This morning's sermon was from Esther 2. When the pastor read this verse
12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—
and said that it took 12 months of beautifying for the virgins to be ready for the king, I leaned over to Jayne and said, "If they used Mary Kay it would be 2-3 days, 2-3 weeks, or 2-3 months!"
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009
My friend shared a secret to make me look good when I workout at the gym with her. Obviously, I don't life very heavy--I've had back issues and face it I'm just a woose. Anyway, I move the weight to a pretty low setting, but when I finish I move it down to 100 or 120!
OK, you don't have to confess publically, but I'm thinking some of my readers have done that as well!
OK, you don't have to confess publically, but I'm thinking some of my readers have done that as well!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Life
Last night as I went to bed I was flipping channels and stopped on a show that had a many dying. He apparently was a doctor, but had no family. There were two other guys with him who it appeared had been mentored by him. The guy kept commenting about dying alone and how even though he had treated so many people he had a fear of dying and no one would remember that he had been here. One of the other guys held him and said over and over, “You were here, you were here, you were here, . . .” as he finally died.
Granted it was just a tv show, but I thought how sad that he had so much contact with people and yet had no reason to feel he had impacted them at all. What a wasted life!
The only things that last forever: the Word of God and people. What are we doing to invest in them?
Granted it was just a tv show, but I thought how sad that he had so much contact with people and yet had no reason to feel he had impacted them at all. What a wasted life!
The only things that last forever: the Word of God and people. What are we doing to invest in them?
Getting Ready for Sanctity of Life Sunday
OK, two confessions here:
1. I’m not a big fan of pregnant belly photos.
2. The youngest child in me had the thought of inserting the ultrasound picture of my gall stone in the middle of the attached video.
Now that that is over--
In honor of Sanctity of Life Sunday I’m putting these two links out early to set your mind for Sunday.
You must watch I'm Holding a Miracle. I will never foget the awe of a December night when I walked into my parents home and heard six-week old Andrew crying and then saw him and realized the miracle of life.
Be careful the logic of abortion.
1. I’m not a big fan of pregnant belly photos.
2. The youngest child in me had the thought of inserting the ultrasound picture of my gall stone in the middle of the attached video.
Now that that is over--
In honor of Sanctity of Life Sunday I’m putting these two links out early to set your mind for Sunday.
You must watch I'm Holding a Miracle. I will never foget the awe of a December night when I walked into my parents home and heard six-week old Andrew crying and then saw him and realized the miracle of life.
Be careful the logic of abortion.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Thankful Thursday
1. I finally found a reason to like running errands at lunch alone—I get to listen to whatever radio station I want to.
2. NyQuil does wonders to help me get a good night’s sleep even with a cold.
3. My current cohort at CU seems after one class to really be on the ball, and I think I will enjoy the next few weeks.
2. NyQuil does wonders to help me get a good night’s sleep even with a cold.
3. My current cohort at CU seems after one class to really be on the ball, and I think I will enjoy the next few weeks.
She's Not Smarter Than a Fifth Grader
Today I had to call to make an appointment. After scheduling the time the girl asked for my name. The conversation went like this:
Me: Rhoda R-H-O-D-A
Girl: R-O-D-H-A
ME: No, R-H-O-D-A (a bit slower)
GIRL: OK, R-O-H-D-A
ME: R
(a second later)
ME: H
(a second later)
ME: O
(a second later)
ME: D
(a second later)
ME: A
GIRL: (Just laughed)
I’m thinking she wasn’t valedictorian of her cosmetology class!
Me: Rhoda R-H-O-D-A
Girl: R-O-D-H-A
ME: No, R-H-O-D-A (a bit slower)
GIRL: OK, R-O-H-D-A
ME: R
(a second later)
ME: H
(a second later)
ME: O
(a second later)
ME: D
(a second later)
ME: A
GIRL: (Just laughed)
I’m thinking she wasn’t valedictorian of her cosmetology class!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inauguration Day 2009
What a great day to be an American! Before our eyes we saw what Jefferson called “A Peaceful Revolution”.
Just some quick thoughts.
It’s amazing to think of a black President only 40 years after MLK’s I Have A Dream speech. I really can’t fathom how important that is to so many people in our country.
News networks couldn’t keep a streamlined feed to the internet. I never could get Fox’s feed, and I don’t know how many times I heard or saw the Audi commercial on ABC because the feed kept stopping and I’d have to restart.
I love the pageantry of an inauguration.
About 50 people (probably all that are left) in my building gathered around a tv to watch the inauguration. It was interesting to see who clapped when the tv station displayed a message just after noon that Obama was president based on time not on an oath.
I thought Rick Warren had a great prayer. I think Lowery’s prayer was divisive.
For some reason I always like to the outgoing President’s plane leave Andrews AFB and fly off into the wild blue yonder.
It is even more interesting to watch all of the proceedings and see the maps of inauguration events and know that I walked all of that just two years ago. As Renae said, “Walked it over and over and over.”
I must say the idea of being there with the masses of people and tens of thousands of port-a-johns just doesn’t do much for me. I think I like going as a tourist when there aren’t so many people is more appealing. I mean it wouldn’t be bad if there was a driver that took you from the White House to the Capitol door, a seat was reserved on the platform, and you could walk right into the Capitol for a nice lunch after the inauguration, but that’s just not going to happen for me.
Just some quick thoughts.
It’s amazing to think of a black President only 40 years after MLK’s I Have A Dream speech. I really can’t fathom how important that is to so many people in our country.
News networks couldn’t keep a streamlined feed to the internet. I never could get Fox’s feed, and I don’t know how many times I heard or saw the Audi commercial on ABC because the feed kept stopping and I’d have to restart.
I love the pageantry of an inauguration.
About 50 people (probably all that are left) in my building gathered around a tv to watch the inauguration. It was interesting to see who clapped when the tv station displayed a message just after noon that Obama was president based on time not on an oath.
I thought Rick Warren had a great prayer. I think Lowery’s prayer was divisive.
For some reason I always like to the outgoing President’s plane leave Andrews AFB and fly off into the wild blue yonder.
It is even more interesting to watch all of the proceedings and see the maps of inauguration events and know that I walked all of that just two years ago. As Renae said, “Walked it over and over and over.”
I must say the idea of being there with the masses of people and tens of thousands of port-a-johns just doesn’t do much for me. I think I like going as a tourist when there aren’t so many people is more appealing. I mean it wouldn’t be bad if there was a driver that took you from the White House to the Capitol door, a seat was reserved on the platform, and you could walk right into the Capitol for a nice lunch after the inauguration, but that’s just not going to happen for me.
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