songbird says stuff...

my blog is not going to be about glow in the dark elephants. actually, it's going to be a reiteration of what i posted on my facebook today. but first, let me fill you in on the haps of today. i woke up and my throat was SO sore. actually, it's still kind of sore. boo! hiss! anyway, i went to work anyway. but man, (becky - here it comes!) my uvula was swollen and if i coughed or breathed out too hard, i could feel it move and it made it very difficult to talk for the first few hours of the day! haha, uvula. what a strange, strange word. it really sounds like i'm talking about something i shouldn't, but i'm not.

i'm tired, so i'm kind of in a silly mood. don't mind me. *ahem* hello... sidetracked much??? okay, okay, sorry.

so i went to work, got the girls settled downstairs, becky brought over brody (yes! i got to spend the whole day with brody!!!) because she had to go to work. (BECKY AND BUD GOT A SWEEEEEEET JOB! THEY WORK TOGETHER! THIS IS GOOD STUFF!) so the girls, brody, and i had a lot of fun playing. even richard decided to spend the day hanging out with me and the babies. that was a different experience, but i'm glad he got to spend some extra time with his girls. thats important. i'll never understand parents who don't want to soak up as much time as they can with their children, especially at this age... it goes by so quickly and once its gone, its gone. (yes... i do realize parents need a few hours breather from time to time, thats not what i'm talking about. i'm talking about the ones that work 40+ hours a week, go out on the weekends, etc.

so anyway, it was a fun day at work. brody is a fun little guy to hang out with. he has quite the personality and he talks so much! i just love him. i hope i get to spend more time with him. but man, it was kind of difficult at times because it made my longing for a baby grow even more. i so want a little one. i really want a little boy of my own. anywho - after work, brody and i got in the car and headed to the mall to meet up with becky and bud. we hung out at the mall a bit, had some food, and went our separate ways. when we got home, we talked to his parents on skype for about an hour and that was a lot of fun. i love and miss them so much. sometimes i think to myself, i miss california. but then i kind of rethink it. lots of reasons to rethink it. but thats another story. but i do miss my friends and family. thats for dang sure.

i talked to my brother matt on the phone for a few minutes. i watched a video of him dancing and that was a lot of fun. i love watching him dance and enjoying life. i wish i got to see him more often. its hard to not see him. maybe at some point, i'll be able to get down to georgia and see him!

now we're here and i'm actually getting to the point of what i wanted to write about. i will just copy and paste what is on my facebook. its important to talk about and get attention brought to the topic. pastor chuck, founder of calvary chapel is being corrected by operation rescue, myself, and others... there is no excuse and it is sad to see that, instead of retracting and repenting, so far it seems as if he is only trying to cover his mistake... (here's the link to operation rescue's article about this situation). i'll probably get in trouble for posting this, but it's not the first time i've been involved in controversy, and now that operation rescue has spoken out about it, it's public knowledge. i know matthew 18 says to go to your brother first to rebuke him, but what are the chances of getting a personal audience with chuck smith? most calvary pastors don't have that kind of access, and i'm just a lowly servant. so here goes. i've already responded to this on another thread.

pastor chuck was wrong; there's no other way to say it.

1. he justified taking this baby's life on the basis of extenuating circumstances. how many other young women who were listening will now find justification for an abortion because they think ...their circumstance is extenuating? (i can't afford to feed a child..... it will bring too much complication to my life....)

2. he justified sin. he essentially told the woman to sin this time and then go and sin no more. God will forgive you. true, God will forgive, but where does he get off telling someone it's OK to sin?

3. he discounted the ability of God to perform a miracle. he essentially told the woman in not quite these words, "God isn't going to help you here so take matters into your own hands."

4. if the baby is not viable then it will not live, period. God certainly can take care of that. we have no right to preempt His sovereignty.

5. chuck said it's OK to get an abortion at this early stage of the pregnancy. how does he know how far along in pregnancy she was? she could easily have been half-way into her full 40 week term, which is not "early" in the pregnancy. but regardless, no abortion, no matter how far along in the pregnancy, can be justified.

here is the original broadcast. The call is near the end of the hour (about 50 minutes). It's the last call Chuck and Don take. go here.

well... thats it in a nutshell. there is plenty more i could say, but i just wanted to get this out there and make sure i said my peace on my blog. i plan to write an email and i hope you will to. as its important to get this taken care of. because, if this is not corrected, we can expect to see more bloodshed by the hand of abortion, because someone as well known and respected, like chuck smith, gave the okay... blah.

i'm off... loooooooong blog. sorry! if you got through this i'm proud of you. i'm going to hang out with bud a bit and then hit the hay. we are both super tired and he has work tomorrow and i have a haircut in the morning! i'll post pictures of whatever i decide on getting. i think i'm going in and saying "i want something different but i want to keep it long" haha. we'll see what happens! oh here... let me leave you with a random picture!