Reading the Signs?

As I was reading the Letters to the Editor in The Post and Courier today, I saw a letter that made me sad. The writer of the letter was a gay man that talked about being inspired by a billboard he saw on I-26 that reads "Gay Rights are Civil Right." Now, while I certainly believe that being gay is an abomination to God's creation and clearly spoken against in His word, that's not the part that made me sad as they are still people and should be treated as such regardless of the lifestyle they have chosen.

However, the writer goes on to state that down the road from the first billboard is one that he states "confirms ... that I am all right with the Lord my God." Quoting Isaiah 44:2, the second billboard states, "I am your Creator. You were in My care even before you were born." From this (by the way, the second billboard is actually dealing with abortion, not homosexuality) the writer states that God "knew that I would be gay, and he was OK with it before I even knew and was born. God does not make mistakes ..." Indeed God doesn't, but man most certainly does.

Just because God knows it's going to happen, doesn't mean he's okay with it. For example, God knew that Adam and Eve would sin in the Garden of Eden but would you say he was OK with it? Of course not! When God designed man, he gave us this little trait that is unique among the animal kingdom called free-will where we are free to accept or reject Him.

I'll be praying for the writer of this letter in hopes that his eyes will one day be opened to see that the one true God is not okay with his chosen lifestyle and that he may join us all in heaven one day.

100 Pounds in 50 Weeks

I know it's a bit late for "New Year's Resolutions," but maybe by making it a bit later I'll have a better chance of sticking to it. I have resolved to lose 100 lbs. over the next 50 weeks using a healthy living community called SparkPeople. I'm on day 2 and I have to say I'm feeling good about it so far. Just the simple fact of keeping a food journal to document everything I eat is helping to keep my portions under control. Please pray for me and cheer me on as I work toward this goal!

For updates on my progress and other items relating to this goal, please come visit me at my SparkPage.

Why is family so difficult?

Why is it that we find it more difficult to talk to family about religious matters than we do a complete stranger or other friend? Now, don't get me wrong, my family are all born-again believers that are assured of their salvation and final destination; but, some of their attitudes toward people that they call friends that belong to another Christian faith that doesn't have enough right to be as assured of salvation alarms me, yet I can't find it within myself (even with God's conviction and help) to say anything. Do they care so little about where these people whom they refer to as "friends" will be going that they are unwilling to share with them the correct beliefs that will point them in the right direction so they can be together in heaven? Doesn't sound like much of a friend to me.

Lord, please give me the strength to say something before it's too late. Amen!

Where does the time go?

Well, already a month of 2009 has come and gone and I still can't seem to find the time to regularly write an update here. In two more days, my son will be three months old and I'm finding that the trick to getting family to drive the 7.5 hours to come visit us was just to have a baby. In the last three months, we have had more visits from our family in Virginia than in the whole rest of the 7 years we've lived in Charleston, SC.

Well, today LJ is exactly one month old. It's hard to believe I've really been a father for an entire month already.

LJ is Here!

Well, the day has finally come. Our little gift from God has arrived. His name is James Madison Prevatt, III but we'll be calling him LJ (Little James) for short.

Stats:

• November 5, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
  
• 6 lbs., 10 oz.
• 20 inches long
  

Baby Shower for LJ

Our friends at church threw a baby shower for us and LJ. We were extremely overwhelmed at the generosity of everyone that attended and gave gifts.