Well, I know it's late, but here's my monster. (?)

Your Monster Profile

Scarey, Awesome, and Handsome Butcher You Feast On: Armadillos You Lurk Around In: Flocks of Freshmen You Especially Like to Torment: British People

What's" Your Monster Name?

Noctophobia - A fear of night
Lygophobia - A fear of being in dark places
Bogyphobia - A fear of the "Boogeyman" or boogies!
Dystychiphobia - A fear of accidents

From My Heart...

He is the One I serve
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Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Jesus lover of my soul,
Jesus I will never let You go.
You've taken me from the miry clay,
You've set my feet upon a rock And now I know.
I love You, I need You,
Though my world may fall,
I'll never let You go.
My Savior, my closest friend,
I will worship You,
Until the very end
© 1992 Daniel Grul, John Ezzy, Steve McPherson/Hillsongs
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I'm sure I've heard this song sung many times before, but recently I heard it on the radio and it was as though I was hearing it for the first time. It struck me that Jesus loves me with a love like no other. He loves me unconditionally. His love is not determined by feelings. His love for me has absolutely nothing to do with "me" but rather is it based upon His own character. His love for me is more than just a decision. He's made a commitment to love me. His love for me is a constant reminder that I am His. His love in my life gives me a sense of meaning, worth and purpose. He is constantly loving me my through my wife.
Of all the emotions one person can experience – love is the most superior – no other even begins to compare in importance. When Jesus was asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself." (Matthew 22:37-39 NIV)
Isn't it amazing that of all the commandments, the one Jesus says is the most important involves the act of love? I think for the most part, we get so caught up in the world today that we forget and neglect this obvious truth the Bible teaches. God created us to love Him and to let His love shine through us to a lost, dark, needy and hurting world. To miss out on loving God and loving others is to miss out on the entire point of living.
Above everything else, Jesus wants us to learn to love Him as He loves us. At the moment we accept Him God gives us a new spirit as well as a new ability to understand Him. (2 Corinthians 5:17) With God's Spirit living in us, His love starts to flow through us to others who need His love as well. Once that happens, you will see your life start to change. You will walk with a new freedom that only love can provide.
My life verse comes from the book of Matthew, chapter 5, verse 16 "In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."
To be completely honest with you, before I was saved, I was one who has sought the praises of man. I once heard a speaker in a meeting say that most people will work harder for praises than they do for raises. When I heard him say this… I was at a place in my life where I completely identified with his statement. I worked hard to receive praises, pats on the back – both with my friends and especially at work. But my motivation was completely wrong. You see I needed to hear the praise of others in order to feel worthy, to feel loved, and to feel important – otherwise, in my mind I was useless.
One day that all changed. The day I let Jesus be Lord and Savior of my life my purpose in life changed. No longer did I need the accolades of others in order to see my value in life. I was now performing for an audience of One and I knew because of Him I was valued, important and significant.
I love Jesus so much. He is the lover of my soul. He has saved me and put my feet upon a rock. The best gift I can give Him is my life and give it by being in service to Him. No longer do I need the praises of man. Though, sometimes I still want to be affirmated by my friends and I need it from my wife. In chapter one of the book of Galatians, verse 10, Paul says, Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men?
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Today, if I do good deed, I pray I've done it with the right motivation – to please God and if anyone should notice, I pray they will praise God and not me. When I encourage my wife or even just happily perform my marital duties, God wants me to be walking, talking, breathing, eating, sleeping, fountains of His love. He wants us to rain His love all over people who are hurting, needy and in desperate need of love. And the most wonderful thing about God's love is that the more we give it away, the more the supply is replenished.
I pray you can "rain" a little of God's love on someone today! Be blessed and dwell in His promises! I love you all.
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Agateophobia - A fear of insanity
Dromophobia - A fear of crossing streets
Papaphobia - A fear of the Pope

Dreams and Teddy Bears

Scince I'm listed as a contributor on this blog I thought I should pull my own weight.
I shall blog about dreams because I dream, and remember them, almost every night.
I have had prophetic dreams, I've interceeded for people in my dreams, I've done warfare in them and of course I've had many rediculous dreams too.
Last night, I had several very long dreams and I will share a portion of one of them because I found it interesting. Let me know what you think if you want to.
I dreamed that there was a woman that ran a day care and she was getting all of her kids off the van from some sort of trip. There were more than twenty children and the only helper she had was her twelve year old daughter. They were getting all the kids into two groups on a rope and the last child was in a plastic toy car tied to the end of the rope, He was being pushed by the daughter. The daughter decided to give the car a good hard push to get it to go fast and the car started to go sideways like when you play crack the whip. The boy in the car ran into a piece of playground equipment and started crying. I ran over to him and noticed he had a scratch on his head. Someone came over and I pointed it out to them. They were going to take the boy inside but before they did I went to hand him his teddy bear. I noticed that the teddy bear had a scratch on his head too and then I noticed that the bump on the bear started to swell. I told the boy to take the bear with him because he needed help too. It was as if the bear was alive.
It was weird even in the dream.

By the way, We call Teddy Bears "TEDDY bears" because:

Why is a bear usually one of a child's first stuffed toys? And why are toy bears called "Teddy?" Look no further than our nation's twenty-sixth president, Theodore Roosevelt. The most common explanation for the rise of the "teddy bear" begins in November 1902, when Roosevelt visited the southern United States to help settle a border dispute between Mississippi and Louisiana. While on the trip, Roosevelt went bear hunting, but had little luck. Others in his party did find a bear, which, cornered near a water hole, fought with and killed one of the group's hunting dogs. When Roosevelt saw what had happened, he ordered his men to humanely put the wounded bear out of its misery.

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Clifford Berryman, a newspaper cartoonist for the Washington Post, witnessed the incident and turned it into a cartoon. Called "Drawing the Line in Mississippi," the cartoon depicted Roosevelt's dual accomplishments on the trip—negotiating border disputes and protecting wildlife. To Berryman's surprise, the cartoon was published in newspapers across the country. However, the bear had not really been the helpless animal Berryman had first drawn, but, rather, an angry animal that just killed a dog. So, the cartoon, as well as the story of Roosevelt's hunting trip, was soon altered.
Berryman redrew the cartoon, changing the angry bear to a small, frightened-looking cub. The story changed too. The newly invented legend said that, after having poor luck hunting, Roosevelt was given the opportunity to shoot a bear a cub that his staff had captured. Of course, Roosevelt refused. This account of Roosevelt's trip caught on and soon the cub was appearing in all of Berryman's cartoons featuring the president. "Teddy's bear," as it came to be called, quickly gained popularity with Americans of all ages.
The small cub sparked the imagination of Morris Michtom, the owner of a small novelty store in Brooklyn, New York. Michtom's wife stiched several plush toy replicas of the bear for sale in the family store. When they sold quickly, Michtom decided to send Roosevelt a bear and ask his permission to use the president's name on the bears. Roosevelt responded positively and Michtom, along with a large wholesaling company, Butler Brothers, began to mass-produce the toy bears. Michtom probably didn't know it, but he had created a new piece of American heritage.