Every year we go to the same place on the Outer Banks for a 2 week break from the rat race. We take most of the rats with us, so what actually happens is the race is relocated. The good news is we are mostly free of schedules and "must do's", so we enjoy the time together, basking in the sun and splashing in the rushing waters. We casually walk the race instead of running it.
I think the crabs are the ones who like it hte least.
We are now within the 3 week window of leaving. Naturally, the schedule at home increases and the "must do's" pile on. It doesn't matter though. On the appointed day we will pack the kids and stuff into 2 vehicles and a trailer, haul it all to the house we know and love on the sands of Nags Head and pretend we are bums for 15 glorious days. Thanks God!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
You can't always get what you want.
Stopped raining long enough for me to mow. Funny how that works, and probably funny how it must look to the Lord - we need the rain, we pray for it, and when it comes we whine about having it.
As kids we want more than anything to grow older. We grow older and remember the good ole days as kids. We can't wait to get out of school and get a job, then wish we had the same schedule as high school.
I think I like it the way it is. Right now the sun is shining on my pretty green, freshly mowed grass, I don't have to tolerate teachers' dirty looks. And the Lord is blessing my family with His care and grace, giving us work to do for His kingdom.
As kids we want more than anything to grow older. We grow older and remember the good ole days as kids. We can't wait to get out of school and get a job, then wish we had the same schedule as high school.
I think I like it the way it is. Right now the sun is shining on my pretty green, freshly mowed grass, I don't have to tolerate teachers' dirty looks. And the Lord is blessing my family with His care and grace, giving us work to do for His kingdom.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Don't mix up the round stuff and the square stuff
I have many children, and as a result, see many solutions to common problems. If, for example, you asked a random child to clean out the refrigerator, you should expect random choices as to how the stuff get's rearranged back into the clean fridge. The scheme I find most entertaining is putting things back in by SHAPE.
Yes. SHAPE.
For example, square stuff in one place, large round stuff in another, etc. We recently had our spice cabinet done this way. It's great if you know what shape whatever you are looking for is.
This seems innocent enough. The trouble is, those people grow up, and I think they get jobs arranging goods in a grocery store. For example, when sent to a store to get "Hawaiian Punch", I head for the aisle marked "Juice". Nope (confirming what we all suspected). How about "Drinks". Nope, that's for what I would label "Soda". Not with "Water and Flavored drinks".
Its with "Snacks". Oh.
How about "White VInegar"? With "Baking goods?" Nope, even though all of the vegetable oil is there. Near the aisle with Olive Oil? Nope (that was with the "International Foods)?!. The Vinegar was on an aisle with canned goods. But it comes in a bottle...
It is so random it CAN'T be an accident. I think it is an effort to sort the experienced grocery-getters from the occasional errand runners like myself. We are easy to spot; staring in wonder at the signs, looking lost, mouth hanging open, looking in the same aisle 4 times hoping it'll be different than it was the last 3 times I looked.
Yes. SHAPE.
For example, square stuff in one place, large round stuff in another, etc. We recently had our spice cabinet done this way. It's great if you know what shape whatever you are looking for is.
This seems innocent enough. The trouble is, those people grow up, and I think they get jobs arranging goods in a grocery store. For example, when sent to a store to get "Hawaiian Punch", I head for the aisle marked "Juice". Nope (confirming what we all suspected). How about "Drinks". Nope, that's for what I would label "Soda". Not with "Water and Flavored drinks".
Its with "Snacks". Oh.
How about "White VInegar"? With "Baking goods?" Nope, even though all of the vegetable oil is there. Near the aisle with Olive Oil? Nope (that was with the "International Foods)?!. The Vinegar was on an aisle with canned goods. But it comes in a bottle...
It is so random it CAN'T be an accident. I think it is an effort to sort the experienced grocery-getters from the occasional errand runners like myself. We are easy to spot; staring in wonder at the signs, looking lost, mouth hanging open, looking in the same aisle 4 times hoping it'll be different than it was the last 3 times I looked.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Is it changing us?
Once it was a new thing to have a blog. That "once" was maybe 2 years ago. Now, us oldsters have blogs, seems the "social networks" have taken over, where you can say in 140 characters what you used to craft for an hour or so, and publish as a short paragraph.
I like the freedom of a blog, for some reason it seems a little more thoughtful and exists in a calmer environment. Who cares if nobody reads it?
Nobody?
Are you reading this?
Anyone?
I like the freedom of a blog, for some reason it seems a little more thoughtful and exists in a calmer environment. Who cares if nobody reads it?
Nobody?
Are you reading this?
Anyone?
Monday, April 25, 2011
Easter
Thirty-eight years ago I made the choice to believe that God created the heavens and the earth. I listened to the schools that deny God and listened to Him and made my choice.
On the other hand, the Smithsonian will only listen to the one unbelievable story and not listen to anyone else. In fact, they will only criticize anyone who challenges the theory they morph to fit the conditions. It is worthy of pointing out that the comet story I discussed in my last post is a recent addition to the fairy tale since science figured out that it is mathematically impossible for life to spontaneously erupt...so they needed it to come from SOMEWHERE not on the earth, so the comets seemed like a good place since they have ice and everyone knows how much life likes to live in ice (like the things living in your freezer). Of course, this all begs the question...how did it get on the comets?
For thousands of years is was foreseen that a messiah would appear in Israel, provided by God Himself to solve the manmade problem of sin separating us from Him. It was also foreseen He would be killed as He was, and that He would come back to life on the 3rd day following His death. He himself told of that miracle, and it happened just like He said. Just the same, He promises an intimate involvement in the lives of those who CHOOSE to believe Him.
Rather than back into a "plausible" explanation of what MIGHT have been, like oceans-of-ice striking to cover 71% of the earth with water miles deep, I chose in advance to believe what God has said. The result has not been a belief morphing to fit a changing story, but fulfilled promises of blessings and daily guidance that proves my faith consistently, the same today as yesterday and tomorrow. The Smithsonian answers evolve as much as the theory portends the universe does, but the Word of God is forever.
It is sad as the sincerest institutions, like the Smithsonian, close themselves off from the truth in the name of a need to know more than God. It's an old story first told in Eden. Even so like the miracles in my own life, this story is one whose results are foretold...over and over and over.
On the other hand, the Smithsonian will only listen to the one unbelievable story and not listen to anyone else. In fact, they will only criticize anyone who challenges the theory they morph to fit the conditions. It is worthy of pointing out that the comet story I discussed in my last post is a recent addition to the fairy tale since science figured out that it is mathematically impossible for life to spontaneously erupt...so they needed it to come from SOMEWHERE not on the earth, so the comets seemed like a good place since they have ice and everyone knows how much life likes to live in ice (like the things living in your freezer). Of course, this all begs the question...how did it get on the comets?
For thousands of years is was foreseen that a messiah would appear in Israel, provided by God Himself to solve the manmade problem of sin separating us from Him. It was also foreseen He would be killed as He was, and that He would come back to life on the 3rd day following His death. He himself told of that miracle, and it happened just like He said. Just the same, He promises an intimate involvement in the lives of those who CHOOSE to believe Him.
Rather than back into a "plausible" explanation of what MIGHT have been, like oceans-of-ice striking to cover 71% of the earth with water miles deep, I chose in advance to believe what God has said. The result has not been a belief morphing to fit a changing story, but fulfilled promises of blessings and daily guidance that proves my faith consistently, the same today as yesterday and tomorrow. The Smithsonian answers evolve as much as the theory portends the universe does, but the Word of God is forever.
It is sad as the sincerest institutions, like the Smithsonian, close themselves off from the truth in the name of a need to know more than God. It's an old story first told in Eden. Even so like the miracles in my own life, this story is one whose results are foretold...over and over and over.
Faith
We went to the Smithsonian during a visit to DC with the kids the other day. I was apprehensive about taking my children there because of their dishonest and close-minded approach to education. While there we listened to the beginning of a presentation of earth history. "Four billion years ago, the earth was covered in volcanoes. As the volcanoes erupted, they released water. Also, many icy comets crashed into the earth. These 2 conditions filled the oceans." You know the oceans - the ones that now cover 71% of the earth.
That's 343,423,668,428,484,681,262 gallons of water. That's how much water there is in the oceans.
From comets and volcanoes?!.
Do the math...if it covers 71% of the earth, in some places many miles deep, how much could have been INSIDE (to come out in volcanoes)(remembering the inside is SMALLER than the outside), and how many comets must have bombarded the earth to put the rest of it in the oceans.
Really? Volcanoes and comets?
Why did the comets stop? (I know...I know..we RAN OUT of them...)
Sure takes a lot of FAITH to believe THAT. Another new story to explain the unbelievable.
That's 343,423,668,428,484,681,262 gallons of water. That's how much water there is in the oceans.
From comets and volcanoes?!.
Do the math...if it covers 71% of the earth, in some places many miles deep, how much could have been INSIDE (to come out in volcanoes)(remembering the inside is SMALLER than the outside), and how many comets must have bombarded the earth to put the rest of it in the oceans.
Really? Volcanoes and comets?
Why did the comets stop? (I know...I know..we RAN OUT of them...)
Sure takes a lot of FAITH to believe THAT. Another new story to explain the unbelievable.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Take it on faith
So, in our science that operates on "facts" versus faith, the following appeared in numerous news web sites today:
1. A planet that has characteristics that can support life (based on what on earth supports life) has been identified "near" the earth. (actually, we can't see it, we can only assume (is assume like faith at all?) its presence by anomalies in what we observe of its sun)
2. It is about 20 light years away...meaning that if we traveled at the speed of light it'd take 20 years to get there. (that is "near" the earth?) (and, how exactly do we "know" it is that many light years away...no one has traveled a light year)(...and...the light we are observing occurred 20 years ago on that assumption...any faith there?)
3. It is "100%" certain to have the characteristics that would allow it to have abundant liquid water, a statement the discovering scientist is "nearly certain" of.
And they think we people of faith make some big leaps...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2010-09-30-planet30_ST_N.htm
1. A planet that has characteristics that can support life (based on what on earth supports life) has been identified "near" the earth. (actually, we can't see it, we can only assume (is assume like faith at all?) its presence by anomalies in what we observe of its sun)
2. It is about 20 light years away...meaning that if we traveled at the speed of light it'd take 20 years to get there. (that is "near" the earth?) (and, how exactly do we "know" it is that many light years away...no one has traveled a light year)(...and...the light we are observing occurred 20 years ago on that assumption...any faith there?)
3. It is "100%" certain to have the characteristics that would allow it to have abundant liquid water, a statement the discovering scientist is "nearly certain" of.
And they think we people of faith make some big leaps...
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2010-09-30-planet30_ST_N.htm
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