There are those that are claiming the world will end tomorrow. I am not mocking them by any means but I don't believe this will be the case. If the Lord returns tomorrow I know where I am going so I will just continue to live my life as I do now. I am going to do nothing special just because others say life is ending. I know that I am saved by Grace and will be living in Heaven with my Lord and family when the time comes for Him to call me home.
One of the other blessings that I will have, if the Lord calls me home tomorrow, is I won't have to clean my house. I hate house cleaning. Anyone that has entered my home over the years will be able to attest to that. I have plans to dun the house out tomorrow as today is the last day of school for my children and they will be able to help with the work. They don't really like to do it either but it is something that is needing to be done.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Joke and pondering
I heard a joke the other day that went like this:
A little girl walked up to her mother and asked her where she came from. Her mother responded that a long time ago God made Adam and Eve and that those two people had children and their children had children and so on and so forth all the way down to her. The little girl smiled and said ok and walked off. She then went to her father and asked the same question, her father told her that the monkeys from many years ago had evolved to be more man like until eventually they became man and that is where she came from. The little girl said ok and walked away. She went back to her mother and said that she was confused. That mom had said one thing and dad had said another. Her mother responded with a laugh, I can explain honey. I told you where my family came from and your father told you where his is from.
Now that joke made me laugh but it also made me think. I think it is important to have mutual beliefs and standards so that when your children ask you an important question like where they come from or if there is a God, that your answers match. If these children are already questioning something then it makes no sense for them to get more confused by asking their parents and getting differing answers. Maybe that is one of the reasons that God has stated "Be not unequally yoked".
Amazing sometimes what comes about when someone tells you a joke.
A little girl walked up to her mother and asked her where she came from. Her mother responded that a long time ago God made Adam and Eve and that those two people had children and their children had children and so on and so forth all the way down to her. The little girl smiled and said ok and walked off. She then went to her father and asked the same question, her father told her that the monkeys from many years ago had evolved to be more man like until eventually they became man and that is where she came from. The little girl said ok and walked away. She went back to her mother and said that she was confused. That mom had said one thing and dad had said another. Her mother responded with a laugh, I can explain honey. I told you where my family came from and your father told you where his is from.
Now that joke made me laugh but it also made me think. I think it is important to have mutual beliefs and standards so that when your children ask you an important question like where they come from or if there is a God, that your answers match. If these children are already questioning something then it makes no sense for them to get more confused by asking their parents and getting differing answers. Maybe that is one of the reasons that God has stated "Be not unequally yoked".
Amazing sometimes what comes about when someone tells you a joke.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Twenty Years Ago
Twenty years ago I was getting ready to marry the man I believe God chose for me. We had dated for two and a half years prior to the day we'd chosen to marry. We'd been through scares that our pastor might not be in the country to marry us. He was in the reserves and Desert Storm was going on. We'd changed the date to move it forward a week because my father had a trip planned to Ireland the day we had originally planned to get married. I had two bridesmaids that I had to replace due to an illness for one and plans for school for another. I had changed my mind about the wedding dress I had originally put on layaway and was going to wear a different one. We had been through premarital counselling that our pastor required. He asked some hard questions during it and gave some really good advice. I think those sessions are part of the reason that my husband and I stayed together for twenty years.
Excitement and nervousness ran through me as we got ready to embark on a new adventure. I wasn't only getting married but moving to PA to live. I was about to forever leave behind being a child and becoming a wife.
In the past twenty years we have had our ups and downs, joy and sorrow, plenty and want. It hasn't always been an easy twenty years but we have been through them together. We have grown up together as well as growing older. We have been blessed with two children who are not that far from embarking on their own adventure to adulthood. When they leave we will be alone together once more. It will be another segment on this journey we call our marriage. I look forward to at least 20 more years with him.
Excitement and nervousness ran through me as we got ready to embark on a new adventure. I wasn't only getting married but moving to PA to live. I was about to forever leave behind being a child and becoming a wife.
In the past twenty years we have had our ups and downs, joy and sorrow, plenty and want. It hasn't always been an easy twenty years but we have been through them together. We have grown up together as well as growing older. We have been blessed with two children who are not that far from embarking on their own adventure to adulthood. When they leave we will be alone together once more. It will be another segment on this journey we call our marriage. I look forward to at least 20 more years with him.
Friday, May 6, 2011
words
Better to keep your silence and have someone think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove you are one.
I have been thinking about that some today. I know that words have the ability to cause joy as well as pain. Sometimes what is said hurts someone so much. I would rather keep my mouth shut than have something I have said cause someone to be upset.
Communication is a key in relationships of all sorts. Keeping quiet isn't always the easiest or best thing to do. However it is also important to know when to speak and how to speak. The tone is as important as the words spoken.
Sometimes I talk too much. I know it. I think sometimes I am doing it so that my brain doesn't have the chance to worry about items that I am concerned about. If I keep talking about nonsensical or non important items then my brain is busy with that and doesn't have time to think about the items that are really concerning me. It is my sanity at stake sometimes when I seem to babble.
When I am quiet, no one knows what is going on in my head. Sometimes that is better too.
I have been thinking about that some today. I know that words have the ability to cause joy as well as pain. Sometimes what is said hurts someone so much. I would rather keep my mouth shut than have something I have said cause someone to be upset.
Communication is a key in relationships of all sorts. Keeping quiet isn't always the easiest or best thing to do. However it is also important to know when to speak and how to speak. The tone is as important as the words spoken.
Sometimes I talk too much. I know it. I think sometimes I am doing it so that my brain doesn't have the chance to worry about items that I am concerned about. If I keep talking about nonsensical or non important items then my brain is busy with that and doesn't have time to think about the items that are really concerning me. It is my sanity at stake sometimes when I seem to babble.
When I am quiet, no one knows what is going on in my head. Sometimes that is better too.
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