tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137568112024-02-19T11:10:06.051-06:00Processing Lifebobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-74957136757375408922013-06-24T11:39:00.004-05:002013-06-24T11:39:48.531-05:00This is the OLD blog I've started a new blog at <a href="http://www.processinglife.net/">www.processinglife.net</a><br />
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Please come by there as this one will no longer be updated. Thanks!bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-81924132245754922652013-02-01T06:51:00.000-06:002013-02-01T06:51:09.736-06:00Why Feb 1st is when you should make your New Year's resolutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many people fall into either one of three categories when it comes to New Year's resolutions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are those who year after year enthusiastically commit to various audacious goals only to experience failure a few months in. The meant well, but it just didn't come together. "Well, if the Cubs can try again next year so can I" is the annual attitude.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are also those refuse to set resolutions. "No one ever sticks with those. Who wants to feel like a failure?" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then, similar to the existence of Big Foot, there supposedly is a group of people out there who indeed do keep resolutions. I always wondered if such people were successful because they set goals like, "I'm going to make sure to breath every day this year." But if the resolutions are actually more challenging then this, then I need to meet the Sasquatch so I can ask him what the secret to success is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">To set goals is a good and necessary endeavor, a discipline of the successful and prudent. I'd like to offer the suggestion that maybe the reason some fail at keeping resolutions is tied to when they are made: New Year's Eve. </span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course December 31st seems like the logical and obvious place on the calendar to make New Year's resolutions. The date lends itself to introspection and forward hope. However, for all of its inspiration toward self-reflection, December 31st isn't a normal day for most people. The holidays are still in progress. Many take part of or the entire day off. School isn't back in session. And even for those who are working the day still feels different. It is in this time and reality vacuum that we set our goals. We realize shortly thereafter once normality kicks back in that we didn't include "the ways things are" with "the ways we hope things will become."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">But we are indeed back to normal here on February 1st. Work is back to normal, the semester is in full swing, and all of your holiday decorations have been put away (if your decorations are still up please read <a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-timeline-of-how-we-see-other.html" target="_blank">THIS</a>). Now is the time to set some goals for the year because now you have a good idea of what your life rhythm looks like. Now you are not in the midst of a slight holiday euforia, now you are back to the daily grind. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now is the time to dream a little bit of who you want to be on December 31, 2013. Be realistic. If you have never run half a mile at any time in your life, running a marathon probably wouldn't be very realistic. Possible, yet not entirely probable. Running a 1/2 marathon could work though. Exercising 3x's a week is challenging for the person who hasn't trained since high school, where going every day might be too much. Don't make things too difficult. But at the same time challenge yourself. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think the worst thing a person could do is not care about who they are and who they are becoming. To take an honest look at yourself is difficult, but contrary to popular belief difficult things can be good things. The most important things in life are never easy. Becoming who you can and should be doesn't happen by chance. Be intentional to set some goals for the rest of the year and the make a plan to go for it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Suggestions on making goals:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Make only a few.</b> One or two, no more than three. Don't overwhelm yourself.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Write them down.</b> And after you do that post them where you can see them.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Make them measurable.</b> I'm going to read more this year is too vague. I'm going to read 12 books this year gives you something to evaluate.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Make a plan.</b> Don't just make the resolution and then hope it comes true. Figure out what it will take to complete the goal. Who do you need to talk to? What do you need to schedule? What do you need to obtain? </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Cubs may never win a world series. But their consistency in not being on top has never deterred them from trying (though that may be debatable to some). Don't be a quitter. Be better at the end of this year. That will only happen if you figure out what that means for you, set some goals, and then go for it.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-61148335827369054952013-01-26T10:43:00.000-06:002013-01-26T10:43:49.500-06:00The best Star Wars news I've heard in awhile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last November the bomb landed that George Lucas had sold Star Wars to Disney. Some people thought it was great, some freaked, most were completely shocked. <span style="font-size: small;">The debate of whether Leia is a Disney princess now and other tongue-in-cheek commentar<span style="font-size: small;">ies</span> ha<span style="font-size: small;">ve been quite <span style="font-size: small;">humorous</span>. </span></span>I've been silent on the issue while inside holding an optimistic sense of "wait and see." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">To come clean, I'm cool with Disney moving things forward. They have been handed the the keys to one of the most popular movie dynasties ever, they're not going to just drive it off a cliff. Possible? Yes. But if anyone can successfully move things into the future I'm confident Disney can do it. Tron Legacy and The Avengers are excellent evidence for that (don't mention John Carter to me as cross-examination because I loved that movie). <span style="font-size: small;">The<span style="font-size: small;"> stories of the St<span style="font-size: small;">ar Wars universe are already plentiful<span style="font-size: small;"> so there is no lack of want for ideas. It really would come down to <span style="font-size: small;">who<span style="font-size: small;"> would direct and then who would write the screen play. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And then two days ago the news came that got me SUPER pumped. The second I read it on Huffington Post I immediately text my best bud Todd who is a bigger Star Wars freak than I am:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yes...we are nerds. Proud, ecstatic nerds. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This was the bigger part of my "wait and see" attitude: anticipating who would be named director. It<span style="font-size: small;"> would be the key to everythin<span style="font-size: small;">g. </span></span>J.J. Abrams was my first pick and hope, Christopher Nolan or Zach Synder on the subsequent short list. But I wished for Abrams for his emphasis on storytelling, not to mention his great chops in CGI effects.<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">His directing work on Super 8, Star T<span style="font-size: small;">rek, </span>and Mission Impossible 3 show<span style="font-size: small;"> his expertise, </span></span></span></span></span>not to mention all of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">his other writing pro</a><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/?ref_=sr_1" target="_blank">jects</a>.<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Add to Abra<span style="font-size: small;">ms that Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sun<span style="font-size: small;">shine and Toy<span style="font-size: small;"> Story 3) is now officially writing the screen play and this has the potential to be ONE AMAZING MOVIE!!!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">201<span style="font-size: small;">5 can't get here soon<span style="font-size: small;"> enough. <span style="font-size: small;">It <span style="font-size: small;">already feels like it is far..<span style="font-size: small;">far...away (y<span style="font-size: small;">es, I <span style="font-size: small;">went there)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The recent news of <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> U.S. turning down the petition to build a Death Star is a bummer (see <a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/secure-resources-and-funding-and-begin-construction-death-star-2016/wlfKzFkN">here</a> and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/death-star-petition_n_2460265.html">here</a>), but this official news of J.J. Abrams taking the Star Wars helm is nothing short of epic. This long time fan is very, very happy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Official Press release of Abrams directing:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-is-being-kick-started-with-dynamite-jj-abrams-to-direct-star-wars-episode-vii.html" target="_blank">STAR WARS IS BEING KICK-STARTED WITH DYNAMITE J.J. ABRAMS TO DIRECT STAR WARS: EPISODE VII</a></span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-52034003168818881172013-01-19T11:38:00.000-06:002013-01-19T11:38:17.756-06:00How to pray for one hour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">At New Life Community Church we are in the midst of 21 days of prayer and fasting. Part of this includes each New Life location hosting 24hrs of non-stop prayer from 7pm on one day to 7pm the next. At New Life Lincoln Park where I am our 24hrs starts tonight. We have over 30 people signed up for 1hr blocks to pray for one another, our church, and our city.</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Praying for an entire hour?!? Wouldn't you fall asleep? What all could you possibly pray about for that long?</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Praying for an hour may seem intimidating at first but for the person prepared the time in reality flies by. At the end the prepared person would be checking the clock on their phone with astonishment asking, "That's it? That was an hour?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's how you get ready to pray for an hour:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WHAT TO DO BEFOREHAND:</span><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Figure out what you'll be praying for:</span></span></b></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Write down personal things you'll be praying for.</u> Suggestions:</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Spiritual</i>: how is your relationship with God? </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Character</i>: things to work on and things to embrace</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Habits</i>: good ones to develop or bad ones to stop</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Ambitions</i>: goals or dreams for the next year</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Financial</i>: what needs do you have? How will you sacrificially give this year?</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Write down specific people you will pray for. </u>Suggestions: </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Friends</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Neighbors</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Family members</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Church family </i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Co-workers or classmates</i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Chicago<br /> </i></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ask people how you can pray for them:</b> you've written down various people's names, so why not contact them and tell them what you're doing. A quick text, <span style="font-size: small;">email<span style="font-size: small;"> or phone call and you can </span></span>ask how to be praying for them. It's better to know specifics from them then come up with generalities on your own.<br /><u><br /></u></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Recruit people to pray with you:</b> having an hour alone with God just might be the thing you need right now. On the other hand - it might be a great opportunity for community. Why not ask someone else from the church to come along and pray with you. Praying for one another's lists of needs and concerns can be a powerful time.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">WHAT TO DO DURING THE HOUR:</span><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pray through the Lord's Prayer: </span></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">These are things <span style="font-size: small;">Jesus told us to be </span>praying <span style="font-size: small;">about.</span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Spend about <span style="font-size: small;">7</span>-8 minutes on each of the sections.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">About 7-8 minutes on each also allows for silence and reading scripture. </span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="text Matt-6-9"><span class="woj">Our Father in heaven</span></span></i><span class="text Matt-6-9"><span class="woj"><i> hallowed be your name</i> - thank Him and praise Him for who He is</span></span><span class="text Matt-6-10" id="en-NIV-23293"><span class="woj"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="text Matt-6-10" id="en-NIV-23293"><span class="woj">Your kingdom come, </span></span><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj">Your will be done, </span></span></i><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Matt-6-10"><span class="woj"><i>on earth as it is in heaven</i> -- pray about your relationship with Him. Pray about how you are doing living a Kingdom life. Pray about being completely surrendered on Him - that He is God and you are not.</span></span></span><span class="text Matt-6-11" id="en-NIV-23294"><span class="woj"><br /></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Matt-6-11" id="en-NIV-23294"><span class="woj"><i>Give us today our daily bread</i> - Pray about your needs that you wrote down.</span></span><span class="text Matt-6-12" id="en-NIV-23295"><span class="woj"> Pray about the needs and concerns that you wrote down for others.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="text Matt-6-12" id="en-NIV-23295"><span class="woj">And forgive us our debts, </span></span></i><span class="indent-1"><i><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span></i><span class="text Matt-6-12"><span class="woj"><i>as we also have forgiven our debtors</i> - What do you need to ask God's forgiveness for? Who do you need to forgive? </span></span></span><span class="text Matt-6-13" id="en-NIV-23296"><span class="woj"></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span class="text Matt-6-13" id="en-NIV-23296"><span class="woj">And lead us not into temptation,<sup> </sup></span></span><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"></span><span class="text Matt-6-13"><span class="woj">but deliver us from the evil one</span></span></span></i> - What do you need to ask God's help with? What do you need His protection in? What weakness do you need to be honest about?<br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Read scripture</b> - Make sure you <span style="font-size: small;">bring your Bible along and spend time reading. <span style="font-size: small;">Pick one <span style="font-size: small;">or two passages to read and <span style="font-size: small;">go through them more than once. Read slowly and prayerfully. Ask God to make things stand out<span style="font-size: small;">: to challenge you, <span style="font-size: small;">to convict, to encourage<span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Suggestions:</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">James 1:2-18</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew 5:1-14</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Psalm 23</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Colossians 3:1-17 </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ephesians 5:1-20 </span><br /></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Allow for silence </b>-
for a portion of the time just be quiet. Just be quiet and close your
eyes (which means you may need to stand). You've probably talked for a
bit so allow for God to speak. Prayer is a conversation so make sure you
don't hog all of the time and never allow His voice to be heard. <br /></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Don't sit in one place:</b> You may want to start off sitting down. I like to journal so I'd be doing that. After a while you may want to stand and lean against a wall or walk around. You may want to kneel for a bit. Give yourself variety in your location and in how you hold yourself. But by all means - DON'T LAY DOWN!!! =) </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">You may have read this and aren't<span style="font-size: small;">/didn't </span>participat<span style="font-size: small;">e in the 24hrs of prayer. Why not schedule an hour on your own? Wake up a little early one day, pick a Saturday when you have some free time, or block off a night from other activities. <span style="font-size: small;">Follower<span style="font-size: small;">s of Jesus are <span style="font-size: small;">to be praying. It's<span style="font-size: small;"> not an elective, it's a required characteris<span style="font-size: small;">tic. </span></span>Nothing can jump start that discip<span style="font-size: small;">line in your life like an hour of prayer as explained abo<span style="font-size: small;">ve. <span style="font-size: small;">Pray! Pray! Pray!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text Matt-26-40" id="en-TNIV-24092"><i>Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. <span class="woj">“Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?”</span> he asked Peter. - Matthew 26:40</i></span></span></span></span></div>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-23452652773432269652013-01-15T10:36:00.000-06:002013-01-15T10:36:10.194-06:00A prayer for strength and courage<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap;">A Prayer to the Holy Spirit </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>O Holy Spirit, <br />give me stillness of soul in you. <br />Calm the turmoil within, <br />with the gentleness of your peace. <br />Quiet the anxiety within, <br />with a deep trust in you. <br />Heal the wounds of sin within, <br />with the joy of your forgiveness. <br />Strengthen the faith within, <br />with the awareness of your presence. <br />Confirm the hope within, <br />with the knowledge of your strength. <br />Give fullness to the love within, <br />with an outpouring of your love. <br /><br />O Holy Spirit, <br />be to me a source of light, strength and courage <br />so that I may hear your call ever more clearly <br />and follow you more generously. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Found this over the weekend during a time I really needed it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maybe you need it today.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-17416725925402749912013-01-12T08:25:00.000-06:002013-01-12T08:25:03.672-06:00The timeline of how we see other people's Christmas decorations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the day after Thanksgiving to Dec 25: "Those Christmas lights are great!"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dec 26-31: silence</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jan 1-7: "Guess it's time to take </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> the lights </span></span>down buddy."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jan 8-14: "Seriously, they still have their lights up?"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jan 15-21: "Hey you weirdos - Christmas was LAST YEAR!!"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jan 22-31: "There should be a city ordinance and fees for people like that!"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Feb & March: Stunned silence. Burst of laughter or slow shaking back and forth of head. Possibly includes a phone pic sent to your friends accompanied by "Can you believe this?!?"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">April <span style="font-size: small;">to</span> Sept: "What - are you just leaving them up so you don't have to do any work next year? Ghheezz...the laziness of some people"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oct: Silently to yourself<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> "Maybe leaving them up w<span style="font-size: small;">as a good idea</span>"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nov 1 <span style="font-size: small;">till</span> Thanksgiving: "One holiday at a time people!"</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It should be noted that the "silence" of Dec 26-31 represents those who are taking down their decorations during that time.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-14207303326220565992013-01-11T09:33:00.000-06:002013-01-11T10:03:49.666-06:00Trusting in the slow work of God<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Last night brought a rare moment of being able to just sit in the living room and be quiet for awhile. It was a prayerful time: who I am, my family, church and all the horizon will unknowingly reveal. While staring at our fake fireplace a line from a prayer I heard a few <span style="font-size: small;">months </span>ago arrived, "Trust in the slow work of God." It comes from this prayer by Father Teilhard de Chardin:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The last line is my difficulty. Not in agreement but in practice. Accepting the anxiety of suspense. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am the paradox of loving to be surprised but then doing all I can to discover them. It takes a lot for me when reading a book not to glance at the last line of the last chapter just to see where it is going. It's possible on a Kindle but not in breathing. We can't see our last line anymore then the chapter that ends in a few months. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So this is my prayer for now...Lord help me to embrace the suspense. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trusting him as the author of this story allows me to bravely move into the unknown. Trying to figure the plot by my own wits just makes for a lame hack job of a script. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And I want my story to be a good read.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-9082244027186858832013-01-01T20:18:00.000-06:002013-01-01T20:18:10.307-06:00Like a firework from the air<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">No chance on starting the year off on a restful note, I had to fly out of town for work this afternoon. Two and half hours later, while on the landing approach coming into Houston I happened to look out my window to see a single firework being shot off. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a professional job, clearly not something bought at a roadside shop. Then again, I am in Texas right now so it's not to say that some cowboy out there didn't have a pro size rocket to blast off. The explosion was blue with a yellow middle. At <span style="font-size: small;">ground level</span> I'm sure it looked like a huge burst, but<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">from </span>my perspective's altitude</span> it looked like a soap bubble rising above still water in a bathtub. It hung there for just a second and then...pop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This brought a smile because I've always wondered what fireworks would look like from the air. Of course I kept my eye on the area where it said hello, but no other came. It was there for just a moment and then...pop.<br /><br />And in the quiet, while still waiting for another, the thought came to me, "That's how this next year will be."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here just for a moment and then...pop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. James 4:13-16 </i></span></span></div>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-85576208038277083682012-12-27T09:40:00.000-06:002012-12-27T09:40:06.106-06:00My most read blog posts in 2012<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Busy" would be a pretty good summary word of my 2012. Traveling with Logos, pastoring New Life Lincoln Park, teaching at Moody and having an amazing family pretty much fills up every second of every day (and then some). So though I wasn't able to blog anywhere near as much as I would like to, below are the top blog posts from my blog in 2012</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-christian-needs-to-know-as.html" target="_blank">What a Christian Needs to know as President Obama begins four more years</a> - this actually became the most viewed entry of any blog post I've ever written.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/12/tears-for-newton.html" target="_blank">Tears for Newtown </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/praying-with-baylee-at-flag-pole.html" target="_blank">Praying with Baylee at the flagpole </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-bittersweet-birthday-present.html" target="_blank">My bittersweet Birthday present </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/08/aug-2nd-gospel-appreciation-day.html" target="_blank">Aug 2nd: Gospel Appreciation Day </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-chevy-cavalier-february-1998-july.html" target="_blank">My Chevy Cavalier: Feb 1998-July 2012</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/07/spider-man-and-my-hilarious-daughter.html" target="_blank">Spiderman and my hilarious daughter </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/06/did-you-fall-for-yesterdays-back-to.html" target="_blank">Did you fall for yesterday's Back To The Future scam? </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/05/if-it-didnt.html" target="_blank">If it didn't... </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/05/passing-on-star-wars-legacy-being-good.html" target="_blank">Passing on the Star Wars legacy and being a good day </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-tough-being-one-there-holding.html" target="_blank">"It's tough being the one holding a father and mother when they just lost their son" </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/01/pain-of-miscarriage-and-goodness-of-god.html" target="_blank">The Pain of Miscarriage and the goodness of God</a></span></span><br />
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bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-55962961583842715652012-12-25T13:25:00.001-06:002012-12-25T13:25:40.986-06:00What Christmas is all about...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. </span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">- 1 John 4:9-12</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness - John 1:14 </span></span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-7125391754900151942012-12-24T08:32:00.000-06:002012-12-24T08:32:33.132-06:00Some free Christmas music for you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last year our awesome worship team at New Life Lincoln
Park recorded a Christmas CD for our church family. It is incredibly
well done and a great download for your next couple days of festivities.
Though obviously biased, our fam has been jamming out to it in the car
the last few days and love it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's the link to download it for FREE: <a href="http://bit.ly/NLLP-Christmas" target="_blank">MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's completely for free however in the spirit of <a href="http://www.noisetrade.com/" target="_blank">Noisetrade</a> if you'd like to make a Christmas donation to <a href="http://www.newlifelincolnpark.com/" target="_blank">New Life Lincoln Park</a> then just <a href="http://www.newlifechicago.org/giving" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. While following the instructions make sure to choose "Lincoln Park" under the locations. Thank you!</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-22604768348319750162012-12-22T07:44:00.000-06:002012-12-22T07:44:02.747-06:00It's the end of the world as we know it...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Of course I do. And for the most part slept like a baby last night or at the least like an exhausted, slightly overworked kid-at-heart. And once it arrives in the mail I'll proudly wear my new t-shirt:</div>
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<b>Take that Mayans!</b><br />
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And I'm sure R.E.M. wants to thank you for the increased bump in their royalties check this month:<br />
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<i>“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. " Matthew 24:36-37, 42-44</i></div>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-4192478746604621882012-12-16T07:00:00.000-06:002012-12-16T08:49:02.180-06:00Praying for 26 families<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whether <span style="font-size: small;">or not today is a day of <span style="font-size: small;">worship for you, please r</span></span>emember</span> to pray for the families and friends of these 26 victims from Friday's shooting. They are still in deep, intense mourning and need our prayers<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlotte Bacon, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Daniel Barden, 7 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Davino, 29 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Olivia Engel, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Josephine Gay, 7 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ana Marquez-Greene, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dylan Hockley, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dawn Hochsprung, 47 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Madeleine Hsu, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Catherine Hubbard, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chase Kowalski, 7 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jesse Lewis, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">James Mattioli, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Grace Mcdonnell, 7 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anne Marie Murphy, 52 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emilie Parker, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jack Pinto, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Noah Pozner, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Caroline Previdi, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jessica Rekos, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Avielle Richman, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lauren Rousseau, 30 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mary Sherlach, 56 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Victoria Soto, 27 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Benjamin Wheeler, 6 </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Allison Wyatt, 6 </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Even though I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-content=""<div class=\"resourcetext\"><span class=\"lang-en\"><a data-reference=\""Ps138.7"\" data-datatype=\""bible+esv"\" href=\"/reference/Ps138.7\" class=\"bibleref\"><span style=\"vertical-align:normal\">Ps 138:7 </span></a><br /></span> </div>"" data-resourcename=""esv"" href="http://biblia.com/books/esv/Ps23#" rel="popup" style="background-color: transparent; color: navy ! important; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;"></span></a>walk through the valley of the shadow of death, <a data-content=""<div class=\"resourcetext\"><span class=\"lang-en\">Or <em>the valley of deep darkness</em><br /></span> </div>"" data-resourcename=""esv"" href="http://biblia.com/books/esv/Ps23#" rel="popup" style="background-color: transparent; color: navy ! important; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;"></span></a>I will<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-content=""<div class=\"resourcetext\"><span class=\"lang-en\"><a data-reference=\""Ps3.6"\" data-datatype=\""bible+esv"\" href=\"/reference/Ps3.6\" class=\"bibleref\"><span style=\"vertical-align:normal\">Ps 3:6 </span></a><a data-reference=\""Ps27.1"\" data-datatype=\""bible+esv"\" href=\"/reference/Ps27.1\" class=\"bibleref\"><span style=\"vertical-align:normal\">Ps 27:1 </span></a><a data-reference=\""Ps27.3"\" data-datatype=\""bible+esv"\" href=\"/reference/Ps27.3\" class=\"bibleref\"><span style=\"vertical-align:normal\">Ps 27:3 </span></a><a data-reference=\""Ps118.6"\" data-datatype=\""bible+esv"\" href=\"/reference/Ps118.6\" class=\"bibleref\"><span style=\"vertical-align:normal\">Ps 118:6 </span></a><br /></span> </div>"" data-resourcename=""esv"" href="http://biblia.com/books/esv/Ps23#" rel="popup" style="background-color: transparent; color: navy ! important; margin: 0px; outline: medium none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;"></span></a>fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. - Psalm 23:4 </i></span></span></div>
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bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-90704452621270922702012-12-15T10:18:00.001-06:002012-12-15T11:33:35.221-06:00Tears for Newtown<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of all He has given us there is nothing</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">more powerful than choice.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is a hammer, full of potential and danger,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">able to destroy or to build. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yesterday someone used it to shatter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anger and grief are predominate </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">and in my solidarity with the parents </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think I can safely say that we don't want </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">to see adolescence interviewed about their </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">experiences and we don't want to hear </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">why you think you still need your gun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apologize for my anger?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I don't think so. I hope not. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">He trashed a temple because evil men</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">took advantage of innocence </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">so my feelings right now seem to resonate.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trashing a temple today would be worthless</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">but putting a hole in drywall </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">would probably feel pretty good.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brokenhearted implies there are pieces</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">that can be taped together or cracks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">that can be sewn up for mending.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">When the moments we dread come to be</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">our hearts become dust</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">so typical sympathetic band-aids</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">become worthless and slightly insulting. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I grieve for the parents in Newtown. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">In their beyond understanding pain </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I beg God to bring His beyond understanding peace.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Though with much smaller tears, we weep with them.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-26323633519212262142012-12-14T15:48:00.000-06:002012-12-14T15:48:42.790-06:00Now is the time for tears<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">I went to pick up Baylee a little earlier than normal from school today. Rushed a little faster from the car to get to the door. Squeezed a little harder than normal when she ran to me. Because my heart shatters right now for the parents who lost their little ones in Connecticut today.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Words are pretty much unnecessary at this point. Tears speak everything.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>So hold me Jesus, 'cause I'm shaking like a leaf </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>You have been King of my glory </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Won't You be my Prince of Peace</i></span></span></div>
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bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-64344419749806395342012-12-04T09:35:00.001-06:002012-12-04T09:35:46.573-06:00Thankful for my beautiful, sweet daughter<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Everyone has dreams about their future. On December 4, 2006 a nurse said to me, "here you go daddy, meet your daughter." And for the first time I was able to hold this dream come true: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And now today, six years later, she is still that dream. I am so thankful for my beautiful Baylee, my sweet daughter:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />We went to Jewel this morning to buy cookies so she can celebrate with her friends at lunch. As we were walking the sidewalk to the main door I picked her up and prayed...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"God - thank you for this awesome little girl. (She interupted me at this point and whispered, "Big girl") ...for this awesome BIG GIRL! For giving mommy and me such an amazing daughter. I am so thankful that I get to be her daddy and I am so incredibly proud of who she is. Thank you for making her so much fun, for making her so caring, for giving her so much energy and with a sweet spirit, that she is helpful, that she tries so hard, and that she is growing up to be such an amazing BIG girl. Give her a great, fun, amazing birthday"</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And now back in my office writing this, with somewhat watery eyes, I pray the other prayer I do every Dec 4th...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Dear God...please slow down the time"</i></span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-23752094296157220572012-11-07T08:18:00.002-06:002012-11-07T08:18:51.976-06:00What a Christian needs to know as President Obama begins 4 more years<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Last night our political process played out and by a electoral vote of 303-206 and a popular vote currently at 59,584,661 to 56,959,312 Barack Obama will retain his title of Commander in Chief for four more years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I've yet to see the concession and victory speeches, having gone to bed early last night. I'll be honest, I really hope Obama put his arms out and dropped the mic at the end of his. Regardless, skimming through the Facebook news feed this morning I've seen everything from ecstatic praise for the victory to people apparently having a little ancient Mayan in their blood based on their cries of the end coming around the corner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So what is a person who loves and follows Jesus supposed to do? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Simple: remember that your identity is based in the Kingdom of God and not the United States of America. This isn't to negate being patriotic or loving our country. But it does mean living based on a certain set of values and standards set forth by God. I can't make my earthly country live by those values and in many ways I have to really think through the reality of expecting them to, but neither idea prevents me from living like a child of the King. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of living as a child of the King means valuing and acknowledge the fact that we are under the leadership of Barack Obama. The Bible is pretty clear on what it means to live as part of the Kingdom of God while under the earthly leadership of the President:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. </b>For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, <b>honor to whom honor is owed</b>. - Romans 13:1-7</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.</b> For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. <b>Honor the emperor.</b> 1 Peter 2:13-17</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A lot of social media p<span style="font-size: small;">osts</span> I'm seeing are far from honorable. Shame on you if you are Christian and slandering our leader with your disappointment in the election outcome. Other people are watching and reading. How you express your disappointment is a testament to Jesus and to His church. When you talk like a childish junior higher who didn't get his way you are wrong and not representing the Kingdom well at all. Grow up. Keep it together. Remember who your hope is in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't have to like the man's politics. You don't have to like the man. But you do have to HONOR him. In how you speak of him or write about him, in how you disagree with him, in how you live your life in this country under his leadership.</span></span><br />
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bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-33395687642358206852012-11-06T09:49:00.000-06:002012-11-06T10:11:28.096-06:003 helpful links and 2 thoughts on election day<span style="font-size: small;">After today the barrage of commercials will go to a trickle (hopefully), followed by lawn signs getting pulled up and 7-11 Obama/Romney cups being replaced with 007 cups (hopefully). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But as of writing this there are still around 10 hours left in Chicago to vote. For those still undecided, here are a couple links I found helpful:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.isidewith.com/">www.isidewith.com</a> - The site lists a bunch of questions along the various issues, asking your opinion and how important the issue is for you. Once done it will tell you which candidate you are most in line with. If you go to the site you'll notice that each category has a link under each grouping for additional questions on the topic. Make sure to answer those as well.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/helen-c-whitney/romney-mormonism_b_2068070.html" target="_blank">5 Questions Romney Never Answered About Mormonism</a> - very thought provoking article. For me #4 is the big one to consider. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.waynegrudem.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Moral-and-spiritual-issues-in-the-2012-election-10-2-12.pdf" target="_blank">Moral and Spiritual Issues in the 2012 Election</a> - chart on the various issues for the two parties. Thought-provoking, though at the same time should be seen as a summary of generalities. It would be incredibly wrong to make the assumption that a person claiming to be in either of the given parties holds to each and every issue in exactly the way this author has defined them. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A couple thoughts for my fellow Christians:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><i><b>Be respectful in how you speak of others that you disagree with. </b></i></b></i><u>All</u> of the issues are
important in an election. However some issues will be more heart felt
than others to various individuals, including various believers. There
will even be debate on which of those issues should rise to the top. In the same way, though most would agree that we should vote for the candidate that is closely in line with Biblical principles - it is very possible that various believers will disagree on the specifics of those Biblical principles. It
is OK to disagree with others and it is OK to have healthy debate on such
things. So avoid phrases today (or ever) along the lines of, "I don't see how
anyone who believes in God can vote for..." To flippantly make such a statement is more arrogant than
anything. There's a right way and a wrong way to point to one's
understanding of the truth. How a fellow church family member votes in a political election should not deter us from being in community with them. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Be respectful in how you speak of the candidate that you disagree with. </b></i>For example, anyone who refers to our current president as Obama Bin Laden <i><u><b>is not being obedient to scripture!!!</b></u></i> See Romans 13:1-7, 2 Timothy 2:1-7, and 1 Peter 2:13-17. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Never a fan of election years for the rift they can cause in families, friendships, churches, and communities. But they are necessary. Pray for God's guidance as you cast your vote.</span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-3217527530995317442012-10-29T16:54:00.001-05:002012-10-29T16:54:51.612-05:00Hurricane Sandy as seen from Google Earth<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Screenshot of Hurricane Sandy as seen via Google Earth:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Praying for my family and friends out there and for all those along her path.</span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-36279744302520626212012-10-24T15:44:00.000-05:002012-10-24T17:00:55.472-05:00Me and THE Patch Adams <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">While buckling up on a bright and early 5:50am flight yesterday I noticed an older and rather eccentrically dressed guy sitting down across the aisle from me. "Man he looks familiar." But I couldn't place it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Three hours later as I'm gathering my stuff up after landing I hear someone say, "Can we take a picture?" And the guy sitting with Mr Eccentrically Dressed has his iPhone held out arm length. I finally had a good look at the guy's face and it hit me... THAT'S PATCH ADAMS!!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">We got off the plane at the same time so of course I had to ask, "Mr Adams - your story has always been an incredible inspiration to me. Can I be a stupid fan and get a pic with you?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Absolutely - on two conditions: you pick your nose while we're doing it and you go to my website to check out the stuff we're doing." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">So I picked my nose with Patch Adams: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The funniest thing is that before the picture was taken he looks at me with my finger in my nose and says, "OK - no simulations allowed, you have to be mining for gold."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before walking away he said, "Don't forget to go to my website and check out our stuff. The movie only scratched the surface. And share it with your friends."</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />So I'm doing that, here's his site: <a href="http://www.patchadams.org/">http://www.patchadams.org/</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">And if you've never seen the movie Patch Adams, well, it's not too late. Repent and change your ways. =) </span></span>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-6179500333104928502012-09-26T11:38:00.002-05:002012-09-26T11:38:53.055-05:00Praying with Baylee at the flag pole<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.syatp.org/" target="_blank">See You At The Pole</a> is a national day of prayer that started while I was in high school. On the third Wednesday of September the flag pole becomes a rally point for students all over the country to gather together to pray for their families, friends, schools, and country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today Baylee and I gathered at the pole before she went in to class. Trying to explain it to a five year old I said, "We can talk to God any time we want, but today is a special day because while we are praying here there are people all over the city praying by their school flag poles. Remember when we went to New York and San Francisco and Orlando? There are kids praying at their schools there too."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"What are they praying about?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"They're asking God to help their schools, and to be with their family and friends. Do you want to pray to?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Yes! Dear God - please please help my school! Amen!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then she looks up at me, "Like that? Was that a good prayer?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"That was a spectacular prayer Baylee!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I sat her in my lap and thanked God for her and for her mommy and brother. I asked God to protect her at school. To help her to learn well. That she would have a lot of fun. That she would be a great leader and a great helper. And that He would bless Mrs Larose and the rest of the teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">After I said Amen she looked at me again and smiling said, "Thanks dad" </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Trusting Him to answer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="text 2Chr-7-14" id="en-ESV-11339"><i>If my people who are called by my name humble
themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their
land. <br />2 Chronicles 7:14</i></span></span></div>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-77397702928761316282012-09-12T07:29:00.000-05:002012-09-12T07:29:40.362-05:00Why 9/12 is as important as 9/11<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Yesterday was <a href="http://bobbymoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/911-already-starting-to-fade.html" target="_blank">a post about 9/11</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>But today is September 12th. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Everyone goes back to the grind, back to
the busyness and hectic pace. There will possibly be a few mentions of
9/11 throughout the day:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>"Did you see any of the memorials on TV?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>"Did your church do anything special?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Conversation will be sincere, but
probably brief. But it's 9/12. We've moved on. <a name='more'></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=13756811" name="more"></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span> </span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span>But I'd guess that those hurting
haven't. Not quite yet. They are still feeling it today, even if they
did have to go back to the grind. We may be in a different place, but
they are still at Ground Zero. Even if they went back to work this
morning, their hearts didn't. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>It's the same experience as going to a
funeral. The day of you are right there with the mourning. You are
crying and hurting with them, feeling in part what they are bearing. But
the next day, though the funeral parlor is closed and you are back to
work, they are still next to the casket. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>It doesn't mean that we are insensitive,
it just means we need to be more mindful. "Out of sight out of mind"
explains it, but doesn't make it right.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span>A friend of mine who recently
experienced a miscarriage let me know he is still hurting a couple
months later. Paraphrasing his words, "It's like people forgot what we
went through. They've moved on, but we haven't."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>So choose today to not move on. Who is someone you can call and check on?</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who experienced the passing of a loved one? </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who experienced a miscarriage?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who lost a job?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who was depressed?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who went through a breakup?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who was confused?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who got into a fight?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone who felt betrayed?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span>Someone whose world was rocked? </span></span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>What they went through might have
happened yesterday, last week, six months ago or a year ago - but
regardless, they are not in the same place you are. </span><span><br /></span><br /><span>Remember that, and go back to them. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /><br /><span>Just ask how they are doing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>[This is a repost from last year, but I thought its content as necessary now as then] </span></span>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-85848198257823540012012-09-11T08:37:00.001-05:002012-09-11T08:37:51.318-05:009/11: Already Starting to Fade<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;">World War I. is incredibly interesting. The stories of what soldiers went through are phenomenal. They are meaningful because of my related history as a citizen of our country. But not experiencing WWI firsthand I don't have an emotional connection to it. I don't feel it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But 9/11 I experienced and 9/11 I felt. Not as a New Yorker would have. Not as one of the victim's family and friends would have. But in my own way as a Chicagoan, as a husband, as a youth pastor, and just as a guy looking at a screen with complete disbelief.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And now it is 2012, eleven years later. I found this cartoon yesterday that pretty much sums it up:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OJTArxu-I2SFev94BKBYvSNtUP5TBBJQW7kAQYyNyhVZ9PzFlSqo8_LBKG4jv1naq0Qe639DneVDhOFVGcjtIvycFKhtEesRU0AXNsN5yZAL0G4SGD0Ei4RVNJUEgNHvZQdnsQ/s1600/911.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OJTArxu-I2SFev94BKBYvSNtUP5TBBJQW7kAQYyNyhVZ9PzFlSqo8_LBKG4jv1naq0Qe639DneVDhOFVGcjtIvycFKhtEesRU0AXNsN5yZAL0G4SGD0Ei4RVNJUEgNHvZQdnsQ/s400/911.JPG" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The intense pain of monumental tragedies can eventually dissipate over time. Yet it never leaves. But the further away your connection is to an event the quicker that lessening will happen. And in such cases the significance of a moment can be forgotten. The importance isn't removed it's just not remembered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Remember 9/11. Don't let it fade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thank someone in the military for their sacrifice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thank a police officer or fire fighter for their service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thank God for your family and your friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And pray for New York today - because I know this day means something to them that the rest of us truly can't comprehend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PKL_nBi7TI&feature=share&list=UUI1BE1LKhVzr3tA0hApr6BQ" target="_blank">Video: White Ribbon Day</a></span></div>
bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-87944563394307155382012-09-04T16:00:00.003-05:002012-09-04T16:00:53.094-05:00My bittersweet birthday present<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 4th is my birthday (mark that on your calendar for next year). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">September 4th this year was also Baylee's first day of Kindergarten. A day I was incredibly excited about and not looking forward to. She's done half day preschool a couple days a week before so school isn't anything new to us. But full day is different. Kindergarten is different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's one of those landmark days where you look in two different directions. The look ahead is excitement about the little woman she is growing into but also melancholy because the days of her always being around are gone. Eyes back are joyful because of the special times we've experienced but also slightly saddening in knowing at times as a parent I could have done better. </span></div>
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bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13756811.post-34736372936660550872012-08-02T12:15:00.000-05:002012-08-02T23:52:41.142-05:00Aug 2nd: Gospel appreciation day<div style="font-family: inherit;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>I am declaring that August 2nd is Gospel appreciation day!</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Let all those who love Jesus and say they are followers of Him <u><b>live like it!</b></u> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Remember that sin is disgusting and you did NOTHING to redeem yourself - Jesus did it ALL.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Embrace the life that you did not earn but were given based on the sacrifice of Jesus. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Find joy in the truth that you could change nothing about yourself that would make God redeem you or love you more - both before you met Him or after. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Find peace in the truth that God is continually working on you and is always with you.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Find passion in the truth that God wants you to join Him in what He is doing in the world (though He doesn't need you to accomplish it).</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Appreciate the Gospel today!!!</b></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by caring about the type of person you are!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by caring about the type of character you have!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by caring about the type of words that come out of your mouth! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by knowing the names of those who live around you!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by learning the stories of those you interact with! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by treating cab drivers and waitresses and fast food workers like actual human beings and not endentured servants. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by speaking truth from a spirit of compassion and not of judgement!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by disagreeing with people respectfully and not in harshness! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by communicating your disagreement of politicians without insulting them! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being concerned with how the poor are treated!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being concerned with how immigrants are treated!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being concerned with how the LGBT community is treated!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by caring about the manner in which you talk to people!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a person of truthful character! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being an honorable person! </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a person of justice!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a person of purity!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a lovely person!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a person who can be commended!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Appreciate the Gospel by being a person of excellence! </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Appreciate the Gospel by living it!</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because how you live out the gospel with the people you actually interact with day in and day out is more important than if you bought a spicy chicken yesterday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Gospel Appreciation: not just Aug 2nd. <b> </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Everyday!</b></span></div>bobby mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02525405484129429864noreply@blogger.com0