Check out this video of Todd Friel comparing morals with recycling. Intrigued? Watch! It is true, indeed!
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I say that often enough for me to have to post it, so there.
I downloaded iTunes today, so that I can put music and organize it on Mom’s iPod. First thing I see when I go the the site to download it is an ad for the Beatles. How awful is that! How did they get so popular? How do we define greatness nowadays? Is it really that base? I guess it is… Our celebrity culture is like the Babylonian times. Do men not stand for principle anymore? I guess not… Not in the open. As in the days of Elijah, God has reserved for himself men who have not bowed the knee to “foreign gods.”
Also, I have developed the opinion that whoever wrote the music to “The Star-Spangled Banner” patterned it after vocal exercises. Think so?
Also, Living Waters released their 6th Way of the Master Episode for Season 4! It’s the Monaco Episode, and for a limited time, you can download it for free! How cool is that? Check it out here!
Another thing: it’s November and it hasn’t snowed yet. 
And I’m grateful, honestly! However, I do wish it would stop raining!
One last thought/wierd fact about me: how do you break a brand new acoustic guitar string? The lowest one? Cuz I did a couple days ago, and was pretty peeved about it. Fortunately, this house is filled with guitar players and their equipment so Mom immediately volunteered hers for my usage on Sunday. I wonder how long it’s been since I changed the strings on that thing? I received this beautiful Jasmine guitar by Takamine… gee, almost 5 years ago??? Wow! It was the PERFECT starter for me! The fret board is a little smaller than most, it’s got no cuttaways, it has a black pickguard (something I wanted!), it’s playable, and the sound is really nice! What I like so much is that though it is a beginner’s guitar, it’s not cheap in quality! It really is a nice guitar, and has been a good old faithful, needing no fixing besides cleaning and new strings! The one bummer that only showed up recently is that it’s not electric, so Dad got me a pickup. I actually had to sand it down so it would fit in the soundhole, lol! But it has done it’s job well over the years! But since it’s been 5 years and I’m now playing regularly with the church band, I’ve had in the back of my mind… an update. I do so love my guitar, but now that I’m performing regularly I’ve thought a little about an update when the opportunity arises– whenever it does. We went to Big Apple to pick up strings for my Jasmine, but our first mistake was bringing the boys with us. They wanted to “look around” a bit. And following them, my eyes fell upon a bright red Dean electric-acoustic–second mistake. The best thing I did was look at the price tag: $300. First things first; the update can wait! Lol! Food and transportation are kinda important! The Lord will take care of all these things He knows we have need of!
Walking home a few days ago, I spotted a bumper sticker that said “Abortion hurts women.” Honestly, this may be true. But… here, let’s break this down.
What is abortion defined? The killing of unborn babies. Call it “terminating pregnancies” if you will, but that is a nicified term for killing babies in the womb. Plain and simple. First there’s a baby, then there isn’t. There is no nicey way around it.
Now read that bumper sticker this way: “Killing unborn babies hurts women.” Uh, yeah, and killing babies hurts babies, too.
Why is it that people can no longer defend right and oppose wrong just because it is right or wrong? Why do they no longer stand up for principle? Why do we have to wait until we know that killing babies hurts women to oppose killing babies? What is the logic behind that? Do people really only care about their touchy feelings, about themselves? How utterly insane beyond what I am able to say, that MURDER suddenly becomes worthy of prohibition only when it bruises somebody who has the advantage of voicing their discomfort. I heard of a woman who survived an abortion– the kind where a saline solution was supposed to eat her alive in the womb. Can we not stand up for the oppressed who are too fragile and too weak to speak for themselves, just because their suffering is UNJUST? Because it is WRONG?
Of course, the question arises, “Who defines wrong?” The Creator of the universe defines what is wrong. The Creator created the material and the immaterial; the material is the things that we see, and the immaterial is things such as the laws of nature. And He let us know what He thought about what is right and wrong, too. Not convinced the Creator exists? You got some homework to do. Sorry, but it’s true. If you don’t believe He exists, you need to do some thorough research to see if you’re right.
My Mom brought up this point a while back ago when she heard of how when Moms stay at home to raise the kids, they benefit from being with their kids; therefore, because the mother benefits, staying at home with the kids is good. Uh…. what? Moms stay home with their kids to help themselves? Read what she had to say in her own words here.
So here I am applying the same principle to a bumper sticker. My Mom done raised me upright! (It’s SOO fun to say that). Surely we aren’t the only ones this occurred to?
My sweet friend Renee passed on to me the Sunshine Award (My second ever award)! And the Brick Buster gave it to me again! I feel so flutterated knowing that for all my quirks, I brightened somebody’s day! So now it’s my turn finding 12 bloggers who brighten my day! (Who haven’t already received this award)
I hereby award:
Mrs. Mecomber at I Love New York Travel (I know she already got one on another blog, but… this photoblog deserves it!
Dave at The Forney Flyer. (Stories and pictures really brighten my day. It is just so awesome to see how God is using MAF on the other side of the world!)
Joy at The Stay-at-Home Missionary. (Such a sweet lady! So neat to see how God is using a mom to do His work on the other side of the world! God bless all missionary-moms!)
Ray Comfort at Atheist Central. (Thank God for somebody who is patient and yet straightforward with the atheists! And kudos to the guy who makes those comics!!!)
Kerry Hasenbalg. (Still praising God for the new, healthy baby! I don’t have any idea just how joyful her family is after years of waiting on God for this moment!)
David Peach at Missionary Talks. (It is just SO cool and enlightening to hear one-on-one talks with modern-day missionaries!)
Courageous Blog. (On many occasions, I have “gotten my joy back” here!)
Umm….. Oh no! I can only think of seven bloggers who haven’t already received the award! (I think I awarded most of these guys last time, too…)
I guess I’m still an amateur in the blogosphere! Nonetheless, we are in need of pure and undefiled sunshine these days, so I cannot complain upon the receiving and the giving of this sun-shiney award! Hope y’all have a brighter day!
here in Central New York. So hot that the water coming out of the hose was scalding hot. No kidding, if I had kept my hand under that water I would have burned myself. Well, I did make sun tea today.
And we HAD to harvest the snap peas today; we decided to wait until evening to do it, cuz it was too durn hot. I picked two large bowlfuls, and like twenty minutes after I came inside, it started to rain and even to thunder!
The temperature was nice outside about 8 o’clock this evening, if only every bug and more weren’t out competing for my flesh and juicy red blood. Mmmm…
Tomorrow I believe we will harvest some berries, kale, and lettuce. I hope we will get to it, we really have to, cuz they keep growing and growing while we neglect them while throwing all our energies toward working on the house. (And making CD cases when it’s too hot ) Might I add that I absolutely LOVE homegrown kale? Makes awesome salad, smoothie, sandwiches, and just a snack! Wish I could take care of it more often…
