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.

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...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...