Several things have happened in the last two days that i want to write down while they are still fresh in my mind.

Yesterday i downloaded a sermon by one of my favorite pastors, Mark Driscoll. Many people don't like his way of speaking because they might view it as harsh or abrasive. The reason i like him so much is that he doesn't bandy words, or skirt around the issues that are hard to talk about, he talks about it all. He tells the truth in a world where lies abound, and it is refreshing to my spirit. Sometimes that truth is hard to take in because it points out flaws in myself that i don't necessarily want to deal with. The sermon i listened to yesterday was both refreshing, and hard to hear, because it was about men. It disgusts me when i look at men today, including myself, and how far we have fallen. We were known for our character, but now we are known only as pigs. We went from men of character to pigs. How did this happen? Why are men letting this happen? Why aren't women more outraged than they are already? Pastor Mark shares this outrage in the sermon I mentioned previously. He gives several examples of the different types of men. Not all men fit into these categories, but some fit them perfectly. Other men take several characteristics from different categories and create their own category. The point is, this entire sermon hit me like a ton of bricks. I am not saying that i am a terrible man or that I am a rotten excuse for a human being, but when compared to the kind of man Jesus Christ was, I fall incredibly short. Mark Driscoll made many good points in this sermon and these past two days has made me seriously consider what kind of man I am. Am I a man of character, or am I a pig? Do I deserve the respect of others, or have I given reason to be not respected?

Today was pretty interesting due to one fact ... I almost died. It has recently rained here so roads were slick. I was driving home from a friends house, and yes i realize i am an idiot, but i was driving around 70mph on some curvy roads in the backwoods. I come around a corner and kind of feel it getting out of control so I ease on the brake to slow down a bit, but when i do all hell breaks loose. I tap the brakes and the tail of my car skids to the left, so i turn the wheel the other way.(I realize that you are supposed to turn into the skid but my mind was not really on safety rules and tips from drivers ed) then my car skids the complete opposite way off the road and into a pasture. Now i am on grass and really sliding. I am still cutting the wheel away from the skid and then my car is just skidding sideways. I am in the drivers seat looking straight, both hands on the wheel and my car is skidding horizontally to the left. My car was sliding on all four wheels SIDEWAYS, at like 50mph.(I am actually suprised at how well i handled it considering i could have wrecked my car and killed myself) In my mind the only thought that crossed my mind was, non-chalantly I might add, i really hope that my car doesn't flip ..... that would suck. Fortunately my car didn't flip and after about thirty yards of the sideways slide my car finally stopped. After taking a second to collect my thoughts i turned around, got back on the road, and continued home.

Grateful to be alive and well, i now give my regards to my two faithful readers, Laura and Cindy, thanks for reading. Perhaps if anyone else decides to take a view of my most recent blog article they will find enjoyment in it. It is 1:48 in the morning so now i will take myself downstairs to my bed and enjoy sweet unconsciousness.
-aliasmilo

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