I think that I can sympathize with you today, Garfield!
July 31, 2006
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July 30, 2006
Not Exactly Whispering
from jonhanneman @ epiphanyOnline advertisements are getting annoying. I’m particularly starting to wish that Victoria would learn how to keep her secrets. As it is, she has very little left to hide. I like Apple’s Safari browser, but I may have to switch…
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July 29, 2006
Lucky Day!
from Heather @ Few and Far Between...Today is my lucky day! 
I’m feeling so special… My official GMAT score report was available at 12:17 today, and I received a super score on the writing portion of the GMAT exam! The writing portion is really not a big deal on the test, but it was nice to know that I got the highest score possible…woo hoo! Then I found two items this afternoon that have been missing for weeks. Praise the Lord!! To end the day on a happy note, I ate every last bite of my yummy sirloin steak, played a great game of miniature golf and creamed Nick in basketball arcade! Are you proud of me Joyce? Off to enjoy a good night’s rest!
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Memory
from jonhanneman @ epiphanyWe had Gary’s memorial service Thursday. I would have been at work for only an hour, so I took the whole day off. After a lazy morning, I went to pick up my accompanist and headed to the funeral. Traffic…
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Another poem….
from Jessie @ Life Is Like A Box of Chocolate...Mmm, Mmm, Good!This poem was sent to me by my friend Renee.
The Wait Poem
by Russell Kelfer
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried;
Quietly, patiently, lovingly, God replied.
I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate…
and the Master so gently said, “Wait.”
“Wait? you say wait?” my indignant reply.
“Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is your hand shortened? Or have you not heard?
By faith I have asked, and I’m claiming your Word.
My future and all to which I relate
hangs in the balance and you tell me to Wait?
I’m needing a ‘yes’, a go-ahead sign.
Or even a ‘no’, to which I’ll resign.
You promised, dear Lord, that if we believe,
We need but to ask, and we shall receive.
Lord, I’ve been asking, and this is my cry:
I’m weary of asking! I need a reply.”
Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
as my Master replied again, “Wait.”
So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,
and grumbled to God, “So, I’m waiting…for what?”
He seemed then to kneel, and His eyes met with mine…
and he tenderly said, “I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead and cause mountains to run.
I could give all you seek and pleased you would be.
You’d have what you want, but you wouldn’t know me.
You’d not know the depth of My love for each saint.
You’d not know the power that I give to the faint.
You’d not learn to see through the clouds of despair;
You’d not learn to trust just by knowing I’m there.
You’d not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence are all you can see.
You’d never experience the fullness of love
When the peace of My spirit descends like a dove.
You would know that I give, and I save, for a start,
But you’d not know the depth of the beat of My heart.
The glow of My comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight.
The depth that’s beyond getting just what you ask
From an infinite God who makes what you have last.
You’d never know should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that My grace is sufficient for thee.
Yes, your dearest dreams overnight would come true,
But oh, the loss if I lost what I’m doing in you.
So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
That the greatest of gifts is to truly know me.
And though oft My answers seem terribly late,
My most precious answer of all is still WAIT”.
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A bookwriter
from c mcaviney @ What was I thinking!A few days ago I was sitting at the kitchen table, instant messaging some friends, when I came up with the idea of writing a book.
My wife is in full support of the idea and my IM pals gave me some great ideas and things they would like to see in the book.
I never pictured myself as a book writer, but than again neither did that “Harry Potter” person who wrote on napkins.
Can I write a book? We shall see. Do I have the time to write a book? NO… but a lack of time never stopped me before.
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Much to do and no time to do it.
from c mcaviney @ What was I thinking!7:20 on a Saturday morning finds me sitting at the kitchen table, I need to eat, but first I need coffee. Before I make coffee I need to clear my mind a bit.
Have you ever had too much to do? My problem is not that I have too much to do, but I don’t have enough time in which to get it done. This is the start of the weekend and my “to do list” currently has 41 items on it, with 10 more items that need to be added to it. The balancing act begins. I need to get stuff done without burning myself out, but I also need to spend time with my wife.
Some of the stuff on my list:
Private time reading my Bible (a daily event).
Clean Cars (2 of them).
Blog (Allright! I can take one off of the list).
Balance my checkbook (a task that always takes longer than planned).
Visit with friends at camp (The Wilds).
Grocery shopping *hunger pangs*
Iron clothes for church
The list is long but my Lord is good.
I have realized that God will only give us what we can handle. We have 24 hours in a day and need to be wise stewards of that which we are given.
Time to get going.
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July 28, 2006
Only one week left!!!!!
from Jessie @ Life Is Like A Box of Chocolate...Mmm, Mmm, Good!Only one more week and I will be in Alabama!!! It is the trip that I have been looking forward to for about 2 years!!! I can’t believe it is almost here!!! Yay!!! I am really nervous, though! I have no clue what it will be like down there!! I am super excited though! ONE MORE WEEK!!!!!!!!
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One month passed…..
from Jessie @ Life Is Like A Box of Chocolate...Mmm, Mmm, Good!It is incredibly hard to believe, but one month ago today my mom passed away. In some ways it still feels like she is here and just on vacation and coming back soon, but in other ways the reality that she is gone and never coming back is all too real. One thing that is for sure is that God has just pulled me ever closer to His side in the last month and in ways I feel like a different person. I see things so much differently now than I did a month ago. I pray differently, make my choices differently, and think differently. I guess I am not as afraid to die in some ways too. I miss being able to go to mom and get a hug whenever I needed one. I can’t wait to get another hug from her one day. I also think about heaven alot more. I try to think about what it is like and what mom is doing and experiencing. Of course, none of my thoughts even come close to how awesome it is in heaven. I also find myself more concerned for the souls of those around me. Death is a real thing and it can come quicker than any of us would ever want it to. We need to get others prepared for what waits after death. We need to tell others of the saving grace that God has given us.
Something neat that someone shared with me concerning mom was how when she was here on earth she loved teaching her first grade class. She mentioned that her favorite part of teaching was the opportunity to give those children the Gospel and then watch as those children gave their hearts to Jesus. When I was mentioning how I long to work with children and teenagers and have the same opportunities someone who was very close friends with mom told me that I am in a way carrying on my mom’s work. I am following in her footsteps. That thought meant so very much to me! I can’t wait to do the Lords work, but then to think that I am following in my mom’s footsteps just makes it even more special. My mom was a very very special lady! I miss her so very very much!
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