Nathan Stanford

Snickers our Thunderstom Dog

nstanford — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:55:13 +0000

Snickers our dog gets scared when a thunderstorm gets near. He start shaking lilke he is freezing cold. It is so funny. If only one person is sitting down he will go to them and sit by them. If they will let him he will crawl up in their lap.

He has predicted some storms before we even knew they were coming. When we see him start to shake we know a thunderstorm is on its way.

He is our weatherman or weatheranimal when a thunderstorm comes.

Big Nate

Nathan and Stacey’s 24th Anniversary

nstanford — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:33:18 +0000

On June 14th, 2010, Stacey and I went out to eat. We talked about old times and how fast life goes. Our sons, Nathan II 21 years old, Anthony 15 years old, and Christopher 6 years old are our pride and joy. We treasure the life they are living and the fact that they are living for God. They are doing so well in school and have such a great future.

Sometimes when we look at the people we have lost and the things we could have done or could have been we could get down. God told us,

Philippians 4:8 (King James Version)
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”

If we keep this in mind when we look at our lives then we can continue even in the worst of times. We should not complain about the life we are in as God knew we would have to go through the trials we go through. God loves us and as long as we keep him first in our lives things will turn out all right. It rains on the Just and the Unjust. We are a testamony to the lost that we have problems and can still live for God in spite of our problems.

Happy Anniversary Babe,

Nathan Stanford
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Bible Memory Tips

nstanford — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:03:03 +0000

Number of Bible Books…

Old Testament - 3 letters and 9 letters give you 39 books
New Testament - 3 letters times 9 letters give you 27 books

Old + New = Total

39+27=66 Books total

Old Testament (5 fingers on left hand)

The LAW           - 5 books (Genesis through Deuteronomy)

History              - 12 books (Joshua through Esther).

Poetry              - 5 books (Job through Song of Solomon).

Major Prophets   - 5 books(Isaiah through Daniel).

Minor Prophets   - 12 books (Hosea through Malachi).

New Testament (5 fingers on right hand)

The Gospels       - 5 books (Matthew through John)

History             - 1 book (Acts).

Pauline Epistles    - 14 books (Romans through Philemon).

General Epistles   - 8 books(Hebrews through Jude).

Prophecy            - 1 book (Revelation).

The Pauline Epistles

to Churches (Romans, I and II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, Colossians, I and II Thessalonians)

to individuals (I and II Timothy, Titus, Philemon)

Some Cool Links

nstanford — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:54:56 +0000

Some Cool Links - Not sure what else to call this post but here are some links I like to have and I like to visit. I am sure once I post this I will think of a bunch more. However these are some and if I have more I will make a new post to show them.

Today’s Big Thing - sometimes the video is stupid but most of the time it is cool. http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/11/16
Lifehacker - A site that tells you about really cool new things. http://lifehacker.com/
Instructables - If you want to know how to do something simple or complicated it might be here. http://www.instructables.com/
Woot - One Item for sell each day, every once in a while they will sell a bunch of items in a woot off. http://www.woot.com/
Torchlight Forum - http://forums.runicgames.com/
Ted.com - Technology, Entertainment, Design - Awesome talks on almost any subject. http://www.ted.com/
PopUrls - This is a list of Popular URL’s and there is a lot of stuff here. http://popurls.com/
BoingBoing - This is hard one to explain a whole bunch of stuff here I try to check it once a day. http://www.boingboing.net/
Give away of the Day - This site gives a different piece of software away each day. Sometimes something you want. http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/

Judge not, that ye be not judged or Smile you are being watched!

nstanford — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:18:50 +0000

Matthew 7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

I hear time and time again from different people “Judge not”. Some people like to use this verse to cover up their sin. They tell the Christian and pastor to Judge not or don’t tell me what to do.

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Just Do It

nstanford — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:16:54 +0000

I have mentioned to several developers of late that they need to remember that the in the lifespan of an application 75-80% is maintenance of the application. When you add new cool features and new cool techniques you usually make maintenance harder. I recommend you keep it simple and to the point of what the client wants. The most important thing is to understand what the client wants. When you know what the client wants try to not over deliver or under deliver. You are not the client and there are reasons a client may not want the cool new feature. Even if finished in time there are things you might not understand.

The same goes with living for God. We need to stop sometimes and keep our lives simple and to the point. Find out what God wants. If you have not heard an audible voice then read his word. He gave us plenty of instructions there. Next we need to not try to add the new cool fads of religion. We need to follow what God wants not what we think he wants. If we try to over deliver we are out of God’s will. He may have a reason for where we are or what he has asked us to do that we do not know. I am sure Joseph would have been happy to be out of prison but God had a plan. Abraham and Sarah tried to help God but that was not God’s plan. Follow God’s plan for your life even if it does not seem cool. You never know where you might end up some day.

Just Do it.

P.S. I wrote this after reading Pam’s post at http://pamelasponderingplace.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-this.html

WWYD?

nstanford — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:42:47 +0000

What will you do? Remember those you love and respect while they are still alive. Great funerals are fine. When I see Michael Jackson, Farah Fawcett, Patrick Swayze, and other such stars, I understand why so many flock to their funerals.

I however think of the many ministers who labor each and every day that never have a big church or a big following. We could argue the reasons why but that does not matter. Take time to honor your minister on a day his family has NOT planned. Surprise them with a gift when they least expect it.

Remember if their children have holes in their shoes they might be busy praying for God to help them supply shoes for their children and not praying for your children to stay in church. Never forget ministers are human too.

The recipe to depression is to spend two minutes thinking about yourself. Take a moment and make sure you say something good about at least one person each day. We all can find something good to say to someone today.

What will you do?

CFUnited – ColdFusion Conference

nstanford — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:59:06 +0000

I am at a CFUnited a ColdFusion Conference with my son. More blog posts to come.

Bacon Explosion Cake

nstanford — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:44:17 +0000

My brother-in-law cooked a Bacon Explosion at the last church picnic and he loved it. He also says that everything tastes better with bacon. So for his birthday my wife created a Bacon Explosion Cake. Picnic table and food included. (more…)

Great Browsers that are fun and safe for very young kids

nstanford — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:40:19 +0000

Great Browsers that are fun and safe for very young kids

There are many different kid browsers out there I have tried a few as I like to let my 5 year old have fun without feeling I have to watch him every second he is online. Three of them I have tried and like are below.

   • http://kidzui.com
   • http://kidoz.net
   • http://KidRocket.org

They all of their great features but the one I like the best is the Kidzui with Kidoz not far behind. Check them out if you have little kids.