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So my Chemistry.com subscription is over.  It was a present for Christmas.  Now first don’t get me wrong. I appreciate the present. In fact, it was my choice to decide which site to use it on.  Man I wish I had thought about it.  Chemistry.com has got to be one of the single most terrible dating websites online.  This is why…

The first thing they don’t tell you is that when registering you only get FIVE matches a day.  Now that may seem like a lot, but consider this.  There is ABSOLUTELY NO REAL CHEMISTRY CONSIDERED!!!  99% of the women that it suggested to me were not only people I wouldn’t date, but women I would never even consider for friendship.  I’ve had more luck finding someone I’d have chemistry with on MySpace.  So every day I’d sign on to dismiss my "five matches".

Apparently, I’m not the only one who thought it sucks.  After about a week I seemingly exhausted all matches that met my criteria within 100 miles.  Granted, I have somewhat strict criteria, but even being strict I didn’t manage to get anything close.  So what do I do?  I increase the distance I’ll accept a match to 250 miles.  Although a steep distance, its way way better than my past relationships (the closest being 750 miles).  I mean if you really like the person a couple hour drive to meet them isn’t that huge of a deal.  Especially if you’re a Michigander use to living your life in a car.

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This looks interesting for a free game.  Maybe its my inner 5 year old that also likes blood elfs, night elfs, and paladins that finds some interest in this game.  I’m going to download it while I’ll sleep and give a heads up on it sometime tomorrow as to whether its worth the 1gig.http://fez.gamepotusa.com/landing/index.aspx

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A God you can agree with……is generally not a God but an idol of your own imagination.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:8-9)

By that I don’t mean that we know God is God because we argue with Him, but because we being imperfet and altogether lowly when compared to a perfectly righteous, all-knowing God.

Tragically, every day people around the world search for a god that fits each and every personal criteria.  They seek out religions and beliefs that conform to their opinions–read: their likeness.  They want a God that they can always agree with. Or more specifically they want a God that will always agree with them.

I have been a Christian since I was 7 years old.  Even now I do not understand most of the things God does and often times I disagree with His decisions.  I remember the lowest point in my relationship came 5 years ago when my fiance was more or less cut off from me by her parents (long story).  I spent months of deep and depraved depression.  In one moment of sheer anger I yelled out “Damn you!” while looking heavenward. I still tear up thinking back to the moment because I realized when I had said that I had completely and totally turned my back on my God.  I quickly fell to my knees in tears and repented, but the feeling of shame that washed over me for such a heartfelt angerful outburst at the only One who truly loved me I still struggle with today.

Now in retrospect I see why God allowed that event to occur.  My fiance later went on to cheat on me (twice), accuse me of attempted rape, and turned many “friends” against me.  At the time my finite picture of life couldn’t understand why God would take away something so precious.  How could He be God if He was letting me suffer? Who was He to do that? What was He thinking? If He could feel my hurt how could He  bear it?  Why wouldn’t He give me her back?

The answer is one that any good leader is familiar with. Not every action we do is popular and not every action we take will be understood.  Now years later and having lead this guild through multiple rocky split ups I understand so well that not every piece of information can be shared or should be shared.  God couldn’t tell me what was going on, but He knew that without a doubt that my fiance was not the godly woman I thought she was.  He was sparing me from a far greater fate.

The same applies to many things concerning God.  We may not understood why a loved one was taken from us.  We may not understand how He can stomach to watch as murderous dictators massacre millions of innocent people.  We may not understand why certain lifestyles are sinful, and why some things that seem so good are worthy of eternal death. But as God says so plainly:

For just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

We may not always agree with God. But next time you find yourself at a breaking point take a moment and consider this.  Rather than jumping to the conclusion of turning your back on God because you disagree with Him.  Realize that He’s God because you disagree with Him.

A God that you can always agree with as a sinful fallen person is most likely an idol.  An idea in our head.  God does not conform to our standards or expectations because He is not made up in our minds, but rather He Is.

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  • Feeling Very pleased with the chapter of his first posted story. Check it out and comment! – http://bit.ly/9XNIHh #
  • Feeling completely lonely and abandoned… #
  • Just ran Heroic UK with a 5.6k gs healer…it was fun being able to pull everything in site. Stinks we spent 45 minutes LFM for toc and icc #
  • Filling out Kroger applications…hire me!!! #
  • Quotes: Tolerance isn't agreeing with someone. Its respecting their right to disagree with you. http://post.ly/QExA #
  • I just woke up and am back to working on my blog. Maybe I'm obsessed? #
  • Young Adult Christian Fellowship (idea) http://post.ly/QAXj #
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  • Feeling Very pleased with the chapter of his first posted story. Check it out and comment! – http://bit.ly/9XNIHh #
  • Feeling completely lonely and abandoned… #
  • Just ran Heroic UK with a 5.6k gs healer…it was fun being able to pull everything in site. Stinks we spent 45 minutes LFM for toc and icc #
  • Filling out Kroger applications…hire me!!! #
  • Quotes: Tolerance isn't agreeing with someone. Its respecting their right to disagree with you. http://post.ly/QExA #
  • I just woke up and am back to working on my blog. Maybe I'm obsessed? #
  • Young Adult Christian Fellowship (idea) http://post.ly/QAXj #
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He watched intently as she approached.  He tried to look professional, but with a woman that stunning it was impossible to be anything but captivated.

Come on, fall back on your training.

It didn’t work.  This wasn’t a mission.  It was a dinner meeting. No, no.  It wasn’t even a meeting.  It was a blind date.

Why can’t you?

It wasn’t that he was easily hooked. Far from it.  Most woman disinterested him at best beyond the basic primal physical attraction between a man and a beautiful woman.  Even then, he was always self controlled and able to avoid being flustered let alone trapped. But right now?  He was surely trapped.  He had resisted everything at some point with decent success.  From plain old seduction to alien poisoning with aphrodisiacs that were a heart attack in a bottle.  He always had managed to although admittedly barely, keep his self control.  But his fixation on the lady in front of him–and make no mistake she was indeed a lady–was far deeper than merely a physical attraction.

“Hello.”, she said dryly.  Her lips relaxed, but controlled.  He couldn’t help but study them.  Lush and full, a dark wine colored lipstick that accentuated them even more.

He adjusted his suit collar and reached for her hand.  Gently planting a kiss. On her hand not her lips.  Though the thought was not far from his consciousness.

“The pleasure is all mine.”

“It sure is.” she quipped without missing a beat.  Which is more than could be said about Matthew who looked like he had just hit a patch of ice and was now violently spinning out of control.

Ouch. Hold yourself together.

“I see.”

“I sure hope so.”

Ronald had said nothing about an attitude.  Recalling the conversation, Ronald had described her as “Essence of heaven accidentally left behind on Earth…or whatever planet you were from.”  Ronald himself was a short stubbly man who was balding–okay bald, I was trying to be nice–and was all analytical and far from anything creative or artistic.  Ronald was Ronald. Not Ron. Not Ronnie. Ronald.  Dry. Boring. Ronald.

It was odd that Ronald had even engaged him in a conversation that didn’t involve work.  Ronald was a workaholic and his life, almost literally, had been absorbed by his duties as a ISID (International Space Intelligence Directive) Mission Advisor.  That wasn’t too uncommon for Mission Advisors.  Their goal was to act as human computers.  It was far safer to send a message through a trained individual programmed to fight and survive than on a data storage device that could easily be absconded.  Although it seemed that every day inched closer to the breakthrough that would allow the copying and tampering of humans–especially against their will.

Thus, most MA’s tended to keep to themselves and preferred not to remember much about their underlings.  Either because they didn’t want to compromise an agent if tortured or because they lost so many agents nowadays that being disconnected from them was the only way to survive the job.

Okay. Deep breath. Offer to take her coat.

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Tolerance isn’t agreeing with someone. Its respecting their right to disagree with you.

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