A Resolution

Well, after much transpiring of emails, phone messages and arranging childcare, Matt and I were finally able to meet with leadership at LW regarding the issues discussed in my last post. And I believe much to everyone’s surprise, a lot of things were cleared up. Miscommunications, wrong assumptions and down-right mistakes were aired and corrected. Apologies were made by all involved parties and a resolution of forgiveness and moving forward was reached.

Due to some things that we learned from the meeting, I feel that it is my duty to clear up some incorrect information that I posted previously, though I did not know at the time that it was false. I stated, “The determining factor [for leaving LW] has been that no corrective action has been taken, for whatever reason, concerning the massive amounts of gossip brought to the attention of the senior pastor.” Although it is true that we did not receive any messages in a 5week period regarding anything about action taking place, it turns out that the lack of follow-up was an error in miscommunication, as opposed to a lack of caring on leadership’s part. We have been told that leadership was indeed working on lining things up for a follow-up meeting and that us not being contacted was a mistake. I would like to say that we did receive one phone call from LW during that time period, and though there was no message to indicate who it was from, there was at least that one phone call.

In my perspective that changes a lot. If this is something that is important to the leadership at LW and if it is something that was being taken care of, then I was wrong to post anything about it. I posted with the intention of telling our story (not with any direct intent to deface LW), and believed that if there was an unethical situation known about by leadership but they weren’t interested in addressing it, then it was not gossip to post anything about it. I still believe that. But since this in fact was a situation that they were interested in addressing and a problem they were looking to resolve, I was completely wrong to post any details or information or name any names. And though I have apologized to the involved parties, I would also like to apologize to the readers. I did not know the entire story and upon seeing more of the picture, I shouldn’t have involved any of you all.

Matt said from the start that if it was revealed that we were wrong about any of this in the situation and needed to apologize, then we would certainly do that. So that is the intent of this post…to apologize for sharing hurtful information about a problem that was indeed being resolved (though I will reiterate we had no way of knowing that at the time). Thanks everyone for reading and if you know someone who read the first post, please direct them to this one as well so that more of the story will be clarified.

PICTURES

Yay for my new/old TRUCK

Aint she purdy , yes it was painted this color on purpose, but soon she will be completely different

she is a 1984 Dodge Ram Charger V8 4x4

take that gas pumps!!!

Wake up Lion its your Time Now !!!

Wow, i dont get much text time on my own blog i usually just love to share pictures and talk about them a little , cuz i love things to be illustrated , which pretty much sums up my personality as a whole , i love fun and excitement i love vivid one of a kind wild pictures of anything cool , fun illustrates a good time to me , when that word comes to mind a picture of the last great fun thing i did usually pops in my head or something new that i might want to do that i have never done.

So anyway back to trying to illustrate myself to you in these things called "words"

for my first word it will be "DREAM"

Here is one of my "DREAMS" one day i would love to create a Bible unlike anyone has ever seen but it comes in the form of another favorite word of mine called a "GAME" ,anyway, just like movies inspire , touch , transform, educate, teach and make us cry all at the same time I want to sometime in the not so distant future to create the first ever fully interactive Bible world from Genesis to Revelation in the form of a video game so that for the first time with pefect historical and biblical accuracy people of my generation and with my favorite hobby (Gaming) can actually LITERALLY SEE GOD'S WORD illustrated to them in a way never known before.Take for example the plains in Africa where the Antelope and Lion face off in a epic battle that has gone on for centuries , everyone understands that "LIONS EAT ANTELOPE" you can read it in books or have it taught to you by your science teacher in school but do you remember the time when you saw your first video of a pride of lions surrounding a herd of antelope or gazelle and in the blink of an eye a chase ensued and a member of that herd was brought crashing down to the dirt and began to be mauled and ripped apart by the jaws and claws of several female lions, WOW that was exciting what an event a real feeding on film in front of your eyes. What you read in books and were told in the classroom about the wilds of Africa brought literally to LIFE!! , let me ask you this were you excited at the amazing accomplishment of the Lion Pride and the intelligence and teamwork it took to catch their dinner or did your heart swell with sadness for the herd and the fallen partially devoured prey, or to make it biblical how about being able to feel the courage it took and the level of trust in God it would take to be thrown in a lions den like Daniel or to face a mighty giant like David did , how about riding out a tremendously catastrophic flood like Noah did, maybe for the first time ever place images in your mind of Michael the Archangel fighting the Dragon and casting him out of heaven. or to be able to feel the weight of the sin on the apostles shoulders as they denied their savior before many as Jesus was being put on trial . And of course the weight and burden of the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made for us all as an on looker of the crucifixion , wow now thats powerful and life changing. Imagine a life changing hopefully eternity changing VIDEO GAME for SOMEONE or maybe millions who knows for sure.

I have so many details and plans in my Head for this its crazy they have been building for years but more importantly now my Heart wants it too

Cool now Jenn Tobler had something new to read dont even think about laundry Jenn, move on to the next blog

Oh and since you know i cant NOT post pictures here are some cool ones

NOW THIS IS AN EXCITING PICTURE

THE MOST WONDERFUL

Just Before Emma's Arrival with THE MOST WONDERFUL WIFE EVER!!!

Welcome to Earth Beautiful Baby EMMA

Yay for the new Motorcycle

There it is my new motorcycle it is the all NEW 300cc 2008 Johnny Pag Sport it gets about 70+mpg a little over 80mph and its gonna save me about $450 dollars in gas a month

What a great investment!!!!!

Yay for GUNS

Luke 22:36: "Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one."

I read this on a website somewhere thought it was great for all the Gun and Weapon haters to read

I know. I know. You biblically literate skeptics are going to cite Matthew 26:52-54 – how Jesus responded when Peter used his sword to cut off the ear of a servant of the high priest: "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"

Read those verses in context and they support my position. Jesus told Peter he would be committing suicide to choose a fight in this situation – as well as undermining God's plan to allow Jesus' death on the cross and resurrection.

Jesus told Peter to put his sword in its place – at his side. He didn't say throw it away. After all, He had just ordered the disciples to arm themselves. The reason for the arms was obviously to protect the lives of the disciples, not the life of the Son of God. What Jesus was saying was: "Peter, this is not the right time for a fight."


oooh this is good too

The underlying argument for gun control seems to be that the availability of guns causes crime. By extension, the availability of any weapon would have to be viewed as a cause of crime. What does the Bible say about such a view? Perhaps we should start at the beginning, or at least very close to the beginning-in Genesis 4. In this chapter we read about the first murder. Cain had offered an unacceptable sacrifice, and Cain was upset that God insisted that he do the right thing. In other words, Cain was peeved that he could not do his own thing.

Cain decided to kill his brother rather than get right with God. There were no guns available, although there may well have been a knife. Whether it was a knife or a rock, the Bible does not say. The point is, the evil in Cain's heart was the cause of the murder, not the availability of the murder weapon. God's response was not to ban rocks or knives, or whatever, but to banish the murderer. Later (see Genesis 9:5-6) God instituted capital punishment, but said not a word about banning weapons.