Received a call from Ken last night.  He was the lead investigator in a murder case in Coos Bay and the jury had just come back with a guilty verdict.

The evidence was overwhelming, but the perpetrator of the murder thought he could manipulate people and get off. 

The team did a good job on their investigation and even a witness for the defense, a retired police officer, had only one thing he thought they could have done differently, but when given the full circumstances had to admit the team from the first officer on the scene, to the arrest of the suspect – and then the follow-up, did a good job.

The suspect chose to testify, against his attorney’s advice, and dug an even greater hole in his excuses and opened the door for things, like the notes of a witnesses to his statements and actions while in jail, get entered into the record that would normally not be allowed.

While it helps that the suspect wasn’t a genius, the team did their job very well.

Congratulations, Ken.

Teresa and Ian came over today and put up the fence posts and the fencing for Carla’s garden.  She uses fencing for the peas, beans and cucumbers to grow on – saves a lot of time stringing them up and it is reusable for decades (so far.)

I am going to have to build a few more tomato cages – she will be planting more tomatoes this year, we are ready for 24, with about 4-6 more to build (at least – that number can change.)  We use fence posts to hold up the tomato cages that were also built out of fencing and have also lasted for decades.

We use, can and give away a lot of tomatoes, Carla loves working in the dirt (garden) and this is a way to keep that love blossoming.

Romans 1:20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Despite the intricacies of even the smallest thing on earth some still believe it just happened, just evolved into what it is.

To them we started as a mass smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, exploded and the universe, as we know it, came about.

No one planned anything.  No one was in charge.  No one put together the format.  No one did anything.

It all just happened. 

Yet, we expect our employers to have some kind of business plan so that you get paid on pay day.

We expect the government to have plans that insure the safety of the citizens in our country.

We expect the physician to have a plan when we go to them with problems.

We expect that our mechanic knows how our vehicle is put together and he has a plan to remedy any problem we may have.

We expect the buildings erected around us are done to a code and the plan was submitted when the contractor picked up permits to build them.

We depend, daily, on other people, that they follow the rules of the road, obey the laws concerning their behavior and/or employment and that have been implement after some kind of planning.

While some planning may be flawed and ineffective, if there is a plan it can be evaluated, find out what went wrong and correct it.

Yet, the universe and all within it just happened.

I have been told that I am naive and foolish in believing there is a God that created all of this, and He has a plan that involves everything within it, including our own individual lives.

Yet, the religion of evolution preaches that everything just happened, without planning by a superior being.  One thing evolved into something else that had no prior basis for becoming what it has become.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

What I see in this world is a planned process.  The evidence of a superior being who had the knowledge and the ability to create the smallest cell and the largest animal, or mineral or vegetable. 

Each has, within it, something that makes it what it is, and while there are similarities each is unique.

I believe God has established His credentials by His creations and in doing so has the right to demand that He be heard, understood, worshipped and praise for being who He is.

The evidence is in front of every man, woman and child.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

I feel sorry for those that hold the position that there is no God when they come face to face with the Creator because they have no excuse.

Later, Art :-)