Saturday 31st May 2008 Why men?

Happy birthday Stephanie for yesterday. I wont mention your age. That wouldn't be nice.
Yes, Stephanie reads this. She is my number 1 fan club member.
Why the above question in the Title? Because it was a question that was asked in St Lukes forum by a lady who I think is wise and a great help to those who know her. But she took it that because St Lukes is trying to raise up more male leaders that it was discriminating against the women. She is wrong. The Bible, God's written word to us, repeatedly calls for men to be leaders and exercise leadership. Trouble is that when people see leadership, they automatically think "boss", "dictator". Wrong. They think that men are there to tell them what to do. Wrong. Wrong, wrong! If that is how you, the reader, see that then you are wrong. If I have to "boss" my wife around then I am failing in my position as leader in the home.
A question. Would you agree that Jesus was a leader? Did He "boss" people around? He did a lot of stuff and showed people the way. That is true leadership.
Mine is to lead by serving and setting an example. Only. Asking is good. Telling is bad.
And that is enough of that.
I am a bit of an on again off again fan of Andrew Bolt. Who, do I hear you ask, is Andrew Bolt? Well, Andrew Bolt is like me. He is an egotistical self opinionated twit. But there is one big difference. He gets paid for his opinion by the Herald Sun newspaper.
What is an opinion? I think it good to get the definition correct at the outset. This is from Wikipedia. "An opinion is a person's ideas and thoughts towards something."
What is a fact? "Generally, a fact is defined as something that is true, something that actually exists, or something that can be verified according to an established standard of evaluation."
I think it is important to establish that at the outset. My wife might define it like this. "Fact is something that can be proven to be true. An opinion can't."
Another way to put an opinion might be "I think this or that".
My Bolt and I both do that. He gets paid for his opinion, I don't. Boo hoo.
Why have I raised the subject of Mr Bolt and his ego? I am glad you asked. It goes like this. Sometimes I agree with him. Sometimes I don't. For example, he supports the war in Iraq. I don't. And I wrote and told him so. He thinks Mr Sam Newman is being wrongly penalised by some sections of the media. I agree with him, oh, shock horror. Do I see you throw your arms up in horror, or maybe you haven't heard of Mr Sam Newman. Read about him here. He isn't, in my opinion a very nice person. I disagree with his treatment of women. That is not the issue. The issue is one of free speech. He spoke. People didn't like it. Instead of telling him to pull his head in or sacking him they didn't. They told him to get counselling for his "problem". In other words, he didn't "think" right. He needed to be "re-educated". Read what Andrew Bolt says here. I think Andrew is right on the money.
Another area where young Andrew and I agree is on the so called "stolen generation" thing and Australia saying "sorry". Sorry for what? Why should I say sorry? Sorry for people who may have been treated wrongly in the past? So what. Get over it! Don't use your past as an excuse to continue to get drunk or what ever crutch you use. Get a life. I was treated wrong in the past as well. Does that give me the right to wallow in a pool of self pity? No. Get over it. Move on.
Now, some of Andrew's insights into some of our high profile people who claim to have been stolen make for interesting reading. Guess what? This isn't the first time Andrew has said this. Guess what else? No one has taken him to court to sue him or prove him wrong. Now don't that beat all?
And now this. "TODDLERS as young as two are being diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed drugs including Ritalin." Follow the link to read more. Lou Priolo has something to say on ADHD here. It is at the end of this sermon.
I am very surprised that kids as young as 2 are being diagnosed. How much of it is true and how much can be traced to parenting life style?
Maybe when Michele misbehaves I should classify her as being ADHD.
Good by May.