I am a visionary.  I am a person who dreams often.  I am a person who loves to dream and think things through.  Do you follow your dreams?

No.

What stops us from our dreams?  The main reason if most always fear. The fear of the unknown, the fear of hearing NO.  The fear of others…

In life we must face our fear.  We must pursue our dreams, our vision.  We must follow our dreams passionately with everything we have.  If you never try, you already have failed.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.

2 Corinthians 4:7-11

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Not in the exciting way, but more the way that a parent longs for his kids to hit the baseball in little league. This might not have hit the nail on the head. It is more like the longing for your child which you have not seen in a very long time. We miss him and we need to see him.

My parents recently had a Red OAK planted as a memorial to my son as well. I am told this this is a beautiful tree. The Red Oak is a tree that everyone can recall the beautiful deep scarlet leaves in the fall. The tree will grow well in the area it is located and will provide great shade for our family home in Eagle, Idaho.

It will be a constant reminder of our beautiful son who had very numbered days with us, but we long for the days we get to spend together with him in paradise.

UPDATE

Actually it is a Red Oak, I made the change above.

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This book will challenge you to look at life through a different lens. This book will take you through the life of a successful business person, a modern day slave, and the lady that brings them together. This is a powerful true story.

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I was provided a complementary copy of this book by Thomas Nelson for review.

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Jesus confronted things which were wrong when He was confronted with it. Jesus did not hold back and confronted that which was not right. MacArthur clearly shows that he was still merciful, but definitely pointed out which was wrong. When Jesus encountered sinners He was kind and merciful and living. Jesus was confrontational when He faced those who were “religious”. He simply did not stand for religious leaders doing, saying, or enforcing the wrong things. It was the hypocrisy and false teachings that Jesus did not let stand. Jesus would strongly confront these actions.

I have never been an avid reader of John MacArthur but this book allowed me to see a side of MacArthur that I could agree with. I do not believe in being confrontational just to be confrontational, as I once thought MacArthur believed. Now I can identify with MacArthur and can agree that we must confront certain wrongs and we must stand for that which is right.

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As soon as they hit the road we found ourselves in sprint mode to get things wrapped up with our home, at work, and everything else that goes along with cleaning up after company and getting ready to hit the road ourselves.

You see, it is that time of year again! Soon it will be that 1 week that gives the reason to work the previous 51 weeks. Our annual Rinard Family Vacation to McCall, Idaho! This is like truly the happiest place on earth. I know, I know. Disneyland uses that slogan and how can you be happier than a kid on Main Street look at the Castle at Disneyland.

Well fact is, you can. You have never seen so many people so excited like little kids at Disneyland, except 1 time a year. This is that time! This year I hear we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 28 people going to McCall for our trip!

HEAVEN! Truly, I kid you not.

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I purchased the New Living Translation Reference Bible in Goatskin leather. This Bible smells good, feels good, and the leather is pretty flexible right out of the box. This Bible isn’t cheap, and this is definitely an example of getting what you pay for.

This is a very small Bible, and I believe just the right size to be able to carry with you very easy. This is a purchase that just makes your week so much better!

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Don’t you just hate when a book only comes out in hardback and you don’t want to wait? I sure do. So I broke down and bought the Kindle. I thought about the iPad and other options but in the end the Kindle was the right choice.

While it is taking some time to get used to it, I am definitely loving it.

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For me it was very good to see many friends from the past and to get reacquainted with so many people. I was only in Calgary less than a day but saw so many good friends.

Calgary as usual in June is beautiful! Everything was very green and the air was crisp and clean. My hotel room faced the Calgary Olympic Park, ski jumps and ski hill. Very nice!

Wish I had more than just a dozen waking hours to spend with my friends, but it was great to get at least that much time.

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You don’t only have to worry about yourself a bit, but you have to be focused on those around you. Everyone experiences this tome after the death of a baby different.

It is very hard to handle this and at times even though I am trying, I am not as good as I want to be at recognizing and helping others go through the healing process.

I know that fortunately we have God who is there to comfort, and this is a promise we must lean on, not only for our self, but those around us who are suffering as well.

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The devastation has been widespread throughout Guatemala with mudslides destroying homes and buildings and burying some victims. At least nine rivers have dramatically higher levels and 13 bridges have collapsed, the nation’s emergency services said.

In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a giant sinkhole that swallowed up a space larger than the area of a street intersection.

Wouldn’t like to see one of these in downtown Los Angeles.

No, definitely not a good thing.

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Day by day my emotions change. In fact you never know from minute to minute what I may be feeling. Sorry for Marsha, but she is stuck with me and my ways.

We are choosing to move ahead, and remember the good times. We don’t ever want to forget our little son, John Carter Rinard. He was so beautiful and so desired. I doubt a person could ever be wanted more than my son.

I long for the day to hold him, and I long for the days of dreaming about what he will be when he grows up. I miss the planning that I did, where Phil and I would take little Johnny camping and teach him how to fish.

You see, we had plans, we had dreams. What I am living was never part of those dreams.

I am definitely living a life I never wanted to dream.

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