The Annual “Jesus Kicks Ass” Post

Happy Easter, everyone. I’ve been trying to reflect more on what Jesus means to me and the significance of his sacrifice as it’s easy to get caught up in other things. Sometimes it’s hard to apply his philosophy of peace, especially now with so many people out to kill us. Turning the other cheek is not an option when people want you dead. And with all the violence in Iraq now, one starts to wonder if any good will come out of war in the end. I just found out that a Marine friend of mine who went back to Iraq is actually in Fallujah right now. I fear for his safety, but Fallujah is where the Marines need to be.
I’m kinda babbling, as I’m not good with the serious commentary, but I do have a point. When Jesus was crucified, when was dragged though the streets bruised and battered finally to be nailed to the cross, things could hardly seem darker. One would pray from a good outcome, but it would hard to believe what it could be. But the he rose again, and in doing so gave us eternal life.
There were a number of times in my own life when things seemed dark and hope was lost, but, then, in the end, things turned out better than I could have imagined – better than I even prayed for. It’s a lesson I often forget, but I try to keep in mind. Right now things are looking dire in Iraq, and a lot of people think it’s going to be a disaster when the U.S. hands over power to the Iraqis in June, but we need to have faith. As dark as it all may seem now, a democratic peaceful Iraq is still possible. We’re in there to do good, and it would be hard to believe Jesus isn’t getting our back.
So everyone say some prayers for our troops – our troops from all the nations out there helping us in this – and for the Iraqis. God bless.

Peace Gallery Update

Despite still not getting the pictures from my lazy brother Joe foo’ the Marine, I’ve updated the Peace Gallery with three new people and two new Chomps candidates. I also updated the URL for a blog in one of the older ones (if I forgot anyone else, just e-mail me). I did lose a number of photos in the great e-mail fire of 2003, so, if you still have some lying around, don’t be afraid to e-mail them to me.
I never did come up with a similar thing for my Know Thy Enemy t-shirts. Maybe people could take photos of themselves wearing the French t-shirt and visiting a French embassy or wearing the terrorist t-shirt and strangling a terrorist. Anyone have some ideas?
Oh, and I’m still waiting for more photos from babes for the contest. The winner of the judge contest will be announced tomorrow afternoon.