A few months ago a friend of mine was talking to another friend about the book, "Wild at Heart."  Having read it  I asked them what was bad about it (as they were speaking negatively).  My friend asked me what I thought.  Having read it about 7 years ago when it came out, all I could remember was letting kids have an imagination and not suppressing them...not much else.  Something about masculinity.  I thought it was ok.  Well, this friend blew me off and didn't explain what was wrong with the book.  This friend is theologically sound, so something had to be seriously wrong with it for them not to like it.

When I moved home, I tossed the book into a rummage sale box, not desiring to reread it to figure out what my friend had been lax in telling me.

About a month after I moved home I started going to a Bible class on Monday nights at my church.  Our topic is Biblical Discernment.  I've been learning a lot about discerning.  One of the books we are reading is "Fools Gold" by John McArthur.  One of the chapters in the book is a review of the book, "Wild at Heart."  What a refresher.  The author was most gracious in pointing out the lack of a Scriptural basis for the book.  Things said in the book were outright in contradicting the very heart and character of God.  (FRIENDS - DO NOT READ THIS BOOK.)

Tonight at discussion, this reminded me that I owned another Eldridge book and had not even opened the cover to begin reading it.  A friend had recommended it and I thought it sounded interesting.   Its called "Captivating" and is written by Eldridge and his wife.  I barely made it through the first 10 pages as I was disgusted with what I was reading.  What is supposed  to be a "heart response for feminity," was deceptive.  Our heart's one and only desire should be to serve our Lord God - though him ALL aspects of our lives are fulfilled and deeply satisfied by God alone.  This book is very miss leading right from the beginning deceiving by saying what we need most importantly is OUR heart's desires and that we are all "overshadowed by the Proverb's 31 woman."  I couldn't believe what I was reading.

As a believer, I want my friends to be aware of the deceptiveness of these books.  Please do not read either "Wild at Heart" or "Captivating."  If you do read one of these books, please be aware that they do not line up to Biblical and Scriptural standards.  If you question my warnings, please take the time to read the chapter in the book, "Fools Gold, " concerning these topics.  It is my desire for each one of you to live a life according to GOD's purpose and not mans.

I'm sorry for the soap box, but I felt that this was important to shoot out there for anyone to read.

Crazy Garden Gnomes

Multitasking:

To the generations of people who think it is real:

I myself was once a believer, however I no longer am.  It is a boldfaced lie.  There is no such thing as multitasking.  You cannot possibly do 2 things at one time and be completely devoted to both.  The only thing we can merely do leave one project/conversation/train of thought, only to move onto the next, then later to come back and finish it.  We cannot be fully committed to both things, one will be left dangling  AND most of the time  we forget exactly where we were or what we were doing, unless we make a note of it, even then we vaguely remember.

In the cases of cell phones, sometimes that will lead to an accident.  With phone calls and emails - we may ignore what someone says while we are typing, only to ask them the proverbial, "What did you say?" Meanwhile the other person is left irritated. 

A web article I found pretty much sums it up. http://www.contextmag.com/setFrameRedirect.asp?src=/archives/199809/InnerGameOfWork.asp

Here is a great quote from it: "Remember, technology can multitask forever. You cannot."

What do you think about multitasking?

Last week I tried unlocking my door at work with the clicker for my car.