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Thanks!

I just wanted to say thanks to all my friends who have wished me a Happy Birthday.

To my PK's around the world whom I talk to almost every day, you guys are my support, my best friends, the ones who make me feel comfortable. Another year has gone by and I've enjoyed you all immensely. Let's keep going!!!

To my boys at church..my babies!!! I love you all very much, you know who you are. Every hug I get makes me feel younger and younger...keep em' coming! To my family, my nieces, nephews; much love!

To my blog readers...I love you all.

The Champion

The Bike

St Patrick's Day parade

I went downtown to the parade on Saturday the 14th. The river being colored a bright green...the crowds, the floats. It was all a bit overwhelming to tell the truth. Lotta walking too....

The Eyes

Can you tell whose eyes these are? Can it be George Washington, Abraham Lincoln? Maybe they're the eyes of Andrew Jackson, or Benjamin Franklin...

A good recipe

A good friend sent me this picture and recipe. Looks real good...try it!

BEEF WITH BOK CHOY

Ingredients:

3/4 pound boneless beef steak (such as top round, flank or sirloin)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 pound baby bok choy
1/4 cup salad oil or olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced or pressed
1/4 cup water
3 tablespoon oyster sauce
Ingredients for Cooking Sauce:

3/4 cup chicken broth
4 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons dry sherry
Instructions:

Cut beef with the grain into 1 1/2 inch wide strips, and then cut each strip across the grain into 1/8 inch thick slanting slices. Place meat in bowl, stir in soy sauce and let marinate for about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, cut bok choy leaves from stems. You should have 6 to 8 cups total lightly packed bok choy.
Place a wok over medium heat. Add two tablespoons of the oil to wok. When oil is hot, add garlic and bok choy. Stir fry for 1 to 2 minutes.

Add water, then cover and cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally, just unil the bok choys are tender to bite. Remove from wok and set aside.

Pour remaining oil into wok. When oil is hot, add meat and stir fry until browned (1 1/2 to 2 minutes) and add 2 tablespoons oyster sauce.

Return bok choy to wok. Stir together the ingredients for the cooking sauce and add to the wok.
Cook stirring, until sauce boils and thickens.

Serves 2-3.

David!

Spy alert

One of my favorite songs called "Deceive And Destroy" talks about how we have to be careful as an army of God to make sure we expose those spies in our midst. People who have enjoyed our company and our good times but suddenly turn against us and begin to try and plant doubt. People who drink from our wells and then turn around and poison those wells. As I mentioned in yesterday's service we have to be careful to defend ourselves from all enemies...foreign and domestic. It's the domestic ones that we have to keep more of an eye on.

Domestic enemies are basically traitors. Something somewhere sets them off and they turn against the people who welcomed them, who shared with them,blessed them. That's a bad thing, children.

One of the best ways that illustrates how bad it is to become a traitor within your camp is the Marines. They have a motto: "Semper Fidelis" which means "always faithful" Now. because they are a select few, the best of the best, they are expected to live this motto for life in everything they do...everything. So, when a Marine is unfaithful to his wife, he has betrayed that motto and is no longer worthy to be a Marine. When he speaks against his leaders, he is unworthy. When he does things to undermine and hinder and prevent an organization he belongs to from moving forward, then he is a disgrace. This is why you see that Marines who do not live up to the motto are basically branded as good for nothing all talk and no substance...something that is next to impossible to over come. He must now work extra hard to prove himself worthy and it's rare that people ever trust him fully again. God's army is the same...we expect faithfulness because we are faithful.

There are people in the army of God who are like that...then they expect things to just be ok and to be trusted and considered. It's easy to just say "I'm sorry" after they've spread lies and put others down and intentionally caused damage. It is intentional because nobody spreads gossip and lies without knowing what they are doing..you'd have to pretty much be a retard to do that.

So, be careful who you listen to. Just because they appear to be active in the church doesn't mean they are trustworthy. The Bible says that by their fruits you will know them. If they look one way but their fruit is another, then listen to them politely but do not take it to heart...they are up to something.

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