October 29, 2002
from the synod walljm and
from the synod
walljm and refugeisland will be added to the list on the right soon.
on music (imagine that)
i went to a performance last night featuring ULM's concert choir and chamber singers. it was beautiful. they performed a part of something by mozart (the somlemn vespers) and it made me think of how the music was written. the way mozart wrote vocal parts to go with an orchestra, the voices matched the instruments (if you've seen amadeus you know what i mean). it could "hear" the instruments just by listening to the vocal parts. it was amazing. they're performing with the masterworks choir and a full orchestra in about a month and i very much want to go.
October 27, 2002
Sabbath reflection part 2 Zion
Sabbath reflection part 2
Zion Found On The Mountains
Zion, founded on the mountains,
God, thy Maker, loves thee well;
He has chosen thee, most precious,
He delights in thee to dwell;
God’s own city, God’s own city,
God’s own city, who can all thy glory tell?
Heathen lands and hostile peoples
Soon shall come the Lord to know;
Nations born again in Zion
Shall the Lord’s salvation show;
God Almighty, God Almighty,
God Almighty, shall on Zion strength bestow.
When the Lord shall count the nations,
Sons and daughters He shall see,
Born to endless life in Zion,
And their joyful song shall be:
“Blessèd Zion, blessèd Zion,
Blessèd Zion, all our fountains are in thee.”
the ouachita river in the
the ouachita river in the bathtub
i'm in monroe this week for some training with work so i'm staying with a relative to keep from having to drive back and forth every day. i ran some bathwater while i was getting undressed and when i went back to the bathtub it was full of brown water. that's right BROWN. as i stepped in i thought "welcome to monroe."
Sabbath reflection part one Now
Sabbath reflection part one
Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And your Seed," who is Christ. And this I say that the law, which was our hundred and thirty years later, cannot annul the covenant that was confimred before by God in Christ, that it should make the promise of no effect. For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise...For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's then you are Abrahams's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:16-18,26-29
O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleseant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.
Psalm 16:5,6
our adoption during church this
our adoption
during church this morning, my pastor was preaching on Genesis 15 and the righteousness of Abram (see vs 6) and somehow he got to talking about our adoption into the church of Christ and i just hadn't heard it this way before kinda just made me go "duh" and want to hit myself on the head. anyway he said (paraphrase) "we aren't brought into the church by being born to Christian parents, but we are adopted into the church by our baptism. the fact that we're born to Christian parents doesn't secure our entry into the church but only gives us the priviledge/right to be baptized into it."
unintentional blogbreak sorry i haven't
unintentional blogbreak
sorry i haven't been posting lately. i've been sooooo busy (especially this weekend) and haven't had time to breathe much less blog. i was begining to worry about becoming like john.
Collect for the Twenty-second Sunday
Collect for the Twenty-second Sunday after Trinity
Lord, we beseech thee to keep thy household the Church in continual godliness; that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities, and devoutly given to serve thee in good works, to the glory of thy Name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
October 22, 2002
October 20, 2002
Who Are These Like Stars
Who Are These Like Stars Appearing
Who are these like stars appearing,
These before God’s throne who stand?
Each a golden crown is wearing;
Who are all this glorious band?
Alleluia! Hark, they sing,
Praising loud their heav’nly King.
Who are these of dazzling brightness,
These in God’s own truth arrayed,
Clad in robes of purest whiteness,
Robes whose luster ne’er shall fade,
Ne’er be touched by time’s rude hand?
Whence come all this glorious band?
These are they who have contended
For their Savior’s honor long,
Wrestling on till life was ended,
Following not the sinful throng;
These who well the fight sustained,
Triumph through the Lamb have gained.
These are they whose hearts were riven,
Sore with woe and anguish tried,
Who in prayer full oft have striven
With the God they glorified;
Now, their painful conflict o’er,
God has bid them weep no more.
These, like priests, have watched and waited,
Offering up to Christ their will;
Soul and body consecrated,
Day and night to serve Him still:
Now in God’s most holy place
Blest they stand before His face.
O Lord, show thy mercy
O Lord, show thy mercy upon us and grant us thy salvation. O God, make clean our hearts within us and take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost. Amen.
The Collect for the Twenty-first
The Collect for the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity
Grant, we beseech thee, mericful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that they may be clenased from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
October 19, 2002
mamaw (pronouced "ma'am-awe") i just
mamaw (pronouced "ma'am-awe")
i just found out that my grandmother (my mom's mom) has to have a masetomy due to cancer on thursday. the other is already gone and they won't know until they get in there if it's in her lymph nodes or anything. if it is there then she will more than likely have to have chemo/radiation done. she's already skin and bones and i don't think that her little body can handle it. so we're praying that it's not in the lymph nodes and they can get everything on thursday.
October 17, 2002
publication sorry for for yall
publication
sorry for for yall having to see all of my stuff (see additions to the right-side bar) but i know that i look at this every day and i know it's probably the only way i can see it and think about what is going on and what is happening next. i saw jennifer do it not too long ago and when i was trying to remember everything i thought about doing it myself.
wow...time flies....when you live halfway
wow...time flies....when you live halfway around the world.
i just saw emeth's concert post. it's now 5:45 pm here in good ole louisiana. if you notice the post is on FRIDAY. it took me a second to firgure it out. then i was like oh...duh!
October 16, 2002
the grind rachel admitted that
the grind
rachel admitted that she was depressed and i believe that i to a certain extent am too. i just feel like having a pity party for myselft lately. especially after work today. there was a man that came in this afternoon (he's one of our premier customers) and everybody was busy. i tried to help him but i'm still not sure of how to figure things out on the system. i had to eventually go get my manager who was working on some continuing ed stuff and didn't want to be disturbed. she ended up taking him into her office and talking to him for a good while (i think like 20 or 30 mintues). after that customer left i apologized to her for having to pull her away from her studies to help him. her response? she just looked at me. no "it's ok", no nod of the head. nothing. it literally made me feel this big. sometimes i feel like i'm not the right one for this job. i thought i had done so well this week so far and now i feel like i have to be on my toes for the next week and a half before i go to teller training. it's one of the hardest things for me to have to tell a customer "i don't know." when i had my oncampus job at the bookstore before graduating, i knew most everything (especially in my department) and now with this job i don't know a thing. i have to tell a customer at least once a day that i need to go get someone to help me answer their question or to perform some simple task for them. i know i'm still on the bottom of the learning curve and i'm on my way up but still...
October 13, 2002
VIOLET You surround yourself
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finally, cool weather is here
finally, cool weather is here
Oct 13 Mostly Cloudy 40°
Oct 14 Mostly Cloudy 63°/45°
Oct 15 Partly Cloudy 66°/48°
Oct 16 Mostly Sunny 66°/48°
Oct 17 Partly Cloudy 70°/51°
Oct 18 Partly Cloudy 69°/52°
Oct 19 Few Showers 66°/55°
October 12, 2002
Friday 5 (just a day
Friday 5 (just a day late but not a dollar short)
1. If you could only choose 1 cd to ever listen to again, what would it be?
not just because this would be a sunday school answer but b/c i like it. the first psalm cd by new song
2. If you could only choose 2 movies to watch ever again, what would they be?
tough one....ummmm..silence of the lambs & cutting edge
3. If you could only choose 3 books to read ever again, what would they be?
njkv or esv bible, matthew henry's commentary, & any mary higgins clark novel
4. If you could only choose 4 things to eat or drink ever again, what would they be?
pasta, minute maid country style orange juice (sorry, i'm picky about the pulpiness of my OJ - i like it), anything mama patty makes, & sweet tea
5. If you could only choose 5 people to ever be/talk/associate/whatever with ever again, who would they be?
phyllis f, adrienne b, melody c (soon to be m), raonna t, & joshua s
definitions just something to think
definitions
just something to think about....whenever you look up a word in the dictionary, what is the meaning of that word? well, it's the combination of other words and their definitions. it's like an infinite cycle of what just one word means. it just blows my mind to think that we define words with other words and who's to say that that's what it really means. does anybody else get what i'm saying?
October 07, 2002
kathryn... i just found her.
kathryn...
i just found her. i added her to my blog list too for those of you that didn't notice.
October 06, 2002
one of ruston's own (i
one of ruston's own
(i went to school with this guy. he was only a year ahead of me.)
Rookie Patrick Ramsey came off the bench and threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns as the Washington Redskins bounced back after two straight losses to beat the Tennessee Titans 31-14 Sunday. Danny Wuerffel made his first NFL start in four years, but the 1996 Heisman winner lasted just one series before leaving with an injured right shoulder. Spurrier sent in Ramsey, and the rookie didn't give his coach any reason to turn to Shane Matthews, who had started the first three games."We don't have to write about who's going to play quarterback for a while,'' Spurrier said. "He's our guy. Hopefully, he can stay healthy and keep getting better and go the distance.'' Unless Spurrier changes his mind this week, Ramsey will become the 14th starting quarterback in the Redskins' last 10 seasons when the team hosts New Orleans on Sunday. Ramsey, Washington's first-round draft pick, easily handled pressure from the blitzing Titans (1-4). He rallied the Redskins (2-2) from a 14-10 halftime deficit by leading them to two touchdowns in the third quarter to clinch the victory. He also impressed Spurrier, which isn't easy to do. "I didn't know that he could step up in there with guys flying around him and make the throws he did. That was crucial,'' the coach said. "Anybody who says it doesn't matter who plays back there is wrong.'' "He avoided the rush here and there, stepped up and hit a lot of good third down plays, kept drives going. I didn't know he could do that. None of us did,'' Spurrier added. "We knew he could look good in practice, but the game's a different story. He proved to us he could play.'' Ramsey was 20-of-34, and Washington rolled up 442 yards. Stephen Davis ran for a touchdown and caught another despite spraining a ligament in his right knee at the end of the first quarter. He returned in the third quarter, with the knee tightly taped, and finished with 90 yards on 18 carries. This game featured two of the NFL's worst defenses, but the Redskins played much better in this game, coming up with four turnovers and four sacks. They held Tenneesee to 289 total yards....Ramsey started slowly, going three-and-out on two of his first three drives before getting his timing together. He drove the Redskins 90 yards over 6:33, hitting 6 of 12 passes for 97 yards, including a 20-yarder to Rod Gardner for a touchdown and a 10-7 lead. He added a 23-yard TD pass to Lockett in the third.
Today's Collect O GOD, forasmuch
Today's Collect
O GOD, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee; Mercifully grant that thy Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
October 05, 2002
Lamentations 3:22-26 Through the LORD's
Lamentations 3:22-26
Through the LORD's mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
"The LORD is my portion," says my soul,
"Therefore I hope in Him!"
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
October 04, 2002
how sad am i? it's
how sad am i?
it's a friday night. i don't have anything to do so i'm fixing to order a pizza and go home and watch a movie. sad huh?
Survey 1. What is your
Survey
1. What is your favorite memory to think about? just about anytime i can remember when i was hanging out with friends and laughing my head off (while with the friends)
2. What are the top 5 things you passionately love most? my Lord, the body of Christ, my family, music, and my friends
3. Who are your closest friends, and why?Melody and Adrienne have to be right now. Because they love me for who i am and don't care how much i hurt them.
4. What time do you ordinarily go to bed at night and get up in the morning? i try to get in bed by 10 on sunday-thursday and 11 on saturday...friday, who knows; sunday i'm up by 8:30, m-f by 7:15 and saturday whenever.
5. How long is the longest letter you've ever written? heck if i know...prolly less than 20 pages
6. How long is the longest phone conversation you've had? i think 3 or 4 hours
7. Who are your favorite theologians? Jordan, Wilkins, Wilson.
8. What are you reading right now? not really anything right now. still not in the working groove.
9. Do you have recurring dreams? What are they of?no but i dream about things that really do happen in the future and when it does happen it's kinda like a freaky deja vu thing.
10. Is music important to you? Explain why or why not. some music can make me feel in a way that is not even able for me to discribe.
11. What are some of your favorite hymns? Be Still My Soul, It Is Well, Abide With Me, How Sweet and Awful is the Place, A Mighty Fortress, Be Thou My Vision, O Sacred Head Now Wounded, Of the Father's Love Begotten, Hallelujah Praise Jehovah, plus others
12. Approximately how much time do you spend on the computer? anywhere from 10 minutes to x number of hours per day.
13. If you had the opportunity to do anything right now, what would it be? to be loved in a way that noone has every loved me before.
14. What do you find most attractive in the opposite sex? godliness, sense of humor, love for the church
where's 15????
16. List the things that you think are most important for you to be doing in your life right now, and why. some of these are too hard ;)
which one?
17. Dancing or singing? see #10 above
18. Wine or champagne? Champagne
19. Indoors or outdoors? where's the airconditioner?
20. Winter or summer? i love the cold
21. Rain or snow? snow
22. Talking or listening? Listening.
23. Reading or writing? reading
24. Morning or evening? evening
24. Music or paintings? again...see #10
about me
25. Hair color: brown
26. Hair length: just past my shoulders
27. Eye color: blue
28. Eye shape: i dunno
29. Height: almost 5'10"
30. Weight: hmmm....ummm....no
31. Age: 23
32. Ring size: 9
33. Length of nose: who measures their nose? ;)
34. Length of smile: heck if i know
35. How many siblings do you have? 3 sisters
36. Who is your favorite relative? my mommy
37. In what ways are you like your family? In what ways do you differ? we're family....how else can i describe it?
38. Is your family important to you? of course!
39. How has your family influenced you? by their love
40. Was this survey worthwhile? not sure
October 03, 2002
she's on her way lil
she's on her way
lil is coming. i'm not too worried. wind and water don't scare me. it's been windy and on/off raining all day. my mom has offered for me to stay with them tonight and i think i'm going to go. not because i'm scared so i can watch tv and use their computer :-D.
nice job guys rick and
nice job guys
rick and micheal changed their templates (oops...and rachel too)
October 02, 2002
October 01, 2002
countdown tomorrow! tomorrow! i love
countdown
tomorrow! tomorrow! i love ya tomorrow..you're only a day away!
help! i've lost my comments!!!
help!
i've lost my comments!!! jon...can you email me? pretty please with sugar and a cherry on top? :-D
overheard "i know there's another
overheard
"i know there's another box around here somewhere. i know i have more books than this."
a friend of mine recently moved into a new house with his new wife and was sorting his book collection and was surrounded by the ones he already had out. he does have a nice sized library but i'm pretty sure some (if not most) could beat him with your own. (*cough* capezza *cough cough*)
i'm coming home to you
i'm coming home to you
i loved the movie! i would pay to see it at least one more time in the theaters. the depection of the rural south was great. i recognized a lot of sayings they had ("whatever blows your dress up" :-D) one of my friends that i saw it with said that it's kinda wierd because that a lot of yankees actually think that it's fiction. but it's not. a lot of it was right on target. it was sooo hilarious. y'all have got to see it.