It May Be Historic, but . . .

. . . "historic" does not mean "good."

And that is my Master of the Obvious insight of the day.

Dick Durbin for Prayer Czar

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has decided to correct Sen. Tom Coburn as to what is and is not appropriate to pray for. Now nice! Is he God's personal assistant now? Or just campaigning for Prayer Czar?

Reading the Bible, one is struck by the wide-ranging prayers offered to God. Prayers to "enlarge my territory" or "smite my enemies" may not fit the modern mold of the meek-and-mild Christian -- and yet of the gazillions of prayers uttered to God, they did make it into the Bible -- believers would say, for a reason.

It wasn't Coburn, but Durbin who was compelled to bring up Sen. Byrd and his ill health, and how they are wheeling him too & fro and all but propping him up and operating him with rods and wires. And why not? They're still using Ted Kennedy's ghost. Coburn didn't say anything about anyone's death, but that is right where Durbin and the party-of-death left zoomed to. All he said was that we should pray that someone misses the vote -- not exactly a death threat.

I, like Sen. Coburn, absolutely believe we should pray -- and I don't think there is anything more important to pray for than revival in America: That hearts and minds be turned to God; that those who call on His name repent from all the ways we've fallen short; that everyone find salvation through Jesus Christ; that God's will be done on this earth; and, if it is God's will, that He, in His mercy, save us from this tyrannical regime, that our children and our children's children may yet taste freedom.

But that's me! I'm not running for Prayer Czar. You go ahead and pray as God so leads. That's the thing about prayer: It's between YOU and GOD. Now go pray. ;)

Upon Opening an Ancient Box of Rice-a-Roni
From a Forgotten Corner of My Kitchen Cabinet

There may come a time when one asks themself: Are those specks black pepper? Or....?
And on such occasion, if it is observed that the specks move about at an ever accelerating pace as the temperature in the skillet rises.... then ...

Umm...
it isn't black pepper.