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Bicycling directions to Sacromento Convention center
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1313 Held Dr
Modesto, CA 95355

1. Head north on Held Dr toward E Orangeburg Ave


85 ft

2. Turn left onto E Orangeburg Ave


2.9 mi

3. Turn right onto Rose Ave


1.0 mi

4. Turn left onto Floyd Ave


0.2 mi

5. Turn right onto Keller St


0.8 mi

6. Turn left onto Sylvan Ave


0.2 mi

7. Slight right to stay on Sylvan Ave


0.7 mi

8. Turn right onto Northampton Ln


0.3 mi

9. Turn left onto E Union Ave


413 ft

10. Turn right onto Towery Ave


0.2 mi

11. Turn left onto Coralwood Rd


0.3 mi

12. Turn right onto CA-108 E/McHenry Ave


0.3 mi

13. Turn left onto Pelandale Ave


3.6 mi

14. Slight right to stay on Pelandale Ave


0.4 mi

15. Turn right onto Sisk Rd


1.0 mi

16. Turn left onto Kiernan Ave


430 ft

17. Turn right onto Kiernan Ct


0.6 mi

18. Continue onto Pirrone Ct



0.3 mi

19. Turn left onto Pirrone Rd


1.0 mi

20. Make a U-turn


72 ft

21. Turn right toward S Parallel Ave


0.9 mi

22. Continue straight onto S Parallel Ave


0.5 mi

23. Turn left onto E Main St


0.1 mi

24. Continue onto Frontage Rd


0.4 mi

25. Slight right onto Key Ave


0.3 mi

26. Slight right onto N Acacia Ave


0.2 mi

27. Turn left onto Boesch Dr


0.1 mi

28. Turn right onto Fulton Ave


0.3 mi

29. Keep right at the fork


85 ft

30. At the traffic circle, take the 5th exit onto Colony Rd


0.1 mi

31. Keep right at the fork


0.1 mi

32. Continue straight to stay on Colony Rd


0.2 mi

33. Turn right onto Hoff Dr


0.2 mi

34. Turn left onto Santos Ave


0.6 mi

35. Slight right onto 99 Frontage Rd


2.2 mi

36. Turn left onto Austin Rd


0.3 mi

37. Turn right onto Moffat Blvd


1.4 mi

38. Turn left onto Industrial Park Dr


39 ft

39. Turn right onto Manteca Tidewater Bikeway


1.3 mi

40. Slight left onto Pierce Ave/Poplar Ave
Continue to follow Poplar Ave


203 ft

41. Slight left onto Manteca Tidewater Bikeway


0.2 mi

42. Slight left onto Manteca Tidewater Bikeway/Tidewater Bikeway
Continue to follow Manteca Tidewater Bikeway


1.5 mi

43. Turn left onto Northgate Dr


1.2 mi

44. Turn right onto Bolton Ln


0.2 mi

45. Turn left onto Hastings Dr


295 ft

46. Turn right onto Landreth Ln


0.1 mi

47. Turn left onto Passages St


256 ft

48. Turn right onto Pasado Ave


0.1 mi

49. Turn left onto Lathrop Rd


0.2 mi

50. Turn right onto S Airport Way


0.2 mi

51. Slight left to stay on S Airport Way


3.0 mi

52. Slight right to stay on S Airport Way


5.9 mi

53. Turn right onto E Market St


384 ft

54. Turn left onto S Sierra Nevada St


1.4 mi

55. Turn left onto E University Ave


0.1 mi

56. Turn right onto West Ln


246 ft

57. Slight right to stay on West Ln


3.3 mi

58. Turn left onto E Hammer Ln


1.5 mi

59. Turn right onto N Lower Sacramento Rd


1.5 mi

60. Turn left onto Bear Creek


1.4 mi

61. Turn left onto Whistler Way


0.5 mi

62. Turn right onto Thornton Rd


1.8 mi

63. Turn right onto Devries Rd


5.9 mi

64. Turn left onto W Woodbridge Rd


1.0 mi

65. Turn right onto N Ray Rd


3.0 mi

66. Turn left onto Kile Rd


3.2 mi

67. Turn right onto N Norwell Rd


1.0 mi

68. Turn left onto N New Hope Rd


0.5 mi

69. Turn right onto N Thornton Rd


1.9 mi

70. Continue onto Co Rd J8/Franklin Blvd


8.7 mi

71. Turn right onto Bilby Rd


0.4 mi

72. Turn left onto Willard Pkwy


1.0 mi

73. Continue onto Co Rd J8/Franklin Blvd


0.7 mi

74. Slight right to stay on Co Rd J8/Franklin Blvd
Continue to follow Franklin Blvd


5.0 mi

75. Keep right at the fork


213 ft

76. Slight right to stay on Co Rd J8/Franklin Blvd
Continue to follow Franklin Blvd


5.4 mi

77. Turn left onto Marshall Way


200 ft

78. Turn right onto 27th St Franklin Blvd Alley


220 ft

79. Turn left onto 4th Ave Marshall Way Alley



0.1 mi

80. Turn right onto 27th St


0.2 mi

81. Turn left onto 2nd Ave


0.5 mi

82. Turn right onto 21st St


1.3 mi

83. Turn left onto L St


0.6 mi

84. Turn right onto 13th St


341 ft

85. Slight left to stay on 13th St


0.1 mi

86. Turn right onto J St


400 ft
Sacromento Convention center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

It was just a thought...

Hugging the Cactus...

Oct 15 2011 11:11 AM ET

Robert Downey Jr. asks Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson at American Cinematheque Awards
by Grady Smith
Tags: Awards Shows, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., News

Last night at the 25th Annual American Cinematheque Award Ceremony, which was honoring Robert Downey Jr., the Iron Man actor asked Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson.

Gibson was invited onstage to present Downey Jr. with the prestigious award, since, in the words of Garry Shandling, “The Cinematheque was concerned a bit about Robert’s checkered past, so they chose someone to present the award who could help balance that out and the choice was so obvious, Mel Gibson.”

Gibson spoke kindly of the star, who he famously helped to make a comeback by paying Downey Jr.’s insurance bond so he could star in 2003′s The Singing Detective. “You are my friend,” Gibson said. “When I saw you all those years ago and got all those warnings, I just thought, ‘There’s nothing so much wrong with him.’” Gibson explained, “You’re a good dude with a good heart.”

During Downey Jr.’s acceptance speech, he had even kinder words for Gibson. “I asked Mel to present this award for me for a reason,” he said. “When I couldn’t get sober, he told me not to give up hope and encouraged me to find my faith. It didn’t have to be his or anyone else’s as long as it was rooted in forgiveness. And I couldn’t get hired, so he cast me in the lead of a movie that was actually developed for him. He kept a roof over my head and food on the table and most importantly he said if I accepted responsibility for my wrongdoing and embraced that part of my soul that was ugly – hugging the cactus he calls it — he said that if I hugged the cactus long enough, I’d become a man.”

He continued, “I did and it worked. All he asked in return was that someday I help the next guy in some small way. It’s reasonable to assume at the time he didn’t imagine the next guy would be him or that someday was tonight. So anyway on this special occasion and in light of the recent holidays including Columbus Day, I would ask that you join me, unless you are completely without sin in which case you picked the wrong [...] industry, in forgiving my friend his trespasses and offering him the same clean slate you have me, allowing him to continue his great and ongoing contribution to our collective art without shame. He’s hugged the cactus long enough.”

Life in Christ...

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." (Romans 8:1)
 Why?
Because: "...You have died to the Law through the body of Christ..." (Romans 7:4)
..."   Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin." (Romans 7:24-25)
I can't do it on my own! That's reality!
"For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."  (Romans 8:2-4)

"The righteous requirement of the law is fulfilled in us..." (vs. 4)
What does that mean?
Let me give you this illustration: Internet law, if you will, requires a server. You want a web site, you need a server. In order for a website to be their at all times, the server must remain on at all times. However, I can post on my google blog (as I'm doing right now), turn my computer off, and walk away; and yet my post will remain online for others to view at their leisure even though my computer is off, and I'm in deepest darkest Africa. That is because the requirement of internet law (a server) was fulfilled by someone else (Google). I published my blog post on their server. In essence the requirement of internet law was fulfilled in me, since the post has my name on it, even though Google did the law fulfilling.
See, what happens is that God through Christ fills up what the law requires in us, as we walk by the Spirit.

Ever swing a splitting maul, and hit a dry oak log right in the center? As the log splits in two, you feel that sensation: " Yes! One hit K-O Baby!"
Last night I had the priveledge of sharing a few words of my testimony with a co-worker. When I finished talking I felt that ax-swinging sensation, that I had said exactly what God wanted me to say, and it had hit exactly where He wanted it to. I found out later that my co-worker spent the next three hours thinking about what I had said, and told me that He wanted me to teach him (in essence) how to have a relationship with God. Wow!

Love - just thinking out loud and on paper.

I watched a couple go by today, as I went on a late morning walk along Copper-Creek. They stayed in close proximity to one another, yet neither said a word during my observation. They were not bothered with one another, they were just enjoying a quiet intimacy of being together. In our lives words are not always necessary; but words mingled with love can be very beneficial. According to 1 Cor. 13:1 I am guilty of making a lot of annoying sounds. The couple I mentioned were two of the most beautiful creatures I have ever seen. They were Wood Ducks.

Faith

I was cleaning up around the cardboard bailor at work when Randy came and started inserting his cardboard. I said hey Randy! how's it going? he said: good, but I'm surprised because we had two trucks today instead of one, I was expecting it to be a really difficult day. I was like see, that's what everyone says, oh it's gonna be hard or difficult or whatever, but you can't go by that. Yeah you should expect that it might be difficult, or challenging, but don't expect a bad day; expect your co-workers to step up at the right time, and expect to get a lot done in a short amount of time. That's faith, if you're driving a race car around a turn at 120 mph, you have to have faith in yourself that you can make the turn at that speed or you will crash. "Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that comes to God must beleive that He exists, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6)      

Today at Wally-World...

A co-worker of mine was struggling with a pile of boxes today, and said: "Jesus hates me..." I asked her if I could lend a hand and she told me what she needed help with. I said: "Jesus didn't stack this pallet, I watched the person who did, are you a Christian?" I told her that Jesus was telling me to help her with the pallet, and wanted her to know that He still loves her. she said: "I don't think that's what He's saying". It was awesome to see God at work today.

Staggering Chapter...

                               Psalm 24

1. God owns the earth, the world, and everyone in them.

2. Because He was the architect and Builder of each one.

3. Who will make the hike up Yahweh’s hill?

    Or who will stand before Him?

4. Someone who has washed their hands with clean water (Eph. 5:26), and who’s heart has been made pure through shed blood; one who’s mind, will, and emotions only hear truth (falsehood can enter the ear, but not reach the heart) and they keep their promises.

5. This pure hearted person will receive blessing from the LORD

They will also receive righteousness from the God of their salvation.

6. God-seekers have their own generation

-Those that seek His face.

7. Lift up your heads, O gates!

        And be lifted up O ancient doors,

              (Let the real King come in.

                     The High King of heaven.)

                            The King of Glory.

8. Who is this King of glory?

          The LORD strong and mighty,

                The LORD mighty in battle!

9. Lift up your heads O gates!

         And lift them up, O ancient doors,

                That the King of glory may come in.

10. Who is this King of glory?

           The LORD of hosts,

                 He is the King of glory.

-Paraphrase by N.L.  Vss. 8-10 From the ESV

Do you see the picture painted by David?

We’re part of this huge procession of people who are God seekers. We are in the capital city waiting and watching as the King returns. As He approaches the entrance of the city, we give the command that the gates and the ancient doors be opened, so the King of glory may enter. And when He enters we introduce Him as the LORD of Hosts – The King of Glory!

Journal Entry October 20th 2011

      Daniel took some significant risks in his walk of faith. Daniel refused to eat the king's meat, even though he knew that he and his friends, and the captain could be severely punished for it. Daniel easily could have battled in court over the crazy religious laws that were put into effect, and with the kind of position, and reputation he had; he would have easily won, but instead he willingly "took up his cross", he was thrown into a den full of lions, these were ferocious beasts, and I wouldn't be surprised if Daniel had already witnessed others who were eaten alive, having their flesh removed and their bones crushed. Daniel wasn't afraid to go before the king who had already planned his funeral, knowing full well that this could expedite his execution or bring about a more torturous death. Daniel knew that the "safest" place he could possibly be, was in the center of God's will.

No Title...

...he turns off the TV after enjoying MI-3, returns the DVD to it's case, places his thumb on the flat surface of the PS-3 and waits for the system to respond with a beep and power off. he thinks: "I could be some kind of Special Ops hero, the PS-3 powered off after sensing my thumb."
"When Jesus saw the crowds..." (the people who recognized Him as their conquering hero) it says He went up on a mountain, He walked away from the crowd. But His disciples followed Him, and He hiked up the mountain and sat down. Then He began to teach them, He said: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven." This is the Hero, the conqueror, the one you normally would call strong in spirit, The new king who will conquer the Romans, perhaps like Alexander the great conquered. But He says something quite different: "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." We're in a different kingdom, the victory is already ours, but we're not the heroes, Jesus is our Hero, and we serve Him...
       Our is not the conquering
                 Ours is learning humility...