Monday, March 24, 2008

The Greatest Reality... by Joey Rozek

The Greatest Reality... by Joey Rozek

With prophecy behind Him, a surrendered will inside Him,
sweat and blood protruding out of Him, spit all over Him,
mocking men like dogs and strong bulls all around Him,
a religious pride opposing Him, the weight of sin upon Him,
the head of the serpent beneath Him and the joy set before Him...
Jesus delightfully and frightfully, quietly and rightfully, undeservedly
while the public was observing He, with no one to help or stop this reality...
endured the hostility, with heavenly concentration and inhumane humiliation,
He succeeded to pay the debt of every sinful generation,
without a moment of disobedient hesitation or a desperate plea to save His reputation,
Jesus bore it all, redeeming us and esteeming us to bring us eternal salvation.

Listen to the shouts and threats still bouncing off Jerusalem's wall
amidst the Victor who became the Victim announcing deliverance from our fall.
"Save now! Save now!"..."No, I must suffer for creation",
"Are you king? Are you king?"..."Yes, I am the Author of Salvation",
"Blasphemy! Blasphemy!"..."No, Father forgive them",
"Crucify Him! Crucify Him!"..."Yes, Your sins are forgiven",
"Save yourself! Save yourself!"..."No, I must be forsaken",
"Remember me! Remember me!"..."Yes, your debt is now taken",
"He is dead! He is dead!"..."No, I am the Great Physician",
"Behold Him! Behold Him!"..."Yes, I am risen!"

(Joey is a Pastor of Calvary Chapel in England)

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Striped Bass and Fluke Feeding

A way cool video of striped bass (morone saxitalis) and Fluke/Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) attacking frozen spearing:





Monday, March 10, 2008

Driving NJ Crazy


Or perhaps better stated: being crazy to drive in NJ.

Yesterday turned out to be a marathon driving day... getting a tour of the
pinelands Northwest of Tuckerton.

The day started out as any normal Sunday morning, driving up to our home church of Calvary Chapel Old Bridge. This is just a 20 minute jaunt up the Garden State Parkway from our home, and then a few miles over to the church facility located off of Rt 516.

From there, Nannette and I had a parent's prayer meeting that we attend regularly. It is held near Wrightstown, NJ, a little hamlet called Jacobstown... just north of the great blueberry fields of New Egypt (not to mention the New Egypt raceway, but I digress).

Following that meeting, we had committed to visiting Nannette's mom, currently at the Atlantic City Medical center, Mainland division, in Galloway Township. How to get from Jacobstown to Galloway?

Via the Pinelands National Preserve, created when the infamous William Jefferson Clinton signed into law, making a unique ecosystem a national preserve... interestingly enough the "edge" of this area (part of the same ecosystem) does indeed contain some trout streams.... the Toms River, Mullica, and perhaps a wild brookie stream as well... but I digress.

From Galloway, we returned home, where Nannette left me... to go on to Newark International Airport to pick up our eldest daughter Saralyn, returning from Pittsburgh.

Her flight arrived around 10:30PM, but it wasn't until near midnight she was able to GET OFF THE PLANE.

Whew... whirlwind of a day.