My "rib"

I want one of my earliest posts to be about my wife, who has put up with a lot from me during our 32 years.  Her love for God and her trust in Him has enabled her to do it.  She has more faith in Him and love for Him than anyone I have ever met, and I do mean anyone.  She has been my helper and my best friend.  She is not perfect, but she's perfect for me.  I shudder to think of what kind of man I would have become if it had not been for her influence.  I can't say enough good things about her.   She really is a part of me, my better part.  I love her very much.

In the Bible, Paul says that marriage is intended to help the world see how much Jesus loves his church.  I hope to continue to grow in my love for her and give the best picture I can.

The priority of love

Of all the things I could write about, Jesus the Son of God is the most important to me.  Jesus means everything to me.

As I grow older, some things are becoming more sharply focused in my mind:

• My great need for grace.
• Jesus' great graciousness.  
• My profound spiritual amnesia.
• My readiness to trust my lying thoughts and feelings.
• The supreme importance of sizing up my thoughts and feelings with the Bible as the measurement.
• The priority of 'love'.

Love is very important to God.  The Great Commandment that God has given us is this:  Love the LORD with all my heart, soul, mind and strength.  Now, I've noticed something: the more I feel loved by Jesus, the more I want to love him in return.  My experience agrees with the scriptures: "We love because he first loved us".  So, in order for me to keep the Great Commandment, it is extremely important for me to remind myself, via the Bible, that Jesus loves me a lot.  He loves me perfectly.  He loves me forever.

I am amazed how Jesus helps me fulfill the Great Commandment.  He does this by loving me.  When he loves me, I love him back.  And if that isn't enough, he poured his love into my heart by giving me His Holy Spirit.  I am loving other people with his love.


I love how St. Augustine put it in his prayer to God:  "Give what you command, and command what you will."

Why another blog in cyberspace?

Why am I blogging?  I originally started this blog to "protect" my "brand".  Industry experts are suggesting that you "claim" your identity on the popular sites, thereby preventing other people from using your name (or a name like yours) and tarnishing your reputation.  I agree with this advice and acted on it.  I didn't think I'd actually post in it, though.  There are lots of blogs, after all.

So, the blog was sitting out there, unused.  One day, I began thinking about posting in it.  I do enjoy writing.  I used to write quite a bit (but stopped, which is another story that I'll share later).

So, I'll post some things.

Why "Mister Marvelous"?

"Mister Marvelous", by the way, is a moniker I used a long time ago when I was writing a humorous advice column for a church newsletter.  I consider Mister Marvelous to be my prideful alter-ego, my Mr. Hyde.  To varying degrees, I manage to keep him hidden in the basement, but sometimes he fights his way up the stairs and bursts into the daylight.

A new career interest

I'm pursuing a career redirection toward the information security industry.  What better way to make this announcement than using Wierd Al?