Love the sinner, hate the sin...love the sinner, hate the sin...love the...

As I get older, I have found that I "admire" fewer and fewer people. Let me rephrase that. I admire traits. I admire accomplishments. I admire ideals. I admire the golf game of Tiger Woods, not the person. Maybe I have just hit a point of realizing that these heroes/celebrities/leaders are just people. I have found the ability, in most cases, to separate the people from what I "admire" about them. I have some Christian friends whom I admire the servant heart they display constantly but I think little of the gambling issues they have. I don't love them any less. Isn't this where the phrase, "Love the sinner, hate the sin," comes in?
Like most hoops fans, I think Coach K is a great coach and motivator. Several years back I found out through friends who are college referees that he cusses like a sailor on the bench and in practices. Bobby Knight? I actually consider him one of my favorite coaches but obviously his behavior is appalling. Yet his desire to see players succeed and grow is something he is famous for.

Where am I going with this? Well today, I read where Kathy Griffin
won an Emmy last week for her show, "My Life on the D-List." In her speech, Griffin said that "a lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus." She went on to hold up her Emmy, make an off-color remark about Christ and proclaim, "This award is my god now!"

Yikes. The entertainment world's attempt to use Christians as the object of their jokes has really gotten pathetic. Somehow I don't think she would be so bold as to say the same about the Muslim faith. If she were to have said the same thing about Muhammad, she might have bigger issues on her hands than trying to get off the D-List of comedians...like seeking protection perhaps?

The beginning of the end...

My youngest child started child care today at Sharing Tree. We have been so blessed to have all of our three children go through this school and then on to Mandarin Christian School where we know they will be cared for in a loving and Christian environment. That's the easy part. Seeing that little guy walk into class like that today, just touch me like few moments in my life have.

I don't know if it's like this for all parents but seeing your last child hit certain milestones has got to stir emotions in all parents.

How blessed I am to have spent all these years with a healthy set of kids and wife. I serve an awesome God. Thank you Lord.