December 2009
25 posts
More Than Enough
I’ve been trudging through 2 Kings for a while. Most of it is about stupid kings who won’t lead their people in Godly ways, and end up paying for it big time, over and over again. But then there’s this guy named Elisha who is just phenomenal. The saying is “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”, but I think it should say “hell hath no fury like a prophet...
“I was born, I was born to sing for you
I didn’t have a choice but to lift...”
– ~Excerpt from “Magnificent”, by U2
Words of Wisdom from John Steinbeck
I’m plowing through Steinbeck’s memoir, Travels With Charley, and have found some words of wisdom along the way.
“How can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?”
“A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ.”
The first one reminds me of the C.S. Lewis passage I posted a few days ago. The...
Concerning "The Troughs"
The Screwtape Letters takes all of the big fat difficult questions about the Bible that Christians and non-Christians struggle with, and actually answers those questions quite clearly. For me, Chapter VIII is the most important part of the book. This passage obviously addresses the questions “Why did God give us free will?”, “Why should I obey God?”, and “Why does...
“Chapter VIII
MY DEAR WORMWOOD,
So you “have great hopes that the...”
– Chapter VIII of The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis.
For my friends at "The River"
This is for anyone who has listened to Rob at The River speak…
Today was a bad day at work. I was very scatterbrained and was having tons of issues with getting information from my patients and remembering the order of things that I had to do. To make it worse, all the cases were complicated.
My doctor said to me, “feel comforted that all your patients are having just as many...
Fantastic Photographs...I have a thing about angel... →
Pastor Bob chewed my butt off...
**See the posts below about my “forgiveness” project I started last week.
He probably didn’t know it, but Pastor Bob chewed my butt off in church today. Of course, right when I needed, I get sermoned at about forgiveness. I don’t have the key scripture passages with me to quote right now, but I still remember the main point of the sermon. He didn’t get so much...
Make It Real--Personal Growth Project,...
My Sunday school class is working on change. We have an outline that we are following to help us change an aspect of our life that is not good. My issue is holding back forgiveness. Here we go…
HEAT: I what situations does this struggle most often reveal itself?
When the people I think I am closest to intentionally hurt me for their own gain.
THORNS: How do you respond when the heat...
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“Forgiveness” by Collective Soul
With...
***Even the Mayo Clinic has something to say about... →
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Jesus seems to have a lot to say about...
“Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed...
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate...”
– Jesus, Matthew 5: 43-48
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Once again God/Jesus tells us to not act/appear like the world. I have only recently understood how important that is to God. No one is going to think that being a Christian is worth anything, if Christians just look like everyone else—act as...
“…And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not...”
– Jesus, Matthew 6: 12-15.
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It’s too bad everyone stops after the Amen. The last part is the most important part of the message, I think. It’s the hardest part to swallow. The first part is just asking for stuff. It’s easy to ask for stuff. It’s hard...
Nice site
Nice to see that you’ve joined the blogosphere :-) I’ve kept one for about 5 years over at www.xanga.com/thedubbs (not a sales pitch…well, kinda…).
“If I stand” is one of my all-time favorite songs. Rich Mullins, along with CS Lewis, John Piper and Derek Webb, is one of the people who I turn to time and again to “keep me sane” and help regain...
Some Gushing About Rich Mullins and C.S. Lewis...
Andrea,
I’m so not surprised that you appreciate Rich Mullins. I don’t own a lot of his music, but I adore what I have. When I saw your url, my first thought was for that song. And yes! Angels are warriors! I can’t stand chubby-rosy infant depictions! I’d never seen those images of Michael before. Absolutely awesome.
-Amanda
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Refreshing!
Andrea,
This is so cool (and refreshing)! I completely “stand” behind your vision of angels…particularly archangels.
“Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, ‘Are you for us or for our enemies?’
‘Neither,’ he replied, ‘but as...
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Welcome to the internet (it's about time)
Hi Andrea
Welcome to the wide world of the internet. We’re glad you’re here!
—Batman
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