Adam's Korner

Rev 3:20

This is a verse I have often heard used as a message of hope. Jesus is standing at the door waiting for you to open it. When you open the door and let Jesus in, you will be granted eternity with him.

There is a much more frightening context to this verse that I have seen in many people’s relation ship with Christ. This context springs from the social pressure to be all inclusive and politically correct. Let me paint. You a new picture you may not think of when reading this verse. We have all seen the movies and shows where a person is hosting a party at their house. In the excitement and chaos of everyone having such a great time at the party, the host is either. Accidentally locked out or pushed out by those that really don’t want him spoiling the fun. This always end whit the host standing outside his own house knocking on the door, trying to get into his own party.

Every week many of us go to church and bible study to fellowship and learn with other Christians. Many churches are now watering down the sermon as to draw in more people. They are teaching only the portions of the bible that people want to hear, The love,joy and forgiveness. Many time preachers will leave out the suffering of man and the rath of God, fearing they might drive away their follower.

Other churches and study groups have even incorporated eastern meditation and Yoga into the teaching, and often leave out of reinterpret Biblical teachings to be share not to exclude anyone from their folds. This just makes me thing of another verse Mat 7:13-14. Looking here we need to follow the Teaching of Christ and not be as all inclusive as so have become.

If someone will not follow God the way he wants to be followed, they are not Followers of Christ. In ISA 35:8 God calls those who are not willing to follow his way wicked fools, and Jesus warns us to follow the narrow path,  for many will try to enter heave, but few will succeed.

Let us not leave Jesus out in the cold just so that everyone at the party is conferable, it is his house after all.

There was a young woman who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and had been given three months to live. So as she was getting her things ‘in order,’ she contacted her Pastor and had him come to her house to discuss certain aspects of her final wishes.

He was right. So the next time you reach down for your fork let it remind you, ever so gently, that the best is yet to come. Friends are a very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. Cherish the time you have, and the memories you share.Being friends with someone is not an opportunity, but a sweet responsibility.

And just remember … keep your fork!

Ok, I lost everything on Adam’s Corner due to a database issue. Idiot me, I did not have a back up of this site. I did not lose every thing, just a few corrupt tables. I will have to remake all my “About Me” pages. So basically I will have to rebuild my entire site from the ground up. I guess I can just call it part of the rebranding of www.kelloggskorner.com. The good thing is I did not lose all Teresa’s work.

I guess I will start with a 34 years in review. I

will work on that in 5 year chunks. This should be fun. Knowing I really only have one reader, I can take my time. So here is a real new start in choose.

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Well, It has been over a year since I last posted anything, and so much has happened. I am still and out-of-work System Administrator, even though I have done a little on the side. Things on the side work did not go well, but I will not get into that (no one wants in on that drama). I have once again dropped out of school due to financial issues, and can’t get back in because I can’t pay up what I owe.

As of now, the family and I are staying with  family until I can get back into the working sector. Anyone who has done this may know how well that is going (once again I am going to skip the drama).  But, all that is on the sidelines for now.

I am getting hot and heavy into job hunting again. after two disappointments with job prospects in the last three weeks, I am broadening my hunt nation-wide again. One big difference now is that all my household goods are one place, so it will be easy to move them this time.

What I will be trying to do now is just keep a journal of what is going on in my Professional and personal life. With that in mind, I am looking forward to keeping you all posted.

Well, A lot has happened since the last time I posted. First thing is I lost my job, but that is not really new information if you read the main page. I have been looking for work, but anyone who is out of work should know how that is going. I have been able to do some extra duty with the reserves and some out of town classes. This has been getting the bills paid for the most part.

Second thing is that I started back to school to finish my degree. I enrolled in University of Phoenix for a Bachelors of Science in Information Technology/Information Systems Security. The only issue I am having right now is the fact that I am having to retake a lot of my classes because They were unable to get my transcripts from  Devry. I am still trying to get those trascripts so that I can get a go in the core classes that I have already taken.

This is all well and good, but I still have to find a way to provide for Teresa and the girls. I have no idea how I am going to accomplish that. There are no jobs out there for me, or many of the others out of work. We may have to move to get the ball rolling on life again. One option that I am working on is rejoining the army, but from the rumors that may not really be an option in the end.

That all brings me to the really interesting thing going on in my life right now. Over the past few months I feel a calling being laid on my hard. God has been laying  ministry on my hard. I have been hearing the call for a few months now, and I don’t even know where to start. The though of going into the ministry intrigues and frightens me. I don’t even know where to start. I should look into switching to a bible collage. I could try and talk to my uncle who is a minister. Or even talk to the unit Chaplin.

With all this on my mind, i will pray for God’s guidance in which direction to move from here. Please pray for mus as we move forward in life.

We come to another Memorial day and this week started off with yet another veteran who was told he can not display an American flag in his rentanl home. So many little things have been done to veterans this year. These people have fought for your right to do, say, and worship what you want. When it comes to honoring them or allowing them to honor they comrads People instantly say “What your doing affends me”.  I hate to inform you, but these people did not fight for your right to not be offended. The fact is you can be offended by anyone at any time and because of the first amendment (Which we fought for) there should be nothing you can do.

This year the Mojavi Cross, a veterans memorial, was stolen from an isolated location in the desert. A location that many people never knew about untill a park ranger sound it could be offended. He was not offended himself, but felt in necessary to bring a lawsuit against it  and lost repeatedly.  When is was Finlay going to be displayed without the plywood box, some one takes it from a place where no-man would see it unless they went out to see it.

Many times over the past year Veterans have been told they can not display the American Flag in their homes. One man was told that  due to Home Owners Association rules he could not display the flag that has flow in fount of his house for years.  After retiring from farming, he moved into town and bought a house. He put up the flag pole that was infront of his farm house.Each morning he would raise the flag, and would take it down each evening.  He was soon told that the flag pose violated the HOA rules. This was not an issue with the people of the neighborhood, just the four people in the HOA.

Two apartment complexes told residents that they could not display the American Flag because it could offend other residents. If you are offended by the American Flag you can leave the country. These Apartment complexes latter backed down on the eviction threats after National pressure to allow the Flags to remain. I feel that this should not be an issue. Americans should have the right to display the American Flag in any was they see fit, weather it offends people or not.

There are federal laws that protect the right of  Property managers to display the american flag, but these laws do not protect renters or home owners under HOAs. These laws should be ammemded to protect the righhts of Americans to be proud of their country and display the flag. 

Honor our fallen Heros, Fly the American Flag more then just on Memorial day and Veterans day.

Well, I have gotten my welcome letter to the Final Fantasy XIV beta testing. I spent yesterday downloading the Alpha Version of the game. Later today I will be taking part in my first testing session. I will be recording these sessions and latter posting them to the web. I can not do it now due to the agreement I have with Square Enix not to make anything public at this time.  Stay tuned for the coming videos.

After my first session of FFXIV I have found that I need more Video Ram. looks like I will need to build a new system to replace Bahomut again. Time to start looking up part prices.

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Phil and myself were guests on the TgT Webcomics Podcast. During this cast we were interviewed about the highly anticipated release of ComicPress Premium (3.0). Have a listen and see what you think.

It has been a little more than a week since I last posted anything. I know the past few months have been slow on my site updated. I have been doing a lot of little things that have been taking up time in my life. Fist was the ComicPress Premium development opportunity. That has been moving forward. Any one who has been following that knows that we are now in the beta process. There are a few little things that I have had to fix, but it looks like we will be ready close to the same time WordPress 3.0 is ready.

This week I have been in a Security + class paid for by my employer. A newly enforced policy where I am working now requires that all system administrators be Security + certified as well as certified in at least one Operating System. I will be in this class until the end of the week, then I will be taking the Certification test some time soon after. Pray for me on this, my job depends on it.

As I go through this class I have found that there are many things that I already know. I guess that all my years as a sysadmin have been paying off. Even with the knowledge I have there are many things that I still do not have a full handle on for the certification. For the past two years I have been a Unix/Linux Administrator, and the Security + certification test is based mostly on Windows configurations and security. There is so much to the windows OS that I am still not sure of, although the basics of information security are cross platform. My main concern is remembering all the little places to find the settings in the Windows environment.

Well that is enough on me, lets talk about =what the rest of the clan is doing.

I do not remember if I have mentioned the fact that Teresa is getting ready to go back to School for the Forensic Psychology masters this fall. She is looking at taking most of the classes on line so that she is still home for the girls during the day. She is so skilled in studying and research when it comes to School work, I envy how easy it is for her to just maintain 4.0 grades with out having to struggle to get the work done.

Angel and Dannan are growing up fast, its hard to think that they are still so young. Angel is in the top of her class (again) this year, and reading on a 5th grade level , possibly higher. They have run out of higher level books at her school. She is getting great grades, not taking after her father at all. As with all kids she does not like doing her home work, but we have kept on top of it for now.

Dannan has hit those tantrum years that my mother think does not exist. (My brother and I were just too easy to raise from the sounds of it.) She  has gotten to the point of not wanting anyone to do anything, even starts to through a fit when Ang begins to sing in the car. We have about a year to get her out of that before she is old enough to start to pre-k. 

Everything is moving forward in our lives. When have done so much in the past year. We have lost a lot and gained even more. God has blessed us, and I pray that he blesses you all as well.

Untill I have something better to write about. God Speed to you all.

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