Disappointments, Pre-Clemson Video, Great Verse

So last night's Heroes episode was pretty much terrible. Too many new characters, too many loose ends, it's actually becoming very much like Lost--started out awesome, then drastically dropped off. Heroes was actually one of the two shows I watched on a regular basis (the other one being the office). So it made me think of some other disappointments.

Number 1: The media. Especially during an election year, good grief. You'd never know that Obama had only ~140 days in office as a US Senator (compared to 21+ years for McCain). It also appears that the media has gone on a character-shooting spree, aimed at the voting public. If you are not voting for Obama, you are deemed a racist. It's sad that some people will choose to vote based solely on race, but it's even more sad that the media has turned any non-Obama voter into a monster.

Number 2: The general driving public.  Seriously, when did driving become a secondary priority when behind the wheel of a car?  It seems like people are either reading the newspaper, on the phone, texting, figuring out their GPS units (which, I believe have hurt the map-reading ability of most drivers), or some combination of these.  While on this topic, I saw a car that had the GPS unit mounted on the windshield right in front of the driver!  It wasn't offset to the middle of the windshield or anything, it was right smack in the way of the driver!  How does one drive carefully like that?

Another thing...why do some people hang out in the left lane?  Do people not know that the left lane is for passing or otherwise swift driving?  If someone's passing you on the right while you're in the far left lane, something is wrong.  Maybe that person is too busy watching their GPS tell them where to go...

Number 3: Myself.  Ever since Confluence (annual GA State BCM Conference), I've been thinking about why I do the things that I do.  God definitely spoke that weekend through David Platt about looking at ourselves and asking that question, and how glorifying God and expanding His kingdom should be our motivation for everything.  But looking at my life, I did not see that.  What I saw (and many times continue to see) is me doing things because I want to do them, or I'll make up some "Christian" justification for why I do something.  I have been struggling with the things I do and say because I see that a lot of what I do is for me only.  I know God has been disappointed in me because of this, but I'm trusting that He will continue to show me how to do things for Him.  On top of this, things in my life have been kinda hitting me all at once the last month or so.  Some may say I'm in the middle of a "valley of life".  It's been difficult for me to be excited about life recently.  A bunch of small things have added up at once, and I've taken a negative look at these things that may not be so negative.  Enough about me though.

This weekend, the Yellow Jackets travel up to SC to take on Clemson at "Death Valley" (the real Death Valley is in Baton Rouge, otherwise known as Tiger Stadium) at 12 on ESPN.  I'll have more pre-game analysis Friday, but for now I want to show yall this video from the Tech-Clemson game last year (a 13-3 win for GT).

And I'll leave yall with this verse, from Habakkuk 1:5..."Look at the nations and watch--and be utterly amazed.  For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told."