“When I Say, ‘I Am a Christian’”

July 29, 2006 · Posted in For His glory · 2 Comments 

I found a really nice poem through the Internet and wanted to share it with you all. Someone once warned me that if I started spouting too much about Christianity that it would chase readers off. Well that is their loss not mine. There are times when I want to share, maybe something about a particular struggle or maybe just a Bible verse. Either way, I am not ashamed to share about God and I don’t want Him to be ashamed of me!

Here is the poem in it’s entirety:

When I say “I am a Christian”


When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not shouting, “I’ve been saved!”
I’m whispering, “I get lost! That’s why I chose this way”

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don’t speak with human pride
I’m confessing that I stumble — needing God to be my guide

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not trying to be strong
I’m professing that I’m weak and pray for strength to carry on

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not bragging of success
I’m admitting that I’ve failed and cannot ever pay the debt

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I don’t think I know it all
I submit to my confusion asking humbly to be taught

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I’m not claiming to be perfect
My flaws are far too visible but God believes I’m worth it

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartache which is why I seek His name

When I say, “I am a Christian,” I do not wish to judge
I have no authority — I only know I’m loved

Copyright 1988 Carol Wimmer

I would like to thank Carol Wimmer for graciously allowing me to share her poem. It has been passed around in emails a lot lately and either attributed to author unknown or to Maya Angelou, both of which are wrong. The persons who are doing this think they are getting around copyright laws by changing the title to “I am a Christian” and rewording a few of the verses. This is wrong, I am a strong advocate for copyrights (guess I would be since I am a photographer).

I hope you all have a blessed day and week and year and decade, oh heck, just have a blessed life would ya!

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Still alive after all these days!

July 29, 2006 · Posted in Blog, Life · 2 Comments 

Yeppers, I’m still here. I have been trying to get myself motivated and so far it just isn’t happening!

I finally decided to upgrade my mp3 player. I was going to get an iPod but considering the trouble some people have had with them, I decided to go with another brand! There are so many choices out there now that it makes your head spin. When I got my first one there were maybe two brands at the store and neither one of them were all that great. Some play movies, most of them have the ability to display pictures, thankfully most of them remembered to put the music player in there too!

I decided to go with a Creative Zen Micro. No movies (I have a TV thank you), no pictures (I see no reason for it), just lots of room for music. Considering my old one was 256mb this 6gb player is a monster. I am going to have a good time filling it up. The sound is exceptional and while it looks confusing I got used to the controls fairly fast. Oh and this little bugger is LOUD. Finally I can drown out pretty much everything that comes my way now!

Hmm, have I mentioned the insomnia thing yet, I think I have but I’m not sure and I don’t feel like checking. Needless to say, I am praying for some good sleep real soon!

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and watch the world die

July 26, 2006 · Posted in Blog · 2 Comments 

Is there anywhere safe anymore? It has been crazy around here lately. We had a sniper on the interstate not far from here. Then a woman and her stepson were stabbed to death in a neighborhood not far from my own.

I usually go out for a smoke on my front porch after work. I couldn’t enjoy it last night. It was way quieter than usual and when I did hear a noise it would make me jump out of my skin. I am not usually a jumpy person but with so much going on it has even got to me. I used to feel safe leaving my door unlocked while I was home, but not anymore. I used to think it was at least safe during the daytime, but this incident proved that wrong!

Seems like I was just getting my sense of humor back and the world decided to take it away again!

Back later!

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The post part 3

July 25, 2006 · Posted in Blog · 2 Comments 

Yep, I’m still alive. I am still pretty much contemplating faith and other Christian related things. A little retrospection can be a good thing once in awhile, I think. Unless of course you neglect the two people who come to rely on your somewhat banal posts to remind them that their lives aren’t quite so bad after all!

A little adventure tonight. While I was on break at work I noticed an odd group of lights in the sky to the south of me. At first I thought it was one of those ugly butt towers. Then they kind of skewed themselves out of line. Then they started dipping lower into the sky till they disappeared behind the tree line. I thought it odd but wrote it off. A few minutes later I look over and there they are again. Some of them are now pretty close to each other, which ruled out helicopters. Then they did their disappearing act again. They didn’t come up before I went back in from my break so I thought they were gone. As I was leaving from work I noticed that they were indeed back again, not as many of them but there they were. I decided to drive in that general direction to get closer and figure out what they were.

The problem with that plan was that they kept dipping out of sight so I would have to pull off the road and wait for them to reappear and start following them again. After driving several miles they dipped once again and they didn’t come back up. I gave up and went home. I will probably never know what the heck they were but at least it gave me something to do since I have been dealing with insomnia again here lately!

Now I need to go catch up on what all my internet pals are up too. Gads it’s been so long they may think I don’t love them anymore!

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Meh

July 22, 2006 · Posted in Blog · 2 Comments 

I had promised pictures from the fair. My work found a way to destroy that opportunity, plus disappoint my kids in the process. I had told my girls we would be going to the fair Saturday to spend the day and ride all the rides. My work decided to make Saturday mandatory, well for some. I haven’t figured out how some people got out of it, but I couldn’t. The girls were disappointed. They still got to go, but I didn’t get to stay very long so Becky had to do it. It broke my heart on many levels. I really love the fair and I really love to enjoy it with my family. I couldn’t go during the week since Desi had summer school which let out just before I had to go to work. Saturday was the last day and now we have to wait another year. Next time I will take a vacation day during the week and take them!

I have spent a lot of time at work lately. I came in early Thursday and Friday and then had to work Saturday, bleh. Thursday I had to chase down the UPS man with my personal vehicle with an order that had to be shipped. Do you think anyone bothered to thank me for that extra bit of effort? You would be wrong unless you think making me break a promise to my wife and children is their way of saying thanks.

Yeah, enough griping. I only have one day off now and between church and getting all my yard work done it wont be very restful! I would wait and mow later but it is getting really high now. It took me a few hours to find my daughter out front the other day as she got lost in the grass. Hey maybe I could convince the neighbors its ornamental grass just like the purple fescue in my garden!

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