something for inspiration to Dragons and anyone else...

Hey, I was preparing our church bulletins for this week and found this to include. Thought I'd share it here as well. I read Dock's post about the origin of our guild, the Kudzu Dragons, and thought this inspirational message was in sync with our guild as well as fuel for everyday life. Hope you enjoy this as I did:

Centuries ago, when a mapmaker would run out of the known world before he ran out of parchment, he often would sketch a dragon at the edge of the scroll. This was intended to be a sign to the explorer that he was entering unknown territory at his own risk.

Many explorers, however, did not perceive the dragon as a mapmaker’s warning sign, but rather, as a prophecy. They foresaw disaster and doom beyond the “known worlds” they traversed. Their fear kept them from pushing on to discover new lands and peoples.
Other, more adventuresome travelers saw the dragon as a sign of opportunity, the doorway to a new territory worth exploring.

Each of us has a mental map that contains the information we use for guidance as we explore each new day. Like the maps of long ago, our mental maps have edges to them, and sometimes those edges seemed to be marked by dragons, or fears. At times, our fears may be valid. But at other times, our fear may keep us from discovering more of this world, or more about other people – including ourselves. Don’t let fear keep you from all that God desires for you to explore and to know!

And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
– Matthew 14:28,29

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

God bless and geek on!

Auntie Em! Uncle Henry! It's a twister! It's a twister!

Okay, okay. Nuff drama. I have an apparent Apple Nazi afoot (see previous post). Hopefully, this dude/dudette will accept the fact that I didn't put anything on his/her iPhone nor iPad on purpose, and was just giving him/her a hard time. On the other hand, maybe they need to get their iPanties out of a bunch and lighten up a bit. LOL. Oh, well...can't please everybody. Particularly iFolks. They're nothing if their not loyal, though. I'd be steamed too, if my brand spankin new iPhone 4 kept dropping calls because of the way I naturally held the phone, only to have the head iDouchebags tell me it was my fault...not a design flaw. And the iPad? Please. They made it bigger, and changed one letter (the "o" and the "a" for you Apple guys). It's a gigantic iPod! Whoopie.

Anyway...Music Monday:



Jim, that's for you. Thanks for lettin me borrow that SRV boxed set. Will get it back to ya soon.

God bless and geek on!

a pic from the phone

tryin this out. new Blogger app for Android for uploading pics.

God bless and geek on!

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