stuff with announcements.
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I slept- sorry but come on I had been awake since 1pm Saturday afternoon!
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Meet some new Teenagers- SAM and others
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Got to sit in service with my Honey for the first time in months- WAY COOL!
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Who ever put the songs in Pro Presenter this week did an awesome job!
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I missed second service but by the looks of it the place was packed!
Easter was hard this year with the outage going on and having to go home and sleep. But it was still a great day! To a christian everyday is Easter, but today is a special day because Easter (like Christmas) brings so many back to the church. Pastor Trav really challenged us to reach out to the community. I know we were successful! I say invite cards on bulletin boards at work, on the counter at Burger King, stuck in peoples car windows. I know several neighborhoods that were canvased with invite cards. People out there loving God and their fellow man- That’s what I love about LPC!
HAPPY EASTER!
