place of nathan.

Did you hear the news? A ‘man’ gave birth to a child!
That’s right, a ‘man’ gave birth!

Of course, what they don’t tell you is that the ‘man’ was born a woman, and takes hormones Barry Bonds-style to be manly. So the ‘man’ is actually a manly woman.

Nice…

So, if we call a manly woman a ‘man’, should be start calling a girly man a ‘woman’?

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Here’s a couple of screenshots of my desktop–the before (after three busy weeks prepping for One Prayer and the Web site launch), and the after shot. So much more relaxing to get my desktop cleaned back off!
The Before:

The After:

Isn’t it somewhat odd how much little things–like a clean desktop–can affect us? It starts out just one thing, and then it becomes two, and then five, and then ten. Before you know it, you’re overwhelmed.

Ever been there in your life?

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As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on controversies and quarrels, I wanted to put a plug in for Perry Noble’s blog this morning, when he talks about the five phases in dealing with a critic.
It’s a great follow-up, because in it, he says this:

It didn’t take me long to realize that most critics don’t want an explanation…they want an argument.

Perry tackles how you deal with critics, and offers a better approach than arguing…I love Perry’s biblical, preach-it-at-you approach. Check out his Five Phases in Dealing with a Critic.

His advice is wise, and I am working on this one myself! What do you think about his thoughts?

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Yeah, I know I’m an eternal optimist, but have you ever noticed that those who seem to be always negative are a lot of times negative about things they actually don’t know anything about? And they’re willing to fight about it? Check this out:
1 Timothy 6:3-5:

If anyone teaches false doctrines and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

YIKES!
Lord, May I never have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels resulting in envy, strife, malicious talk and constant friction. May I continually be one with truth.

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Today I’ve almost made some pretty major typos.

I nearly submitted a support request to a company containing the word ’shifted’, but accidentally left the ‘f’ out of that word. Luckily I caught that one!

Then just a few moments ago, I was in Photoshop working on this weekend’s notes, and I don’t often make mistakes. But this time I decided to double-check my work, just in case.
I found an error! What the heck? I spelled ‘Outisde’.

At that point, I almost stopped proofing, but decided to continue. What? I found another–’Relationhsips’!

Man…I’m slipping.
Yikes!

Have you found it true that when we think we’re doing okay, thast wehn we messs up?

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This morning I was thinking about my house. I don’t really know why, but I was thinking ‘My house will never have a mouse get in.’

And I’m right–it won’t. My house is built with concrete block from foundation to roof, so every exterior wall is an 8″ thick piece of concrete. A mouse isn’t going to get through that!
I am well protected with a very sturdy home.

There are some major benefits to a block house. But there are also some major setbacks, too. There is no insulation ‘between the studs’, so heating/cooling costs a bit more. Water seeps in through the basement blocks much easier than it does a normal concrete basement wall.

Strengths and weaknesses. The thing is, you can’t ever find the perfect construction method–there’s always a better way to do a part of it, but then that hinders a different part. So it’s all about balance.

Have you had to balance anything in your life or in your walk with Jesus lately?

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This reminds me of what I previously blogged about here, here, here and here.

2 Peter 1:12-13 (NIV):

So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body.

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In the past six weeks, I’ve injured both my finger and my knee.

I thought both would heal quickly. But as I recover, I’m finding it isn’t so quick.

My finger, although better, is tender to the touch at a specific angle. The problem here, is I forget about it until I hurt it. I don’t hurt it as long as I’m thinking about it–but it doesn’t hurt enough to think about it…

My knee is also much better than it was last week. But the past few days, my knee just feels swollen. It aches. It’s a constant reminder of my injury.

This nagging injuries got me thinking about how much this is like those nagging sin issues in our lives. The thing we think we’re over, we forget about, and then when we forget about it, it pops up. As long as we’re thinking about protecting ourselves from it, we’re good, but then after a while, we slowly forget about it and stop thinking about protecting ourselves anymore…
The knee reminded me of sometimes our problems in life stay with us for a while–sometimes a choice we make when we’re young stays with us for the rest of our lives.

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Mike Ash is in the middle of a 4-part series on Integrity for Sale, and today’s was Part 2: Lying.

As you may know, I’ve written about lying before, about how much I hate it. Mike’s post let me see the lying issue from a new perspective, and perhaps why someone would actually lie.

This is a great post, and I recommend you swing over to Mike’s blog and read Integrity for Sale (2 of 4).

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The first recipient (1917) of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, Herbert Bayard Swope, said this:

I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.

What do you think? Will that bring you surefire failure?

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I have a new Email signature I’ve been using for about two weeks. I think I found this quote from Seth Godin, if memory serves me correct (and it normally does).

Repeat yourself until everyone is annoyed but your accountant.
-Jay Levinson

This reminds me of something Andy Stanley has said:

Vision Leaks.

How often to give vision to those around you? Can people figure out what you want, why you want it? Do you provide your spouse/dating partner vision for your relationship? Are you doing marriage/dating ‘aimlessly’? Does your spouse think you are? Remember, vision leaks, so repeat yourself until everyone is annoyed…

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