Remember the duck

I heard another good sermon at church today. The sermon was about how God allowed the jews to return to jerusalem after they had been exiled to babylon for 50 years. At least I think that was what happened, the reading was from Nehemiah that I have already read. At any rate, the sermon was how God is willing to forgive any sin that is committed as long as you ask. I do have some sins that I need to confess. I never did have any doubt that I could be forgiven, but it is good to know that I will be forgiven when I ask and or confess.

The entertainment part of the story was good also. This kid was learning to shoot with a new slingshot when he killed his grandmothers favorite duck. His sister seen it happen and guilted him into all kinds of chores by whispering to him "remember the duck." After a couple of days of this, the boy confessed to his grandma about the duck, but she said she saw it happen and had already forgiven him. She was just willing to see how long he would be enslaved by the sister.

We also had some new converts or something of that effect at church today. For whatever reason catholics like to involve some training or background on the catholic faith for adults entering the faith. I am not really sure why this is necessary, but as tracy jones says on his radio show, "it is what it is."

I also heard another good thing on the radio this week. The host of the show was noticing that most of the relief funds for Haiti were coming from christian sources. The so-called "religions of peace" had contributed very little and historically have not done such. The United States apparently donates so much that other non donating countries feel bad. They should feel bad.