Erroll Le Vant Observations

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I want to share with you a couple of interesting opportunities that
you probably would not hear from a humble young lady who is living out her faith
in Singapore and Shanghai. But you might hear from a proud father. First, during the time
that my daughter, Shelly, has been overseas, she has earned a master’s degree in English literature.  She has always had a love of words and their ability to express ideas and generate
emotions.

Besides her teaching opportunities, Shelly has also found writing poetry to be an outlet
for her thoughts. Some of her blogging efforts have included not only her poems but
offered poetry challenges to those of us that interact with her. She even got me to write
a few lines. She recently released a collection of her poetry that has been well
received. If you want to see more about that online, you can go to Cyborg-Chimera

Through poetry readings in public places in Shanghai, social his work has come to the
attention of some of whom she is in fellowship. One of these ladies has a husband who
owns a company in Shanghai. In an effort to make a long story short, Shelly was
approached by this couple with an idea of using her poetry to create a line of lamps that
are unique works of art. The couple knows an artist whom they wanted to have paint some
depictions that sprang from Shelly’s haiku’s.

The line was launched a week ago and Shanghai to a crowd of 80 invited guests. Everyone
that was there seemed to be very appreciative of the art, both of the poet and the
painter. To see more of this in PDF go to Shelly’s blog or you can
see the information that is posted on YouTube: Dark til Dawn
Some one-of-a-kind items are now no doubt gracing homes and offices in Shanghai. Who
knows where others may end up? Some amazing doors have opened up for Shelly over the 16,  nearly 17 years of her foreign service.

Pure religion is biblically defined as caring for widows and orphans in their distress and abstaining from sin. I once heard NBA Hall of Famer, Julius Irving, say, “No man stands taller than he who stoops to help a child.”

There are thousands of helpless children in this country, as well as in foreign lands, who need assistance from able families who a good and, particularly in my mindset, Christian home. There is no better way in this world to express our religion than to open our homes and our hearts, and pocketbooks, to foster or adoptive children.

If we do not assume this responsibility, we must each ask ourselves if our religion is proper.

James 1:27 ”Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

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It is always fun to go to the ball park, whether or not your team is doing as well as you might want. But it is lots more fun when your team plays well. Last night the Astros played well as a team and Wandy Rodriguez was wonderful.

Playing the World Champion Phillies and facing Cliff Lee may could have presented a much bigger problem, but the ‘Stros got nine hits in the four innings that the lefty lasted. The biggest blow came off the bat of Wandy–as unlikely as that sounds. With the bases loaded in a scoreless game, Rodriguez took the first five pitches he saw and found himself with a full count. He fouled off four pitches before lacing a line drive into the right filed corner for a two run double. He scored moments later on a hit by Kaz Matsui. The four runs was more than enough.

Wandy had the Phils under his heel for the night and the Astros wound up with a 7-0 win! It was all topped off by a huge fireworks show sponsored by Marathon Oil. Very nice night at Minute Maid.

Procrastination is an insidious evil. It creeps into our lives and grasps us before we even suspect we are in the wrong. Awareness and a willingness to act ought to become a part of the fiber of our character.

There are times when you should not make quick judgments, when you should be judicious in your actions. But the sooner you act to avoid temptation, the better. Dallying over a decision and rationalizing over a situation puts your final verdict in jeopardy, because the scales tend to tip to the side of the half truths.

When the alarm clock goes off in the morning, don’t argue with it, get up. You are the one who made the decision last night what time to arise today.

Make a stand, act decisively. You will begin to like yourself better. Don’t put off till later what you can do now. Something important may come up later! And if not you can rest when you are through, without the task still in front of you.

Proverbs 6:9-11 “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. So Shall thy poverty come…”