Yesterday, the post prompt on Plinky.com was:
Write a haiku about something that drives you nuts.
Her
By Dennis Arriaga
A late-eighties start
All thoughts eclipsed by this one:
I’m crazy for her!
Archives For November 30, 1999
Re-post of a May 8, 2009 entry as we are celebrating our wedding anniversary this weekend!
I Love you K!
8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
Exodus 17:8-13 (NIV)
So this Saturday is the 23rd anniversary of my first date with my wonderful wife, Karen (one of the few dates that I have committed to memory: her birthday, our first date, our engagement date, and (of course) our wedding anniversary). Continue Reading…
Today’s post prompt on “The Daily Post at WordPress.com” was:
Share something that makes you smile.
My answer:
For my dance partner of twenty-three years…I love you.
Check out Andrew Peterson’s new album here (iTunes)…or his other stuff here (iTunes) or here (AP’s website)!
Last night, Karen and I went on a dinner/mall date! We had a great time at Valley Fair – Rubio’s for dinner and we hit two of the newer stores in our lives: Lego Store and Gymboree!
One the way home as we were sitting the Starbucks drive-thru (appropriately capping off the evening), we were talking about stuff and Karen made the comment, “Well, at least Jesus is my friend!”
I think most of us would agree that there is a song that applies to most of the situations we go through…OK, maybe it just a musicians thing.
Anyway, being of that mind, I quickly drew my iPhone from its holster and played the song below…twice.
We had a great laugh – just thought I would share!
Lyrics:
Jesus is My Friend
Sonseed
Jesus is a friend of mine
Jesus is my friend
Jesus is a friend of mine
I have a friend in Jesus
Jesus is a friend of mine
Jesus is my friend
Jesus is a friend of mine
He taught me how to live my life as it should be
He taught me how to turn my cheek when people laugh at me
I’ve had friends before and I can tell you that
He’s one who will never leave you flat!
He taught me how to pray and how to save my soul
He taught me how to praise my god and still play rock and roll
The music may sound different but the message is the same
It’s just an instrumental praise his name
Once I tried to run, I tried to run and hide
But Jesus came and found me and he touched me down inside
He is like a mountie, he always gets his man
And he’ll zap you any way he can. Zap!
He loves me when I’m right, He loves me when I’m wrong
He loves me when I waste my time by writing silly songs
He loves me when I’m quiet and I have nothing to say
He’ll love me when I’m perfect if I ever get that way
I was behind this really, really nice truck today in the drive-thru and snapped this picture.
The back window got me thinking that being excessive can be good. Good when in response to our amazing God who loves us with an excessive love.
Made me think of Romans 11:35-12:1…
So my life is far from hard. The “trials” I have gone through (I really don’t even feel right calling them that) are not comparable to those that many have had and I humbly praise God for that (if that is even a right thing to do).
I guess the toughest thing that I (and Karen) have gone through has been our two plus-year adoption journey. A plus-year year combination of international then domestic, on then off, known then unknown status, and now back on track. A series of ups and down – all the while knowing that our amazing Heavenly Father was in control…even when we didn’t know where He was leading next! BTW, Karen is great. At one point, she described a disappointing situation this way, “First I was sad. Then I was mad. Then I was glad!”
As you can imagine – plus-year years of a mix of emotions. At times, we’ve wondered “why God?” At times, we’ve asked “why not God?” We’ve even (in all honesty) said, “come on God!” We’ve cried, been confused, been excited, been hurt, been mad, been hopeful, been discouraged. The cool part is that through it all…THROUGH IT ALL, we’ve known that God was in control and had a plan…we’ve just gotten to see it revealed in segments and in His perfect timing!
Tuesday, I was listening to a Andy Stanley’s Defining Moments podcast (#4) and John 9:1-3 hit me. I’ve read this so many times, heard sermons, read commentaries… This time, it just hit me anew. It reads:
1As he [Jesus] went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.
So I have been on travel all week in Key Largo, Florida for a work conference. Location is nice, but I haven’t really enjoyed it all that much – I have had TERRIBLE allergies and have pretty much been completely clogged up for the past two days. I know, I can hear the violins playing all over!
OK, I did venture out today after the meeting and took the 2.5-hour drive to Key West, ate a late lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe, and walked around. Shot the requisite pictures of the Southernmost Point marker and the Interstate 1 “Mile 0” sign. Then made the long drive home. Dinner was the finer cuisine of Waffle House, as there really wasn’t anything closer to the resort and I didn’t want to pay $40 for a hamburger!
Aside from posting a Sunday set list, I generally don’t much blog on weekends…so I am posting this today.
8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.”
10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.
Exodus 17:8-13 (NIV)
So this Saturday is the 23rd anniversary of my first date with my wonderful wife, Karen (one of the few dates that I have committed to memory: her birthday, our first date, our engagement date, and (of course) our wedding anniversary). OK, the actual date was on May 10, but in 1986, it was a Saturday.
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