2012 - Who will survive?

That is the big question!

I got back a while ago from seeing this movie, 2012 at the nearby cinema. It was a good movie and if you like 'end of the world' type, natural disaster and calamity movies such as The Day After Tomorrow and The Perfect Storm, you will also enjoy this. Of course I don't put any stock in the 2012 predictions based on Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar but I do enjoy these types of scenarios on the big screen. I also appreciate the fact that they make one think of how temporary earthly things are and how quickly life can change or end. I won't give away the story in case any of you want to see it.

And by the way, Jesus is coming back soon and the world as it is now will end for a new age to begin! Of course that's not part of the movie but it's true. And no man, no angel, nor even Jesus Himself knows the exact day, date and time, but how would you live if you knew the world was coming to its end on December 21, 2012?

So funny!

A Joyful 'toon

Woohoo at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk!

Yesterday, we had a wonderful day at the very popular Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. It was sunny and wonderful (though cold, but not unbearable if you had a sweater). Unfortunately, many of the Boardwalk rides were not in operation - it seems they are doing renovations to be ready for next Summer's influx of people - but I got to have my first roller coaster ride. The roller coaster ride we went on was called The Hurricane: "Finally, don't miss the HURRICANE roller coaster's pretzel-like body, 4.5 G's and banking angles up to 80 degrees. A ride so breathtaking and relentless, you may not even notice the beautiful ocean views!" (I took that write-up from the website). I had a blast. I held on to Jason's arm and screamed all the way! I should say 'scream-laughed' because that's what it was. I wasn't really afraid, it was just the adrenaline rush and thrill that made it fun.

The other thing that we went on was called the Double Shot. Let me just tell you - it was a good thing I hadn't eaten all day to that point. It is 125 feet tall and looks like this:

You shoot up and down twice, with a bit of a bounce in between and you feel like you are going to shoot out of your seat into the sky. That feeling was truly scary. Mike took pics of me on this ride so I'll be sure to post a good one when I get them from him, lol.

Afterward we walked around. I got to taste deep fried cheesecake and garlic fries. Both taste good! Then we went out to the Pier and watched the cute Sea Lions soak up the sun and swim around.

 What a scenic view all around...

I took a lot of photos at the Boardwalk. In the evening we left and went for dinner at an authentic Chinese all-you-can-eat-seafood buffet type restaurant. It was all so good and I ate even more types of Sushi. I had my first Sushi experience the night before. I like it!

That's my dinner plate. I served myself, chow mein, clams, shrimp, green beans, fish (what kind?) and there's my sushi plate on the side! I chose to have fruit for dessert and of course, there was a teapot of green tea.

After dinner we went out for coffee at a place called Fins Coffee. I had a great hot Mocha and I got a nice green Fins glass mug. It will double as both a mug and a souvenir :-)

When we got home, we watched Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. It was entertaining enough... It was a good day. Thank You Jesus!

Marvelous Musings #30

 
⁹Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?  
¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?  
¹¹If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:9-11, ESV


Have you ever truly stopped to consider how good and kind and generous the LORD is?
Have you approached Him as if He were stingy and cheap - spoken or implied?

If not see Him as He is, in light of what this scripture tells us. 
The Lord is good and His goodness endures forever!
Praise Him!

Wow - Spending too much on 'Christmas'?

Check this out!

Former Abortion Director Has Radical Change of Heart

I have been coming across lots of important messages that continue to highlight the atrocity that abortion is. I feel these are worth sharing. This is from CBN News, go here for the written report.

A Joyful 'toon

An ultrasound of an abortion being carried out - Horrific

Vee writes one of my favourite blogs, Living Journey. I saw this today at her blog and thought it important to share:

Marvelous Musings #29

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:20, ESV

What was the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees? They trusted that by keeping the law of Moses they would be made acceptable to God - but could not keep the law perfectly. They probably ended up being (1) frustrated and self-condemned by their failures or (2) hypocrites - as Jesus plainly called those who opposed Him in the record of the Gospels.

I did a search for the righteousness of the law and here is what Biblegateway came up with (ESV translation). I pulled out just a few:

²⁰For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. ²¹But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²²the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: ²³for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus
^{Romans 3:20-24, ESV}

¹Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. ²For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. ³For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. ⁴For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 10:1-4, ESV

 ²¹Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Galatians 3:21

So there is a righteousness of the law and a righteousness of God. The righteousness of the law may include good works, or be downright hypocritical showmanship, but in either case, there is not faith in God's Son and the blood of His cross as the only complete atonement for our sin - which is the only access into the righteousness of God which gives life.Only faith in Jesus Christ can bring us into a relationship with God the Father. To know Him is eternal life.

And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
John 17:3, ESV

One more thing: Notice that Jesus said "unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees." I believe this indicates that faith in God does not mean that we live a law-less life, living anyway we want, but that we must exceed a faith that depends solely on its own attempts to be 'good.' When we believe in God's Son, His righteousness is accounted to us and we go forward doing good works that are in keeping with His own ways.

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