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I have been teaching a bit at my Church for our Sunday Night Teaching class. It is very challenging. I tend to be pretty self critical, but I think it went okay. I was more comfortable with the first session than the second one. I felt more nervous, but better prepared.

John 10, May 31, 2008

John 12, June 22, 2008

Here is why.

Julia went on a hike with her grandpa yesterday and found a mushroom. It was not very small.

My last day at FPI was yesterday. I don't start my new job till Monday, so NJ and I went for a hike with Rozie. Nathan enjoyed the view, and the rest. I think the hike is just over a mile, but has a pretty decent vertical gain at the beginning.

I make my kids watch documentaries sometimes..

They must hate it right?

Listen for yourself..

Grammee, and the family went to Idaho today. Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Spokane River are very flooded. It is an impressive sight.

Check out my photostream for the rest of the trip photos.

I yesterday I was offered a job at Spokane Software Systems. I accepted it, and gave my notice at Financial Partners today. It is a bit hard to leave a place after 8 1/2 years, but it is really time for me to do something new.

I am quite thankful for God's provision. I am pretty sure that this job will allow me to use my strong links. It is amazing how well my past job trained me for the new one. I suspect that many of the customers I served when wearing my Customer Service hat, I will work with in my new position.

There is always a bit of apprehension with a transition like this, but I am excited.

If anyone is looking for tech support work in Spokane or Agawam, I think FPI will be looking for some help.

More good stuff from Francis Chan.

I often hear the question "How could a all knowing and just God create people that he knew where destined for hell?"

It seems to me that this question takes for granted the wonderful gift that we have been given in this life. Even in our fallen condition, this life is pretty darn cool. It is a gift.

Are we to say that it is unjust for somebody to give us one gift, because they are not later going to give us another better gift later? I don't think so. Moreover, if we are unimpressed with the gift that we have been given, why would we expect more gifts like it?

Hell, in my option is simply existence without the gifts of the common grace given by God, and taken for granted by Man. There is a finite amount of pain in this world, where God's protective hand restrains evil, but there will be an infinite amount of pain where the hand of God does not intervene.

Be thankful for what you have been given. Do not have a hard heart towards the one who gave it to you.