Invictus

I often think we're sleeping on the great minds and stories of our time. Everyone has a story. These stories as prolific as they are go untold and unattested to. Invictus offers a cursory glimpse into the life of Nelson Mandela. It presents his strengths and weaknesses as a political figure.

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Christ is the master of my fate as I am a slave to him. He is the captain of my soul as I guided by His Spirit. Thank you Lord for wisdom.

Sunday School Lesson January 10, 2010

Strengthened in Temptation

Matthew 4:1-11—KJV

THEN WAS Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands
they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Facts....

In the next hour, 46 teenage girls will have abortions.

In the next hour, 1,370 of our youth will take an illegal drug.

57% of all illegal drugs are sold on school campuses.

The stress of school keeps 68% of students awake at night, with 20% of them at least once a week.

In the next 30 minutes, 29 kids under age 18 will make a serious attempt at suicide.
100,000 ten-year-olds get drunk at least once a week.