International Food Swap

Sorry it has taken so long for me to get back to my blog. I have another web project that in under development and it is taking any of the free time I have right now. I will post more about it in the future.

As always, there is so much I want to write about, but being that it is late I will just do a quick post on my first ever international food swap. Daniel (In the Lion's Den from the U.K.) and I both agreed to do a little International food swap. I sent him some hot chocolate, which he use to get when he attended Ravencrest and he sent me some Flake. I liked it, but Leslie did not care for it much.

Cadbury Flake

Flake is hard to describe. It tasted exactly like the chocolate that is inside of robin eggs though the chocolate comes the size of a candy bar and it looks like it was extruded through a very find meat grinder. It also flakes apart as you eat it. I keep meaning to let the boys try it, but will all the other treats around the house due to Christmas I just keep forgetting.

Oh yeah, I finally got my comments back up and running. The issue stemmed from some SEO experimentation I have been doing with my site. I have to admit that SEO has become an addiction over the last few years. It literally has become something I dream about. No don't worry I don't need an intervention. Well, you might want to double check with Leslie to make sure. :-)

I also want to thank my host for tracking down the issue for me.

Don't forget this when doing your taxes

thoughts

I find myself ever more in the pursuit of finding God's love. Whether in the mundane, tragic, ghastly, simple, remote, or busy events of life his love is ever present. At times it is hard to find, but it is there. Sometimes it is loud and evident and other times eerily quite. But the God who in geneses, broke on the scene with quite walks with us in Eden and who in Mathew came to us with peace on earth and good will toward men, is here on this planet pouring out his love and mercies. I'm not entirely sure why God has pursed me with such love and blessings, but as a Christian it is my privileged obligation to whole heartedly focus on his love. This pursuit of his love is something I have missed my whole Christian life, but is now something I refuse to put down. God is love and they will know we are of him because of our love. Not our persuasive words, are clean theology, our inclusive clamor, no they will know we are his because we love.

You see the reason I am not living a life that is drenched in the realization of God's love is because as a fallen creature I am inherently self focused-- pursuing the things of this earth. With that misdirected thought process I miss the love of God at most every step; until of course during those times self focus God reaches through in a lovingly overbearing way and shows me anew his loving kindness, which then I am forced to ponder his goodness. At those times my heart sees his provision and I instinctively praise him. But because we do not set our minds to pursue his love we lose the vision of his love within days.

Our highest calling from Christ is to love the Lord our God with all our heart mind and spirit. But who are we loving? We are loving Love. Yes love. God is love. That is who he is in all his great unspeakable glory. All of who He is can be wrapped up in one seemingly simple word: Love.

With that said may I restart the process of fulfilling Christ's greatest command. "Love the Lord with all your heart with all your mind and all your soul."

I wrote this to myself on February 04^th 2006. I thankfully found it tonight, just when I needed it.

Again, my comments are still down..... Someone remind me to get with my host about it.... :-)

Chattanooga Wiki

A few friends and I have decided it might be a good idea to start a Chattanooga wiki. If you have ever been out to wikipedias page on Chattanooga it does not take long to notice that what Chattanooga has to offer can't be described in one long page and a few sub pages. I really believe that the history of Chattanooga, its industry, surrounding suburbs, and politics can be written about endlessly. I can't wait to see the Walter Williams and Mayor Littlefield's write-ups. Please remember that the wiki should not be based on feelings but on fact.

Anyone is more than welcome to add to and edit the wiki. We have already set up the wiki, and I have stubbed out a few pages. Nothing so far is in stone. The design will come in the next few weeks. Please don't let that discourage you from jumping in. We decided to go with www.inChattanooga.org. Being that the .org domain fits the purpose of a wiki, we have gone with it. Plus, they wanted $19,000+ for www.inChattanooga.com, so there was not much of a decision there.

My blog commenting is down right now for some reason, so if you have any questions you can head over to the wiki and leave me a message. Or you can shoot me an e-mail at j.d.gidcumb[at]gmail.com