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Daily Inspiration
I usually wake each day, early, and spend time reading God's word and writing a few thoughts. Throughout the day, I add to those daily thoughts and ponderings. Many things inspire me.
I have notebooks full of these miscellaneous thoughts, ideas I've jotted down which will, one day, become stories and poems.
Today, I decided it was time for me to join the computer age with my journal and daily ponderings. As the years pass, it's harder to find some of yesterday's inspirations to make them into today's stories and poems. Besides, those notebooks are becoming quite a fire hazard!
Prisoner of HopeSeptember 21, 2006 at 8:19am A week has gone by since I posted something here. It was a busy week, with some disappointments and some reasons to rejoice. I will have to write more about the week later, once I've sorted it all out.
This morning as I was getting ready to attend my own church, I turned on the TV to catch Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston.
Joel said that we should be prisoners of hope and faith, and that we should live with expectancy. He reminded us of the importance of praying and... [ Read more] This is EasterSeptember 21, 2006 at 8:18am After the Easter worship service today, the pastor invited people to pray at the altar, as usual. He invited anyone who had not accepted Jesus to come forward and pray. He asked those who had special needs to kneel at the altar.
As we started to sing the last hymn, a small shy teenaged girl hobbled to the altar. Her legs are deformed and she is mentally challenged. (Is that the politically corret term now for mentally retarded or mentally handicapped? I think so.)
Soon, her boyfrien... [ Read more] Even Ms. Merry Sunshine Gets Perturbed SometimesSeptember 21, 2006 at 8:16am While I was driving on my 375 mile trip last Friday, I heard about the comments that Education Secretary Rod Paige made in the Baptist Press article on April 7. I first heard about it on NPR, then switched to a Christian station where they were talking about it too.
If you missed this controversy, here's a link:
{link:http://www.mcjonline.com/news/03a/20030416a.shtml}
Basically, Rod Paige said that all things being equal, he would prefer to send his own children to a school with Chri... [ Read more] |
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