Saturday, December 17, 2011

rick's tweets iv

Another batch of Pastor Rick's "tweets of wits" to share with you: 

My dad's old cliche for saving money: "Use it up; wear it out; make it do, or do without!"

John Stott's joke on why he never married: "I'd rather want what I don't have, than have what I don't want!"

No one can control your emotions without your permission. Who are you allowing to ruin your day?

Some things must be believed BEFORE you can see them. Ask any architect, artist, entrepreneur, or athlete.

To discover the will of God you don’t know, do the will of God you do know.

If you always feel comfortable reading God's Word, you're either not reading ALL of it, or you aren't letting it sink in.

Just as night conceals earth but reveals the universe, your dark times can reveal truths about God you wouldn't see otherwise.

Heresy is often the over-emphasis of a single truth while ignoring other truths.

As I baptized his parents, a child asked me "When can I get 'advertised' for Jesus?" That's baptism!

You don't have to be a giant to slay one. You just need to shoot straight. Remember David.

Use your head in managing yourself. Use your heart in managing others.

Celebrities, like poor photographs, are usually overexposed and underdeveloped.

If you think God is your co-pilot, you're in the wrong seat.

Being busy proves nothing. It's WHY you're busy that reveals the real you.

More will join a political protest than be a witness since it's far easier to demonstrate FOR Jesus than demonstrate Jesus.

To develop friendships, stop trying to be interesting & just be interested in others.

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

You can't fall when you're on your knees.

Blaming God for evil is like blaming the sun for darkness.

To be truly Christian, you must begin with Jesus, not anyone else. Jesus interprets Paul & all theologians, not vice-versa!

My goal has never been to save the world but to make sure everyone in the world knows there is a Savior.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

if you are going to san juan capistrano (again)

In memory of a couple of guys I used to hike with, and in celebration of the spotless driving record I have kept since, this is a re-run of a writing I did 3 years ago:

Go down south on Interstate 5, get off at Ortega Highway, turn inland for about 7 and a half miles, you will see the Caspers Wilderness Park. Drive in, park your car, enjoy a great hiking with sunny California blue skies and rocky chaparral hills.

On your way back on Ortega Highway, go past the I-5, the first traffic light you'll meet is at a street named Del Obispo. Make a hurried left turn, drive a couple hundred yards down the road, turn right into a Sizzler Restaurant, enjoy a hearty salad bar lunch for only $6.99, if you call the manager by his name and told him you had called him earlier and he agreed to give you and your pals that special discount. 

Two weeks later you receive a letter from some P.O. Box in North Hollywood. It's an official looking paper with 4 color pictures in the center: 1) A driver with a hiking cap that looks like me; 2) The back sight of car with a license plate that looks like mine; 3) A blue Highlander (that looks like mine) right behind the demarcation line of a traffic intersection, with a left-turn light shining red on the corner; 4) That blue Highlander turning left in the middle of the intersection, with that same left-turn light still shining red. The heading of the letter says: NOTICE OF VIOLATION--Automated Red Light Enforcement System.

And that will cost you $366; $423 if you choose to go to the traffic school to avoid the penalty point.

So, like my wife chastised me with glee: What's the hurry, man. Slow it down, brothers, especially when you are in San Juan Capistrano, near the intersection of Ortega Highway and Del Obispo Street (see Google map: http://bit.ly/w5jYqo).

If you're going to San Francisco 
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair 
If you're going to San Francisco 
You're gonna meet some gentle people there 
                         . . .
San Juan Capistrano (Ivan, I am still waiting for you to sing this for me)If you're going to San Juan Capistrano
Be prepared to part some money there
If you're going to San Juan Capistrano
You're gonna meet some hidden camera there 

Time moves ever so stealthily... whiff... another 3 years have just gone by...
While retrieving this old writing of mine, I did some fact checking and found:
* The Sizzler at San Juan Capistrano is no longer--it closed business some time ago
* The San Francisco online video is still there, but preceded/shadowed with advertisement now
* And who would have thought, we just bought a new house in the city of San Juan Capistrano a couple weeks ago!