By the time most of you read this post Hurricane Katrina will have come and passed over New Orleans. However on this, the eve of the storm, I can only compare the thought of the oncoming storm to the saying that I heard from my brother-in-law some time ago; “Everyone prays in the foxhole”. With tomorrow bringing the unknown for all and death for some, I have a feeling that many are praying tonight. It’s yet another reminder of how out of control we really are. God (or as some say “mother nature”) can’t really be fought or ignored. The only person who can bring peace to this situation is Him.

Lord, I pray for your mercy on the people of New Orleans tonight. No matter the outcome though, may we all find our peace and trust in You.

How could anyone ever go as far to say “God hates you”? Beyond that, how can a person calling themselves a Christian say such a thing? Well…some have…and I for one am ashamed of them.

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Obviously these people are completely out of touch with who God truly is. It couldn’t be simpler than the phrase: “God is Love”

I have my opinion on homosexuality and I’ll save that for another day…but I will say for sure that homosexuality is no more of a sin than hate or any number of other sins that we all (including myself) deal with everday.

shameful, disgraceful, reprehensible…no matter how you say it, these people are wrong.

A few days ago Jen and I were driving somewhere when she turned to me and said “You know, I am glad I’m little, because being average sized would just be boring”. I laughed and agreed.

It’s amazing to me how God continues to bless me with so much. I know the world looks at little people like us and thinks that we’re unfortunate or “disabled” but I say that they are dead wrong. My life could not be more fortunate! While I may not be able to do everything as well as your average sized person and there are a few things that I can’t do at all (like get things off of high shelves), there are many, many more things that I can do.

It reminds me of what I used to hear in school-that people who are blind or deaf have heightened senses to compensate for those that are lacking. I don’t know if that’s scientifically true or not, but I can say that from my experience that God has blessed me with gifts and talents which would seem to compensate for my lacking height. My pastor twice recently asked me, “can we clone you?”, after completing some volunteer work for the church. I know what he said was a joke, but I felt like there was some sincerity behind it. For a long time now I have been trying to do what I can for God by using the talents and gifts that He has entrusted to me and as I have given, God has in turn blessed me with even more. I think my pastor’s comment was just a light-hearted way to say to me “you’re valuable”. I’m not trying to be cocky, it’s just that I want people to realize that I have so much talent and so many gifts that no one should look down on me because of my height. Be happy that I am who I am!

God has blessed me…and no amount of inches can take that away.

I live in a very rural town…about 50 miles east of Cincinnati for those that don’t know. This is one of many simple things that make Winchester a great place to live:

I just walked over to my parents house and back and the loudest thing I could hear during this time was the gravel crunching beneath my shoes. This sound was challenged only by distant churps of crickets and other unknown insects…it’s 5:45pm on a weekday…”rush hour” in Winchester.

Is there any other place like this?