Has it snowed?

Most likely it has snowed at your place recently.

Here is proof, this is the snow cover map for the US as of the morning of Feb. 13, 2010.


All of the lower 48 states have some area of snow cover.  Is your location covered in snow?  There hasn't been even a hint of snow falling in our part of the desert this winter, for which we are thankful. 

Snow is nice to see at a distance.  Snow is nice to read about.  Snow is used in showing the condition of the soul that the Lord has saved.

Isaiah 1
18   Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Possible birth place of Harry Reid

Today the family was on a field trip.  Among a number of stops, we saw the Hoover Dam and the new bridge being built over the canyon.  On the way home we stopped in Searchlight.  The website of Senator Harry Reid of Nevada mentions that Harry Reid was born "in the small rural mining town of Searchlight, Harry Reid grew up in a small cabin without indoor plumbing, and attended a two-room elementary school."

Now we are not sure about this, but just possibly we came across the birthplace of Harry Reid.

Notice these pictures we took of a house in Searchlight just off the main highway.  (Now if you have never been to Searchlight, you just don't know what you are missing.  Actually you could be quite thankful you have never been to Searchlight.  But that is for another time.)

I have passed by this house on a number of occasions heading out of town on the bicycle into the desert.



If we zoom in, you will see the for sale sign.


I guess no realtor would list it.


Now lets zoom in on that wonderful back patio, with that metal chair to sit on and enjoy the gorgeous western sunsets.


One just never knows.  Maybe it is the actual birthplace.  There isn't a house in town that I have come across that is acknowledged to be his home.  And this one looks to be a two bedroom, so maybe....

So you just might want to rush out to Searchlight and take advantage of this great opportunity to purchase a piece of history. 

If nothing else, it is what more of America will look like once Reid and Pelosi get their way with the health care bill in congress.

Is it scripture or isn't it?

Maybe you are aware of the recent discussions, summits, and debates surrounding the King James Bible. 
It appears that many independent Baptists are trying to say they are for the KJV, but afraid to sound too strong.  The main issue is whether or not the KJV is inspired.

Well, II Timothy 3:16 says,
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"

I won't get into all the arguments that each one is giving for the various positions, but rather ask one question:  Is the King James Bible scripture?

If it is, it is inspired; if it is not scripture, then it could not claim to be given by inspiration.
Many are digging in, to claim that only the original languages that the scriptures were written in are inspired.  Their argument continues that since the KJV is a translation, it can only be accurate and reliable, but not inspired.  They also argue that claiming inspiration for the KJV would mean "double inspiration".  Why not just believe the book you have is scripture, and ascribe all the description of scripture to the book you hold in your hands. 

Or do you have an agenda?

-     To lift up your education
-     To have people look up to you
-     To make people think they need to learn Greek and Hebrew to really understand what God said
-     To set up yourself as the final authority

It is"Thus saith the Lord", that people need to hear. 

Top of the mountain

Finally on the third attempt we made it to the top of the mountain.  Those that have been following along here know that the mountain is Spirit Mountain.  It is located 15 miles northwest of Laughlin, NV and Bullhead City, AZ.


To prove that this climb was successful, a picture of the top.

The post sits at the very top along with a notebook in a box to sign in as proof of your arrival.

Here are four short clips taken during the hike.













Total elevation gain from the trucks to the top of the mountain is 1800'. You do the math to figure out the average grade going up.
Yes, we already have another attempt in the works. We are going to try it from the southeast. Some say it is more difficult, though I don't know how it could be, but stay tuned....

II Corinthians 9:15

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift."

Soon

Less than two weeks for the third attempt on the mountain.

If you have been following along here, you know that some of us have been attempting to climb Spirit Mountain in far southern Nevada.  Each time the mountain has won the battle.

The day after Thanksgiving will be the next attempt, weather permitting.  (Yes, believe it or not, it can snow up on that mountain in this desert area. Though we don't expect any this early.) Stay tuned for the next posting as we hopefully show pictures from the very top of the peak.

Hate Crimes

Don't get caught up in all this "hate is bad" stuff going around these days.

Amos 5
21   I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22   Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23   Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Revelation 2
15   So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

Proverbs 8
13   The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Psalm 101
3   I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Psalm 119
128   Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.


Be careful about condemning hatred.


Psalm 11
5   The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.