Return to Extremeness! Ah, another month and another SM. As always, this is the part of my page that is sort of a devotional - one of the serious parts of SM. I have just had such a strong conviction lately that Jesus cares, that He is always there, and that He is all that matters in this life. Things like denominations and doctrines make no significant difference. We can go through years of church, work in Christian environments, have Christian friends and live in a Christian bubble, but never realize these simple Christian truths. God really has a plan for us, He really loves us, and He really helps us everyday. We will never know until we stand in front of God, after we pass through the veil of death, all of the things that God brought us through. We have probably had near death experiences and never even knew that we were in danger. That alone should make us thankful enough that we never let God out of our minds. But we all do. I'm not sure that I'll ever understand that. Why we do it and why God allows us to. I know we have free will, but when you really think about it, we don't even deserve that. Please just take a moment now and each day to thank God for all of the little things that are taken for granted like food, health, shelter, family, abilities, and the capacity to love each other and to love God. What an awesome thing. If you just ponder the simple things of God, you can lose yourself in your thoughts and hours may pass by - but those will be hours well spent.