trip on this!

i read about Stephen in the book of Act.  this is what he said to the people who falsely accused him of lying about God immediately after giving a very descriptive and insightful historical account of the Jewish nation and it's relationship with Sovereign God.  after saying these things they murdered him by throwing rocks at him.

"...as the prophet says,

'"Heaven is my throne,

and the earth is my footstool.

What kind of house will you build for me,    

says the Lord, 

or what is the place of my rest?

Did no my hand make all these things?'

(now this is Stephen speaking his own mind.)

"YOu stiff-necked, necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you will always resist the Holy Spirit.  As your fathers did, so do you.  Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?  And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."

then the killed him.

think about it and roll it over.  it's in chapter 7 if you want to read the whole account for yourself.  i recommend reading it out loud.  that always makes things sink in better for me.

now let's relax a bit.  here are the lyrics to a Woody Guthrie songs i listened to today and thought was pretty funny.  it also speaks timeless truths i think about our country.  enjoy.

--Talking Columbia--

Well, down along the river just a-sittin' on a rock
I'm a-lookin' at the boats in the Bonneville lock.
Gate swings open, the boat sails in,
Toot that whistle, she's gone again.
Gasoline goin' up. Wheat comin' down.

Well, I filled up my hat brim, drunk a little taste,
Thought about a river just a-goin' to waste;
Thought about the dust, an' thought about the sand,
Thought about the people, an' thought about the land.
Folks runnin' round all over creation,

Lookin' for some kind of little place.

Well, I pulled out my pencil, scribbled this song,
Figured all them salmon just couldn't be wrong;
Them salmon fish is mighty shrewd,
They got senators and politicians, too.
Just about like the president. They run every four years.

You just watch this river, though, pretty soon
Everybody's gonna be changin' their tune;
The big Grand Coulee and the Bonneville dams
Run a thousand factories for Uncle Sam.
And everybody else in the world. Turnin' out
Everything from fertilizers to sewing machines,
And atomic bedrooms and plastic --
Everything's gonna be plastic.

Uncle Sam (folks) need houses and stuff to eat,
Uncle Sam (folks) needs wool, and Uncle Sam needs wheat,
Uncle Sam (folks) needs water and power dams,
Uncle Sam  (folks) needs people, and the people need land.
'Course I don't like dictators none myself,
but then I think the whole country had ought to be run by
e-lec-trici-ty.

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oh yeah.  i almost forgot.  i got sick today from eating too many chocolate chip cookies.  i took a self-portrait right after puking for some reason and i think it's pretty funny.  check it out.