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Password Security

Today I took the LastPass Security Challenge. I have been using LastPass for a while now, so I thought I’d be pretty secure. I forgot about the accounts I had made before LastPass. I had 6 accounts using the same password and 2 accounts sharing another one (I’m not even sure how that happened :/) and quite a few of the others were a little weak. My score was a measly 64%. Not good; I have a lot of passwords to change…

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Happy New Years!

On one hand, it’s amazing that the year has gone past so quickly. On the other, it sure has taken a while! Looking back on 2011 I am so thankful for all the opportunities I got: CHOICE Kids Club, Ministry Apprenticeship Program, all the things Old Paths offers, and anything else I might have forgotten. I have gotten to know many people  much better, mainly through the ministries named above, and have been able to grow in the Lord and learn many lessons. I am definitely looking forward to what 2012 holds for me.

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Leadership

Leadership is a great and serious responsibility, that is why God set strict standards for leaders in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. “A bishop then must be blameless…patient….not a novice…must have a good report…” “Likewise must the deacons be grave…faithful in all things…” Failure to measure up to those standards can have serious, far reaching consequences. The reason is because as a leader you are a role model for everyone who is following you. Esther 1:10-18 The king commanded the queen to come out so everyone could see her beauty, but she refused. What was so bad about that? Something was very bad about that; every woman in the kingdom looked up to the queen. As soon as they saw that she totally refused to follow her husband’s wish and got away with it, they would be doing the same thing. “The queen can do it, why can’t I?” This was not the way it was supposed to be; the king had to do something about it. So what was the end result? The queen lost her position of authority. The king found a new queen. When a leader seriously fails, he loses the respect of all his followers and ends up finding a new job.

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Snow

Just as I was wondering if maybe global warming was true, we finally got enough snow to cover the ground with more coming. Then I checked the weather forecast…

Maybe Gore was right?! 😉

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Two Great Forces for Good – Jim Elliot

Here is a quote from Jim Elliot’s journal:

December 1. “In reading the Scriptures I find a great moral power. Therein I am made aware of twp great forces for good in human experience: the fear of God and the grace of God. Without the fear of God I would not stop at doing evil: the fear of God restrains. Without the grace of God I would have no desire to approach positive goodness. The one is a deterrent from evil; the other is an encouragement to good. ‘Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?’ – not so much make up for what is past, but perfect what is future-‘by taking heed thereto (from now on) according to thy word. ‘These things write I unto you, that ye sin not.’* the Scriptures were written to this very intent: to be a means of grace in struggling against sin. Would that Christians read their Scriptures. We should have a holier band for it.”

– Shadow of the Almighty

*He did not use the KJV here, so I substituted.

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Welcome!

Welcome to my blog. In case you are wondering, the name came from one of my favourite verses, Psalm 84:10: “For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.” I created this blog not just to write about my three passions— Christianity, technology, and nature —but mainly to bring glory to God. I also started it to keep family and friends informed on a missions trip to New Zealand that I plan on taking in a few months. Take a look around, and I hope you enjoy it.