Tuesday Musings....

Feeling bad for the lack of posts, I shall repost this little ditty that I found on
Andrea's blog.

I promise to post about my vaca to Barcelona with the fam soon... but there are just so many pictures it seems daunting...maybe this weekend?

Nonetheless, here is a little quiz to get me past not knowing what to post about to stall my Barcelona post:

1.Somewhere someone is also eating four cookies for breakfast?

2. Currently, "The Tale of the Three Brothers" in JK Rowlings "The Tale of Beadle the Bard" is my muse. I know, not what you expected. But, recently, I've been thinking a lot about death... I really did not mean for that to sound morbid. You see I've been listening to a sermon series by Matt Chandler entitled "Transitions" that talk about death and it really has me thinking about my purpose. I was journaling just yesterday and that story came into my head, about one man who had a cloak to hide from death and "many years later, he removes his cloak and gives it to his son. Pleased with his achievements, he greets Death as an old friend and chooses to leave with him as equals." It made me think of Paul's words to Timothy in 2 Tim 4:6-8 "For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." I feel Paul met death as a friend, and, I, Lord willing, would like to be there too. Jonathan Edwards, in his lifetime, made around 70 resolutions in his Christian walk. Number 9 is: "Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death." I know, I know, it's Puritanical, but I'm starting to see it as a good discipline. I think that this has been so great for me to do these last few days, it has put a great deal into perspective for me, and as odd as it may sound I feel like, for some reason, before this time, I somewhat have viewed myself as immortal...not intentionally, I just forgot that I may not live to be 103, that I may not have all the time in the world, that really in the grand scheme of things I'm just a little wrinkle in time, I'd like have some effect here...

3. It would stink if my little sister gets into trouble for not having her homework...because it somehow ended up in my purse....

4. Coming home to my husband and a clean house (after some major psyco cleaning last weekend) are my favorite things about today.

5. Life is kind of like your crazy Aunt Sally?

6. If I could have anything I wanted I would want more time to do the things I love, for the things I love to be what God loves.

7. A funny thing happened the other day... I live near a college campus so it's always pretty noisy around our neighborhood with the college kids and their crazy shenanigans. At dusk I was putting in a light bulb on our front porch and these two guys were walking down the street singing "I can show you the world, shining shimmering splendid" and then they stopped and proceeded to sing the same line again until the "shimmering splendid" part, to which they paused again. I then proceeded to bust out "tell me princess now when did you last let your heart decide!" they then started cheering and clapping and I bowed and went back inside.