This past week’s photo challenge at The Daily Post at WordPress.com was:
Refuge
There are probably deeper “refuge” themes and photos that I could have taken/posted, but when I read that word, this immediately came to mind!
I have cold hands. Freaky cold…
OK, they’re not cold all the time, but pretty much most of the time.
They are cold enough that I warn people about it before I shake hands with them. Most people smile and think, yeah right; but when I shake their hand, I can see the truth on their face as we’re shaking…wow, they are cold!
The other day I had my 6-month check-up with my doctor – I’ve been on a 6-month rotation ever since I had a “heart scare” in 2009. My report was great: weight down, numbers good, etc. Anyway, I asked her about my cold hands: Was there anything wrong? Was there something I’m not seeing? Is there a solution?
I think we all do this every once in a while. I guess we better stop…
From The New York Times:
The Claim: A Fake Smile Can be Bad for Your Health
By ANAHAD O’CONNOR
Published: February 21, 2011
A study looked at bus drivers because their jobs require frequent — and generally courteous — interactions with many people.
Are you a “fake smiler”?
I was walking around the house last night and noticed a bunch of dog toys scattered about.
It just struck me funny: we live in a home with a bunch of dead scattered varmints…and a hunter.
The varmints…
The hunter…
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As I’ve written before, thought-provoking lyrics are my thing…
Every time I hear the two lines below from John Mark McMillan’s Dress Us Up, I am encouraged and convicted.
In a comparative reference between the account of Mary and Jesus’ interaction and our responsive worship, McMillan wrote:
When You walk into the room You know we can’t resist
Every bottle of perfume always ends up on the floor in a mess
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So it’s a slow day on the old blog topic front, so…
My normal 3 o’clock…
…has some new competition…
“Look how you’re standing”
– My wife to me
“Look how she’s pushing that cart”
– Me to my wife
“[BUUURRP] Excuse me”
– Me to my wife
Three seemingly unrelated statements that are actually quite similar. You see, they relate to a few of the things that recently reminded me of my mom and dad:
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“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform.”
– Susan B. Anthony
In Sunday School this quarter, we’ve been studying the letters to the seven churches in the Book of Revelation. This past week, we looked at the letter to Sardis – a church that seemed OK on the outside; but was, for the most part, different on the inside. A church that was asleep, possibly complacent, just seeking “to fit in and not offend”, or, as a John MacArthur article I read put it, “[Sardis] had disintegrated and was now dead. It was suffering from dry rot while going through the motions of worship and activity.”
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