http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx recent pleonast.com entries by user preacherdavetx en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=601272 Joshua was praying at the start of Bible class tonight and he said, "Thank you God for my parents... for not putting me in jail." WHAT?!?!?! 2008-11-20 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=601048 As many of you know, my beautiful wife is from Argentina, and Joshua has grown up (4 years now) experiencing both English and Spanish. He's always called us by our Spanish Names - Mama' and Papa'. But when he wants both of our attention, he decided to just say MaPa'. Makes sense. The ingenuity and creativity of young minds never ceases to amaze me. God Bless 2008-11-19 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=600243 The Early Worm Gets Eaten!!!! I'd rather get up late and not be eaten then get up Early and have a worm for breakfast! Seriously, is this the best our ancestors could come up with to teach the young ones to get up early? Can you come up with a better one liner, that a kid this day in age can actually relate to, appreciate, and perhaps... even be motivated by? (I know... I should've posted this at 5:30 when I got up) 2008-11-17 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=599353 I like the kind of posts with the open ended questions. He is really great about that, and I've kind of learned that from his blogs. It helps one to learn more about people, their thought processes, and can also expose you to a great deal of creativity. I'm gonna try and do more of those in the future. As to the moral of the story(ies) below; I think it could be that we chose our own morals sometimes. That is, we chose whether or not to learn from stories and experiences. Sometimes there may not be a lesson there, other times there may. Sometimes there may, but we just chose to ignore it, and other times there may not be one, but we make one up anyway! Thanks to all for your input. It helped me to know you a little better, and gave me some great smiles as well. God bless, and, remember, one perfection you don't have to worry about the consequences of, is spiritual perfection. 2008-11-14 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=598771 Sunday November 2nd, 2008 I read the following 2 stories. 1) 62 year old bowler in Michigan bowled his first perfect game ever - a 300!!! As he was laughing and high fiving his buddies, he keeled over and died of a heart attack. http://news.aol.com/health/article/bowler-dies-after-rolling-perfect-game/234243?icid=100214839x1211938508x1200757961 2) 58 year old Brazilian ran and COMPLETED the New York City Marathon - a 26 mile run!!! After crossing the finish line he told officials he was filling ill, and they took him to the hospital where he died. http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/8750662/Runner-collapses,-dies-after-finishing-NYC-Marathon What is the moral of the story(ies), or is there one? 2008-11-12 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=596949 Thanks for any help or assistance you may provide. God Bless 2008-11-07 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=595966 I should've posted this before he said it because I KNEW he was going to say it. As Barack Obama took the stage he mentioned his grandmother, who passed the day before, and how he "knew" she was "looking down". Now this strikes me as amazing (even though I knew ahead of time he was going to say it), that it is within Barack Obama's faith and pay grade to "know" and happily declare his grandmother's "life after death", yet it is not within his faith and pay grade to "know" that life begins at conception OR that abortion in any stage is completely heinous and immoral. As a nation, if we gain all the world's love, and admiration, and respect, and even all the world's wealth, yet lose our own soul; what profit is therein? _________________________________________________________________ And it's not too late. You can still vote here if you haven't done so already. The booth is still open and your vote still counts!!!!! 2008-11-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=595373 Just go to his blog and say "I vote for you to stay" Also, since I am so limited on friends, it would be great if you could post this on your own blog to let other Pleoites know. GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!! EVERY VOTE COUNTS!!!! AND THIS MIGHT BE THE BEST VOTE YOU CAN MAKE TODAY!!! 2008-11-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=594353 One may be surprised to find that in certain dictionaries there are over 20 definitions for the word school. The etymology of the word “school”, quite ironic considering today’s schools, was “leisure learning”. It was more learning through informal discussion. Soon there were designated “places” (ex. Acts 17:19-22) for this “leisurely” learning, and thus modern day schools were born. Nowadays, it is widely believed that “public schools” are the best, right, and only place for proper learning and development for a child. Unfortunately so many parents, even those that are Christians, have been fooled into believing that very same thing. But what are children taught at these public schools? In public school they don’t just teach a child reading, writing, and arithmetic. They teach children sexuality, philosophy, sociology, intolerance, etc. sometimes in very damaging and destructive ways. Of course this is not always done overtly, but rather covertly. In r... 2008-11-02 http://www.pleonast.com/user/preacherdavetx?l=5&entryID=594048 where did October go? Or January - October for that matter? 2008-11-01