A Good Day for Me
Josh April 17th, 2007
Let me publicly thank the Lord for blessing me with an almost perfect day today. I got to sleep in (6 am) and work was simply fun today. It’s the time of year during which I have to requalify with the pistol I use at work, The Beretta 9mm 92FS. I did re-qualify successfully with a 47 out of 50. It was fun to be back at the range, as I’ve not had opportunity to go back and shoot for a long time.
At home, I have the Springfield Armory 1911-A1 .45 (Mil-Spec). It looks pretty much like the picture here, but it’s got the military green finish, and wood grain grip. Due to its caliber it has a bit more mmph to it. It was also fun shooting the 12 gauge shot guns. It makes me miss the good ole days when I had more time to hunt.
Ironically, while I was “playing” with my guns today, I wish that there’d been some students and teachers who could’ve been armed yesterday at Virginia Tech to put an end to this guy’s massacre. Please don’t tell me men aren’t born dead in their sin and totally depraved.
My eyes mildly teared up as I read of the 77 yr old VA Tech professor who barricaded himself between the killer and his students by standing at the door, resulting in his sacrificial death. He left behind his wife and two sons. We should keep the students, their families, etc. of VA Tech in our prayers, praying that God would use this as a means to stir geunine revival.
Anyway, as noted, I’ve had a wonderful day. I got to have target practice, then I was able to pick up my daughter from school and go to the park. After playing a bit, we engaged in some father/daughter competition. We agreed that she can both swing higher and run faster than I can. She ran so fast that she scared the ducks away while we were trying to feed them the bread.
Now I’m home and have to start studying…again. Woo hoo!
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Great post! sounds like you had a really good day! And that is a beautiful picture of your daughter!
Laura
Thanks, Miss Laura. It was a good day. She is pretty, ain’t she? It’s obvious that she didn’t get her looks from me.
BTW, I think you should keep your blog, even if it is one more thing to keep up. it’s a great outlet for you.
Hey this is really random but I was searching for something on google and ran across the puritan messageboard site and saw texarkana reformed baptist and it linked to your blog. I am a college student in dallas and go to a pca church, but I attended your church one or two times a while back. I was wondering if there was any information about your church online (or that you could email me). My parents are thinking about other possibilities for churches and I thought of trbc but didn’t know much about it. my main questions are size, sunday school (if offered) options, etc. My email is deadbird91ATyahoo.com. I would be grateful for any info. Also, where are you a student?
also, your links on the sidebar are outstanding. good to know texarkana is not totally absent of good theology. have a nice day.
Hey, Josh. Ran across your blog from Puritanboard. Totally agree with your post (I said something very similar earlier in that series on hand guns). I like your blog, and will link to it from mine.
Hi, Josh. Thanks for dropping by. I tried sending you an email to the address given above, but it returned back to me. Try emailing me at sirhicksATgmail.com Ofcourse you need to replace ‘AT’ with ‘@’ For your protection from spam, though, I’m gonna edit your email so that spambots can’t pick up on it so easily. By the way, the TRBC website (which I haven’t updated in a while, but will be revamping soon), has quite a bit of info on it. It can be found here. Send an email soon, Sir. By the way, I’m a student at Texas A&M-Texarkana.
Lane, I’m honored. Thanks for adding me, Sir. I’ve been meaning to add the others from the PB, but I just haven’t gotten around to it. Thanks again for dropping by, Sir!
Hey Josh, missed you Lord’s Day, at least work has been going well for you. Hope you are having a good week, and if you get a chance check out my blog I chose a different design now and the layout is different. I found the dark colors of the last one depressing and hard to read. Chloe looks beautiful in that picture by the way,well my prayers are with you and be sure to stay strong, I know you have alot going on. well may God’s grace and peace be with you, hope to see you this Lord’s Day!
Your Brother In Chirst,
Alex
Hey, Alex! Thanks for droppin’ by. I checked your blog out and I definitely think it’s a more inviting color scheme. Chloe is indeed beautiful, eh? She didn’t, I repeat, she didn’t get that from me. Lord willing, we’ll see ya this Lord’s Day, Sir.