In God we Trust, In all others we monitor

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."     


         I figure thats a better way than none to start out something new. Give some sort of inspirational quote, throw out what it means to me and then go into about whatever i really wanted to talk about. So thats what ill do....


                       This verse is Ezekiel 25:17. Most of Ezekiel is about God striking down weak ass people who turned away from Him. And he sent Ezekiel to do it. Ezekiel is the Shepherd. He was sent through the valley of darkness to lead the sinners out, and if they didn't follow, God laid the smack down (in one form or another). Anyways, when I heard this verse the first time, it made me think about who i was in the story. Am I the weak? Am i the Shepherd? I think myself, and most others, are a little of both. Strong in our faith and sense of whats right, but weak in our inability to resist temptation. Falling prey to the tyranny of evil men. Okay, thats my rant about that.


         Now to something different. May 25th, I joined the United States Navy. If you knew me at all before then, you would know thats a GIANT change for me. Ive had no problem with authority at all, but its still a struggle for me sometimes. Plus people here get on my nerves. So, ive been filling my time with as much busy work as possible. While at the same time avoiding overloading myself with stuff to do. A challenge in itself. Anywho, since ive been back things have just seemed really different with me. Im reevaluating a lot of the relationships/friendships/whatever other kind of ships you can think of. I made mistakes with people, and i will probably make more. But Im at least aware of what im doing now. A few people deserve apologies and will get them. Its like a new beginning inside of a new beginning. Haha. who knows. Thats it for tonight though. Y'all have a good night.....