Flatulent Battery

man (slurring his words a bit): "Uh ... no officer, I didn't realize how fast I was going."
officer (shakes his head in disbelief): "I'm gonna have to ask you to step out of the car."
man: "Uh ... first would you mind pulling my finger?"
officer (a little woozy from the smell): "That's it! You're going to jail!"

Okay, so maybe it did not happen just like this - but use your imagination as you read through this article (I know it is a few days old). The guy ended up being charged with battery for passing gas and wafting it towards the officer. Crazy.

Now, why do I bring this up? Two reasons. 1) I think this is a little funny; and 2) We need to remember that we should do our best to be respectful and obey (not assault) the instituted authorities even if we don't agree with them. For God's Word says we should: "be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God" (Romans 13:1).

---steven

The depravity of man (er, woman)

At times I hear people talk about the way things are getting better, the way that our society has improved so much. However, the more I read the news, the more I am convinced that our society is in a downward spiral. As long as we refuse to turn to God and repent for our iniquities, I am certain things will not improve.

Case-in-point: A woman (Renee D. Bowman, 43, a former Rockville resident) adopts three children. One (an abused seven year old girl) jumps out of her second story bedroom to seek help. The police end up searching the house and find the remains of what the mom (if she could be called that) claims are her two older adopted girls. The remains were in her freezer. The Baltimore Sun has the article here.

Truly "the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" (Jeremiah 17:9). I pray that the evil one who has done this terrible crime to these children will repent, come to know the Lord Jesus, and that justice is done swiftly (in what ever form the courts might see fit).

---steven