.:. How to make a Jan Barrera .:.
Ingredients:
100 lbs meat (bones included)
10 lbs brain (13% used)
5 liters blood (33% Spanish, 1% Chinese, 66% Unknown)
Procedure:
Mix all ingredients. Cook until light brown and tender.
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14.3.05
.:. ArtWorkZ #1 .:.
Kenji from BattleRealms using MS Paint (although this one is a smaller jpg version)... it took me almost 3 hours to finish... hmm, maybe more...
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.:. Reflections... .:.
...on David
King David is one the most famous personalities of the Bible and of the history of Israel. An obvious indication of his prominence is the adaptation of his symbol, the “star of David”, as the emblem of Israel’s flag. Children could recall his battle with Goliath, the Philistine giant whom he defeated using a stone and a sling. It was a bedtime story that my mother used to tell when I was young and could barely read. Biblically, he is the infamous “man after God’s own heart”. Yet, he was a mere man, a sinful one also. He was a murderer and an adulterer. He killed a faithful subordinate and took his wife as his own. In our law, it was an offense that deserves death penalty. It was the same in the Law of Moses. David was a criminal and he deserved the punishment of a criminal. David was very much aware of this. However, in his prayer, he wrote, “I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin” (2 Sam 22:24 NIV)! Furthermore, he claimed of righteousness, “The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me” (2 Sam 22:21 NIV). Was he not just a murderer but also a self – righteous liar? I believe his prayer speaks not of his nature but the nature of his God. A God of mercy and grace, David uttered his prayer in faith, knowing that his God has completely erased his transgressions. By faith, David knew that all his sins were forgotten. God already took away his sin and has no more record of his wrong deeds, even of his criminal acts. Under such awareness, David could very well claim that he is blameless and without sin. He is without a doubt righteous before the Lord. God is indeed faithful! Apart from His grace, we are nothing.
God’s forgiveness however was not without a cost. The sin of David caused him the death of his son. The son of David died as a punishment for his sin. An envisage of the future death of the Son of David as a punishment for the sin of all. So that all who has faith can call themselves “blameless”; so that the faithful can pray like David prayed.
It was once my dilemma that the sins of my past will come back and haunt me, and the consequences will be more than I can bear. Each hardship and heartache that I experience was a retribution for my past mistakes, a consequence that I need to undergo. My past was a thorn against me. It was a shame of my being. But why should I remember my sins? Why should I remember what God has already forgotten? Why should I live the shame of my sin and not the grace shown unto me? The Son of David already died so that I will be without sin. I should forgive myself and forget my mistakes. I am already blameless in the sight of the Lord. Like David, I am in the position of grace. In a similar light, I should also forgive and forget… my transgressors and myself.
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