tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192285922024-03-19T08:00:48.065-05:00The View from the RidgeConnections: How the world looks from here . . .Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.comBlogger357125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-76328980657894579032011-12-12T08:17:00.000-06:002011-12-12T08:17:38.793-06:00Heart Issues<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z7_hKRSap3iGjtw9N3u6H2oAB52pHKUPMHGyRiwxinvGrEs9vLHzKRPc_grMVNIPpGcVBuljbHi9glHbQq1KeJF_119qSmGWTA2A3KtlwZ054hKadqz5N6SNtM6xiTAe5bOL/s1600/heart-hands.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4z7_hKRSap3iGjtw9N3u6H2oAB52pHKUPMHGyRiwxinvGrEs9vLHzKRPc_grMVNIPpGcVBuljbHi9glHbQq1KeJF_119qSmGWTA2A3KtlwZ054hKadqz5N6SNtM6xiTAe5bOL/s200/heart-hands.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"> In a short story I wrote, I said this:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Can we allow within ourselves some force that is greater than we are, something that might cause us to fall headlong into it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We find it easy to give love when we want to—but can we bear to be loved? </i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">The thing is, we give all we want to—or not—and maybe that’s because we perceive that we are in control. It is harder to receive love as a gift and allow it to draw us into it, to relinquish our control. To love and be loved is the greatest human need, so it’s a paradox, in a way, that we resist it so.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">At our church’s last Bible study session for this fall, our pastor, Dr. K, led a discussion in which we all agreed that love is the most important response of the human heart to God. By nature, God is love. He draws us in to participate in his nature, in his love, to be honest in our feelings, to allow ourselves to be broken—and healed. Love enables us to be who we are, in him.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">Dr. K said God primarily makes himself known by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">word—</i>“thus saith the Lord.” Our response, too, comes by <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">word</i>.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+4&version=NIV">Proverbs 4:20-23</a> says </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; margin-left: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">… pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart, for they are life to those who find them and health to a (person’s) whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">And <a href="http://www.utmost.org/">Oswald Chambers</a> says, When love or the Spirit of God comes upon a person, he is transformed. He will then no longer insist on maintaining his individuality. …. Once your rights to yourself are surrendered to God, your true personal nature begins responding to God immediately. Jesus Christ brings freedom to your total person, and even your individuality is transformed. The transformation is brought about by love— personal devotion to Jesus. Love is the overflowing result of one person in true fellowship with another.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">And you are freed and transformed to be who you truly are. What all this means to me is that my response to the issues of my heart determines the course of my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I borrowed the picture from <a href="http://lookatmyhappyrainbow.com/heart/" target="_blank">this site.</a></span>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-2518378000541644552011-09-08T12:46:00.001-05:002011-09-08T12:47:15.230-05:00Truth--"Tell It Slant"<i><span style="font-style: normal;">Here’s a great poem by Emily Dickinson about truth. </span></i><br />
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<i>Tell it Slant </i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tell all the Truth but tell it slant —<br />
Success in Circuit lies;<br />
Too bright for mind's infirm intent, <br />
The Truth's superb surprise.</i><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">As Lightning to the Children eased,<br />
With explanation kind;<br />
The Truth must dazzle gradually,<br />
Or every man be blind. </i><br />
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To tell the truth “slant” is, I believe, the most effective way to do it. If you just go up to somebody and say “Hey—God loves you!” that person is apt to go suddenly wide-eyed, turn on his/her heel, and get away from you quickly. <br />
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In fact, I remember a similar situation when I was a freshman at the University of Texas in Austin many years ago. Simply being there was a culture shock, since the freshman class was comprised of about a thousand people more than my entire home town. Contributing to the spinning of my head was the fact that professors were slinging truth and half-truth and not-truth at me as fast as they could talk. I was dizzy trying to figure out which was which.<br />
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One beautiful day in October or November, a student stopped me on the sidewalk as I was on my way to class, deep in agonized thought. He said, “Have you had the wonderful experience of asking Jesus Christ into your life?” <br />
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I was completely bamboozled, not to mention shocked, and said, “Yes.” I walked on. People didn’t do that kind of thing so directly where I came from, and I could hardly believe anybody would do it. My home town was a lovely, nurturing place to grow up, full of loving people. But most of them were shy about directly discussing God, for some reason. It was the time, I suppose. People don’t seem to be that way so much now, and I’m glad.<br />
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So what is the best way to present the truth about God’s love to people? How do we “tell it slant” in a way that makes people listen? It's a delicate and difficult question. I’m going to think about it and write more about it soon.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*I borrowed the picture <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_998863031">from this site.</a></span><a href="http://geoffreywebb.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/the-7-elements-of-surprise/"> </a>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-9366746982155343232011-08-22T18:05:00.001-05:002011-08-22T18:06:15.848-05:00A Moveable Feast<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pmhUdgL2zivWymdJZu9SrQio16b0XEBuU1NhxNFUuzKZl_zf6otMFQpsNcCUBwR03W4SE9wDYpq9HL89cAajmuxaDgkWSrE42VS1m5grIBR_fp8QvgDm9lhF7_uX4OE6QR1W/s1600/moveable-feast2-704x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pmhUdgL2zivWymdJZu9SrQio16b0XEBuU1NhxNFUuzKZl_zf6otMFQpsNcCUBwR03W4SE9wDYpq9HL89cAajmuxaDgkWSrE42VS1m5grIBR_fp8QvgDm9lhF7_uX4OE6QR1W/s320/moveable-feast2-704x1024.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">I just read somewhere that Good Friday is “a moveable feast.” Hmmm, I said. What does that mean? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ernest Hemingway wrote a novel called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Moveable Feast</i>, which is a collection of memoirs about his years in Paris. Someone wrote that Paris is “a moveable feast.” Somehow, though, I don’t think it is a moveable feast in the same sense as Good Friday. Maybe Hemingway moved around Paris feasting on…things.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">When I looked it up, Wikipedia said a moveable feast is a holiday whose date varies, depending on different things—as opposed to a “fixed feast” like Christmas, always December 25. The date for Good Friday, it said, depends on the date of Easter, which is also a moveable feast. According to FashionGets.com, </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Easter is considered to be a moveable date because the first council of Nicaea in 325 AD declared it to be the Sunday after the full moon after the vernal equinox. It was then changed by the Gregorian calendar in 1582. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">That information was not quite confusing enough for me, so I also considered this mind-boggling erudition, found <a href="http://almanac.oremus.org/easter/bradley.html">here</a>: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The tables which appear here and, in more detail, in the </i><cite><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-style: normal;">Book of Common Prayer</span></cite><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> can be used to determine the date of Easter. These tables were compiled by the then Astronomer Royal, the Revd James Bradley (1673–1762) for the Calendar Act 1750 (by which the Gregorian Calendar was adopted in Britain), and the effect of them is mathematically identical to the more complicated tables devised in 1582 for Pope Gregory XIII’s reform.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In another sense, a website called <a href="http://www.mfeast.org/">“Moveable Feast”</a> is about an organization in Baltimore that delivers healthy meals, groceries, and nutrition counseling to people who suffer from AIDS. There’s a similar organization with this title in Lexington, Kentucky.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Oh, dear. What to do with all that? The thing is, a moveable feast changes around, whereas a fixed feast does not. The title has an important ring to it. Of course, we don’t call holidays “feasts” in America these days, although we often do feast on holidays. I like thinking of Easter and Christmas as feasts of love and sharing. And I like thinking of a group whose purpose is to nourish people with AIDS—a feast of feeding, loving, giving.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The picture comes from <a href="http://blog.lemuriabooks.com/2011/03/the-paris-wife-by-paula-mclain/">Lemuria Books’</a> website.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I think maybe I have ADHD this summer. I have gotten only halfway through the very good book I’ve been reading for the past month. Usually, I would have finished it and almost another one by now. My writing projects are on hold because I’m sort of not interested. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What could be wrong with me? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here are a few things I’m considering:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. For sixty days this year, we’ve had horrid weather. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">2. It has been at least 100 degrees, usually 105 or so, for the past few weeks. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">3. As a result, the grass is dead everywhere, and bushes and flowers are wilted. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">4. Everything smells dry and sort of burned. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">5. The stock market has gone crazy and my retirement fund is suffering.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">6. Cantaloupes have not been good this summer, even with sitting on the cabinet for a few days.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I do see a couple of positive signs, however, that tell me there’s hope I’ll recover from this malaise:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">1. The sun is coming up later. That’s good. Maybe autumn will arrive, eventually.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">2. School is about to start. Life will be more on a schedule for a while. We can hear the high school band practicing, several blocks away.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">3. Nectarines are still delicious.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I have figured out why my asparagus ferns are the only plants thriving in our yard this summer.</div><div class="MsoNormal">I learned that the asparagus fern, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Asparagus densiflorus Sprengeri, </span></i></strong><strong><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">is a native of South Africa. No wonder it likes Texas weather now!</span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Picture from <a href="http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=070906-8680&o=plants">http://www.hear.org/starr/images/image/?q=070906-8680&o=plants</a> </div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-26942612345374833792011-07-10T00:24:00.001-05:002011-07-10T00:28:50.082-05:00Leap of Faith<div class="MsoNormal">Here’s a truth.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sometimes you will find that you cannot completely figure out some situation. But you may have a feeling it’s time to do something, regardless. Then is when you have to take a leap of faith.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwInYQ_yqRmjvLlq_6Av79VPq700NGlCFhnA8UXbTIx5TsqjlV2K77odFqwhpkMrvaPKtLNaqJHhQ4Op68djp2mZWS_TIUe5goeux0qLlvGiZ2Uo8HsqF3-KaqCGxLHk5kd1VG/s1600/leap_of_faith.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwInYQ_yqRmjvLlq_6Av79VPq700NGlCFhnA8UXbTIx5TsqjlV2K77odFqwhpkMrvaPKtLNaqJHhQ4Op68djp2mZWS_TIUe5goeux0qLlvGiZ2Uo8HsqF3-KaqCGxLHk5kd1VG/s320/leap_of_faith.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> A leap of faith happens when you just trust God to take care of you, and you don’t worry about what the second step will be. You fling it all out on him and jump into the first step, knowing he will catch you, set you down in the right place, and show you the next steps. Hebrews 11:1 describes it well: "Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">At <a href="http://nickshell1983.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/airborne-from-a-god-nudged-leap-of-faith/">this linked site, </a>Ron Paul, the "Daddy Blogger," writes that </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">"in order to mature in the Christian faith, there are points in our lives where we have no option but to ... trust that God is faithful and will provide. During and after that process, we are left with the option of either publicly praising God or keeping it to ourselves." In these situations, rather than "just leaving us as fools hanging high and dry, God would rather be glorified by providing us what it takes to get through the problem, not around or over it." (The picture is borrowed from this site.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal">I think God loves it when we can take leaps of faith. Going airborne with this kind of faith honors him and shows him our trust. He loves us for it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well….he loves us anyway, already. And we don’t deserve it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Okay, that’s a couple of truths.</div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-45916005135416748812011-05-17T10:05:00.000-05:002011-05-17T10:05:30.076-05:00Maya Angelou: "Just Like Job"<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWkJ7gXH5uqdYBW1p6rb92s7d5JzHyAhsrCVwaF_AualC2fbHNsbMoQPqPqYDJmWSha5iJiWnzKRKQeRC2ni4vrOX4MP9EIarPtsoVGpxxdznV6i5B_DOa1wzLDk2-u9soQWX/s1600/maya1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWkJ7gXH5uqdYBW1p6rb92s7d5JzHyAhsrCVwaF_AualC2fbHNsbMoQPqPqYDJmWSha5iJiWnzKRKQeRC2ni4vrOX4MP9EIarPtsoVGpxxdznV6i5B_DOa1wzLDk2-u9soQWX/s200/maya1.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span>Here’s a marvelous poem by Maya Angelou.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a powerful poet who believes in a powerful God. Way back <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job&version=NIV">when Job lived </a> his people knew God was in charge of the world, and they were glad. He still is. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I'm glad.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just Like Job</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">by Maya Angelou</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My Lord, my Lord,<br />
Long have I cried out to Thee<br />
In the heat of the sun,<br />
The cool of the moon,<br />
My screams searched the heavens for Thee.<br />
My God,<br />
When my blanket was nothing but dew,<br />
Rags and bones<br />
Were all I owned,<br />
I chanted Your name<br />
Just like Job.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Father, Father,<br />
My life give I gladly to Thee<br />
Deep rivers ahead<br />
High mountains above<br />
My soul wants only Your love<br />
But fears gather round like wolves in the dark.<br />
Have You forgotten my name?<br />
O Lord, come to Your child.<br />
O Lord, forget me not.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You said to lean on Your arm<br />
And I’m leaning<br />
You said to trust in Your love<br />
And I’m trusting<br />
You said to call on Your name<br />
And I’m calling<br />
I’m stepping out on Your word.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You said You’d be my protection,<br />
My only and glorious saviour,<br />
My beautiful Rose of Sharon,<br />
And I’m stepping out on Your word.<br />
Joy, joy<br />
Your word.<br />
Joy, joy<br />
The wonderful word of the Son of God.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You said that You would take me to glory<br />
To sit down at the welcome table<br />
Rejoice with my mother in heaven<br />
And I’m stepping out on Your word.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Into the alleys<br />
Into the byways<br />
Into the streets<br />
And the roads<br />
And the highways<br />
Past rumor mongers<br />
And midnight ramblers<br />
Past the liars and the cheaters and the gamblers.<br />
On Your word<br />
On Your word.<br />
On the wonderful word of the Son of God.<br />
I’m stepping out on Your word.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>*Poem borrowed from http://closetsuperhero.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/just-like-job-by-maya-angelou/ </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo borrowed from http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/maya/maya1.htm</b></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-58218819085493249122011-04-29T11:32:00.001-05:002011-04-29T11:34:04.107-05:00British Royal Family<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMKGcQv-_UKNMZp5AowNHIFsHvG2ZSkdUtazcqPEzus3HN7htDHXQSwxDO0ewOm33cmj4qBaUyTvPl9u1jGjGvU6iDxygJYptl8ni9N3iIpSsL_lqXOM5aITZNtQN0G2EGS4w/s1600/william-n-kate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMKGcQv-_UKNMZp5AowNHIFsHvG2ZSkdUtazcqPEzus3HN7htDHXQSwxDO0ewOm33cmj4qBaUyTvPl9u1jGjGvU6iDxygJYptl8ni9N3iIpSsL_lqXOM5aITZNtQN0G2EGS4w/s320/william-n-kate.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> With all the flurry surrounding the marriage today of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton, I’ve been checking out the royal family. (I did not get up at 4:30 a.m. to watch it!)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Some interesting facts that I have read before and forgotten:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The royal family name used to be Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a Germanic name, because of the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert in 1840. In 1917, King George V (grandfather of the present Queen Elizabeth) changed the family name to Windsor; he apparently wanted to get rid of Germanic connections because of Germany’s part in World War I. </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The present Queen Elizabeth’s uncle was Edward VIII, who abdicated his year-long monarchy in 1936. He wanted to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American woman who would have been unacceptable as the wife of a king. My 94-year-old mother remembers hearing that he said, “What kind of monarch would I be without the woman I love?” So he gave it up, and Queen Elizabeth’s father Prince Albert became King George VI. How romantic!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Just for fun, here is Edward’s abdication speech:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">H</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">ISTORIC </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">OYAL SPEECHES AND WRITINGS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The British Monarchy web site [<a href="http://www.royal.gov.u/">http://www.royal.gov.u</a>k]</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial,Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">EDWARD VIII (r. Jan – December 1936)</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial,Bold","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Broadcast after his abdication, 11 December 1936</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">At long last I am able to say a few words of my own. I have never wanted to </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">withhold anything, but until now it has not been constitutionally possible for</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">me to speak.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as King and Emperor, and now that</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I have been succeeded by my brother, The Duke of York, my first words must</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">be to declare my allegiance to him. This I do with all my heart.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the Throne.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">country or the Empire which as Prince of Wales, and lately as King, I have for</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">twenty-five years tried to serve. But you must believe me when I tell you that I</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do without the help and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">support of the woman I love.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And I want you to know that the decision I have made has been mine and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">mine alone. This was a thing I had to judge entirely for myself. The other</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">person most nearly concerned has tried up to the last to persuade me to take</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">a different course. I have made this, the most serious decision of my life, only</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">upon the single thought of what would in the end be best for all.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This decision has been made less difficult to me by the sure knowledge that</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">my brother, with his long training in the public affairs of this country and with</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">his fine qualities, will be able to take my place forthwith, without interruption or</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">injury to the life and progress of the Empire. And he has one matchless</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">blessing, enjoyed by so many of you and not bestowed on me - a happy home</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">with his wife and children.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">During these hard days I have been comforted by Her Majesty my mother and</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">by my family. The Ministers of the Crown, and in particular Mr Baldwin, the</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Prime Minister, have always treated me with full consideration. There has</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">never been any constitutional difference between me and them and between</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">me and Parliament. Bred in the constitutional tradition by my father, I should</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">never have allowed any such issue to arise.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ever since I was Prince of Wales, and later on when I occupied the Throne, I</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">have been treated with the greatest kindness by all classes of the people,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">wherever I have lived or journeyed throughout the Empire. For that I am very</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">grateful.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I now quit altogether public affairs, and I lay down my burden. It may be some</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">time before I return to my native land, but I shall always follow the fortunes of</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the British race and Empire with profound interest, and if at any time in the</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">future I can be found of service to His Majesty in a private station I shall not</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">fail.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">II</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">H</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">ISTORIC </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">R</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Bold","serif"; font-size: 9.5pt;">OYAL SPEECHES AND WRITINGS</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "TimesNewRoman,Italic","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">The British Monarchy web site [http://www.royal.gov.uk]</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And now we all have a new King. I wish him, and you, his people, happiness</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">and prosperity with all my heart. God bless you all. God Save The King.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*I borrowed the picture of William and Kate from this site: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/04/prince-william-kate-kiss-twice-royal-wedding.html%20%20%20">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/04/prince-william-kate-kiss-twice-royal-wedding.html </a></span></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-35528676218059728332011-04-07T20:40:00.000-05:002011-04-07T20:40:04.082-05:00Worship<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWcT_esloVhf833pfoFkqcWDiJsspJDDcSixiHU1O7fYkjuyeqjtR63qOCaLVm4tYd-cQPd8twkV1ChyWOPybQRV9wxdmTpyfZvfUmsemBoLxT99B7m2Ag5EoZwzyE0LAH0NC/s1600/romans12_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWcT_esloVhf833pfoFkqcWDiJsspJDDcSixiHU1O7fYkjuyeqjtR63qOCaLVm4tYd-cQPd8twkV1ChyWOPybQRV9wxdmTpyfZvfUmsemBoLxT99B7m2Ag5EoZwzyE0LAH0NC/s400/romans12_1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s been a long time since we did a word study here on “Connections.” <span> </span>I believe one is now in order.<span> </span>Here is the word for the day: <i>worship</i>.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote this: “A person will worship something, have no doubt about it. That which dominates our imaginations and our thoughts will determine our lives and our character. Therefore, it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we worship we are becoming.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">According to <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/">Dictionary.com</a> (the Thesaurus part), <i>worship</i> (as a verb) means to honor or glorify. Some synonyms are <span> </span>admire, adore, bow down to, celebrate, chant, deify, dote on, esteem, exalt, extol, idolize, laud, love, magnify, offer prayers to, pay homage to, praise, pray to, put on a pedestal, respect, revere, reverence, sanctify, sing, sing praises to, venerate.<span> </span>In other words, it means not only a brief act of celebration, but also a constant state of adulation.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Emerson also wrote this: “A man is what he thinks about all day long.” When Emerson wrote this, he didn’t just mean men, of course.<span> </span>What we spend the biggest part of our time and money on is our most important priority. <span> </span>That is what we think about most. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">God wants our every thought. He wants to be closer to us than our breath, part of our blood and bones and mind. <span> </span>He wants us to dote on him, to respect, esteem, and revere him, to seek his guidance in everything. He wants us to desire for our lives to glorify him.<span> </span><i>That</i> is worship.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*I borrowed the picture from this site: <a href="http://godwordistruth.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/what-kind-of-worship-god-desires-from-his-people/%20%20">http://godwordistruth.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/what-kind-of-worship-god-desires-from-his-people/ </a></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-80809212857344577162011-03-17T22:46:00.000-05:002011-03-17T22:46:24.161-05:00The Season of Lent 2011<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-p-6fz7Suer4lMR-p5J7nb4-x9ycvSk7ujRMC29MGJKRN5dBZeW46xNRbaizJ_8za85wvXU4beVM7FEb3DEyc0XUBR-WHYnPwdbU5uXbsbKfxRzLZhDeWL4mhA901xjl34SF/s1600/lent2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-p-6fz7Suer4lMR-p5J7nb4-x9ycvSk7ujRMC29MGJKRN5dBZeW46xNRbaizJ_8za85wvXU4beVM7FEb3DEyc0XUBR-WHYnPwdbU5uXbsbKfxRzLZhDeWL4mhA901xjl34SF/s200/lent2010.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a significant time for Christians—Lent, or the Lenten season. Many Christians aren’t really sure what that is because their particular church denominations don’t observe Lent. I myself grew up in the Baptist church, and Baptists don’t officially observe Lent. I learned about it when I became a Methodist about forty years ago, and Methodists do observe Lent.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Lenten season came to mean a great deal to me ever since I turned into a real live Christian 17 years ago. On Ash Wednesday in the Methodist church, we had a special service in which the pastor put the sign of the cross on each person’s forehead in ashes and said something like “From dust you came and to dust you will return.” </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The ashes were created when he burned a few palm leaves. The palm is significant because of the people of Jerusalem waving palm branches and shouting "Hosanna" as Jesus rode into the city on a donkey colt just before he was crucified. "Hosanna" means something like "save us." </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">During Lent, it’s customary to fast or give up something meaningful so the deliberate act of sacrifice will help focus the mind and spirit on Jesus Christ—to know him more intimately and to love him more fully, to be repentant of wrongs we’ve committed, and to accept his forgiveness.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This year, I left the Methodist church and rejoined the Baptist church for a number of reasons, and I feel very much at home there. I thought I would miss celebrating Lent. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But our Baptist pastor talked about it in a way that touched me. He said his family decided to give up television in the evenings so they can spend the time talking and focusing on Christ instead of watching TV like couch potatoes. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Something happens in your heart, he said, when you voluntarily give up something. “Discipline develops through sacrifice. Obstacles become opportunities and problems become priceless,” he said. It’s a calling, bringing us into the presence of God, and this calling is personal and individual.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Last year, I gave up desserts. But this year, I’ve been reading <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2058:6-14&version=NIV">Isaiah 58:6-14</a>. The true fasting, God says, is feeding the hungry, helping the needy, seeing that justice is done. In other words, what he wants is my whole heart, my entire way of looking at everything. I’m looking for some opportunities to serve him in these ways, which involve serving his people whom he loves with an amazing and precious love.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here are some previous blog entries I did about Ash Wednesday, in case you are interested! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2006/03/ash-wednesday.html">Ash Wednesday 2006</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2007/02/ash-wednesday-2007.html">Ash Wednesday 2007</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/ash-wednesday-2010.html">Ash Wednesday 2010</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: blue;">*I borrowed the picture from this site: </span><a href="http://www.reddingtlc.org/%20%20" style="color: blue;">http://www.reddingtlc.org/ </a></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-18508268970444819902011-02-21T22:32:00.000-06:002011-02-21T22:32:42.870-06:00Baptist Birthday Club 1950<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH7WkYdi9p43yikXJB1DNXlRBRPEHynDqMd-SNf-nO0n3wN6RxX4Hm_CU1VQYdwRDxxAN1s5O25XbGA72icyGyNjCNItIKztHQw9a5KcXf6hYH_CwKtwEXe8dnwwaEZAw6eCv/s1600/1950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnH7WkYdi9p43yikXJB1DNXlRBRPEHynDqMd-SNf-nO0n3wN6RxX4Hm_CU1VQYdwRDxxAN1s5O25XbGA72icyGyNjCNItIKztHQw9a5KcXf6hYH_CwKtwEXe8dnwwaEZAw6eCv/s320/1950.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">As I was rummaging around through my 94-year-old mother’s boxes of paper stuff from years ago, I found a 1950 yearbook of the “Double Octet Anniversary Club.” My mother was secretary of the Baptist Birthday Club during the early 1990s, and someone sent this 1950 yearbook to them.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Some of the Club’s “By Laws” are rules we all might consider following:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>1. That we elect our members by secret ballot, and it must be unanimous.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>2. The members are to be Baptist. <span> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>3. That we either elect new members or change the name of the club. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>4. That we always bring some change to do our part on any expense we might have. Be prepared to pay our part on the meal or to help with flowers or any other expense of the club.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>5. That during these high prices, the ones helping on the meat pay sixty cents.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>6. The club meet at the time most convenient for the hostess. Noon meal or evening meal. Any day of the week.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>7. That club members be considerate of the hostess and not plan to attend other things soon after the meal. Also the hostess notify members four days ahead, if possible.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>8. That the hostess may invite as many guests a she likes if she herself prepares the extra dishes needed for the meal.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>9. That we have a social hour after the business meeting with some planned entertainment.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>10. That the dishes be left alone during the club meeting and each one take her dish home dirty.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>11. When we receive a new member the Secretary read the By Laws.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>12. That we give a birthday gift each time, and every one contribute ten cents.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>13. That the Secretary or reporter not report the resignation of members.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I believe they tried to be considerate and respectful of each person’s feelings, a thing that is missing in many settings today. <span> </span>I like the rule about contributing sixty cents for meat; would that meat cost so little now!<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But especially appealing is the idea of leaving dirty dishes alone. <span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*I borrowed the picture from www.simihistory.com.</i></span> </span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-58845788131803186842011-01-25T12:31:00.001-06:002011-01-25T12:32:31.185-06:00Love God--Love Others<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSuVfsnm0wNE0bsC2s2nr_jfLeto2iaI3DNfqVZwn46JhVmxsDeMD2DKFDdTcAWHur31quUrs6OuL2aT1gZWzPOF6UShYfoBqtArNTsQ5KkU1dV1w9xOCQEAYxgSP6Ru8naia/s1600/loveothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSuVfsnm0wNE0bsC2s2nr_jfLeto2iaI3DNfqVZwn46JhVmxsDeMD2DKFDdTcAWHur31quUrs6OuL2aT1gZWzPOF6UShYfoBqtArNTsQ5KkU1dV1w9xOCQEAYxgSP6Ru8naia/s320/loveothers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Our culture insists we should love ourselves, make time for ourselves, do something for “me” for a change. This state of mind is supposed to lead to a stronger self-image. A book by Robin Meade, published in 2009, is entitled <i><a href="http://articles.cnn.com/2009-09-09/us/meade.excerpt.hln_1_ew-ay-breath?_s=PM:US">Morning Sunshine!</a> How to Radiate Confidence and Feel It Too.</i> In preparation for writing this book, I remember seeing that she was soliciting suggestions for “what you do to gain self-confidence.” (I have not read this book and am not likely to.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The more we concentrate on ourselves, the more self-absorbed and selfish we become, and our true self-confidence gets shaky. I remember as a self-conscious teenager, for a time I thought people were constantly judging me, staring at me, talking about me. Some wise person—I’ve forgotten who—told me other people were too busy worrying about themselves to worry about me. That thought helped me gain a little better perspective.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The more we are concerned about other people, their needs and longings, the less we worry about ourselves. The more we give ourselves away to God and to serving other people, the stronger and more free we are.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here’s a little story in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10&version=NIV">Luke 10:</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">“What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">“You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’ </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"> “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.” </span></i><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The two most important commandments, according to Jesus, are to love God and other people. Nowhere does it say “love yourself and worry about your self-confidence.” It says to give yourself away and you’ll find life—a sort of paradox. It’s funny how much paradox is all around us even when we aren’t aware of it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">**I borrowed the picture of the God billboard from</span><a href="http://www.st-bonaventure.ca/blog/index.php?paged=2" style="color: blue;"> this linked site.</a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-71906010374303698222011-01-13T21:07:00.000-06:002011-01-13T21:07:40.420-06:00Contemplation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXilEaycleJgdHUvEtsTbPDRzG7xbQ_6GdCLSIMZx1Wq54DJoR9KjTd3ENgxTIrmzEccXorQ3-uv0x_cEIkJI_AbZTEtSBzvgWD-un5qG68SLHHD_ocg8Gy6-OIIkQvWuFma9/s1600/DSCN2119.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXilEaycleJgdHUvEtsTbPDRzG7xbQ_6GdCLSIMZx1Wq54DJoR9KjTd3ENgxTIrmzEccXorQ3-uv0x_cEIkJI_AbZTEtSBzvgWD-un5qG68SLHHD_ocg8Gy6-OIIkQvWuFma9/s320/DSCN2119.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Ah, yes. It is lovely to contemplate the sky, especially with a much-loved two-year-old.<br />
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Two-year-olds can find elephants and rabbits in clouds sooner than they can see thunderstorms or snow. And usually, it is hard to get them to sit this still for very long.Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-81881086364718078332011-01-05T09:49:00.000-06:002011-01-05T09:49:35.207-06:00Here Is a Truth<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal">Here is a truth:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Things will not necessarily turn out the way you think they will. Perhaps it is true that they often will be different from what you expect.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">However! If your trust is in God’s control, you’ll realize that he is in charge of the steering wheel, and you are along for the ride as a trusting passenger. If this is the case, you can sit back and enjoy the ride. The trip will be much more fulfilling and richer in every way than if you had planned it yourself. The bumps and dangerous curves in the road won’t be nearly so bad because he is in control. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Amen! He has plans! </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-3918080570886133232010-12-09T21:20:00.000-06:002010-12-09T21:20:35.520-06:00Expensive Lessons: It's Only Money, Part 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YsuZc0G_Jv0ijsChd-ezGR97eF6tbOiTQ9WPKn0oFlpE61b3hJZLi8Dni6K4RbnQaP8VFlkq6tvoiC3KfNFrIIiAuKOyQrgB-y-pdQOjeuHPAXdybF3uberZ5xy_I8co-pJI/s1600/disgustgraycat.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="487" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YsuZc0G_Jv0ijsChd-ezGR97eF6tbOiTQ9WPKn0oFlpE61b3hJZLi8Dni6K4RbnQaP8VFlkq6tvoiC3KfNFrIIiAuKOyQrgB-y-pdQOjeuHPAXdybF3uberZ5xy_I8co-pJI/s200/disgustgraycat.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">(<i>In case you missed it, here is <a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/expensive-lessons-its-only-money.html" linkindex="488">Part 1 of this series</a>.<span> </span>In order to reach the full effectiveness of these lessons, you must study each part.)</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Part 2 further presents valuable expensive lessons learned, this time exploring money spent as a consequence of an unavoidable mistake.<span> </span>Well, all right. This mistake was not unavoidable. But once it was made, there was no other way around it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Lesson 1: <span> </span></b>When I take my granddaughter and her friend to the nearby larger city for lunch out at the mall and an afternoon Christmas concert, I will be in for a great deal of trouble if I lock my keys in the car at the mall parking lot.<span> </span>My consequences are sure to be more serious, then, if I do not realize this has happened until much later.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Remedy: </b><span> </span>I could try to remain clear-minded while transferring important things from my purse to a lighter bag. Specifically, I might run through a mental list of “important things” that should make it into the lighter bag, including car keys.<span> </span>If I am not able to handle a mental list, perhaps I should write down this list and keep it in a handy place in my car.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Lesson 2:<span> </span></b>There are consequences; a chain of cause and effect can be spontaneously triggered. When we are almost to the car, thirty minutes before the Christmas concert is to begin, I will probably experience stress when I suddenly realize the keys are not in the lighter bag hanging on my arm. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Remedy: </b>Fortunately, my friend could take us to the concert, leaving the locked-up keys for later solution. Note that this is not actually a remedy, but a temporary action, a postponement.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Lesson 3</b>: However, because the keys are in the locked-in purse, we would suffer additional stress when we remember that the concert tickets are also not accessible, since they would be in the same purse as the keys. Stress stimulates the flow of adrenalin and causes the heart to pound.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Remedy: </b>Quick thought and action are required in such a situation. The pounding heart and flowing adrenalin can either facilitate rapid thought and action or hinder it. If<span> </span>I do indeed have my credit card, I will be able to buy three new tickets at the door, for an additional $35, from a sympathetic ticket lady. Perhaps I will even make it to a seat just before the concert begins.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Lesson 4: </b>Once the two-hour concert is over and we have discussed its merits and beauty, we will once again have to face the reality of the locked car across town in the mall parking lot. It will not go away on its own.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Remedy: </b>If I am doggedly persistent, I can eventually find a locksmith who works on Saturday evening. He will probably have very little trouble<span> </span>opening the car door. Then I will be able to open my purse and write him a check for--you guessed it--a fee of $35. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Conclusion:</b> Obviously, in Part 2 we have learned not to make the mistake of locking car keys in cars. This cause-and-effect chain can teach me to be more watchful of such small but important items like car keys. I will perhaps learn that I cannot let down my guard on myself, even in the season of joy and giving.<span> </span>I had best keep a wary eye.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: purple;">**This disgusted kitty picture was borrowed from sarpysam.com: "Thoughts from the Middle of Nowhere." </span></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-29811041183959124802010-11-19T21:26:00.002-06:002010-11-19T21:30:24.438-06:00Peace<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtvrakW30r4X1nBwkq2OWJzX8HztZNG1dIiYy5MdTJeB-Ewz6iNoQ_vR2CqQHN9_FqiEf1oLtQq0wZ271QgWnMuWxnevciBxxWqsVOzQnbCbH7GQnRhxE9eHoKfxHCDpbtJiC/s1600/brisas-peace-sign-by-erika.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="19" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtvrakW30r4X1nBwkq2OWJzX8HztZNG1dIiYy5MdTJeB-Ewz6iNoQ_vR2CqQHN9_FqiEf1oLtQq0wZ271QgWnMuWxnevciBxxWqsVOzQnbCbH7GQnRhxE9eHoKfxHCDpbtJiC/s200/brisas-peace-sign-by-erika.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Everywhere I look now, I see the peace symbol--on purses, shirts, hair ornaments, caps, books, shoes, cars, you name it. When I first noticed this phenomenon, I thought, <i>oh, good grief--here we are back in the sixties with the flower children.</i> </span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">But the more I think about it, the more I realize this is a good thing. Peace is elusive today. You can hardly find a quiet, calm spot, not a physical place, not a quiet moment in your spirit. People long for peace. We are universally wired to need it. Let there be peace signs on every surface, I declare, and let there be tremendous awareness and deep longing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One of my favorite Bible verses is this:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This verse is found in the first chapter of Colossians, verse 17. In this chapter, we see that Paul was writing his letter to the Christians of Colossae, an ancient Greek city, who were said to have confused beliefs. Paul was afraid they would not see the true nature of Jesus. So he wrote a statement of the principles of Christianity to clarify it for them.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This verse is part of Paul’s statement of beliefs--a testimonial prayer for the believer’s life. It proclaims the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the supreme power and love of God, who redeemed us from darkness through Jesus. It means God created the world and everything in it, and that he is in control of it all. His awesome love overcomes chaos in <i>every situation</i>. We can choose to live in his love, in his Spirit, in his peace.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This understanding gives us hope and a sense of security, helps us even when it may appear that our lives are falling apart. Because God is love, I know I can depend on him. I will not be washed over by chaos.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">He makes peace possible.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">**I borrowed this picture of a human peace sign from <a href="http://www.wranglernews.com/2009/05/29/a-symbol-of-peace-2009/" linkindex="20">Wrangler News.</a></span></span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-29955512226988455712010-09-19T20:41:00.000-05:002010-09-19T20:41:40.743-05:00Successful Living<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QBGNl8lvM6zB4P1peT1L6SK5JdbtIKAnYa2OqRBUcnLKq8V9xFe9VmK3P5c1pbIn30cJPVf7XstgSe4jlKj2Eub2b9fClYoKbzHxmunrXb9j2zEI41SFrVjHByF8-VIUVvy5/s1600/liar-pinochio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5QBGNl8lvM6zB4P1peT1L6SK5JdbtIKAnYa2OqRBUcnLKq8V9xFe9VmK3P5c1pbIn30cJPVf7XstgSe4jlKj2Eub2b9fClYoKbzHxmunrXb9j2zEI41SFrVjHByF8-VIUVvy5/s200/liar-pinochio.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The preacher at the church where I visited this morning said some things of value that I want to remember.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">He told about a coach (name escaped me) who gave his son these guidelines for a successful life. Here are his thoughts and my comments:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>1.<span> </span>Be true to yourself.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This thought echoes the scene in Shakespeare’s <i>Hamlet</i><span> </span>when Polonius gives his son Laertes a few words of advice as Laertes leaves to study at the university in Wittenberg: “This above all—to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”<span> </span>(Thanks to <a href="http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2657">Quote DB</a> for reminding me of the exact words.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In other, more modern words, if you will always be true to yourself, you can never be untrue to anyone else. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>2.<span> </span>Help others.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">If you think about it, it usually takes no more than a few minutes to help people. I remember the TV commercial in which a small act of kindness triggers a chain of helping. Each person who gets unexpected aid from a stranger then helps someone else. I have no idea what the commercial’s featured product is, but it’s a neat idea—and it’s true.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>3.<span> </span>Make every day a masterpiece. </i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">If we keep this in mind, we’ll be careful to make every moment count in a meaningful way.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>4.<span> </span>Drink deeply from books, especially the Bible.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I am a definite, unapologetic bookworm.<span> </span>Here are a few blog posts I’ve written about books, in case you are interested:<span> </span><a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2009/11/thoughts-on-reading.html">Thoughts on Reading</a>, <a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2009/11/speaking-of-reading.html">Speaking of Reading…,</a> <a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2006/08/best-books.html">Best Books</a>, and <a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2007/03/books-snicker-snack.html">Books: Snicker-Snack! </a><span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>5.<span> </span>Build shelter for a rainy day.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Yes, it will come. Do not doubt it. Be ready.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>6.<span> </span>Make friendship an art.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I think this one goes hand-in-hand with #2.<span> </span><span> </span>Relationships are everything. The second greatest commandment Jesus gave is “Love others as you love yourself.” Treasure the people you love, and let them know it.<span> </span>Love unconditionally, like God does.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>7.<span> </span>Pray for guidance.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The pastor said, “You will only find meaning in what you were created to do.” So don’t spend your life doing things you hate, living for The Weekend.<span> </span>He added that it is important to respond to God in faith without worrying about how or what. He will take care of those things. Pray to have the courage to do it.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Excellent ideas, all, and worthy of remembering and following.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I borrowed the picture of Pinocchio from heavenawaits.wordpress.com </span></i> </div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-56318180816620694622010-09-11T20:37:00.000-05:002010-09-11T20:37:04.535-05:00Expensive Lessons: It's Only Money<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6HQjeatFlUtwhmi9dtVqc0TTsHXX7n3KR7-Usm5nzep8-QXMida_Hq6hbrhpZ6tuObfZVmVmzcVL8v36tDsRonv4KU4e_LjykCUrCZmvxFnV_qFbERGIeWeUrQmZroNq1TYb/s1600/Cat+Disgust.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6HQjeatFlUtwhmi9dtVqc0TTsHXX7n3KR7-Usm5nzep8-QXMida_Hq6hbrhpZ6tuObfZVmVmzcVL8v36tDsRonv4KU4e_LjykCUrCZmvxFnV_qFbERGIeWeUrQmZroNq1TYb/s200/Cat+Disgust.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>I’ve been learning some expensive lessons lately. Well, let’s hope I’m learning. Here are several lessons I learned just two days ago, along with the remedies I suggested to myself. <br />
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<b>Lesson 1: </b> Bottled water is expensive. The ones that are not labeled are not necessarily the bargain water.<br />
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<b>Remedy:</b> I should take my own water in my handy-dandy insulated bottle. But if I’m in a pinch and can’t or didn’t, I must ask or find the labels/price tags. Or I could consider drinking out of a water fountain. Really, a dollar and a half for a little bottle of water?!<br />
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<b>Lesson 2:</b> Buying a Grow-a-Frog Kit does not actually include the frog itself, but a coupon for the frog, which will be sent when the grandchild submits the coupon. Therefore, there’s no need for me to worry that the frog will die if I do not have it shipped “overnight” for a considerably higher fee. <br />
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<b>Remedy:</b> I might perhaps practice paying attention to instructions and descriptions. Or as a sign I once saw said, “Surprise us all and THINK!”<br />
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<b>Lesson 3</b>: Having copies made at FedEx/Kinko’s can cost me up to about $15.00 by the time I ask their computer to print 12 copies of 2 pages, and then it only completes 8, and I then finish my copying on a plain Kinko’s copier rather than waiting in a slow, long line to complain, because I don’t have time.<br />
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<b>Remedy: </b>The key phrase here is “because I don’t have time.” The remedy is, of course, to be organized and make enough time to do the printing on my own printer at home and then make my copies at a free copy machine I know of.<br />
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You recognize, of course, that these are good remedies for familiar kinds of problems, common at least at my house. The question remains, though, whether I will forgive myself, saying, "Oh, it's only a little money," or watch myself with a wary eye. <br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I borrowed the picture of the disgusted kitty from this site: http://biganklevich.blogspot.com/</span></div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-34139430124595809912010-08-31T10:09:00.002-05:002010-08-31T10:09:49.609-05:00Love Songs: Unchained Melodies<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Is it any wonder? All these marvelous love songs with their unchained melodies were the background music of our lives!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrK5u5W8afc&feature=related">“Unchained Melody”</a> by the Righteous Brothers</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“Only You,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” “The Great Pretender,” all these <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57tK6aQS_H0&NR=1">in one video<span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></a>by The Platters</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4heyqcdJ8&feature=related">Earth Angel</a>”-- the Penguins</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngZh6ZSRoYg">Since I Don’t Have You</a>” by The Skyliners</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl-o5LsYtKU&feature=related">Sixteen Candles</a>” by The Crests</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4xNF9uh8SA&feature=related">There’s a Moon Out Tonight</a>” by The Capris</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">“<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqv5b0UjR4g&feature=related">I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You</a>” by Elvis Presley</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">And especially…. “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBT3oDMCWpI&feature=related">In the Still of the Night</a>” by The Five Satins</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-559264699475649532010-08-27T10:08:00.001-05:002010-08-27T10:19:05.261-05:00Truth: Facing It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV-YGGHyBFvDH6aWEUYgWmV7iwGVe8aVMG7rZAirgiDohGJnn7KBymURudgjNBLf9cnyZKKmngz-sjwBdzgmott_8-VoydW86cGsJKVslNkHsRk-KsDmQ3Fc-x-nyiujcWULR/s1600/judysunglasses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbV-YGGHyBFvDH6aWEUYgWmV7iwGVe8aVMG7rZAirgiDohGJnn7KBymURudgjNBLf9cnyZKKmngz-sjwBdzgmott_8-VoydW86cGsJKVslNkHsRk-KsDmQ3Fc-x-nyiujcWULR/s200/judysunglasses.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The typical living room has an invisible elephant standing in the middle of it, proverbially speaking. People who live in the house carefully skirt around it and try hard to keep from tripping over it. They feed it and keep it quiet.<br />
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In today’s entry of <a href="http://www.myutmost.org/08/0827.html%20"><i>My Utmost for His Highest,</i></a> Oswald Chambers says, “Continually bring the truth out into actuality; work it out in every domain, or the very light you have will prove a curse.” <br />
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One of the easiest things to do is gloss over truth. It is much more pleasant to pretend problems do not exist than to confront them. Confronting difficult situations can be complex and thorny, not to mention, daunting. <br />
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If we don’t bring out the truth into the daylight and stand on it, things become crazy and shifty. If we let falsehood be in charge of our lives, life becomes, as OC says, full of darkness, shot through with flakinesss and a feeling of instability. Whatever truth remains will be tarnished and shoved around by irony. And that's darkness.<br />
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Truth must be worked into every aspect of our lives. How? We can’t do it alone. Often we are too used to being self-sufficient. If we seek God, he gives us the help we need. In 2008, <a href="http://connectionsgodandtheworld.blogspot.com/2008/05/irony-of-christianity.html">I wrote this</a>:<br />
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He will be found if we want him—if we reach out, cry out, just say the word. Lots of people today (and always) think we can heal ourselves, actualize ourselves, fulfill ourselves. We can’t. People are imperfect; only God is perfect—only he has the answers we need. Love is the only source of healing. And God is the only real source of love; if we feel love, it’s because God put it there as a part of himself. <br />
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God is the ultimate truth. All other truth rests on him. Out with elephants.<br />
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<b style="color: purple;"><i>The picture is me, quietly feeding elephants. </i></b>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-63753786343917788722010-08-21T10:50:00.005-05:002010-08-21T11:07:25.087-05:00Great-Tailed Grackles<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzz24NM4rO4jcxhB2MscqxUnymLKWf43-9ONz_xQNg7jgk6XXilgiFUNtrOtFBF07_BXYnjRbJCWe1_vPXdmkQJ8mJS1pejD4IICv46IGp2One9PKcMdSuE_qaJ6o_HLALe2e/s1600/Great-tailed_Grackle-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKzz24NM4rO4jcxhB2MscqxUnymLKWf43-9ONz_xQNg7jgk6XXilgiFUNtrOtFBF07_BXYnjRbJCWe1_vPXdmkQJ8mJS1pejD4IICv46IGp2One9PKcMdSuE_qaJ6o_HLALe2e/s200/Great-tailed_Grackle-16.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"> I first experienced grackles when I was in college in Austin, TX, many years ago. Their loud whistles and gravelly squawks seemed cute and friendly to me. Click <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great-tailed_Grackle/sounds">this linked site</a> to hear a sample! God has a good sense of humor.<br />
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They made themselves entirely at home, wherever they were. Stalking around in a lordly manner, they obviously felt free to partake of any and all bugs that made the unfortunate decision to remain out in the open.</div><div class="MsoNormal">My family lived a couple of hundred miles farther north, and my home town had nary a grackle. They were citizens of the south. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Then about fifteen years later, I heard that familiar whistle. I rounded up my small children, and we took binoculars to the back yard to find the grackle. There he was, perched at the very top of our neighbor’s tall pine tree, whistling away. From then on, the grackle population has continued to increase, and now they make up a large number of our bird citizenry.</div><div class="MsoNormal">Many people complain about them, but I still find them entertaining and funny—that is, except when they roost in the trees over our driveway and deposit their waste on our cars. A big plastic owl keeps watch, though, and they seem to believe it is real. As long as he guards the place, they find other trees for roosting.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The picture comes from this blog: <a href="http://www.birdperch.com/blog/2007/07/great-tailed-grackles.html">From My Perch: Great-tailed Grackles </a></div><br />
Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-36871317363533925782010-07-27T21:51:00.002-05:002010-07-27T21:58:59.564-05:00Justin Cronin Novels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e7nWDS4ETh4VJRBHFJwLm1kLShecFHITxg4vW_um_NtDdz6aOOAGYyS4h8OFyNT-nFni1HLtzDMKjf_DOfeOHPgxLLYykDvc03J1HpF1AW1-IP9i-oUK-Yjp5tUXdhrvpX5l/s1600/justin-cronin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3e7nWDS4ETh4VJRBHFJwLm1kLShecFHITxg4vW_um_NtDdz6aOOAGYyS4h8OFyNT-nFni1HLtzDMKjf_DOfeOHPgxLLYykDvc03J1HpF1AW1-IP9i-oUK-Yjp5tUXdhrvpX5l/s200/justin-cronin.jpg" width="186" /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Last year, I read two books I dearly loved by Justin Cronin, an author I accidentally discovered. <i><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17234-2004Aug19.html">The Summer Guest</a> </i> (reviewed in this linked site) was the one I read first. The story’s structure and characters and plot are wonderful, realistic and believable. Then I had to scramble around and find his other novel, his first, <i>Mary and O’Neill. </i> They are both about love as the thing most worth living for, not the terrible self-centered kind that we so often see.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The <i>Washington Post</i> review linked above has this to say about <i>The Summer Guest</i>:</div><div class="MsoNormal">"Cronin's unabashed skewing for joy when most authors would spill over into sentiment or only trace the callous missteps of love is brave and bold. <i>The Summer Guest</i> explores love as the binding agent of life, not the factor that pulls it apart." </div><div class="MsoNormal">Since I loved those two novels, I then had to buy Cronin’s latest novel <i>The Passage </i>, because that’s how I operate. What a shock. It is good for the kind of novel it is, but it is nowhere near the same kind or quality of story as <i>Mary and O’Neill </i>and <i>The Summer Guest. (</i>Now I have to admit that my reading preferences are probably different from many people’s.)</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>The Passage</i>, I was surprised to see, is the ultimate vampire story. It is, like the others, beautifully written. The characters have distinct personalities and their lives have realistic, universal concerns with which a reader can identify. It is about 700 pages long; I thrive on big, fat books. The ending leaves things open for a sequel. </div><div class="MsoNormal">Reviewers love the novel and call it the most talked-about novel of the summer. As one<i> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/08/AR2010060804591.html">Washington Post<span style="font-style: normal;"> reviewer</span></a></i> notes, "<i>The Passage</i> is for adults who've been bitten but can't swallow the teenybopper misogyny of Stephenie Meyer's "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/07/AR2008080702528.html">Twilight</a>" series. </div><div class="MsoNormal">I read that the book is already widely read and wildly popular. It was sold to a major movie maker for over three million dollars, and it is expected to be a blockbuster movie. I’m happy about that for Cronin. But I hope that he will someday write some more wonderful literary novels about the human heart in real life struggles, because he does it with supreme skill. And I have a hard time with vampire novels.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*The picture comes from this site: http://enterthepassage.com/author/ </span> </div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-35305309512190242582010-07-11T14:26:00.003-05:002010-07-11T14:26:52.841-05:00Wren's Nest<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CJCALLA%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">I went into the garage one day last spring to take down the long outdoor extension cord for some yard chore. </div><div class="MsoNormal">A tiny wren had built her nest in the center of the cord. I could see her nestled down inside the nest. She had great courage to stay there while I peered at her. </div><div class="MsoNormal">So how could I take down the cord? My work had to wait, of course!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe_bS6njIuIjHS1z_epfOuwxaOHLiJS-IPURV_byrlmG-koN61wvrz0_QxAfFuPDG0b2jzsU3LgCoRfdGcaxyPbG89pvyJ5mOtyDHWSgs25d2KJUuli4vrZ2S285lVS_jq_fr/s1600/P3080329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe_bS6njIuIjHS1z_epfOuwxaOHLiJS-IPURV_byrlmG-koN61wvrz0_QxAfFuPDG0b2jzsU3LgCoRfdGcaxyPbG89pvyJ5mOtyDHWSgs25d2KJUuli4vrZ2S285lVS_jq_fr/s320/P3080329.JPG" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-72898613864922601052010-05-01T22:47:00.000-05:002010-05-01T22:47:58.094-05:00A Butterfly Frenzy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX0P9ahCUAV7hz6wo6tvSeC2h2pT9U5T3C-9d7-GC87ocFwWzA9g4dotGVQHTGg3nqVQb9WWsvI-jRNDP5y7K0_1NetvrJZe5IXuaBeFn9z7L-UhIweZRKNn28aRDi7x0LRzE/s1600/P8200012.JPG" imageanchor="1" linkindex="74" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX0P9ahCUAV7hz6wo6tvSeC2h2pT9U5T3C-9d7-GC87ocFwWzA9g4dotGVQHTGg3nqVQb9WWsvI-jRNDP5y7K0_1NetvrJZe5IXuaBeFn9z7L-UhIweZRKNn28aRDi7x0LRzE/s320/P8200012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>When our neighbors' sage bushes bloomed last year, a whole cloud of these big black and iridescent blue butterflies enveloped them in a frenzy of feeding.<br />
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Another neighbor's yellow kitten was mystified by all the butterflies, and she kept leaping up and trying to capture them. Fortunately, she never succeeded. <br />
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A small swarm of bees joined the butterflies--those big, fat, yellow and black bumblebees. They were just as excited about the flowers as the butterflies were. A mockingbird squawked warnings at the kitten, which apparently was too close to the nest of mockingbird children. She occasionally dive-bombed the kitten, who ignored the bird--too busy with butterflies.<br />
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The underside of the butterflies' wings were blue and black with a curved line of orange spots. An Internet search shows that they are pipevine swallowtails. Here's another picture, showing the outside of the wings, which have a span of about three and a half inches. I took these pictures with my trusty Olympus digital camera. <br />
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Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-36372169053407849912010-04-20T22:04:00.001-05:002010-04-20T22:04:08.412-05:00Sick Person in Need of Help!<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgnLyNz8GnEYxWPCH-Blfm-ZJmM2V0qcrcyafRSalGHKb-fUCZAowo4IU697SZ3X4e9XWYJfT94Llv3fo8RdDBKxaxn-r0h7sipTaXbUW7eoglHhF0cyUCyIlY60jBzXoiOw0/s1600/need_of_help_tshirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="15" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdgnLyNz8GnEYxWPCH-Blfm-ZJmM2V0qcrcyafRSalGHKb-fUCZAowo4IU697SZ3X4e9XWYJfT94Llv3fo8RdDBKxaxn-r0h7sipTaXbUW7eoglHhF0cyUCyIlY60jBzXoiOw0/s200/need_of_help_tshirt.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Too many people look in all the wrong places, trying to find something that will satisfy their needs and longings. Some things we don’t need to bother with can give us good feelings, and we may get deeply connected with some very harmful habits.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But the good feelings don’t last, and that’s because only closeness to God gives that rich, satisfied feeling. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Overindulging in alcohol or drugs or even food, for example, is not a sickness itself, but addiction is--and also a symptom of affliction of the spirit. The real malady is isolation from God, a deeper-than-the-bones soul sickness. He satisfies “more than the richest feast.”</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Psalm 63 says it well—David was in the wilderness, thirsty, lonely and needy:<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">O God, you are my God;<br />
I earnestly search for you.<br />
My soul thirsts for you;<br />
my whole body longs for you<br />
in this parched and weary land<br />
where there is no water.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
I have seen you in your sanctuary<br />
and gazed upon your power and glory.<br />
Your unfailing love is better than life itself;<br />
how I praise you!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
I will praise you as long as I live,<br />
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.<br />
You satisfy me more than the richest feast.<br />
I will praise you with songs of joy.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">I lie awake thinking of you,<br />
meditating on you through the night.<br />
Because you are my helper,<br />
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.<br />
I cling to you;<br />
your strong right hand holds me securely.</div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19228592.post-34818698277701779102010-04-12T08:58:00.002-05:002010-04-12T09:01:36.185-05:00Desmond Tutu, on Goodness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuzklV5N1b3WZ9quRfsw7aY2JyLMB3a2BKy17EPbhXflQF5o8SizyJplv0dm4weouA8_bxT09Kv9Ce87egEKEOc3L9ZXsUbdTXPRy1SFSs2vwtZiUrh0AEdYxm2RQrXX196sw/s1600/tutu.jpg" imageanchor="1" linkindex="19" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbuzklV5N1b3WZ9quRfsw7aY2JyLMB3a2BKy17EPbhXflQF5o8SizyJplv0dm4weouA8_bxT09Kv9Ce87egEKEOc3L9ZXsUbdTXPRy1SFSs2vwtZiUrh0AEdYxm2RQrXX196sw/s200/tutu.jpg" width="142" /><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 12" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"></link><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CHP_ADM%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"></link><style>
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</style> </a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html" linkindex="20">Archbishop Desmond Tutu</a> is a highly respected man, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work against apartheid in Africa, a worker for the helpless, the hungry, the hopeless. He has written a new book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Made-Goodness-This-Makes-Difference/dp/0061706590/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271078623&sr=1-1" linkindex="21">Made for Goodness.</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The April 2 issue of <i>The United Methodist Reporter </i>features<i> </i>an interview with Tutu’s daughter, <a href="http://www.southafricanwomenforwomen.com/2004Mpho.html" linkindex="22">Mpho Tutu</a>, who is herself an Episcopal priest, a woman of distinction who helps the needy; she is the chair emeritus of the board of the Global AIDS Alliance. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the interview, Mary Jacobs asked Ms. Tutu this question: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;">In (his) book, your father says: “We are tuned to the key of goodness. That is not to deny evil; it is to face evil squarely. We can face evil squarely because we know that evil will not have the last word.” Aren’t some people evil? How can we believe that we are all good when we see the horror that humans inflict upon one another? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ms. Tutu answered:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;">He would say that no one is inherently evil . . . . that we are not born as sinners in need of saving; instead we are saints in need of seeing. We need to see who we really are and live into the truth of who we are.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jacobs asked:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;">Not born sinners? Aren’t you contradicting a key statement of Christian faith?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tutu answered:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red;">I would say that we are not so much contradicting it as seeing it differently.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I have to respectfully agree with Ms. Jacobs’ assessment. The Bible clearly says we are all sinners from birth. We all need saving from ourselves. I think Archbishop Tutu is a wonderful man who has known and lived in the righteousness of God for such a long time that perhaps he has forgotten. That is one of the dangers we have to guard against. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We can’t forget that we need help to get out of the pit of self. Otherwise, why did Jesus Christ have to die on the cross?</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The picture comes from this Nobel site:<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html%20%20%20" linkindex="23"> http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1984/tutu-bio.html </a></span> </div>Judy Callarman, Scrabble Has-Beenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07479470085112931111noreply@blogger.com0