Verse of the day

Exodus 33:12 – 23:

Moses said to God, “Look, you tell me, ‘Lead this people,’ but you don’t let me know whom you’re going to send with me. You tell me, ‘I know you well and you are special to me.’ If I am so special to you, let me in on your plans. That way, I will continue being special to you. Don’t forget, this is your people, your responsibility.”
God said, “My presence will go with you. I’ll see the journey to the end.”
Moses said, “If your presence doesn’t take the lead here, call this trip off right now. How else will it be known that you’re with me in this, with me and your people? Are you traveling with us or not? How else will we know that we’re special, I and your people, among all other people on this planet Earth?”
God said to Moses: “All right. Just as you say; this also I will do, for I know you well and you are special to me. I know you by name.”
Moses said, “Please. Let me see your Glory.”
God said, “I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I’ll call out the name, God, right before you. I’ll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I’ll be kind to whomever I want to be kind.”
God continued, “But you may not see my face. No one can see me and live.”
God said, “Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock. When my Glory passes by, I’ll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I’ve passed by. Then I’ll take my hand away and you’ll see my back. But you won’t see my face.”

His center is everywhere, His circumference is nowhere.
– Henery Law – in “The Gospel in Exodus”

This day in history…

Well today is like non-other. There has never been a day like it before and there will never be another day like it in the future.
In exactly one month I will be waiting at the end of an aisle for my lovely bride-to-be and we’ll leave the church hand-in-hand as husband and wife.
Wow. Who would have thunk it one year ago today? We didn’t even know each other then.
In fact, here are the things I was concerned about/writing about on March 28, 2006:

  • Students protest – Students from Irving, Dallas, Plano and Mesquite ISD protested at City Hall for a 2nd day today.
    The students were protesting new measures discussed by the House to make helping illegal immigrants a crime.
    Many Hispanic leaders are asking the students to remain in school now, after two days of walk-outs and protest on Saturdays and Sundays.
  • Complete restoration – National Community Church recently completed the complete rehabilitation of an old diner in D.C. for a new coffee house and church location.
    They’re getting great word of mouth advertising, but are also running the above ad in the April issue of the Hill Rag. The Hill Rag is the Capitol Hill newspaper.
  • Grace – Sitting at Tom’s funeral today brought one thought and one song through my mind the entire service. Grace. Tom was moved and changed by grace. I hope and pray that I continue to be. Christ came to save the world, not condemn it.
  • Andrew Card resigns

So there you have it. Not a thought or glimmer of Laurie in my mind. I hadn’t even found encounter yet – which now gets it’s own category on my blog. My how things change. And yet – my how other things stay the same.

Stations in your home

What stations should you have in your home?
Lifehack has a list of seven essential stations that every home should have to stay organized.

  1. Destination station
  2. Communication station
  3. Donation station
  4. Gift and Shipping station
  5. Education station
  6. Creation station
  7. Administration station

Which of these do you take advantage of? I think the only permanent station I have in my loft right now is a Sleeping station. What about you?

Interesting searches

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What are the top searches coming to your website or blog? Do you know?

Re: Quit breaking the law

As you may remember, people got all upset in Red Oak because they had a traffic division in their police department that was doing what I would assume a traffic division should do – write tickets.
Well the police chief and one of his deputy chiefs have been fired. An outside investigator has found that nothing was done illegally. But now the city of Red Oak must find a new police chief.
The WDL has a letter to the editor from the now former police chief today:

To the Editor,
I would like to thank all of the good people who have stood behind me in this troubling time. I want to thank the city manager and mayor for standing up for me when it would have been so easy easy for them just to go along with the crowd. It hurts me deeply that my time has come and gone as an officer with the Red Oak Police Department. Serving this great city has been an honor and I have really enjoyed my time here. I serve a great God and he will open another door for me. I have always given a hundred percent in everything that I have done. I have always been honest and up front with everybody, they might not have always liked my answers but pleasing everybody all of the time is simply impossible. I tried to lead the officers as Tom Landry led the Cowboys, Coach Landry stated “My job was always making men do what they didn’t want to do to become the men they always wanted to be.” To be good officers.
During the budget hearings last summer I presented a plan to the city council that in my opinion would be a win-win for the citizens which I took an oath to protect. I presented a plan that would establish a traffic division. This traffic divisions primary duty was to monitor high volume traffic areas, school zones, and any areas where citizens complain of speeders on their streets along with working accidents. This would allow patrolman to be highly visible in residential areas and business districts . This would also free up patrol from traffic duties. Once I presented the projection on the number of citations issued by the traffic division and the projected revenues Councilman Ben Goodwin stated “ If you can make that kind of money, why don’t we hire more traffic officers.” Councilman Hargrove even wanted them on motorcycles. I personally gave each councilman a copy of the power point presentation to take notes on and to take with them to study. So the dramatic increase of citations after the traffic division was formed should have been no surprise to them. If they didn’t like the proposal they had every right to ask me to reconsider, revise or simply state that they didn’t care for that plan. The city manager had nothing to do with my decision to form a traffic division, this idea came to me solely based on the high number of major accidents and the number of citizens complaining of near accidents and speeders in their neighborhood and wondering when something was going to be done.
On the day of my termination I was also advised in writing that the investigation showed that I “have committed no illegal wrong doing.” During the investigation I abided by the rule of mum is the word. So even at the request of Fox 4, I made no comments. I can’t say the same for the couple of councilman who after being advised still went to the press and drug my name and the name of my deputy chief through the dirt. I have always believed that if a person is in the right they should stick to their guns and if they are in the wrong, own up to it and move on. I am in now way perfect or in no way the perfect chief as we all make mistakes, but I did nothing illegal and that is why I chose to be terminated in lieu of resigning. Due to the officers signing a letter of no confidence in me I was terminated for “administrative style indifference” which simply means even though I have done nothing illegal, immoral, or unethical it is in the opinion of the city manager that it is time for me to move on.
As a long time citizen of this great city, I wish the city of Red Oak and its entities the best of luck in its future. As I said before, I serve a great God and he will provide for me and my family. I have nothing to be ashamed of as I have seen this city and the police department grow in every area over the last 15 years.
Donald D. Fullerton,
Red Oak

Also in today’s paper, Judge Bob Carroll, County Court at Law #1, resigned last night, effective at midnight April 30. There’s a story and an open letter from the judge in the paper.
I personally wish the judge the best of luck as he moves into the private sector. I know he had a hand in a case or two with some dear friends of mine and they along with I have nothing negative to say about the judge.