My Fortress

Psalm 59:16-17 I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

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(x),

Since we spoke on the phone last (x), I've developed a strong concern for (x). I understand that due to his family's situation, he has been staying at (x), and spending a lot of hours in (x). This environment would be prime for a relapse in (x)'s sexually abusive behaviors. I'm afraid that under the emotional strain of (x), (x)'s parents may not be able to supervise him appropriately, allowing him opportunities to interact with children without close monitoring. Considering that only less than (x) months ago (x) disclosed a strong sexual attraction to children and a desire to re-offend, I felt I should express my concern to you.

Thank you,

(X)

Decisions

Today I had to decide whether to do the right thing and possibly risk some things, or to sit by and not take a stand against something I feel strongly about. It was an interesting predicament. I needed to report a concern. I was told to call from a pay phone for 'my safety,' which I believe translates to . . . I think its sad that doing the right thing in this situation could be risky, especially considering that I should be making the community a safer place. Why should I fear doing so? Lame!

Desktop

So, today I thought I'd follow suit and show off my desktop picture. It's a photo I took of Kimberly several months ago. So, what about you? What's on your desktop? If you decide to share, make sure you stop by Milah's blog and let her know!

Typos

The unintended reflection of light into the lens of a camera can create a beautiful affect. The unexpected crack in a singer's voice can lend raw emotion to a song . The accidental smudge of paint on a piece of artwork can add character. But typos are evil. There is no beauty in the blemish of a misspelled word or unintentional use of poor grammar.

Next week at work I am sharing the movie I made of the house our missions team built in Jamaica. I was watching through the movie yesterday, trying to casually organize some thoughts to share when I show the video.

That's when I happened to notice two typos. I was instantly irate. I did a rough estimate, and around nineteen people watched this movie while it was still in it's stages of development, and no one noticed, or at least mentioned, these typos.

The video was shared during both services at church last Sunday, between PK and I's blog it has been watched 120 times according to Vimeo's counter, and it's also been watched on Milah's blog, Facebook, and YouTube several times. I understand that these numbers are no where near impressive in the scheme of online media, but it's enough viewings to make me really frustrated that I had two typos! So, I obviously wanted to correct these errors before sharing the movie at work this coming week, but the movie was created on Brian Cline's laptop, not my own, so I couldn't edit it. My only option was to recreate it. Now, I wasn't about to spend a couple of hours making a movie that I've already made, so to make the process a little less frustrating, I did make it slightly different. Oh, if I was only such a perfectionist in more useful areas of life . . .
Jamaica 2009 FFC Missions Trip from Nathan Harris on Vimeo.