Honoring Our Heroes

Egon is gone. Farewell to Harold Ramis. We do lose our heroes eventually, but one of mine who
has recently been promoted I will see again. May you be so fortunate.

It Is Simple

It really is simple.
 "⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." John 14:6

If you have not been called to repentance by Christ, if He has not opened the way to the Father 
for you, you are doomed. False churches such as Catholicism claim Him...but do not know Him.
A thousand and one other religions can claim to represent Christ-but they have no place in His Kingdom. 
How can you know? Who can you trust?
You certainly aren't going to take my word for anything-I'm just a guy at a keyboard.
If you trust in your own wisdom to discern truth...you are a fool. 
If you trust in the religion that you happened to be born into you are someone else's fool.
In either case, you are spiritually blind, and cannot see the truth.
But if you seek Christ, not through your own wisdom, not through your own religion, but through
His words, asking for discernment...there may be hope for you yet. 
The Bible is a spiritual book which can only be understood by those who have their eyes opened by
God. 
The simple graphic above is a test. How you respond to it and the Bible verse beneath it shows you 
exactly where you are. 
May God open your eyes, make Himself evident to you.

A Beautiful Song Or Two

I hardly ever post videos, but I want to share this one from Joni Erickson Tada, "Alone, Yet Not Alone".

And...if it works, this one by Gabriela Montero and Ruth Palmer. They met when their cars had a fender-bender; Gabriela wrote this piece of music for them to perform together. I've noted it
here before, but it bears re-watching.

Just a reminder that 'the world is not all dross'-there are some things Beautiful.

Aokigahara, Or Random Thoughts Tuesday, Wednesday Edition

Haven't done a random thoughts for awhile, which is proof to the 'Random' in the title.
First on the page-the irrelevant yammerfest of last night between a Creationist and a
Scientist.
Didn't watch, didn't care.
The Olympics begin soon; from reports read on the intrawebs, Russia isn't ready.
At all. Hilarious!
Speaking of 'isn't ready', reportage concerning the affordable care act highlighting the continual
vapoi of bad intentions meeting horrid implementation is my favorite sitcom of the season.
It goes like this-if it reported that the ACA will cost America 20+ million jobs, the "White House" 
will declare proudly that the ACA will create 20+ million American jobs!
If the ACA 'roll-out' is reported to be a complete failure, the "White House" will tout it's smooth
operation. And great success. While saving you money!
}shrugs{
Okayfine, I'll admit to feeling a bit miffed. Just read that there is going to be a movie concerning
Aokigahara. I guess it was too thematically potent for Hollywood to miss. I see no good coming from this-I hope that the filmmakers are respectful and do not exploit Aokigahara.
Dun