Oh Spirit Send A Revival To This Nation

As hard as it is to comprehend Obama as the new president of the United States. With as little inexperience as he has, being pro-choice, and pushing to pull out of Iraq, one wonders where our once great country is headed.
But in all the suckiness I am filled with currently, I must realize that God IS in control. Wherever this nation is headed, and whatever God has planned for the future, it is the right thing. He runs the show behind the curtains, and He works His perfect plan at all times. We don't truly know what is going to happen, or how it will happen, and probably why it happens. But, nothing exceeds his reign. Nothing at all. Praise God for the people in this country that still believe in Him, and follow Him.
I am reminded of a worship song that has to be one of my favorites. It is called Breathe on Us Again. It goes as follows:

Breathe On Us Again

O Lord hear, O Lord forgive us.
We have lost the awe of You.
Have mercy, have mercy.

O Lord, cleanse
Our hearts which are divided.
Stir the faith that we once knew
We're thirsty, we're thirsty.

O Lord restore
The church that bears Your name.
O Spirit send
A revival to this nation.

Breathe on us again,
Breathe on us again.

Our country needs a revival so painfully bad. We have far from slipped over the edge, and I wonder how much God will allow the country to last as it is. Maybe this election is a turning point in some shape or form? For good or bad? Who knows, but God's people need to rise, and be the true leaders of the earth. Not those of the world. We need a revival, and we need it now.

Week 8-Meeting of Momentum

The pumped Rams, fueled by two consecutive victories, including a thrashing of the Dallas Cowboys, brought them to Gillette Stadium to face a Patriot team fuming over the loss of All-Pro Safety, Rodney Harrison, and a decent blowout of the Denver Broncos only six days before. What came to pass was a close, and momentum clashing brawl. Thankfully, the Patriots won.
After coming off a game were the Patriots set a record setting amount of rushing yards against Denver, the running game was a bit lessened due to injuries to Lamont Jordan, and Sammy Morris. But Kevin Faulk and BenJarvis Green-Ellis, however, kept the running game to reasonable standards. With the running game established, the passing game opened up. Moss, Faulk, and Welker all played good rolls in the passing game, minus a couple drops that should have been caught. Cassel had a decent game, throwing a career high 257 yards on the day, and setting up his first fourth quarter winning drive. He did throw two interceptions, but they were tipped balls and not his fault at all. Probably his best moment was a game winning touchdown to Kevin Faulk. Kevin, actually had the best day, both on the ground, and in the air. He was the biggest weapon all day and helped the Patriots get their first consecutive win under Cassel's direction.

The defense looked alright up front, only letting a couple long gains on the ground all day, and recording several sacks. It was nice to see an actual pass rush from the Pats. The Secondary showed it still has some big holes to fill. They allowed Rams Quarterback, Marc Bulger, to throw the longest pass of his career, a 69 yard bomb for a touchdown. He nailed our secondary several times for big gains, and that's what kept the game close. Thankfully, to seal the win from the Rams, Patriot Cornerback, Deltha O'Neil intercepted a pass in the final minutes to close the game out.

It was a promising game, showing the Patriots have what it takes to win games. They are now 5-2, and tie for the divisional lead thanks to a Buffalo loss to the Miami Dolphins. We play the Indianapolis Colts, who are in a slump lately, and have a short week due to that they play tonight against the Titans. Hopefully that will carry over and we do a blow to their sagging record. If we can climb to 6-2 and play Buffalo the following week, confidence in the team, without Tom Brady I might add, will be restored.
Kudos to the Pats for an exciting game this week against the Rams.

The Chilly Tree

Finally got a new camera (Lost my old one, and the LCD screen broke). Ended up getting a Canon. Not totally sure on the model make and all that stuff, too lazy to check. It's nice though. And now I can get back to my favorite hobby. Here are the first few pictures I like. They all were taken next to , or of a tree that I have been eyeing as the autumn effects have settled in. Enjoy. :D

Week 7-Monday Night Massacre

After coming off a game that saw the Patriots lose to the Chargers, 30-10, the Patriots were in need of a morale boost. Not to mention a boost in the standings in the AFC East.
The Patriots hosted there only Monday night game this season, against the Denver Broncos. The past three games, the Broncos have taken it to us, and have crushed us in the playoffs in the recent past. However, evident from the previous week, records like that mean nothing. The Patriots looked as dangerous and effective as they did last year. Only, more balanced. The defense actually was a factor, the receivers stepped up and Matt Cassel looked great even after being sacked six times.
But the most potent and surprisingly effective form of attack was the ground game. It started with Sammy Morris gashing the Broncos for over 130 yards. He took an injury at the half and left the rest to Kevin Faulk and Ben Jarvis Green-Ellis.(Yes, thats his whole name) The Pats mustered over 260 rushing yards against the Broncs. They haven't attained that many rushing yards in a single game since 1985. Pretty dang impressive.
The Broncos looked anemic on offense, barely getting a touchdown late in the game, and that was from ex-Patriot, Daniel Graham. Their defense appeared bold in the first quarter, with All-pro corner, Champ Bailey, knocking a couple passes from Randy Moss and Jabar Gaffney. But he went down with a groin injury and never came back in the game. After that, the defense of the Broncos shattered and the Patriots ran freely against them. Randy Moss looked sharp with two touchdowns, one on a screen that normally would be passed to Wes Welker. He sprinted upfield and waltzed into the endzone effortlessly.
The Patriot defense looked a thousand times better than last week. Recording two interceptions by the end of the game, a forcing three fumbles. They allowed only one touchdown and kept the dangerous air attack of the Broncos to a minimum.
The Broncos, of course, left a painful scar on our team, injuring safety Rodney Harrison for the season. A team leader in many aspects of the game, it will be a painful loss for the team. With Brady already gone, others will have to step in and fill their rolls.
If the Pats can play like they did on Monday consistently, the Patriots could be headed deep into the playoffs. It was definitely an inspiring win, minus the injuries, but they need to continue performing at that level to win more games. They now stand at 4-2, and are one game behind the Buffalo Bills. We play the St. Louis Rams this weekend, and will hopefully pick up a decent win. The Rams are coming off two consecutive wins, a rare thing in recent Ram history, and will probably come out fired up. But I think the Patriots will have just the medicine to put them back in their place on Sunday.

Nephron Loops, Epic Battles, and Two English Muffins

Woke up today, feeling stuffed up, runny, and not wanting to go to school. A couple days ago, the day was going along fine until late in the night. You ever get that sense that you are going to be sick before you actually get sick? Something just isn't right. Like, you can feel that biological barrier shut down, and you know some nasty pathogen from hell, that would just love to take you down, sees the open door into your body.
And you ever have one of those days where, mentally, your just kinda off? You're not quite yourself and you don't think correctly? Well apparently, God thought it would be a wonderful idea for me to be sick, feel weird, and take a rather important lab exam for college all in the same day. Oh yes, perfect timing. I frankly can't argue with Him about it, but ya just gotta love how life works, the good and the bad.
So anyway, I dragged myself into class, told my friends that there was absolutely no way I would be able to go and play football with them today, and started the exam. The exam consisted of several 'stations' with models of different organs in the human body, all of which had parts that you needed to identify. I don't know how off I was, but I went brain dead when I stared at those
models. I couldn't believe it, but I actually forgot most of the parts of the heart. I usually am pretty good with heart parts. Vena-Cava, Aorta, Ventricles, and all that stuff. Easy. It all faded away though as I took the exam. I only hope there was a small portion of the intelligent Dave there to write down the right answers. My teacher looked over at me as i took the exam and sympathetically asked, 'David, are you doing alright? You don't look that great at all.' I quickly shook my head, no, and continued on, trying to figure out if it was the kidney or the spleen that contains the loop of nephron. (It's the kidney)
I did nail the 'Microscope usage' part of the exam however, my teacher told me that much, so there is some hope that I passed.
After I finished the exam, I ran down to the cafeteria and grabbed some juice. Vitamin C kicks a colds butt, so I wanted to tank up on it. Then I went home, put the trash out, and headed up to my wonderful, and warm room. Minus the fact, of course, that there is a fine line between my room and my brothers. It's kinda like God and stuff. How He is three persons in one and all, well me and my brother's room as like two rooms on one. On my side, you have a floor with maybe a small pile of clothes, and a bit of junk. It's not immaculate, but it's livable. On the other side, there is no floor, no carpet, just a thick layer of clothes, and empty soda cans. Oh yeah, and a bed that sorta meshes its way with that whole side of the room. That's my brother's side.
So, I crashed down on my friendly bean bag, turned on the X-box, and duked it out on Madden 08. It was me, an epic coach of the Buffalo Bills boasting an undefeated 7-0 record, against the charged and loaded 5-2 Philadelphia Eagles. A battle for the ages for sure. But there was one problem. That epic Buffalo Bill coach had the sniffles. He could not play with the optimum reaction time that he normally would have on any old day. So he had a simple solution. He just selected the same plays, offensively, and defensively. The same exact play, every down, every quarter, all game. He didn't care, he just wanted to get his mind off the sniffles he had and veg on his bean bag. And he won! He won the game cause the Eagles just lost it and got sick of playing a against a dull coach who doesn't understand the word, 'complex'.
After the game, I considered watching tv or have some tea, but decided against it. Instead a I flopped onto bed and slept away.
After a good hour or so, I woke up to my phone a'buzzing next to me. It was my lady, Dot, informing me about something related to pumpkins and pies. It sounded good, and right then I got real hungry. Pie sounded good, but I lacked the energy to actually go and create something of such goodness. My brother and my dad are very inapt at cooking and things related to the kitchen, and my mum was at work. So, instead, I had a couple english muffins, with warm peanut butter lathered on top. It wasn't pumpkin pie, but hey, peanut butter and pumpkin sorta have the same color right? Sorta. :p
Well after that I got real bored. I didn't wanna go back to sleep, tv sounded real boring, and I didn't have the patience to read or listen to music. So I went out online. I had to bundle up and head out to some nearby steps where I can get wifi. I should be getting wifi in my own house rather soon I hope so I don't have to run outside with my laptop. Especially because I look like a homeless bum who managed to steal a decent computer. Kinda freaky.
Oh well, there was no real point to me writing all this, other than to update my blog, and do something that would kill off my boredom. It worked too, and if you read it all, then give yourself a pat on the back and have some tea, cause that's what I am about to do. :p