When your lost, find your why!

When one loses their why, they lose their way!

Recently, I found myself struggling with low motivation or energy to finish some goals. After floundering for a while, telling myself time and again that I needed to get them done. I became frustrated that I just didn't seem to have what it took to get these things moved along. I began to think that maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew. I began to doubt my own abilities and even started to look for a rock to hide under rather than face these projects that seemed to be perpetually in my face.

Then I began to ask myself why they needed to be done. Once I began to chew on the why that lies behind each project, it became much easier to roll up my sleeves and accomplish those supported by the most important why. Each project needed to be done, but when I lost my vision of the why it was easy to allow the rest of life to consume me.

It is nice to have the reminder of the value of vision coupled with the purpose to keep the vision alive by keeping the why before me (Eph. 5:16). I see this applying to every aspect of my life and I trust you will as well. Remember that once you forget the why, you're headed to being lost!

Quality Customer Service from TTI

Quality customer service from Wayne Hill of .

The story:

Recently, while ripping a 2x4 for trim on the back of my office, the motor for my table saw caught on fire. My 6 year old son was supervising from the side of the saw and pointed out that the thing was on fire. Though it created a lot of smoke, it seemed to be a minor electrical fire in the motor housing itself. I was able to blow it out after several attempts. Obviously this meant the motor was shot!

I visited the manufacturer's website and sent an email asking if there had bee

A couple of hours later I received a request for my phone number and address. By 7:15 am the next morning, I had been contacted by Wayne Hill asking if he could inspect and replace my saw! By that evening, after working out logistics, Wayne Hill emailed me to say that I could swing by my local Home Depot and pick up my brand new RIGID R4510 saw. All I had to do was package up my old saw and they would have FedEx pick it up to send it back to their home office in South Carolina.n any recalls or anything of that sort on this particular model of portable table saw. I also asked where I could purchase a replacement motor for my saw.

It was truly refreshing to see Wayne's amazingly quick and extraordinary customer service. He did not have to do this, but in doing so he has gained a loyal supporter of TTI's products. It is so refreshing to see a company willing to stand behind their products beyo

nd standard expectations. When it comes to purchasing my next tool, I will be drawn to the brands associated with .

Welcome Benjamin Rush Becker

Weight - 7lb 9oz

Length - 20"

Location : Becker Birth Center

Timeline:

-- sporadic labor all day-- nothing to get excited about-- let's decorate for Christmas and have Grandma & Grandpa over for soup dinner!

6:15 pm Called friends in Clovis to let them know we would be coming down that night because Alicia said, “We should probably go down tonight so we are there just in case.” One of the kids asked, "Are we going to have the baby tonight?" Alicia said, "Probably not until tomorrow or the next day."

6:20 pm Hannah tells me Alicia needs me in the bathroom

6:21 pm I called 911 at her request

6:23 pm I was holding Benjamin Rush Becker, our 6^th child, after Alicia delivered him into my hands!

What is behind the name?

Benjamin Rush was one of the three most influential founding fathers along with Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. Over time, he has garnered the least notoriety, probably because of his open embrace of Christianity and his view of its role in the nation. Read more here.

We had been leaning toward Benjamin, but did not realize it's meaning. After the delivery, I researched it and it means "Son of my right hand." Since that is how I caught him, it seemed all the more appropriate.

"Rush" fit for obvious reasons if you see the timeline above!

Mama and baby are doing exceptionally well at this point. We praise Jesus for their good health and ask this to remain the case. Alicia posted other pics here.

We are delighting in God's sense of humor in reminding us Who is really in charge of the timeline!

Understanding Women

James Madison of State vs Federal Power

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite."
–James Madison, Federalist No. 45

Unfortunately, today one has to look extremely hard to find any glimmer of the concept of limited federal authority in any aspect of life. It is time for local responsibility to be re-instituted and federal responsibility to be diminished. Realistically, I am not sure the majority of the American people have enough in them to stand up and take responsibility for their lives.

My hope lies in the fact that many in my generation are looking at things quite differently and choosing another course of travel. Many are homeschooling their children because they realize the public school experiment is a disaster. Some, like myself, make the stand based on the principle that it is a parent's responsibility to raise their children to be responsible adults. It is not the job of a secular humanist government to raise morally responsible citizens.

Liberty vs Equality

"In my opinion, a society that aims for equality before liberty will end up with neither equality, nor liberty. A society that aims first for liberty will not end up with equality, but will end up with a closer approach to equality than any other kind of system that has ever been developed...You can only aim at equality by giving some the right to take things from others. What ultimately happens when you aim at equality is that A and B decide what C shall do for D. Accept that they take a little bit of a commission of the top on the way."
- Dr. Milton Friedman, Lecture given in 1978 to Stanford University

You can read more from this genius economist who rightly won the Nobel Prize in Economics by visiting, www.freetochoose.com

Knowledge = Happiness...What is Knowledge?

"Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness."
-George Washington's First Annual Message, 1790

We have a population of people who have associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degrees at a higher percentage than ever before. Yet, this same academic demographic is so unhappy, feeling the need to parade their discontent in vivid display of hatred for the capitalistic society Washington spent his life establishing.

If Washington's case is correct, then what does this say about our educational systems in America today?

Leaving An Inheritance

What is an inheritance? Obviously houses and wealth are an inheritance given by fathers to their children. Is that the extent of the inheritance? I would say emphatically no! I have been thinking lately about this little phrase:

Rather than leave the world to my children,
I want to make sure I leave my children for the world.

There is a great deal of depth in this little phrase. May God grant me the grace, wisdom and discernment to leave a legacy that impacts the world for Jesus Christ!

Jesse Jackson Jr. calls for President to Extra-Constitutional Action

I am amazed to hear an elected member of Congress demanding the President ignore the constitutionally apportioned separation of powers and to simply do what he sees fit. Here is a link to the interview with Jesse Jackson Jr., elected to represent Illinois's 2nd congressional district.

Impeachment proceedings should begin immediately for Jackson! He is in direct rebellion against the constitution he was sworn to uphold. On top of that, the Ethics panel is currently investigating him for allegedly trying to buy Obama's vacated senate seat.

Vegetarian Meatballs

The other day I took my daughter to a camp overnight event. It was a grand time and a great camp setting. I knew the camp was a Seventh Day Adventist camp, but it had not registered when the staff serving dinner offered me "Vegetarian Meatballs." I responded by saying, "You're kidding, right?"

Vegetarian Meatballs...that's like...

Kosher Bacon
Christian Porn
Soft Hammer
Systematic Chaos
Graduate Student
Industrial Park
Jumbo Shrimp
Limited Freedom
Practice Test
A Peace Force
Renegade Lawmakers
Routine Surgery
Zero Deficit
Socialist Worker
A Practical Joke
A Loose Knot
Good Grief
Dodge Ram
Civil Strife
Marijuana Initiative
Rush Hour
Serious Humor

Maybe you can come up with more...