Saturday, April 29, 2006

NFL Draft

Heres the first round of the draft. Big News Packers traded Javon Walker to the Broncos for a second round pick.
1
Houston
Mario Williams - DE
2
New Orleans
Reggie Bush - RB
3
Tennessee
Vincent Young - QB
4
New York
D'Brickashaw Ferguson - OT
5
Green Bay
AJ Hawk - OLB
6
San Francisco
Vernon Davis - TE
7
Oakland
Michael Huff - CB
8
Buffalo
Donte Whitner - S
9
Detroit
Ernie Sims - OLB
10
Arizona
Matt Leinart - QB
11
Denver
Jay Cutler - QB
12
Baltimore
Haloti Ngata - DT
13
Cleveland
Kamerion Wimbley - DE
14
Philadelphia
Brodrick Bunkley - DT
15
St. Louis
Tye Hill - CB
16
Miami
Jason Allen - S
17
Minnesota
Chad Greenway - OLB
18
Dallas
Bobby Carpenter - OLB
19
San Diego
Antonio Cromartie - CB
20
Kansas City
Tamba Hali - DE
21
New England
Laurence Maroney - RB
22
San Francisco
Manny Lawson - DE
23
Tampa Bay
Davin Joseph - OG
24
Cincinnati
Johnathan Joseph - CB
25
Pittsburgh
Santonio Holmes - WR
26
Buffalo
John McCargo - DT
27
Carolina
Deangelo Williams - RB
28
Jacksonville
Marcedes Lewis - TE
29
New York
Nick Mangold - OC
30
Indianapolis
Joseph Addai - RB
31
Seattle
Kelly Jennings - CB
32
New York
Mathias Kiwanuka - DE

Saturday, April 01, 2006

The prayers for someone else

A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agree that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.

The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit- bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land remained barren.

After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray ! for a wife. The next day, there was a woman who swam to his side of the land. On the other side of the island, there was nothing.

Soon the first man prayed for a house, clothes, more food. The next day, like magic, all of these were given to him. However, the second man still had nothing.

Finally, the first man prayed for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. In the morning, he found a ship docked at his side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to leave the second man on the island. He considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.

As the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven booming, "Why are you leaving your companion on the island?"

"My blessings are mine alone, since I was the one who prayed for them," the first man answered. "His prayers were all unanswered and so he does not deserve anything."

"You are mistaken!" the voice rebuked him. "He had only one prayer, which I answered. If not for that, you would not have received any of my blessings."

"Tell me," the first man asked the voice, "what did he pray for that I should owe him anything?"

"He prayed that all your prayers be answered."

For all we know, our blessings are not the fruits of our prayers alone, but those of another praying for us.

This is too good not to share... My prayer for you today is that all your prayers are answered. Be blessed.

"What you do for others is more important than what you do for yourself"

Happiness Keeps You Sweet, Trials Keep You Strong, Sorrows Keep You Human, Failures Keeps You Humble, Success Keeps You Glowing, But Only God Keeps You Going.