I Samuel 15:22 & 23

22

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַחֵ֤פֶץ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּעֹלֹ֣ות וּזְבָחִ֔ים כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּקֹ֣ול יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ מִזֶּ֣בַח טֹ֔וב לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב מֵחֵ֥לֶב אֵילִֽים׃

23

כִּ֤י חַטַּאת־קֶ֙סֶם֙ מֶ֔רִי וְאָ֥וֶן וּתְרָפִ֖ים הַפְצַ֑ר יַ֗עַן מָאַ֙סְתָּ֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּמְאָסְךָ֖ מִמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

In English it reads:

22And Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king." esv www.biblegateway.com

I came across these two verses last week. They really stuck out to me then and I have been thinking about them often. All to often, we seek to please God by our service or 'sacrifices' when all he wants is us. He wants us to be his children and be near him and to obey him.

90,000

I had a great weekend in Princeville. I got to see my dad, mom, ky, kins, kor, & kay. It was really neat and special. Thanks to the schicks and stollers for hosting us.

My car rolled past 90k miles on the way home. In honor of this occasion, I looked back over my records and found that since I bought the Mighty Malibu in December of 2002:
Burned over 2,100 gallons of gasoline
Driven over 50,000 miles
Spent over $4,000 on gasoline
Averaged 24.3 MPG
At one point in time, paid just $1.36 per gallon—post 9/11 (duh, since 12/2002)

Kiowa Trip #IV (with poll)

This past weekend was a huge blessing. The “Kansas-At-Large Young Group” traveled to Stephanie Bahr’s testimony and baptism in Kiowa. We were about 25 strong and enjoyed the presence of 5 Denverites. The demographics for the weekend was a multi-modal age distribution—meaning that there were lots of young folks and lots of older people, but noticeably less middle aged people. I’m not saying that John Lehman is one of the older people. I’m saying that regardless of how you classify “middle age”, whether it is 30-50, 30-60, or 35-70, it was missing.

An integral part of the weekend is the “long drive through nowhere to”….well, Kiowa.

It is a good time to relax, talk, and think.

It was quite refreshing—especially the malt.

Poll: Is it a bad thing to pass your elder on a two lane road?

BCHM 765

In Honor of Exam I:
(Today at 7:30 AM)

Some of the cool things about lipids and BCHM 765:

Their location in cells is based on evading water

Understand how you keep thinking and your heart keeps beating even when you are starving to death

For at least one day in your life be able to draw the beta-oxidation pathway

Their movement through a human body is based on avoiding water

When Grandparents talk about LDL and HDL you know what they are talking about

Know how protons could move through a membrane via aquaporin in a manner similar to electron movement through wire…and why they don’t

They hate water

The Professor sings about ATP — really cool :}

Things not so cool about BCHM 765:

Have to know about the following pathways: beta-oxidation, fatty acid synthesis, synthesis and oxidation of ketone bodies, cholesterol synthesis, TAG synthesis, Phospholipid synthesis and maybe some other little thing…like net ATP yield of linoleic acid.

Getting up for 7:30 class

Hard exams

Modern Art

For all who tried to call me the past two weekend, sorry but Nextel does not provide complete coverage across Kansas.

Lamont is down along a river valley so even if they did provide coverage, it would be spotty (think IN SR 25). Lamont is also on the fringe of oil country. A week ago, we visited an abandoned oil field powerhouse. It was a big engine that powered a huge (like 30’ diameter) belt wheel that then raised and lowered all the pumps on the site (maybe 10 or 15 pumps).

Really cool.



Not as cool as this modern art.



So this is the work of Alan Banwart and me. It was the first time MIG welding for either of us (I think) and is a lot easier a old stick welder. For each weld, one did one side and the other did the opposite. We also took turns placing the additional piece.


Made in the USA.