New Blog

So I am being uncool and moving my blog to a different site. Sorry to inconvenience the masses, but I am liking Word Press, so click here to go to my new site, if you don't you probably will be tormented by a rabid hermit later in life...I'm just sayin...don't take any unnecessary risks you know.

Long Time No Post

So yeah I must issue a formal apology to the press for the major lack of recent postage. Sorry all you loyal citizens of blogdom. *sarcasm drips from mouth*
I have been pretty busy this semester with college and 2 jobs, but now I have no college and one job, and plan to be more active in the future. I am currently toying with a site at WordPress and I am liking the different features and things you can fool with. Don’t know if I will transfer my blog there or not, I will toy around with it a little more to see if I can get it how I want it. So I bought a rifle awhile back at the gun show when it came to town. I love it; it’s a .270 Remington 700. Also killed my first deer a few weeks ago. It was a big doe, 180 pounds. Shot her in the neck at about 100 yrds, so all the meat was ok. So I am officially a redneck I guess. I also got a haircut, might not seem like a big deal, but my profile picture is rather old. My hair went from shoulder length, brown, black, and ratty; to above the ears like in the above picture. Yes tragic I know, takes some getting used to, but I think it’s growing on me. Here is the old hair.

The Media

Well I haven't posted in awhile, so I decided that it is about time for a little blogging. And since I was already thinking on this subject, because of my poor little sister being misled, I will now start the rant. Well I don't think it is much of a secret to most sane people, but the majority of the media corporations are owned or funded by the liberal elite. Therefore the majority of the media have a liberal slant to them and thus their presentation to the public. And being that the liberal leaders of the Democratic party have openly and quite publicly said that they want us to lose the war in Iraq because they have bet their entire political career on the war being a bad thing. (note: not exact words, the jist of a lot of twisted political jargon) So the majority of the media show the war as being hopeless, violence getting worse despite the troop surge, morale weakening, and so on. Mainly painting the entire thing in the worst way they can. As if war needed help on that. Well despite all the crap that was spewing forth out of the Democratic leader's mouths around the time General Petraeus was reporting to Congress. Not to mention their treatment of him was despicable. Not to mention the moveon.org ordeal which, oh by the way Hilary Clinton started. Weird coincidence, that a completely liberal media group, that is bashing a General in our military, would have been started by a leader in the Democratic party. huh, go figure. Anyway, what the media groups are not showing at all is that the troop surge is working effectively. Violence is down 70%. (note: even in this article look at what is said the very next line after announcing this good news...haha, its just so blatant its humorous) That’s a good chunk if I may make that observation. I wonder why the media isn't telling the American people this great news? What could be the reason?

Biggest Day in Entertainment History!

So I haven't posted in awhile so I thought I would tell you lovely people what I have been up to lately. Well if you don't know that Halo 3 was launched September 25th. That day is a day that will forever be heralded as the most important day in entertainment history. You can read a bit more about how big that day really was here, but lets just say it smashed every previous sales record in the entire entertainment industry. I waited at GameStop from 9pm until midnight on the 24th for the midnight release. You might not know what I am talking about or be wondering why this particular game is such a big deal. If you are any kind of a gamer or know anyone who is a gamer you know that the Halo series is the most popular game in the world. Millions of people around the world have played Halo 2 for the past 3 years and have logged more than 750 million hours playing over Xbox Live. That’s over 85,616 years worth of time! The Halo franchise has such a huge fan base that it is referred to as the Halo Nation. Now the epic conclusion of the trilogy is upon us, prepare yourself.

Idols

It has been awhile since I have posted anything. So I feel compelled to post about whatever is on my mind right now. And being as I got back from church recently I shall touch on that. The message was given by Steven and it was very straightforward and hard-hitting. It was over Exodus 20, which contains the 10 commandments. At first I was just like, ok the ten commandments, yeah, what am I going to get out of this. But what really hit me was the second one. You shall not make for yourself an idol. The same for Sunday School. God was clearly accentuating this to me for a reason. What is an idol? It is something I place above God, it is what I spend my time doing. It is what I talk about, spend my money on, and what I think about in the service when I should be paying attention. There are several areas in my life that I haven't given to God, and it is very clear to me now. For example, for me a huge area is my video games. I am a huge gamer, I have spent massive amounts of money on the best consoles, a HD TV, surround sound, the newest games, the best accessories, and so on. I think about the games allot and talk about them with my friends. They occupy a large portion of my free time, it has gotten to where I don't even think of it as free time anymore, it is a couple hours each day that I have to spend playing the games. While playing the game in itself is not wrong, not having a quiet time because I spent hours playing games is. When it has taken priority over my relationship with Christ, that is when it has become an idol. So that is what I got from the message today and that is what I am currently working on.

Haha

I found this quite humorous,

Free Healthcare

Yay! Hilary Clinton and the liberals have a plan to get us free healthcare! This is great! Now we will be just like England and Canada!...I am tired of hearing about this crap. Plus it has been amplified by that fool Michael Moor's new film, 'Sicko'. People see this film that is full of false facts and twisted truths, and suddenly think that is the answer to all the problems we have with our current health care system. When in fact that couldn’t be farther from the truth. Not that our system at present is even close to being what it should be, but this avenue of universal health care is far worse. I read a nice article about this type of healthcare trying to be established in Wisconsin. Needless to say it is not the rosy picture the liberals try to paint it as. First off the “free” healthcare will not be free at all, our taxes will skyrocket in order to pay for it. Second the quality of the health care will quickly decrease due to the lack of competition, drive, and monetary incentive. Just look at Canada, their doctors come to the U.S. all the time to make a living and to have procedures done because they make jack up there. Third it will take forever to get anything done, whether it is a major thing or not. There are countless stories from England and Canada where the patients had to pay to come to the U.S. to get heart surgery or cancer, or any other kind of major operation done. And that is because they have to wait months before they can even be looked at, and after that they must wait months before they can be operated on. Why? Because since it is “free” anyone can go to the hospital for anything they want because they don’t have to worry about paying for it, thus extremely long waits. Last and maybe the most important reason this healthcare plan sucks is because it will be run by the government. The government can do few things right such as the military, and maybe the mail. But beyond that, don’t hold your breath. It is arguably the easiest way for socialism to get a strong foothold in our country. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be a socialistic society, unlike the current socialistic liberals heading the Democratic party.

Freedom Festival 2007

Freedom Festival was especially tiring this year, because from 9:00 pm Saturday night until 8:00 am Sunday morning, I was out on the grounds for security. So I didn’t sleep until I got home as 8:30 Sunday morning. Then I had to be back out there by 5:15 pm to do my Hospitality shift. After that I just walked around and took some pictures and talked to my friends. Here are a few pictures from the event.

The band was great, and they put a nice banner up just in case there was doubt about anyones patriotism...

There was a pond with catfish and brim and such that you could fish in.

There was a horse show, but I only caught the tail end of the last showing...no pun intended.

This is the airplane that the paratroopers jumped out of. The plane is about 5,000 feet in the air in this picture.

One of the paratroopers adjusting for his landing. It was really cool.

Here is a picture of a marine, the last to land. He came in backwards so the flag wouldn't blow in his way. I have a nasty habbit of drifting the camera down when I take a picture instead of holding it still when I am waiting for it to take. Makes for some bad pictures.

This is a shot of hald the field where most of the stuff was going on. I couldn't get high enough to get the whole field in one shot.

I got to test out my 'Firworks' mode on my camera, it came out ok.

Ooooh

Aaaaahhhh

This one came out crazy, haha.

The Democratic Congress

I seem to remember one of the main slogans the Dems used in the 2006 elections to be "We are going to clean up congress and stop all the corruption. We need full disclosure!"… or something to that affect. My question is, what happened? According to a recent poll by the people at Gallup, the Congress has a 14% confidence rating. Not only is this the lowest rating Congress has had in the history of Gallup polls, but it is the lowest out of the 16 institutions that were polled. According to the poll, the people of the U.S. have over twice the amount of confidence in our public school system as they do in their Congress! Dang. That is just sad. I think the 46% rating of the churches is pretty embarrassing as well, but I think that is due to the amount of churches that are “country club-ish” and that just flat out crumble due to corruption. But that is a whole other post in itself. So to get back on topic, what has the Democratic Congress done for us? What has is achieved in the time it has been in power? I really want to know, because I can’t think of anything besides empty legislation and empty promises. I also think that the fact that our military is at the top is a testament to the caliber of our fine men and women in uniform. In my opinion the lack of confidence in our government as a whole shows that the people of the United States are not satisfied with how things are being handled. Such as the lack of action being taken to secure our borders, and deal with the immigration problem, or the lack of funding and support for our troops in Iraq. I say Congress needs a good slap in the face to get their heads out of the clouds and get back on line with what is important to the American people.

End of Time

It occured to me the other day, while I was in a deep meditation, contemplating the end of the world, that one of the only things that most people and most religions half-way agree on is that we are nearing the end of the world. Whether its the disapearance of the honey bees, global warming, end of the Mayan calender in 2012, the electric cloud in space, the estimation that our oil supply will be depleated withing the next 5-10 years, the turmoil in Middle East, the current Pope being the last of the "predicted Popes", people trying to raise money to rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem in the "origianl spot", the increase in natural disasters and violence, or what-have-you. The main point is I think that it is quite obviouse that we are in fact nearing the end of our time on earth. Wouldn't it be amazing to be alive for the 2nd coming or rapture, whatever you believe. What an exciting time to be alive. I wonder if this generation, if it is the generation to face the end times, will have what it takes to face it head on? I wonder if we are prepared, or at least trying to prepare ourselves the best we can. Or are we doing what I find myself doing most of the time, just going through the days as normal. As if nothing will happen to me, I know that I myself am not as mindful of God and of His will for my life as I should be. I don't always have a Heaven mindset; or be working toward things that will last, not things of this world, when I know I should. There is so much that I wan't to do and want to experience in life. I need to start living every day to its fullest. Every day for the glory of the Father.

Update

So yeah its been awhile since I have posted. I am such a slacker. So lately I have been doing the whole college and church stuff. I kinda stopped looking for a job because I got tired of it. But I still want and need one, I am just lazy. When I am not at class or doing school work, I have been wasting my life away in front of my Xbox 360...my baby. I haven't even worked on some things I started writing and just left them. They just sit... unfinished, begging for me to give them attention. So yeah that is what my days are like now and I feel pathetic, yet good at the same time, haha. I guess its just all the free time I have actually have to waste that gives me that feeling. My Pa left for Argentina today on a church mission trip. He will be gone this week and most of next. My Ma and little brother are going to my grandparents condo in Orlando for this next week. Me and Amanda have class so we couldn't go. So it's just us two for about a week...so if you want to party just let us know! haha. Now I must be off to another class, farewell.

No more Goo Goo

Yesterday was the first Saturday in over a year that I had to myself. It was so nice, but it felt weird though. Did some chores then lazed around most of the day. Played my XBOX 360, watched a movie, and went to my cousin's Birthday party. I must savor that time, because this week I must go job-hunting...dun dun dunnnn. Why did I wait until I was unemployed to look for another job you ask? Well that is because I was worked like a dog at work. But either way I will now have more time for finishing allot of things and ideas that I began long ago. And yes better blogs, I know you are thrilled, so am I my dear.

Unemployed

As of the 18th of this month I will have no job. I submitted my two weeks because I can't work a full time job with more classes coming up. I am taking a full load this summer, and summer classes are soo long, because you only have like two months to get a full semester's work in. So I am in class like everyday from 8am till like 2pm. Then the fall I am taking a full load again. Spring I will most likely graduate, but who knows. I need to get a actual part time job, that doesn't pay crap. The only problem is, the only part time jobs out there pay like 6 an hour. I might be forced to take one of those type jobs though, its better than nothing. I wan't a computer job so bad i can taste it! But I don't have a degree...uhg. The agony. So...if you know of any decent part time jobs, throw them my way, thanks!

Global-warming

Ok a little rant on the whole global-warming conspiracy that is bugging the crap out of me, so please bear with me. So pretty much the majority of the scientific society is swearing up and down on their graves that global warming is inevitable and the extinction of man is swiftly approaching. They say that man is killing the planet and polluting it. That part is the only part I agree with. I have problems with the rest of it though. There is always something we can do help take care of our planet, because we are hurting nature with our constant urbanization, expansion, industrialization, and such. So with that out of the way lets move on to the end of the world. First the simple fact that scientists can’t accurately predict the weather for tomorrow is a big clincher in their theory. Have you ever kept track of the weather predictions and the actual weather of that day? Yeah so 99% chance of rain means it’s not supposed to be a sunny day right? Point being that nature in itself is unpredictable and something we are only beginning to understand. Might be because an all-powerful, all-knowing God created it, but that’s a whole other rant. That being said, whenever anyone refutes global warming they are called stupid and ignorant. Same for anyone who suggests that global warming is a theory, because that is what it is, a theory. They would like you to think it is hard fact, exactly what they do with evolution. There are actual scientists that refute the theory and they are cast out of the scientific community because of it. Sounds fishy to me, sounds like they are using fear and are bullying people to push their agenda along. Do you know what was going to be the end of the world in the 1970’s? An ice age! Yeah in the 70’s the scientists were saying an ice age was coming and it was inevitable. Wait now it’s warming? That sounds completely opposite from an ice age. Huh. But there are climate changes that tend towards either end of the spectrum. If one looks into the past one finds that there have been large climate changes going back and forth. Times that snowy regions get uncommonly warm, visa-versa and so forth. What I think is this is just another sick plot by the liberal left and environmentalists radicals. Maybe they want people to help the environment and our planet. So they scare everybody into believing their theory and people start acting upon it. They smack anyone who would dare suggest their theory is not sound, that their theory is not fact. Maybe they are 100% correct and I am an unlearned buffoon. Believe what you want, the end is coming one way or the other, soon you will start hearing talk of a large electrical cloud the size of a galaxy that is coming to engulf the earth. You have been warned!

Easter

Had the typical Easter gathering at my Grandparent's house today. You know, the hiding of the easter eggs, and the little-uns scamper about in their Easter outfits and look for them. Well here are some picturse of the occasion, as well as some National Geographic type material at the end. Too bad there aren't any pictures of me, because I was one hunk of Easter goodness, baha.

Aw look at Amanda! how precious!

Some Canadian Geese came up to the dock while we were there. A Female we will call Roxy came first, Amanda and Miranda were feeding her. Then two male geese came up and were harassing her. Bert and Ernie. The nasty ruffians.

Here is Roxy, she is such a sweatie.

Here are the rascally devils. Bert is coming in for the kill.

Ernie voicing his dissaproval of Roxy giving him the brush off.

Here is Roxy trying to hide from the brutes, It didn't last though, they found her eventually. She had to run off. Tough life being a pretty goose...tough life.

Best Spring Break Ever!!!!

So I just got back from possibly the best spring break of my entire life. I worked every day except for one. That one day I spent running around town looking/applying/begging for a new job. Work was horrible this week for some reason, might have been the fact that I had to work more hours because my coworkers suddenly have problems coming to work. Or because Saturday, the busiest day imaginable, we were a man down, because he had to go and do his Air Force training. (he is in the reserved, thus one weekend a month he has to train) So the wonderful time of relaxation is over and school starts up again. Papers are assigned and tests pop up. Life is back to normal. Yay. Its times like these that I just want to join the military or go live in the mountains with the Mountainmen. If just to get some change in life. It has gotten so darn monotonous. Go to class in the morning, , go to my job, that I don't like, but need to pay for college....uhg...At least my boy Will has my back. Lifted my spirits a bit with Blades of Glory last night...I feel a political rant coming in the near future...dun..dun...dunnnnn.

Freakin Filter

Well my posts are now going to be fewer because of the fact that the filter on my PC is homosexual. Hard to imagin that is even remotely possible, but in this day and age, you can be whatever you think you are. Sad really... But anyway, the friendly B-Safe Online people decided they wanted to up and block blogger. So there, I can no longer blog at home or even look at others blogs. I must go up to college and use their computers now. Because their computers have heterosexual internet filters on them. huh, go figure. Anyhoo, it really ticks me off, and I am about to go balistic and just delete the filter, and dounload some free filter that doesn't work near as well. But atleast I will be able to blog and go to facebook. hah! Why haven't I already done this? Well thats because my PC is the used as the main internet source at our house, since the family PC died in flames. So my Pops decided to put this amazing filter on my PC, yay. It even blocked my email once, the filthy pirates! But until I rebel and do a coupe, my blog will most likely be boring and have nothing of substance to it. What was that? Not much of a change you say? I spit on you! *patooey*

God's Plan

Computer programmer, software engineer, game designer, writer, member of the U.S. military, web designer, movie/game reviewer, member of a band, skateboard professionally, radio personality, run my own business, hardware technician. Those are all things that I could see myself doing for a living and being happy and content doing them. But I can’t remember when I sat down and asked God what He wants me to do with my life. What direction, what field he wants me to go into. I have always had some sort of carefully laid out plan that I have laid out and said I was going to do. That plan has changed several times, but I have always been the one steering the ship here. I know that you can serve God in any field, and have always thought that God has put certain interests and desires in my heart for a reason. But I have never sat down and prayed about it. I got scared and thought, “What if I have been going in the wrong direction this whole time? What if I have been wasting time and going the wrong way?” Does He want me to be a computer geek? Does He want me to serve my country? Does He want me to go a totally different direction than I have ever even considered? So if you are a praying person, would you please say a prayer for me, I need some direction from God. I don’t want to be wasting my time.

Draft

So I have heard from several “political” leaders that we will most likely eventually be in a full-scale war with Iran. There has also been speculation that all Iraq was ever about was Iran. My Dad read a article by some analyst that said there is a high chance that the U.S. will be at war with Iran in 5-10 months. All that was not meant to scare you, just to lead up to my point. There has long been talk of enacting the draft to help in Iraq and to end the war, but that’s another story in itself. If there is a draft I will be on the first boat out, for several reasons. First, I not only have several siblings, but I have a brother, which means I am not the only male child in my family. Plus I am the older of the 2 male children in the family. Second, I am pretty much physically fit, in good health, and have no physical problems or anything. I am of the ripe draft age of 20, and I don’t have flat feet. There is no way on earth I won’t be drafted. So just to let you guys know in advance, if there is even talk of a draft, I am just going to join up. To get the waiting over with and also because I would get the bonuses and benefits that come along with signing up, that you don’t get when you are drafted. To be honest it really wouldn’t bother me, because as some know I have been very close, 2 or 3 times, to joining the military. I just always found some reason not to, the first time being I didn’t want to cut my hair (haha). The second time was because I prayed about it and didn’t feel God was leading me at that time. The third was because I want to at least have a degree before I haul off and quit school. So blam! drafted!

Iraq War

I am sick of hearing and seeing all these political figures bash the war and bash the President. Just to put this out there, so far this war in Iraq is the most well run war in all of American history. So far this war has the least casualties and constant success on the battlefront. We haven’t lost a battle yet! People wake up! We are fighting terrorists. Hence the name, they fight with terror. They can’t stand up to us; they hide in the shadows behind innocent civilians and blow things up. Their only hope is to demoralize our country and our troops before we annihilate them! And you know what? Their most potent weapon is in America! That’s right, its right here, and nobody seems to want it take care of it. Terrorists number one go-to man, the Media. They help the Radical Islamist’s more than anything else. They harp on American deaths, the bombs, the civilian casualties, and show Terrorist video. Hey media, wake up, its war! People die, there are civilian casualties, and it takes time. That might sound really insensitive and inhumane, but its fact. Don’t get me wrong, I am the first person to honor and support our brave soldiers. But death is regretfully apart of war; they are doing their job, which is protecting the griping politicians here in America. Not to say that you can’t cover stories about death and bombs and such, but why only that? Why don’t we see stories about all the victories and about the success? About how we are pounding the terrorists into the ground and they are running out of places to hide? I will tell you why, because the media obviously wants us to fail in Iraq. Whether you agree or disagree with the war, Republican or Democrat, none of that matters. Get over it. We are there and we must win, if we don’t we will have more 9-11’s and we will be fighting them here. That might work out for some people though, because then we wouldn’t have to leave our country to fight them before they get to our people. Because you know that is such a pain. If we were fighting them on our own soil, the politicians would be saying we need to kill them and win. It frustrates me to no end. Pulling out would be devastating to that region. Not only would Iraq go right back where it is, but also many other countries, who are holding on to a hope that they can win against these radical Islamist. Then it will be 20 times harder to take them out because they will have so many countries to hide in. Not just Pakistan, Iran and Syria, but Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and others. In conclusion, I say tell the politicians and the media to shut up and let the generals and men in the military with actual spine take care the decision making in the war.

Cussing

Ok so, lets just skip the crap and get right to it. What makes a cuss word a cuss word? Why is it "cussing" when you say sh*t, and not when you say crap? Is it the tone or intent of your words? You can say crap with the same intent and ferocity that you say sh*t with. Why are those words cuss words and all the rest not? Why do I feel compelled to write sh*t and not cr*p? Is it because I don't want to offend anyone, or because I have been taught that it is a bad word? I just don't understand the whole "that’s a bad word don't say it," when its a word like all rest. Shucks, shoot, snap , son of a sea-snail....what’s the difference? Really...what is the actual difference? It can't be the definition of the words, I mean come on, b*tch= female dog, wow, that’s just got to be the worst cut down ever. Whoever elected that word to be one of the worst in our vocabulary needs to be shot. Ok I think its over now...yeah I'm done.

Il Spirituale Lottare

~I know its kinda long, but if any of you suckers actually read it, I would appreciate any feedback. I don't know if I am finished with it yet, but here it is.

Il Spirituale Lottare

Our faces glistened with perspiration as our chests rose and fell heavily. I looked up to survey the scene around me. Some of our wounded brothers staggered to their feet, with determination in their eyes. The night is now upon us, the day passed in a bloody flurry of battle. The enemy has sent wave after wave of their troops to weaken us, for they know we are the stronger warriors. We assemble yet again and face the last onslaught of the enemy. Our cavalry, though now few in number to do much affliction to the enemy’s army, charge towards their ranks. Our cavalry have done all that they could to the enemy as they plow through their ranks. We see the cavalry overwhelmed and fighting for their lives. With all speed we rush to our brother’s aid. With a deafening battle cry we fall upon our enemy with such force that it separates their ranks and throws them into disarray. We reach the cavalry and find that the enemy has devoured some, yet some remain. The enemy falls on us once more. The battle rages on at a furious pace. There have been many casualties, but we are gaining ground. Hope of victory raises my spirits as I see the bright, red sun rising over the distant hill. But I am deceived; it is the torches of another large host of enemies. Enemies much stronger than those we have been fighting. An enemy who’s hearts have been darkened with a desire to destroy and corrupt. They have thrown their weaker troops at us to weaken and tire our ranks. As I turn I see a massive host rapidly advancing on our flank. We are surrounded without hope of escape, nor of survival, yet we stand strong. We must hold! We must fight for truth! We have been drawn into a clever trap by the most devious of all villains. I look over the horizon and see naught but the seemingly endless ranks of the enemy. Where are our comrades? Where are our brothers? Then a familiar face in the enemy’s ranks catches my eye. Can it be? Yea a face I know well, and many others. Some of our brothers have disguised themselves by wearing the garb of the enemy. Betrayal! Deception! The scum will pay for their treachery! Indeed they have done their job too well, for I would not have known the difference between them and our enemy, if I did not know their faces. They watch as one by one we are devoured by the enemy. Those who I called kin! They do not want to compromise themselves or their selfish ambitions. I rally our remaining soldiers with a shout and with a sharp blow on my mighty horn. I shout above the sounds of battle, in a powerful voice I did not know I possessed. Those still loyal to the cross gather about me. We make our last, desperate stand atop a high hill in the middle of the battlefield. The demons fall upon us like rain. We struggle in vain as our strength begins to fail us. Just when all seemed lost and the night was at its darkest, a blinding radiance of the purest Light I had ever seen swept over the battlefield. The brilliant Light seemed sharper than any sword and could pierce to the very heart. When the Light receded all our enemies lay slain upon the ground. The fight has been won for us! Only those who had betrayed us were left. We gave a cheer and shout of triumph. When we looked at each other we saw that our raiment had changed. We were wearing such splendid armor! Made of the finest metals and adorned with the purest gold. Our swords were razor sharp and wonderfully deadly to behold! Our helmets were tall and decorated with magnificent stones of precious jewels! We ourselves also felt stronger and sturdier, not as one feels after fighting a long battle. Our eyes flickered with the remains, or perhaps some lasting reflection, of that Light. Our eyes rested on our brothers who had turned their back on us and the cross. They still had the appearance of the enemy; lucky for them that Christ looks to the heart. We were moved with pity for them, the anger was gone from our hearts. Pity that they had not the faith to stand firm against the enemy. Pity that they could not join us in celebrating our hour of triumph. We were resolved to help them to turn from their wicked ways and return to the path they had once trod. Did they not know? In the end, Christ is victorious.