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Well, we have started a new tradition for this New Year. On our fridge, we have lots of pictures of our family & friends from all over the world. At every meal, one of the kids picks a picture and we pray for that family before the meal! So, we are praying for three different familys or friends three time a day. it gives great structure to our prayer life as a family and the kids are getting to know all of our friends they don’t “Know”. I praise the LORD GOD Almighty for my wife and her wonderful Ideas.

BlackJack

I highly recomend the article that Stew has just posted.  Very thought provoking and disturbing.

“Worldview and Missional Church”

Fine job StewDog.

BlackJack

Let me preface this post with: I am writing this with no one in particular in mind. this is a GENERAL Observation. Period. the end. if your offended, click on the little red “x” in the top right hand corner. If you think I lack manners, please remember this is my Blog.

Right and Wrong. Thank you. I’m sorry. GOD bless you. can you PLEASE pass the salt? Excuse me. Flushing the toilet. Asking for things instead of taking things. Saying hello, how are you? and saying goodbye. Turning off cell phones in church. NO Profanity. Paying attention. sharing, with joy. Serving others. Those are just a few things that I could think of right off hand. If ya have any more let me know.

First of all, I want to say thank you, to ALL of you out there that don’t do Jack, to teach your kids Manners. You are making our kids look like the best kids in the WORLD (and they are not)! People will think our kids are so well behaved and mannered (they are learning), and your kids… well, I’ll not get nasty.

Dang, Where to start. lets start with Manners. Manners are a thing that is taught, not learned. It is like doctrine. you don’t read the Bible or read a book on doctrine, and that’s it. It needs to be taught to you, you have to learn it. It is repetition and practice that instills this discipline & knowledge. unfortunately for most people in the Americas (yes, Plural) it is something that they would rather not think about and rather not TEACH their kids. Do parents now-days think their kids will just “Pick Up” manners? from whom? the kids in the Playground? HA! I think we all know what goes on in the playground (I learned all my high school Spanish there) Kids don’t teach manners, they exude bad behavior! Is bad behavior acceptable now? Since when do we not give a rip? Where else are they gonna learn? TV, movies, church?? some of the worst I’v known have been church kids (yes, even yours truly, before I was instructed) We now have Absolute Uncontrolled behavior. Think I’m a little extreme? go to the park and watch and listen. See how the kids treat their parents (FAULT of the parents ) and other kids. Go to the grocery store, a school, a church, wal-mart, McDonalds, Starbucks, Anyplace and pay attention and I promise, you will be appalled. what a cryin shame, that parents don’t love their kids enough to teach them manners. Can you imagine in 50 yrs.? Our kid’s will be anomalys growing up (GOD I Pray). well, at the end of the day, I recon all of the blame lies squarley on the shoulders of the parents. Please teach your kids manners and change the world a little bit at a time.

BlackJack

Home. It’s a strange Concept. You are born in a place, grow up there, and it’s “Home“. then sometimes you move away and you are always talking about “Home” then when you go to visit, it just isn’t “Home” anymore. Well, we went “Home” for Christmas (Chihuahua) & New years (Denton) and it just didn’t feel like “Home“anymore. Don’t get me wrong, not a bad felling of “Home“, just different. I guess if you have always lived in one place all of your life you wont understand. But that’s O.k. Two years ago we moved to Monterrey, Mexico and somewhere in that time Monterrey became “Home“. We had a great time in Chihuahua & Denton but now, we are HOME!

We Hope Ya’ll had a Great Christmas & a wonderful New Year!

Blackjack & the Fam.

Ya’ll have a great holiday and remember CHRIST is the reason for the season.  Happy CHRISTmas.

BlackJack