Happy Birthday, MOM!

Saaaayyyy whhhaaaatttt???? I'm 30 min early for my mom's birthday! But...November 5th....a great day to celebrate an amazing woman. She's the best. Ever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!

Steve Jobs...

#1-It's been a long time since I posted anything on this blog. I apologize.

B-I know this is a little bit of time after Steve Jobs' death, but it's just been on my mind...

An article was in our Omaha newspaper shortly after his death (as I'm sure it was in many cities' newspapers across the US). One thing that caught my attention was a little piece that said after asking his pastor, at the age of 13, if God knew there was poverty and hunger in the world (I am taking this from memory because I am sure my dad has already recycled that paper so it is not verbatim) and hearing his pastor's response, he never returned to church since then. I was saddened by that, as I am whenever I hear of a brother or sister in Christ walking away from Jesus.

But as I continued to think about it, I wondered...did Steve Jobs ever donate to charity? Did he ever give his millions or billions of dollars to someone who could really use it? I looked up that sort of thing and many people criticized him for never donating to charity, some suggested maybe he donated anonymously, and some said that him creating jobs through Pixar, Apple and creating items to make our lives easier was charity enough.

Then I thought about something I read in a book (I believe it was "The Case for Christ (or Faith) but I'm not 100% sure) that the question was asked, "How can God be so good if he just lets poverty and starvation happen here on Earth?" The responder said, "1st thing, since we've been shaking our puny fists at God saying we're gonna do it our way...that's just what God has let us do, it's our choice to run this Earth our own way. 2nd thing, that being said, can't God ask you the same question? If we're so worried about poverty and starvation, then why don't we do anything about it?"

So if Steve Jobs was so worried about poverty and famine and all things bad, I sure hope he didn't just sit there and blame God and then do nothing on his own with his billions of dollars.