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Gary and Mars

McCain - Palin!

About Me

We are Gary and Marleen Ely. We are a small town couple, blessed with a wonderful daughter, Elizabeth Madison. We are solid Christians, and are actively involved in our church! I'm not your typical guy. I'm ridiculed and mocked for who I am at times...... but I see that as a blessing, so please, keep it coming. I'm saved by the grace of the love of my life..... Jesus Christ. I am fiercely loyal and completely sold out to the greatest cause this world has ever known. Christianity isn't just some afterthought to me. I don't go to church on Sunday and then call my faith off for the rest of the week. My walk is 24/7, and I will stand firm in my faith despite whatever comes against me. Yes, thats a very dangerous thing to say, because it entails taking on anything that life would dish out at me....... including facing death for the love of my God. I walk a precarious walk, but I will walk it in faith, and even though there's things that I'm afraid of happening to me, God eases those fears and gives me the peace and the confidence to continue on in Him. I see no better cause to live for, and no more worthy cause to die for. To be saved by grace is to be alive...... and I don't care what anyone else thinks of my boldness in speaking that. Christianity is life..... salvation is life...... the love of God is life. Without Him...... there's only suffering. Without Him...... we are dead. I will stand out and speak life, because its absolute truth. God is not an opinion or a theory. God is not something we conjured up one day. It's totally the opposite. God conjured us up. He created us...... He created the entire universe with just His spoken word, and then formed us out of the dust of this world. He took careful detail with each plant, each bird, each mammal..... and each human being. He created us in His likeness..... and gave us the ability to make our own choice to love Him for everything He has done for us. God made us...... He made us from the romantic notions of His heart. He walked with Adam in the garden... walked side by side with him and communed with him daily. We were created because God wanted companionship. When we lost that..... when man fell and sin entered the picture...... God made provisions for remission of sins...... and planned the eventual life and death and resurrection of His only begotten son, Jesus Christ. Through Jesus..... through acknowledgement of His sacrifice for us.... and acknowledgement of His resurrection power.... we can once again come into intimacy with God..... and that....... that is worth living for, and worth dying for. God.... all powerful, all knowing, all seeing God chose to become flesh and die so that we could continue to be spiritual lovers with Him. HOW AMAZING IS THAT? In a place where I could lift myself..... I lift my God..... because I only desire to become a reflection of the man whose blood atonement brought me back to intimacy with my Father. I hope that I will reflect Christ in the eyes of those who know me through myspace, and those who have met me elsewhere, online or offline. I discredit myself to stand in and stand out for Christ my Saviour...... He who is my comforter and my refuge...... the joy of my desire and the bold zealous fire that burns brightly in me. May all who read this be touched by the love of Jesus Christ!!
Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||| 66%
Stability |||||||||||| 43%
Orderliness |||||| 26%
Accommodation |||||||||||||||| 70%
Interdependence |||||||||||||| 56%
Intellectual |||||||||||||||| 70%
Mystical |||||||||||||||| 63%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Religious |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Hedonism || 10%
Materialism |||||||||||||| 56%
Narcissism |||||||||||||| 56%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||||||||| 90%
Work ethic |||||||||||||||| 63%
Self absorbed |||||| 30%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||||||| 70%
Need to dominate |||||||||| 36%
Romantic |||||||||||||||| 70%
Avoidant |||||||||| 36%
Anti-authority |||||| 23%
Wealth |||||| 30%
Dependency |||||||||||||| 56%
Change averse |||||| 30%
Cautiousness |||||||||||| 43%
Individuality |||||||||||| 43%
Sexuality |||||||||||| 43%
Peter pan complex |||||||||||| 43%
Physical security |||||||||||||||| 70%
Physical Fitness |||||||||||||| 57%
Histrionic |||||||||| 36%
Paranoia |||||||||||| 50%
Vanity |||||||||||| 50%
Hypersensitivity |||||||||||||||| 63%
Female cliche |||||||||||| 43% Take Free Advanced Global Personality Test
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My Interests

God, missions, music, movies, Spanish, food, camping, swimming, fishing, reading, writing, poetry.......... anything else I can think of will be added later
Your Hidden Talent
You have the power to persuade and influence others.
You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around.
The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it.
Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think! What's Your Hidden Talent?

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet the president.... every year..... for lunch.... and it wouldn't matter that the president changes persons every 4 or 8 years.... just the fact that its the president and I'm having lunch with him once a year is enough.

Music:

Blindside, Underoath, Pillar, Skillet, Disciple, Project 86, Norma Jean, Linkin Park, Third Day, Switchfoot, Jars Of Clay, 12 Stones, Day Of Fire, Spoken, P.O.D, Dead Poetic, Reliant K, and pretty much anything that isn't vulgur, rap, or country

Movies:

Oh my gosh! Okay you asked for it...... How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Elf, Anchorman, Night At The Roxbury, Corky Romano, Godzilla, Star Wars.... (episodes I, II, III, IV, V, and VI), all the Star Trek movies, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, The Rundown, Pitch Black, Chronicles Of Riddick, Spiderman movies, Tombstone (where's Wyatt?...... Down by the river, walkin on water!), Triple X, Bulletproof Monk, Van Helsing, Dawn Of The Dead, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, X-Men movies, Elizabethtown, Scream, Starsky and Hutch, Pearl harbor, Passion Of The Christ, Point Break, Sleepless In Seattle (shut up), The Matrix movies, and many, many more....

Television:

LOST!!!

Books:

Song Of solomon, Psalms, Purpose Driven Church, anything Star Wars, the Bible, Five Love Languages, The Hobbit, Lord Of The Rings, anything by Clives S. Lewis, anything by Isaac Asimov, Jesus Freaks (both volumes)

Heroes:

Mi Salvador, Michael Cole my pastor, Batman, the Apostle Paul for taking the faith to the Gentiles..... which would 2000 years later lead to me

My Blog

Prediction 08....

I've finally decided...  I am voting for the McCain - Palin ticket.  I will be voting this way for one reason alone:  Barack Obama supports the idea of harvesting human embryos (with co...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:09:00 PST

Who’s running the show?

So I’m really kind of torn on the whole political arena at the moment.  I’m also very curious as to what exactly our government is.  Do we follow the persons that we elect to off...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:05:00 PST

Elizabeth Madison...

When I heard the news that I was going to be a father, I was overwhelmed and overjoyed.  When I found out that you are a little lady, I was at a loss for words.  I prayed to God that you wou...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:42:00 PST

My Blood Cries...

It's like finding the greatest fix in the world when you find yourself walking in the footsteps you've been designed to walk in.  It's like walking through an apple grove and the scent of the fru...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:58:00 PST

Love And Marriage...

I'm getting married.  I wish I could find the words to paint the picture of how wonderful it feels to have become "the one" for someone.  One might as well try and describe that amazing rush...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:11:00 PST

I Don't Care Who Ya Are.... Thats Funny Right There!

An atheist was walking through the woods. "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What beautiful animals!" he said to himself. As he was walking alongside the river he heard a rustling in the bush...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:16:00 PST

When you know..... you just know.....

I wish I had the words to express just how wonderful things have been lately. The more I sit and try to think of how to describe the moments that have transpired, the more I realize just how indescri...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:19:00 PST

The PRE-blog.....

So much is going on in life right now.  I'm completely amazed at how these pieces of the intricate puzzle that is my life are fitting together.  I'm in awe.  I've been doing alot of ref...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Mon, 15 May 2006 12:08:00 PST

Captivated..... (something from last year)

You are a butterfly You flutter around so elegantly in my thoughts Swaying with the wind in an entrancing dance Lighting on my eyelids to kiss me As a gentle breeze would kiss me And shall I kiss...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Wed, 03 May 2006 05:36:00 PST

Dating vs Courting - personal commentary following

What Does a Biblical Relationship Look Like? by Scott Croft   Given this biblical theology of sex and marriage [presented in Sex and the Supremacy of Christ], what does a healthy...
Posted by Gary and Mars on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:15:00 PST