Can't Think of a Title --- Twins 5, Yankees 1

Ok, so I'm coming off a night with only about 5 hours of sleep, and it's going to be midnight before this post is over (all you new parents out there probably think I'm lucky to get that much sleep), but the last hour has been swell, and I wanted to share a little with my millions of readers -- even if it means being dead tired all day tomorrow!

I stumbled across a most interesting blog tonight. It's sort of crazy how I got there, as I starting bouncing from one baseball blog to another and somehow came across a blog written by a homeless guy in Nashville. The site seems pretty legit, and in the last couple of days, he has made some outstanding posts concerning the faith I hold dearly. Of course, he's trying to raise enough money to get a place to live so that he'll have an easier time getting a job. I guess I haven't really thought about the situation that much....it's probably hard for a homeless guy to get a job. I bet it's hard to find a lot of companies that want to hire a possibly uneducated unkempt individual without a stable home environment. Anyway, the 45 minutes I spent reading the blog really tugged at my heart some. Should I be doing more to solve the country's homeless problem? I didn't donate any money yet, but I may do so in a day or so...making sure I'm not under compulsion first. Sadly, even if I gave up my entire paycheck tomorrow to this Kevin guy on the streets of Nashville, I hardly think it would even scratch the surface of the types of things I should be doing more of; I think our time and prayers are more valuable than money, but to do none of the above is frightening. And to think I actually complained about spending 17 hours this weekend working on my back yard! At least I have a back yard! (But I sure would like some grass to grow.)

Now, stay tuned for some great input from John Owen on mortifying sin:

Do you mortify;
do you make it your daily work;
be always at it while you live;
cease not a day from this work;
be killing sin or it will be killing you.

If sin be subtle, watchful, strong, and always at work in the business of killing our souls,, and we be slothful, negligent, foolish, in proceeding to the ruin thereof, can we expect a comfortable event?

Not to be daily mortifying sin is to sin against the goodness, kindness, wisdom, grace, and love of God, who has furnished us with a principle of doing it.

The saints, whose souls breathe after deliverance from [sin's] perplexing rebellion, know there is no safety against it but in a constant warfare.

I think Owen said all that I needed to hear tonight. Tomorrow, I have a long and fierce battle to fight. Kill or be killed.