Mike Horvath photo from week before Christmas 2024:

I am sure not many really missed my website, but for those who did; I am back and plan on continuing with no further stoppages until the Lord calls me home.

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I hope everyone has a blessed 2025!

Every word you give me is a miracle word— how could I help but obey? Break open your words, let the light shine out, let ordinary people see the meaning. Mouth open and panting, I wanted your commands more than anything. Turn my way, look kindly on me, as you always do to those who personally love you. Steady my steps with your Word of promise so nothing malign gets the better of me. Rescue me from the grip of bad men and women so I can live life your way. Smile on me, your servant; teach me the right way to live. I cry rivers of tears because nobody’s living by your book!

Joy Unspeakable
Words by Barney Elliot Warren, (1900)
Music by Barney Elliot Warren, (1900)
YouTube performance by Faith Life Church in Branson, MO

As you may have noticed this is a new attempt at starting up a freelance software development company. I had previously shutdown the site due to very little traffic on the site and potential financial difficulties with some of my free services causing high monthly expenses. In fact, no customers had downloaded any code or used any of the free services available on the main site. After a while of the site being taken down, I was reminded of this story about Jesus telling his disciples to try again after a long night's failed fishing. This reminder encouraged me to try again.

It is my hope that someone else may also be encouraged to try again!


Later, Jesus appeared once again to a group of his disciples by Lake Galilee. It happened one day while Peter, Thomas (the Twin), Nathanael (from Cana in Galilee), Jacob, John, and two other disciples were all together. Peter told them, “I’m going fishing.” And they all replied, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and fished through the night, but caught nothing.

Then at dawn, Jesus was standing there on the shore, but the disciples didn’t realize that it was him! He called out to them, saying, “Hey guys! Did you catch any fish?”

“Not a thing,” they replied.

Jesus shouted to them, “Throw your net over the starboard side, and you’ll catch some!”

And so they did as he said, and they caught so many fish they couldn’t even pull in the net!
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It’s the Lord!”

When Peter heard him say that, he quickly wrapped his outer garment around him, and because he was athletic, he dove right into the lake to go to Jesus! The other disciples then brought the boat to shore, dragging their catch of fish. They weren’t far from land, only about a hundred meters. And when they got to shore, they noticed a charcoal fire with some roasted fish and bread.

Then Jesus said, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

So Peter waded into the water and helped pull the net to shore. It was full of many large fish, exactly one hundred and fifty-three, but even with so many fish, the net was not torn.

“Come, let’s have some breakfast,” Jesus said to them. And not one of the disciples needed to ask who it was, because every one of them knew it was the Lord. Then Jesus came close to them and served them the bread and the fish. This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after his resurrection.

Brian Simmons, trans., The Passion Translation (BroadStreet Publishing, 2017), Jn 21:1–14.

Mike Horvath, from family photo Christmas 2018:

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