“Freedom is living within God’s guidelines.” – Chet McCalley (from a message on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood – http://www.wordoftruth.net/subject.htm ) Wow, does that fly in the face of the world’s definition of freedom!
Romans 6:18 “and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness.”
In essence, we believers are free slaves.
Archive for July, 2008
31 Jul
oh freedom
29 Jul
Name Games
I’m at the stage in life where my friends seem to be having babies in bunches, and so the topic of baby names is quite in vogue. Today I checked a book out of the library called Bad Baby Names by Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback which details the highs and (mostly) lows of names [...]
23 Jul
joy-stealers?
“Don’t let what you want steal the enjoyment of what you have.”
I recently came across this quote my mom sent me, and it was the kind of statement that is convicting and encouraging at the same time. Discontentment can indeed steal my joy, while contentment in the Lord and his abundant blessings (both now and [...]
22 Jul
fearfully and wonderfully
Today I held a week old baby in my arms. She was beautiful – from her the top of her downy head to her miniature fingernails to her little feet that fit comfortably in the palm of my hand. I could have stared at this handiwork of God all day.
I love the fact that something [...]
18 Jul
How to Negotiate 101
The following is an item I found in my stash of old letters. It was written several years ago from my three youngest siblings to our mother (who photocopied it and sent it to me), asking for permission to buy a fancy toy from a neighbor who was moving back to the States. I have [...]
17 Jul
9 years
9 years ago, my life plans were pretty set. I was going to be a doctor. I was going to pay off my loans somewhere in the rural U.S., far far away from any city. Then I was going to move back to Africa to live and die.
9 years ago today, I received my high school diploma.
Now, 9 years later, I am [...]
16 Jul
The All-Star – pardon – The All-Night Game
15 innings, four hours and fifty minutes of baseball. And I watched it all, into the wee hours of this morning, a luxury afforded to few others than the unemployed-until-next-month, I suppose.
It showed me again why I love the game, which started out slow and scoreless in last evening, but built up to an nail-biting, error-plagued, [...]
14 Jul
all my own
I told my friend, Emily, this weekend that sometimes I feel as if I live in the quotes of other people because their words say what I’m thinking so much better than I ever could. The following is an exception, however. It is thoroughly my quote.
You see, we were fooling around on Saturday night with those magnetic words (and random prefixes and suffixes) [...]
11 Jul
happy thought
“she spoke with lips that love to laugh” – Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, trans. Simon Armitage
I like that description. It makes me smile.
10 Jul
wait-y matters
“I took a course in speed-waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.” – Steven Wright
Wish it were true, but in the meantime, I’ll delight in that for which I wait:
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 “For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to [...]
8 Jul
my favorite similie
I read the following quote in Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought (which is one of those fascinating mind-benders that language nerds like me enjoy immensely) and thought I’d share. It’s from an actual high schooler’s paper. . . he should’ve gotten some points for creativity at least.
“He spoke with the wisdom that can only [...]
7 Jul
“just to take him at his word”
Do I really believe the promises of God? When he promises to give ”peace that passes understanding” (Philippians 4:9) as I bring my worries to him, to “supply all [my] needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19), or to “withhold no good thing from them who walk uprightly” (Psalm 84:11), do I rest [...]
2 Jul
Happy (Real) Independence Day!
Actually, it is. According to http://hnn.us/articles/132.html,
“America’s independence was actually declared by the Continental Congress on July 2, 1776. The night of the second the Pennsylvania Evening Post published the statement: “This day the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.”
The announcement of said declaration was made on the Fourth, hence the date [...]
1 Jul
If you are squeamish, you might want to skip this post.
One of the “nice” things, I suppose, about unemployment is the freedom to do things spur of the moment. Take yesterday – I’m walking down the street and seen a sign – “Blood Drive – Walk Ins Welcome”.
So I walked in. And gave about 1/16 of my blood. I still find it amazing that even [...]
