Keep Hoping St. Francis

In light of the events of yesterday, this is my prayer.

Ordinary Days

This exactly fits my mood and meditations lately.  A perfect continuation from this post.

Before you hit play, get your handkerchief.  If you click play before you do so, don't say I didn't warn you.




H/T: Starr at Lost In Laundry

His Truth Is Marching On!

"Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day [Fourth of July]?  Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer's mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity"?


-- John Quincy Adams, 1837, speech at Newburyport, MA

Speechless

Maybe she graduated from the same fine institution of learning as this girl.

File Under: What the?????

I dislike this on so many levels.



There really are no words.

From natural conception to natural death

Especially for TiTi

This has become our favorite morning worship song--starting our mornings out right! We recorded this today for TiTi. Enjoy!

It's Friday! But Sunday's Comin'!!!

Girls' Weekend

Pastor Sue put us together.  She called us PMS, which stood for Praying Mommies of the Sisterhood.  For a while we met weekly for prayer and Bible study.  Then every-other-week.  Then once a month.  And then life got busy.  And we missed each other.  So, to make up for lost times we concocted a plan.  A weekend away.  No husbands.  No children.  No work or lesson planning.  Just relaxation.  Just fellowship with one another and with Jesus.  Two honorary PMS members--my mother and sister--joined our party.  And we set sail from Long Beach for an epic four days that we hope to repeat every year.

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On the eleventh day of Christmas....

Remember that whatever you do for the least of these, you do to Him.  What did you give Jesus for Christmas?



This clip is from a movie called The Fourth Wiseman that we watch every Epiphany, which is January 6.  It's a moving tale of a Wise Man from the East that never makes to see the Christ-Child.  Along the way he stops to help a starving man, a leper colony, a lost girl.  He thinks that he has squandered his life, never being able to see Jesus and worship Him with gifts.  But, in the end, after His crucifixtion Jesus appears to Him and accepts all his sacrifices.  The movie is beautiful, funny, clever, and well-written.  We highly recommend it!

As you prepare for the last day of Christmas (which is tomorrow) don't forget to offer gifts to Jesus.  As you do to the least among us, you do to Him.

(The only videos I could find on YouTube have Indonesian subtitles.  The original, of course, does not.)

Thank you, Miss Carey!

This video is too large to attach in an email. So, we've posted it here for Belgee's Godmother, Carey to see.

I present: Belgee says "Thank you" with the distraction help of his siblings.

A stranger said to me.....

It's amazing what strangers say to people in the store! If you've been out grocery shopping with your large family you know exactly what I mean! It seems that with Christmas shopping the comments have only increased!

This fun family made me laugh out loud!!!




P.S. If you don't have a large family and have been tempted to make any similar comments to strangers, I hope this video gives you pause. Trust me, we've heard it all before. The "ha-ha" is only a courtesy laugh.

For Your Christmas Pity Party

If you're feeling a little blue this Christmas, the following selections are what I consider the most depressing Christmas songs ever written.

BYOK.

(Bring your own kleenex.)

This first one is Abba's classic Happy New Year. They sure are smiley folks while singing that they may as well lay down and die!

This song is seriously messed up. Why does the radio station play it ALL THE TIME during the Christmas season?! I give you Same Olde Lang Syne:

Depressing? Yes! Fantastic hair and fashion? Yes!

Is anything more uplifting during the festive season of Peace on Earth and Good Will To Men than little children singing about war? Of course that was John Lennon's point, I suppose. As it was also an intentional snub to Americans to call the song Happy X-mas instead of Happy Christmas.

And if your cup of holiday weeping is not yet full, drown your sorrows in The River by Joni Mitchell. You may as well, because you can't skate away on it.

Happy Christmas to all and to all a good-night!

To Put You In The Christmas Spirit!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Scenes from San Clemente

As a last hurrah of Summer, we camped in San Clemente.

"Who would leave a perfectly good head lying around?" --King Julian, Madagascar 2

Broken Things

Interceding for a friend, the Lord sent this song. Not only is it my prayer for my friend, it's healing me, too.

Just for Fun!

PSA: Big Government

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The Frogs Who Desired a King

The Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them. But some of them thought that this was not right, that they should have a king and a proper constitution, so they determined to send up a petition to Jove to give them what they wanted.

"Mighty Jove," they cried, "send unto us a king that will rule over us and keep us in order."

Jove laughed at their croaking, and threw down into the swamp a huge Log, which came down splash to the swamp. The Frogs were frightened out of their lives by the commotion made in their midst, and all rushed to the bank to look at the horrible monster; but after a time, seeing that it did not move, one or two of the boldest of them ventured out towards the Log, and even dared to touch it; still it did not move. Then the greatest hero of the Frogs jumped upon the Log and commenced dancing up and down upon it, there upon all the Frogs came and did the same; and for some time the Frogs went about their business every day without taking the slightest notice of their new King Log lying in their midst.

But this did not suit them, so they sent another petition to Jove, and said to him, "We want a real king; one that will really rule over us."

Now this made Jove angry, so he sent among them a big Stork that soon set to work gobbling them all up. Then the Frogs repented when too late.

(HT: Aesopfables.com)

(HT: Mrs. C)