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Nathan
- Sunday, December 03, 2006 at 21:51:41 (PST)
ok everybody, quit making jef log onto the loserpage and read your posts. he obviously doesn't want any more contact with us!
bob
- Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at 15:22:32 (PST)
a lot of what ive written begins as true personal feelings until something happens that i dont quite understand. the stream of thought begins to compell itself as i suddenly begin to explore ideas, feelings, thoughts that in everyday "real" life i wouldnt entertain. sometimes this works to great amusement; often it leaves me heartily disliked. i unconsciously move fluidly between what i feel to what an alter-ego (the protagonist of the novel i will never finish) might do or feel.
lately, this week especially, i feel like im going to explode. im living in a pressure cooker. loss of job, truck, girlfriend, friend died, gave up the cabin, etc. upon reflection, much of what i wrote here recently expanded into conversations i wished i could have had with a good number of people over the years, which is to say a healthy portion was misdirected. the fuel of my reaction was the subject of my daughter. i was told that a reading of the canada post left "some people" wondering whether i would take care of my daughter. anyone who has known me for 15 years should understand a priori that any plans i make begin and end with her provision. the only reason i might get stuck in canada is that the plan begins by paying for her upfront before leaving. that, i thought, should be a given. i have a lot of faults, but i deserve the assumption that i will "do the right thing" by her, and that i love her.
the overreaction was also fueled by a sudden sense of betrayal which i admit to, because i hear criticism all the time from people who dont know me, and feel comfortable leaning on my friends for support for my sense of identity and to some degree self-worth. so when i so suddenly receive criticism from those i love the most, especially when i believe it to be unfair, im truly devastated.
i recommend no one ever broach the subject of the authenticity of my love for my daughter again. that is especially unfair when levied by those who have no kids. i really intended to write a fun little sketch about a possible tromp through canada. then i need counseling and dont love my daughter. sorry, i just didnt see that coming.
i apologize for anyone who felt i was personally addressing them. it is curious how so many felt personally attacked, people that didnt have anything to do with any of it, neither named nor involved. in any case, not the first or last time i will be offended or be offensive. thanks for allowing me to stick around. i will try to be more careful with my posts.
anyone want to discuss the baker plan? we can move the discussion to the forum.
jlc
- Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at 15:33:16 (PST)
one last afterthought:
bob: what dog do you have in this fight? suffering from 'piling-on' syndrome?
jlc
- Friday, December 08, 2006 at 04:08:29 (PST)
Please continue to keep me in your prayers for gainfull employment when I get back to Chicago. Also, for self-control. It's something I'm lacking and it's starting to affect my relationships.
Evan
- Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 13:51:18 (PST)
No dogs and no fights as far as I mean. To be more plain, I wanted to say that you seemed to express frustration at people whose good intentions are beyond suspicion, and then you seemed to blame them for your participation in communications that you could do without-- instead of simply ceasing that communication which you stated was unhelpful. All this is of little importance and I apologize for my use of sarcasm in making the latter point. I have no side except that I am a fellow traveller on your side, and I empathize with your struggles inasmuch as I do surely struggle along my own path.
bob
- Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 20:05:46 (PST)
A 2nd-grade girl at our church has a tumor below her brain. They don't know the exent of it yet. Her surgery/ies will be next week. Her initials are S.W. Please pray for her and her family.
Russ W
- Monday, February 05, 2007 at 19:38:16 (PST)
The initial word is that Sophia made it through her surgery in good shape; she is doing well, but they will have another delicate operation around her pituitary gland and optic nerve on Friday. Thank you for praying.
Russ W
- Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 15:40:08 (PST)
Sophia is doing amazingly well after not one, but two surgeries on her brain. Every prayer was heard.
Russ W
- Sunday, February 18, 2007 at 17:53:50 (PST)
I don't know how many of you remember my room mate for my first 2-3 years at ACU, Ed Booker.
Ed's brother Donald died last night. He had some kind of stroke in mid January, went into a coma, and never came out.
Don was a camp counselor of mine in the late '80s. Out of Ed's 3 older brothers (all about 10-15 years older than Ed) Ed had the closest relations with Don. I think Don took Ed under his wing when their parents divorced. Ed was about age 10 or so.
And for what it's worth...Donald was singlehandedly responsible for Larry Killian being at ACU, thus in the fair mother city for years afterward. He helped Larry get off the streets in Houston and into ACU.
Anyway, if anyone wants to write Ed a note, I have his email. Write me: baggetthouse AT gmail dotcom
Baggett
- Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 21:08:50 (PST)
We are having a 24-hour prayer session for Sophia, starting at 6pm MST today (Friday). My own 'shift' will be 1-2 am. She has clots in a main artery to the brain, a potentially devastating situation. Everyone's hopes were so high after her [dangerous, invasive] surgery went so well. Your prayers at any time would be appreciated.
Russ W
- Friday, March 02, 2007 at 11:53:26 (PST)
If you can, say a little prayer for me around 3PM today. I have an interview downtown with a Marketing company. It's no secret that my job hunt here has been dismal, and I'm not getting as many gigs or online tutoring hours as I need to live anywhere close to comfortably. I'd also like to be gainfully employed before I see some of you in Chicago, lest I be razzed mercilously. Thanks for all your love, prayers, and support.
Evan
- Sunday, March 04, 2007 at 22:43:03 (PST)
Evan, you will be razzed mercilessly whether you have a job or not. But yes, do give it the old college try and get that cash flowing.
Russ W
- Monday, March 05, 2007 at 12:09:51 (PST)
So far, so good. Turns out the job I was interviewing for today was a sales gig. Not my favorite, but a source of income nonetheless. Anyway, they must've liked me because they called me back for a follow up interview tomorrow. It's an all day affair designed to show me what working there would be like. Please keep praying that God will put me where he wants me to be and at least give me enough money to buy a round for my friends when they come to Chicago (or at least the first part).
Evan
- Monday, March 05, 2007 at 16:05:47 (PST)
It looks like Sophia has another blockage near her brain to deal with, and another surgery is very likely.
I don't think I ever met Sophia, although I know her parents. I think this is the 'hardest' I've ever prayed about anything. None of the doctors ever projected this level of complications. We continue to pray for intercession and miracles.
Russ W
- Monday, March 05, 2007 at 21:27:23 (PST)
Sophia is doing great now. Still in the hospital, but much closer to going home. In some respects, it seems like it has taken her forever to get to this point, and in others, it has happened so quickly.
This has been an experience in 'waiting for the Lord' for me. I know sometimes the wait will be months, or years. I guess God does not always answer prayers the way that I answer e-mails, but maybe that's a good thing.
To quote a line from the most recent e-mail update about Sophia, "We are Praising our Wonderful and Awesome God this morning!!!!!"
Russ W
- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 09:30:39 (PST)
Russ, thanks for the Sophia progress reports.
Yes...waiting for the lord, or waiting for anything is not easy or fun.
It's good to hear your encouraging stories. Even if the encouragement is just your personal experience in this ordeal.
Baggett
- Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 11:08:12 (PST)
at the outset, let me say this is an act of desperation and i hold no one accountable for any decisions he or she makes. the law is on my side. but my attorney has made it clear i will still lose if i am "in arrears" on childsupport. until the fair trial, i still owe $1200 a month (not to mention $800 more for other things which we can forget). i will win back the right to see my daughter, but first i have to be in good standing, that means pay $650 i didnt have last month, plus the $1200 this month, plus $1000 attorney's fees, plus airfare back to nashville. i am now unemployed.
jlc
- Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 19:17:28 (PST)
ran out of space:
so i am asking everyone who ever had feelings for me to send what they would normally give to the church to nathan williams, caretaker of my present situation, who will guarantee that it is only used to secure my right to see my daughter. i am desperate. this is obvious. and this might even be offensive. but i have asked all of my family and friends to help and all of them have, and still i am short. nothing is more important to me than to...next post
jlc
- Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 19:21:08 (PST)
have a relationship with my daughter, and i dont know where to turn except here. my daughter is not just my daughter. she is the only compelling evidence of a god i ve ever known. she is beautiful. she is smart as hell. she is opinionated. she has a chance to be the kind of person i could never be. please help. please. whatever $10 or $20 you have. i must come up with $3000 in 3 weeks or i lose the ability to see her. please help me. i cant type for the tears. please. send the money to nathan if you doubt my stewardship. but please help me.
jlc
- Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 19:25:14 (PST)
please for godsake, have mercy on me. please help me. i spent the weekend with my daughter. it was unbearable to leave her. for all of my rough edges, i still know i will be a good father if i am awarded rights. i love her more than anything in world. please help me be able to see her. please forgive me all of my past. overlook all of my faults which are legion. please contact nathan if you can.
jlc
- Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 19:41:06 (PST)
I had a major meltdown today and the combination of things over the last few months finally got to me. I've decided I need to go home and get some help. Sadly, I won't be able to make Loserfest Chicago next week, but my mental health should come before the Cubs. I'll make it back here at some point to visit, I'm sure. Til then, please pray for me, this time in my life has been harder than I ever thought on me. Thanks for all your continued love and support.
Evan
- Monday, April 02, 2007 at 20:49:51 (PDT)
the "free the cookie monster" campaign continues. those who've pledged support are deeply appreciated. more is needed. two weeks to d-day. please, please help. please help me.
jlc
- Monday, April 02, 2007 at 21:38:16 (PDT)
Evan, know that you are loved and respected by many people - me included. You have my thoughts and prayers as you seek new direction and directions, and I hope to see you sometime soon.
Nathan
- Wednesday, April 04, 2007 at 19:00:26 (PDT)
Dr. John C Stevens died today. What a great man he and Ruth were. You can read his obit here:
http://www.acu.edu/aboutacu/administration/stevens/obit.html
Scott F
- Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 14:30:06 (PDT)
You didn't have to know Dr. Stevens on a personal level to know that he was an incredible Christian leader. He influenced ACU for the better, and that has affected many of us profoundly. If you got the notice about it in your ACU alumni e-mail and you haven't read it, I encourage you to read more about him. Thanks, Scott.
Russ W
- Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 19:46:56 (PDT)
Hans Grapje was raised in a Catholic school in The Hague and, as a young man, aspired to become a priest, but fled to Britain and volunteered with the US Army during WWII. He spent two years co-piloting B17s until his aircraft was shot down in 1943. He lost his left arm in the crash.
Captain Grapje spent the rest of the war serving as a POW chaplain, giving spiritual aid to soldiers, both Allied and enemy.
After the war, he became a priest, serving as a missionary in Africa, piloting his own plane (in spite of his handicap) to villages across the continent.
In 1997, Father Grapje was serving in Zimbabwe when an explosion in a silver mine caused a cave-in. Father Grapje went down into the mine to administer last rights to those too severely injured to move. Another shaft collapsed, and he was buried for three days, suffering multiple injuries, including the
loss of his right eye. The high silver content in the mine's air gave him purpura, a life-long condition characterized by purplish skin blotches.
Father Grapje was eventually appointed as an Archbishop in the church and elected to the College of Cardinals.
Although Cardinal Grapje has devoted his life to the service of God as a scholar, mentor, and holy man, church leaders agree: he will never ascend to
the Papacy.
No one wants a one-eyed, one-armed, flying, purple Papal leader.
Nathan
- Friday, May 04, 2007 at 11:04:03 (PDT)
I have an interview in Austin on Wednesday afternoon to be an adjunct teacher in the Austin Community College system. I could really use this job to help start over again in Austin and do more things musically. Any good wishes, prayers, or juju is appreciated. Thanks for always backing me up.
Evan
- Monday, July 23, 2007 at 22:38:59 (CDT)
Word up, Ev.
All, please pray for our friends Jared and Danna, and their kids. They are set to leave for mission work in Czech Republic on July 31, but Jared's passport has not yet arrived, even though they submitted for it well in advance of the recommended date.
Russ W
- Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 00:34:18 (CDT)
Evan,
Best wishes with the interview. Look us up while you're here, if you get a spare moment.
dave rigsby
- Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 09:33:33 (CDT)
Dave, I'll be at Hill's Cafe after the interview watching some friends play. Give me a shout if you can find someone who has my cell number.
Evan
- Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 09:48:41 (CDT)
I'm guessing my only contact with anyone who has the number in question is on this forum, so if anyone does, please send it to my last name at gmail.
Many thanks.
dave rigsby
- Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at 13:39:25 (CDT)
Things went about as well as I thought they could at the interview: 4 questions to which I gave detailed answers and made the interview panel laugh a few times. They make a list of recommendations to give to the head of the English Dept., so the next step is to put my name on that list. Thanks again for your prayers and support, I know they worked. Keep 'em coming.
Evan
- Thursday, July 26, 2007 at 23:59:30 (CDT)
Jared got his passport on time, and they are now in Europe.
Russ W
- Wednesday, August 01, 2007 at 20:43:43 (CDT)
Evan,
Rob Eby here, and Blinn is looking for part-timers and full timers in English for both the Bryan and Brenham campuses. I knew it would a little drive, but possibly something. Check www.blinn.edu, and then look under employment.
rob eby
- Thursday, August 02, 2007 at 10:24:48 (CDT)
I know some of you remember my dad, Don Lewis, and I just wanted to send out a prayer request. He has been in Abilene Regional for a week. Last week he had 3 heart attacks. The last one blew a hole in his heart, which was repaired, but he is still in critical condition in ICU. He was beginning to improve on Saturday, but Sunday night developed a lung infection. He is back on a ventillator, feeding tube, and is sedated. Please keep us all in your prayers, esp. my mom. This, of course, continues to be a very difficult time. Thanks. . .
Donna kendall
- Tuesday, October 09, 2007 at 22:04:30 (CDT)
Donna, I'll be praying for you guys.
Nathan
- Wednesday, October 10, 2007 at 00:26:42 (CDT)
Dad died this morning. The funeral is Saturday at 2. Thanks for your prayers, Donna Kendall
Donna Kendall
- Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 20:55:27 (CDT)
We're very sorry for your loss.
Russell
- Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 22:11:22 (CDT)
Rest in Peace with God, Don Lewis.
The only professor I ever had who called me chicken.
I was working one semester as a lab assistant for him, for the "cowboy chemistry" class. While we were discussing the mixtures and solutions needed for the labs, he asked if I was planning on taking biochemistry. I replied no, intending to further state that I was trying to get out in 3 years, to “catch up” for my time spent working. However, before I could say anything after “no”, he cut in with “Oh, chicken!”
I enjoyed my chemistry classes with him, and his work as an elder at Mentor Lane.
Peace for all his family and friends at this time, I pray.
rob eby
- Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 07:35:06 (CDT)
Prayers are with you and your family, Donna.
Scott F
- Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 12:20:29 (CDT)
Thank you all.
Thank you, Rob. You made me laugh, and I needed that.
Donna Kendall
- Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 12:57:32 (CDT)
Donna, I'm only just now catching up to the loserpage. I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I'll certainly be keeping you and your folks in my prayers.
matt c.
- Thursday, November 01, 2007 at 17:24:10 (CDT)
Donna,
Your dad was one of the kindest, sharpest people I ever knew. His deadpan wit never ceased to amaze me.
You and your family are in my prayers.
Nathan
- Sunday, November 04, 2007 at 16:45:55 (CST)
I know I rarely post (once every 5 years?!), but I do appreciate the concern and prayers for my family.
It ain't easy right now. . .
Please pray esp. for my daughter, who talks about her "Papu" daily (she's 3), and for my mom. My parents had just moved (2 weeks prior) into their "dream home." My mom is still unpacking boxes. .
I really do appreciate your prayers.
Donna
- Wednesday, November 07, 2007 at 17:15:57 (CST)
Okay, natural theology. Catholics have loved it through the centuries, protestants have hated it. Why? Because it sets up the possibility of divine revelation that utterly circumvents Judaism and Christianity. We just can't have any of that....
Philosophers in the ancient world generally (note that I say "generally," because we'd need to exclude the Epicureans and Sceptics) endorsed the idea that the cosmos was designed and not an accident, and that the the creator can be inferred what is created, and that this creator installed into the cosmos a system of justice and a means for humanity to know what is right and what is wrong. Cicero has an extensive discussion of the philosophical positions contemporary with Paul in his dialogue "On the Nature of the Gods." This will give you a good overview if you want one.
This idea seems to have been popular among philosophically-minded Hellenistic Jews, some even going so far as to say that the Torah is a textual version of cosmic law. Add a few centuries and some wacky mysticism, and lo and behold, you have Kabbalah.
Paul naturally knows nothing about Kabbalah, but he does endorse in Rom 1-2 a conception of natural law (this is to say, conceptions of right and wrong common to all humanity) and of natural theology (i.e., that God can, or at least COULD at one time, be accurately inferred from creation). My reading of Rom 1:18-32 is a bit weird: it looks to me like an account of the primordial origin of religion. The earliest generation of humanity had a collective realization (oh wait! someone made this world, and we ought to worship him for it!), which they unfortunately misdirected (worshipping images rather than the real thing). This put divine justice (1:17) into a posture of wrath (1:18), causing God to break the heart that failed to worship properly and the mind that misinterpreted what nature was telling it. This generation passed their defective hearts and minds to their descendants, and its game over: true religion and true morality are no longer possible.
Until the gospel comes along, anyway.
Rom 1:18-32 will be the subject of either my second or my third monograph, by the way. It was originally going to be my dissertation topic, but I got sidetracked into the first seventeen verses instead. Big fun. Hope this helps.
matt c.
- Saturday, December 08, 2007 at 15:03:20 (CST)
Matt,
I share your interpretation of Paul's reference to the frustrated children of natural religion-- which, I guess, says that the natural world is too dim of a revelation to be finally salvic. right?!
I don't know whether I agree at all with Paul on this point, or whether I am simply concerned with a different problem. I guess my thinking is along the lines of social evolution and the idea that the "meek shall inherit the earth" means that humans who learn not to kill each other will eventually be the only ones left. As for the "natural" evidence of the advantage of peaceable behaviour, I imagine that is a debatable point; but, I would like to read some things in the way of social evolution to see what thoughts are out there.
As always, I appreciate your thoughts.
bob
bob
- Sunday, December 09, 2007 at 16:42:15 (CST)
Bob and Matt,
Enjoying the discussion. I think that, possibly one of the things Paul is talking about is the fact that the coming of the "gospel" or the "kingdom" as Jesus put it is supposed to bring about a social evolution causing even the natural world to once again be a clear witness (see chapter 8).
Bob,
I'm assuming that you know about _The Golden Bough_ , Sir Walter Frazier's seminary work. He was a contemporary of Darwin who tried to apply the concept of evolution socially or culturally. His thought was that man has / would continue to progress from magic, to religion, to science. I think this conclusion is a bunch of B.S., but it's an interesting catalogue of ancient animistic beliefs.
Aaron
- Monday, December 10, 2007 at 09:42:00 (CST)
Sorry, guys, I hate to say that whatever Paul is talking about -- in Romans 1 or in 8 -- it's not "social evolution." He doesn't know anything about that, as it is a modern invention. Ancient historians too know nothing about it. Accounts of the progress of human culture tend to be rather negative, of things evolving from bad to worse.
At the same time, the gospel does bring about major changes in the way people (should) act toward one another, as Paul elaborates in chapters 12-15. But both the gospel and the kingdom, in the minds of Paul and two of the Gospel writers, represents "the beginning of the end," the inauguration of the last, brief phase of the world's existence prior to the final trial. Within this framework a "social evolution" is meaningless.
And bob, to be clear, I am *not* saying that Paul believes the information transmitted from nature about its creator has become "dim." The only thing "dim" is the human mind, which (because of God's punishment!) no longer has the capacity to interpret nature fully. Again, hope this helps.
matt c.
- Monday, December 10, 2007 at 11:57:13 (CST)
I am inclined to believe that the natural world demands that humans accept certain laws, ethics, morality, spiritual disciplines and transcendence. I am inclined to believe that the survivors will simply be those who conform to the natural order; in the same way that I have to find some agreeable way of earning a living, because if I try to live by theivery, I'm liable to get killed.
I am inclined to believe (with the phenomenologists) that science should inform philosophy (and theology) and should be its basis. I am inclined to believe that the natural drive for our species to survive and flourish realizes itself more as we expand the same care to other species and objects, and come to live in a way that minimizes our destructive effect on the progress of nature.
All this, and more, I think are properly taught and distributed through the communal exercise of religion, and engaging in regular rituals; however, I am concerned with how the overriding nominalism of adherents, and archaic conceptual landcape of Christinity hinders its ability to transform secular modernists into disciples.
bob
- Monday, December 10, 2007 at 12:45:04 (CST)
One of my customers at the bar, a young fella around 23 years old who graduated from the U of Chicago, who wrestled with depression but had a posse of great friends, committed suicide yesterday morning, around 7 a.m. He spent the evening before at the bar, but did not get too drunk, then went to hang out with his best friend Emily, then woke his ex at 6:30 a.m. by attempting to force his way into her apartment. She told him to go home and sleep off whatever would make him think that was a good idea. Then he went home and hung himself in his closet.
In his final missive (an e-mail to his ex-girlfriend) he assured her that he had been contemplating this move for a long while.
Last night's closing shift at the bar was pretty grim. Slow, because of the snow storm, with clusters of people drinking sadly.
Please keep him (Alex), his mom, his friends, and others collaterally damaged in your prayers.
matt c.
- Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 12:40:47 (CST)
Late night rambings on Ash Wednesday.
Last night at dinner with friends, everyone talking about European travels. One mentions the White Mile and the Black Mile in somewhere, Italy, where prostitutes (black and white, literally) line up for work. Someone among their traveling group wanted to go see, for the novelty of it I guess. She said it was actually quite sad to see, quite depressing really.
After dinner I keep thinking about this. I can picture it in my head – the non-glamorous, “real” hookers with pudgy bodies and dull hair who don’t even remember any other way it’s been so long since they weren’t doing exactly this, watching the cars rounding the block, waiting for the next transaction. And it occurs to me, what if we were to love people like this, as much as we love ourselves and each other…I mean what if we the church would love folks like this as much as we love each other who are in the church.
I fantasize, of course, about picking up a prostitute myself, to pay only to talk. They probably get that sometimes, right, it’s in the movies…that prostitute who occasionally gets a guy who just wants to talk. What if you could pay them to let you just listen, instead of the other way around? Would they respond or would that be too freaky? What would I be listening to though, and would I know how to handle it? Yeah, but if I did, wouldn’t it be great of me to do that?
Wait. Must adjust.
OK, but maybe they love themselves so little by now, they wouldn’t respond well to an offer of help. That sounds about right: somewhere along the way, they stopped being able to accept love. Haven’t I tried before to help someone, only to realize that they were utterly incapable of accepting assistance? If only there were a way for them to accept a truly selfless offer extended in love. If only I could be truly selfless in my offer. Maybe that’s where only God can work, and the best we can do is be his agents.
And then it occurs to me, this is the offer that has already been extended: a selfless offer of love, extended by God, for anyone who would accept. Only, it’s not only to some dreamed-up “them” – those “others”. The offer was extended to us. This is about Gomer, Israel as whore, and God the righteous husband who keeps taking her back. Israel forsook God to chase after other gods, the gods so common in their culture with the people they lived among. Didn’t understand how to be loved by a God who would love them that much, enough to keep taking them back. Didn’t want to accept that kind of love. Too scary. Didn’t want to turn from the culture they were so engrained in. So much easier to go along with the neighbors.
Yeah. I get it. Me too I say. That is the kind of love that scares me. The kind of love that is so strong, so fierce that it sheds light on all the darkness of my own infidelity, my own chasing after beauty, after money, after recognition, after any other that will cradle me at night and tell me I am worthwhile. But they are not true lovers. They do not stick around the morning after. And yet, there is a faithful husband, who knows and yet remains. Waiting for my return. Ready to take me back, each and every time. Not because He needs me to love Him, no, but because He wants me to. That really is a scary kind of love. And I am no better than these prostitutes. If only I could learn to accept this selfless offer. This is the difficult part of grace.
And as for my sacrifice, on this Ash Wednesday, what is it I can offer, except myself? What can I give up, except myself? You have no delight in sacrifice; if I gave you chocolate or Starbucks how would that please you? The acceptable sacrifice is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you will not despise.
O Lord accept my heart. Accept my mind. Accept my strength. I will learn to love you. I will write your laws on my heart. I will bind them to my hands.
Do not forget this: God loves me. He loves me.
He loves me.
He loves me.
lisa
- Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 00:10:14 (CST)
Lisa, thanks for sharnig such a beautiful and inspiring thought.
Jay
- Thursday, February 07, 2008 at 08:44:21 (CST)
Wow! Thank you.
Scott F
- Monday, February 11, 2008 at 14:51:13 (CST)
Michelle (my redhead) has spent the better part of the night helping her family deal with a cousin who tried to commit suicide. Through perseverance and GPS, they tracked him down and have gotten him into a hospital. These are wonderful people, and having seen the man who tried to end it all over the weekend, I can say I never noticed a thing, as is often the case. Still, I know she's exhausted and her family not rest until all is restored, so remember them in your thoughts. Thanks.
Evan
- Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 00:50:24 (CST)
My "I hope everyone involved is doing better now" comment was meant to go in Faith. Sorry.
Russ W
- Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 00:07:27 (CST)
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