From the “Learn something new and useful each day” file:
“Sure, it’s great that all you have to do to silent your iPhone is flip the switch on the side, but then you’re at a loss for telling the difference between an important business call and your neighbor who’s looking for someone to watch his dog. Fortunately, iOS 5 offers…”
Read more at: Creating custom vibration alerts in iOS 5 | iLounge Tips.
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WORD
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and let us sing
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
Alleluia
Creation sent to me the centipede
to witness the complexity
of one hundred legs that were moving unexpectedly
ironically
just as they were meant to be,
they’re fearfully and wonderfully made;
An organism praised in circadian rhythms:
the sun will rise and then the sun will set, and then the sun will rise again,
so lift up your head!
this is life: not a static object preserved and displayed like a relic from the dead
You are not a fruitless tree with a rootless disease
growin’ in a bucket in a rich man’s home
next to the TV tamed and alone
learnin’ to lust for the things you don’t own
like an arm chair warrior who’s been dethroned
Declawed and fixed
fighting for you life with unattended slit wrists.
Don’t let your name get intermingled with the number cause its time to awaken from the devilish slumber,
to freely follow the Forerunner
to the fatherland and rally round the renaissance man
and the wisdom of His ways
and all the work of His hands
catch come as catch can
concentrating on the good words of the Son of Man,
the plan is to withstand the demands of a confused oppressor:
a wolf in sheep’s clothes
with monotonous lectures
and questionable gestures
unequal measures
cultural pressures
and synthetic textures
force fed instead of the most beautiful architecture
of our long lost, forgotten origins:
Unseen fiber in the blood of my King
And that old rock where we confessed our sins
Oh, my God, fellow man
in this great land they all cry out for
full restoration
and this will take
patience
and this will take the tribes
and the tongues of all the nations
and all of creation groans in anticipation
Waitin’ for the Son of God to be manifest
I can feel it burnin’ in my chest
The liberation for the oppressed
And it’s beautiful like the feet that bring good news…
Its beautiful like this freedom tune
Its beautiful like the power to choose…to change
Beautiful like the long awaited rain
Beautiful like the healing pains
Beautiful like the holy flames…coming down!
All creatures of our God and King
Lift up your voice and with us sing
O Praise Him! O Praise Him!
Alleluia…
© Josh Garrels
Big day today…
I put the Couch-to-5K program to the test and ran my first race. It was the inaugural Pacific Grove Lighthouse 5K. (Actually, my first 5K was supposed to be the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot this coming Thursday, but my wife found this one two weeks ago…)
It was a sunny but brisk morning at ~45 degrees. I’m used to running in the early AM, so the temp was nothing terribly new. With close to 700 participants in the race it was a great experience.
I tried to stay close to my average, 9:20-something pace, but ended up with an 8:40 pace. I think running with others and the fact that it was a race pushed me a little. My official time was 26:53, which was a personal best against my self-timed, neighborhood 5Ks.
It was a fun day, shared with my awesome, #1 fan – and our best friends even came with us!
So, the Turkey Trot will now be #2 – with, from what I’ve heard, ~17,000 other runners. Number 3 will actually be on Saturday: the Quarry Turkey, in Fremont. Both are 5Ks – I’m working my way up…10Ks next, then on to the half-marathon! I’m finalizing the 2012 calendar this week!
GIDDY-UP!!!
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As someone who recently started the running thing, I find this inspirational and encouraging…
MS Inspiration: Zoe Koplowitz Finishes Last Place At The NYC Marathon
In a time of 31 hours and 20 minutes, Zoe Koplowitz completed the New York City Marathon yesterday (the day after she started) in last place–and she couldn’t be happier
Read the rest at: MS Inspiration: Zoe Koplowitz Finishes Last Place At The NYC Marathon.
As those three items – and a load of others – bombard us over the next six-plus weeks, I resolve (and challenge you) to remember:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us … And from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
John 1:14, 16 ESV
That’s a question you hear a lot. “Was it worth it?”
Not certain what either “it” refers to, but…
Read more at: Seth’s Blog: Worth it?
So I tried one of those energy gel shots before this morning’s run…
Per the instructions, I ate (?) it about 15 minutes before I headed out at 0430, chasing it with a nice glass of water.
It tasted pretty good, didn’t upset my stomach, and I guess I did seem to feel a little bit more energy on the second half of my 4-mile.
At 100 calories and as low as $.99 through Amazon, they seem economical…
Time will tell though…I bought a few more just for experimenting.
GIDDY-UP!
Pastor John spoke a bit from Lamentations 3 yesterday in church…
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
The handwritten note in the margin near verses 22-24 reads: “Respnsv Trust”
I wrote that back in 2009 while reading the Bible in 90 Days at church…I recall blogging about it as well:
Responsive Trust. 3:22-24. How can the writer say “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.”? The statement about His great love, compassion, and faithfulness are from a heart that has experienced them and heard about them in the lives of ancestors of old. How can we say this? The same way – we’ve probably experienced them and heard about them in the lives of those we know. It is easy to forget these testimonies in the midst of trials, but we must cling to the TRUTH of God’s unchanging character! THANK YOU GOD!!
Good stuff…
…true Stuff…
…Faithful God!
Read this yesterday and thought about it early this morning during my first “long run”:
“Effortless effort. It means work hard, but trust that you can do it.”
-Rachel Cieslewicz, Pro Runner
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