Sometimes The Hardest Thing and the Right Thing are the Same

I never thought it will come to me so soon.
I remember giving this piece of phrase(the title of this post) to my favorite sis(you know who you are),
I gave her some tips and some push. Months later, it was the other
way around. It is really hard but I have to do the right thing.
She really gave me a heavy blow and knocked some sense into me.
She was and is God's instrument. God bless you sis!

O decisions, decisions. Afraid of slipping. Troubled of mistakes that might happen.
Me being hurt or someone be hurt. Fear of being rejected.
Concerned of what people would say if I do something. The What if's!? (sigh..)
We will never know what's next, dont we?
We could only gauge a couple of outcomes, at the least.
Elbert Hubbard once said
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one."

There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Proverbs 14:12
All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the Lord.
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and you plans will succeed.
In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.
The Lord works out everything for his own ends. Proverbs 16:2-4a, 9

Knowing that God is loving, sovereign, generous(he will empower you on the
tasks he wants you to do and provide whatever you need), I believe we should
always ask God for what His will is. Guide me, bring me to whereever you want me to be,
make me whoever you want me to be, I have faith in you, my Lord. All will be well
in Your time. Things will be beautiful.

So to you who reads this, better ask for His guidance. He is waiting for you to ask it.
It is the first right thing to do before deciding. ;)

My Wings Getting Stronger.

If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Life spent on a box for years. Just got out.
Have to strengthen my legs, and my arms.
I didnt see it coming.
I tried to fly but I cant. My wings not strong enough to carry my
load.
I waited. Thunderclouds. Flashes of Lightning.
Winds getting stronger, I cant see.
Im slipping. I am afraid.
Angels were sent. Held me up.
Wings stronger now.

Making a rebound

Confused, Afraid, Undecided.
Silence, Deep Thought, Drowning.
Aching, Crying,
Alone, Desperate, Helpless.

Waiting, Hoping, Reaching, Finding.

I waited and waited and waited for God.
At last he looked; finally he listened.
He lifted me out of the ditch,
pulled me from deep mud.
He stood me up on a solid rock
to make sure I wouldn't slip.
He taught me how to sing the latest God-song,
a praise-song to our God.
More and more people are seeing this:
they enter the mystery,
abandoning themselves to God.

Listen to Cry Out To Jesus

Faithful to me

All the chistles I've dulled carving idols of stone
That have crumbled like sand 'neath the waves.
I've recklessly built all my dreams in the sand just to watch, them all wash away.

Through another day, another trial, another chance to reconcile
To one who sees past all I see.
And reaching out my weary hand I pray that you'd understand
You're the only one who's faithful to me.

All the pennies I've wasted in my wishing well
I have thrown like stones to the sea.
I have cast my lots, dropped my guard, searched aimlessly for a faith
To be faithful to me.

Through another day, another trial, another chance to reconcile
To one who sees past all I see.
And reaching out my weary hand I pray that you'd understand
You're the only one who's faithful to me.
You're the only one who's faithful to me.

hear her at here
- by Jennifer Knapp

One of my favorites!

Backing up Files with FreeNAS (Free Network Attached Storage)

Do you have this requirement?
File server where it is replicated, on a given time, to a USB external hard disk and to a remote server.
This is a Network Attached Storage in theory. 

If you have a big budget, you could look on the list of manufacturers of this one here.
And choose what you prefer, try EMC, NetworkAppliance(NetApp), or the new 5320 NAS of Sun? Or you may opt to buy pre-owned equipments, if you have only enough budget, try visiting smartechconsulting or berkcom But if youre company falls under Small and Medium Business, you might want to
consider, some free open-source alternatives.

I learned about FreeNAS last year where Im looking for a network attached storage my company could use. Just last month, January 2007, I had an opportunity installing it. 
Thus, I have installed it to a PC where 
it having 2(two) Hard Disks with more than 200 Gb each.

Installation is simple:
1.) Plug in your CD(burned with FreeNAS ISO).
2.) Restart your PC and make sure it boots on CD by tweaking in the BIOS.
3.) Once you get in to the menu, configure your PC by connecting to the network
and assign network interfaces followed by setting up of Lan IP address.

If you have multiple NICs installed in your PC, Follow these tips
1.) Choose one NIC where you have to connect the UTP cable.
2.) Go a shell and fire up "ifconfig" command. You'll determine the connected 
NIC if the status is active/associated, see the following(i intentionally edited inet6 and ether):

bge0: flags=8843 mtu 1500
options=1b
inet6 ffff::fff:ffff:ffff:ffff%bge0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
ether ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
media: Ethernet autoselect (none)
status: no carrier

If you have configured and connected FreeNAS to the network, just open your favorite browser
and type in the address such as http://192.168.0.1(only an example, dont follow).

With FreeNAS, you have choices of CIFS(SMB), SSH, FTP and others. You could also replicate your computer with another attached storage, or with another remote server using RSYNC. 

If this FreeNAS is located inside an internal network and you want FreeNAS to be reached via internet, I suggest you port forward tcp 873 to the server you intend to sync, as for this discussion, our network attached server. 
If you want your remote users to transfer files securely, use SCP (WinSCP for users of Windows), provided tcp port 22 is forwarded to the FreeNAS, and it is also enabled on the server. I assume your using a firewall/router on your network and it has port forwarding, NAT features.

FreeNAS has the capability of having a wireless network interface, Software Raid and a lot more! Please do visit their official website at http://www.freenas.org. By the way, FreeNAS has been discussed in TechRepublic, awarded "Project of the Month, January 2007" by SourceForge.net.

Go get it!

Because God was with Joseph

Early in his life, he was nearly killed by his brothers.
He was rather thrown into a cistern and later on sold to some
merchants. Then these merchants sold him to one of the officials of
Egypt, captain of the Guard.

But because God was with him, He prospered him and gave success. Even
his boss saw that God was with him to the point that he entrusted
everything to him. His boss too, was blessed. From thereon, he was molded
to be a leader, a manager. He was such a discplined man, he was able
to stay away from temptation.

He was wrongly accused thereafter and was sent to jail. But still the
Lord was with him and he was shown kindness. Now, he was raised to a
position where he was in charge of all those in prison, was made responsible
for all that was done there.

He was remembered by a former prison mate, and with the hand of God, he got out
and at the age of 30. Guess what? At this age, next to Pharaoh, he was in charge of the
whole country.

For more details read Genesis Chapter 37, 39-41.

Is this because of luck that he made it to the top? Is it because of attitude?
I think its because God was with Him. Always stay in tuned with Him, there will be
always trials, circumstances, but who knows where will you be on the coming years?
Be the best of what God made you to be!

Wisdom

"But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells..
And he said to man 'The fear of the Lord - that is wisdom..."

Job 28:12, 23-28