All-Star Rosters Mess

Sometimes the fans are the ones who mess up the All-Star lineup, getting a player undeserving to be an All-Star starter by their popular votes. And sometimes the coaches mess up the lineup, choosing undeserving All-Star reserves.Again, this year, the NBA All-Star lineup of East and West seems not that satisfying… again. So the West has Yao Ming, Amare Stoudemire, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul. Nocomplains there. This is the West starters as they should be. But the East has Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Allen...

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My Music for the Maestro

As an amateur musician, I had experience it. I stood on that stage with my six-string.Like all musicians, I find it fun.Beautiful music made from my instrument.The crowd applauds.They cheer.They chant my name.Exhilarating.Ecstatic.But it’s different when I play for the Maestro.Beautiful music made from my instrument.The applauses and the cheers are not for me this time.But for Him.Through the music I make, I lead the crowd to praise and worship Him.And I find it more exciting.More satisfying.More fun.More fulfilling.Making the Maestro smile is...

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Peter, Faith, and Grace

Ah, Peter. His life, like of all Bible heroes’, was very dramatic. A fisherman who was called by Jesus to be “fishers of man” instead. An “act now, ask questions later”-type of guy. A tendency to do much “talking” but not much “walking” in his early years – kind of like most of us.Of course, Peter was imperfect. All God’s chosen heroes are. But God showed Peter (like the other heroes) grace and made him great. (How great is our God! He picks up the losers and put them on the winning team… His team!) That’s one of the lessons we could learn in the...

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Grace

Everytime I think about it,It overwhelms me.It touches me.It makes me smile.Just think about itEverytime I fall down, God picks me up.Imagine… the Almighty Holy God, Creator Of All, Bigger Than The Universe, The Greatest VIP Ever, would show favor to a miniscule irrelevant undeserving unimportant pathetic sinner like me.It’s so absurd.So extremely absurd.But so awesome.More absurd is that He died on the cross to save me.God’s Grace…So amazing. I am at loss of words in a...

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