If you're spiritually alive, you are going to love this! Those who are spiritually dead - won't ~ spiritually curious: there is still *Hope!
A Church-goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."
This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor. It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. I do know this ... they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"
*****When you are DOWN to nothing ... God is UP to something! Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Writing Poety
As I sit here typing away,
Thinking of poetry today,
Wondering, who else has this longing?
All day, throughout the night,
I try with all of my might,
To master this complex wonder!
Only myself, I have chided,
In my soul I have decided,
Poetry confuses and boggles the senses!
With no resolution on the horizon,
I shall run with the bison,
In the opposite direction!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Are you Easy Going?
Alright, PETA, there was absolutely no cute, harmless, chirping, yellow feathered, stuffed baby chicks that were harmed in the filming of this video.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
A Man's Perspective
1. Two times a week, my wife and I go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship... she goes on Tuesdays, I go on Fridays.
2. We also sleep in separate beds.... hers is in California and mine is in Texas.... I planning on moving further east.
3. I take my wife everywhere.....but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary, "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands.... if I let go... she shops.
6 She has an electric blender, electric toaster, and electric bread maker. She said to me, "There're too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" ... So I bought her an electric chair.
What?
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was; she paused then said, "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days.. then the mud fell off....
C'MON, that one has to be funny...!
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage...?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. I married Miss Right... I just didn't know her first name was Always.
11. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months... I don't like to interrupt her.
12. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I said, "Dust!"
13. She asked me last night if the dress made her look fat... I said it wasn't the dress...
Why aren't you laughing??
Quotes are from Red Skeleton - except for the bold comments, they're mine.
2. We also sleep in separate beds.... hers is in California and mine is in Texas.... I planning on moving further east.
3. I take my wife everywhere.....but she keeps finding her way back.
4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary, "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. I suggested the kitchen.
5. We always hold hands.... if I let go... she shops.
6 She has an electric blender, electric toaster, and electric bread maker. She said to me, "There're too many gadgets and no place to sit down!" ... So I bought her an electric chair.
What?
7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was; she paused then said, "In the lake."
8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days.. then the mud fell off....
C'MON, that one has to be funny...!
9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling "Am I too late for the garbage...?" The driver said "No, jump in!"
10. I married Miss Right... I just didn't know her first name was Always.
11. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months... I don't like to interrupt her.
12. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked, "What's on the TV?" I said, "Dust!"
13. She asked me last night if the dress made her look fat... I said it wasn't the dress...
Why aren't you laughing??
Quotes are from Red Skeleton - except for the bold comments, they're mine.
LIVE BY FAITH??
The scripture says,
Keep God’s Word tied to our hearts,
Remembering God is near.
Then darkness, decorates its arms around me;
Understanding makes no speech,
Discernment gives no direction,
Wisdom grins and laughs at me.
Where in the wilderness am I?
Desert sands blow, rivers flood,
The coldness of solitude smiles and winks.
Pray and seek God! Scripture says,
For His wisdom and understanding.
Do what you know is right
Even then in the darkness,
I won’t be playing the fool?
What a fine line,
Playing the fool and faith.
The scripture says,
Keep God’s Word tied to our hearts,
Remembering God is near.
Then darkness, decorates its arms around me;
Understanding makes no speech,
Discernment gives no direction,
Wisdom grins and laughs at me.
Where in the wilderness am I?
Desert sands blow, rivers flood,
The coldness of solitude smiles and winks.
Pray and seek God! Scripture says,
For His wisdom and understanding.
Do what you know is right
Even then in the darkness,
I won’t be playing the fool?
What a fine line,
Playing the fool and faith.
Time to Eat Out
It was a hot 95 degree day, well; actually it had been for the past 10 days. Working construction, while having its good points of being outside can be physically trying at times. I had just staggered in the front door to my castle from another 12 hour day in the sun, when my bride of 10 years greeted me with, "I'm hot," (which she is) "I'm tired, I'm not cooking supper, and we're going out for dinner!"
Now, I should say that on that particular day she had been legitimately busy, kids going here and there, things with the bank, and tasks associated with being a mom and wife. I would like to add that a general “hello” would have been a dandy ice-breaker, but instead she decided to go for the “I’m tired” card and play it for everything its worth. A pesky detail… we had NO air conditioning. She and the kids were stuck there all day, but that wasn’t really my problem....
The sun had beat me like a rented mule for the past 10 days and I still had a few more months of blood blistering beating to go from the great orb in the sky. Meeting my bride, at the top of the stairs, who had her hands curled up into fists resting sternly on her hips wondering if I had the courage to deny her what she was "requesting".
To the right I could see into the master suite where I do my… relaxing… and to my amazement the bed had not been properly made, and yet she she was asking to retire for the evening at some cooled restaurant? (cough)
“You didn’t even make the bed today!” I exclaimed my displeasure.
“I didn’t have time,” she protested (weakly I might add). “I had to go the bank, one child had t-ball, this one had piano, and the 3rd fruit of my loins has been puking all day.” (blah-blah- blah-blah…) “I just didn’t have time! So we're going out to eat!” she proclaimed directly to me as challenging my authority.
“Well, June Cleaver would have had time! And she would have worn pearls, high heels, AND had a smile for her husband,” I felt obligated to point out the obvious.
I won’t go into the ugly details that followed, but I took a cool shower and had an even colder conversation at the restaurant on a hot summer evening seemed to be the just ticket to for a few ice cubes...
I guess, I didn't quit get it....
Now, I should say that on that particular day she had been legitimately busy, kids going here and there, things with the bank, and tasks associated with being a mom and wife. I would like to add that a general “hello” would have been a dandy ice-breaker, but instead she decided to go for the “I’m tired” card and play it for everything its worth. A pesky detail… we had NO air conditioning. She and the kids were stuck there all day, but that wasn’t really my problem....
The sun had beat me like a rented mule for the past 10 days and I still had a few more months of blood blistering beating to go from the great orb in the sky. Meeting my bride, at the top of the stairs, who had her hands curled up into fists resting sternly on her hips wondering if I had the courage to deny her what she was "requesting".
To the right I could see into the master suite where I do my… relaxing… and to my amazement the bed had not been properly made, and yet she she was asking to retire for the evening at some cooled restaurant? (cough)
“You didn’t even make the bed today!” I exclaimed my displeasure.
“I didn’t have time,” she protested (weakly I might add). “I had to go the bank, one child had t-ball, this one had piano, and the 3rd fruit of my loins has been puking all day.” (blah-blah- blah-blah…) “I just didn’t have time! So we're going out to eat!” she proclaimed directly to me as challenging my authority.
“Well, June Cleaver would have had time! And she would have worn pearls, high heels, AND had a smile for her husband,” I felt obligated to point out the obvious.
I won’t go into the ugly details that followed, but I took a cool shower and had an even colder conversation at the restaurant on a hot summer evening seemed to be the just ticket to for a few ice cubes...
I guess, I didn't quit get it....
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