54 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 12-10-12”

  6. Thanks Phos,

    I do have a widescreen monitor, so maybe that’s it. I really like the other, but it looks like there’s smudges, and it makes it look dirty.

    Over the next week or so I’m going to try to add a spell check plugin, and maybe a preview of your comment before posting.

    At least I will if I’m successful at installing it.

    🙂

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  10. Lk 1:30-33 The angel Gabriel tells Mary not to be afraid. There is a reason to be without fear – Mary has found favor or grace with God. The rewards will be great, far outweighing the costs, yet the costs are very real.

    QotD: Do you ever fear God’s grace, His favor?

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  13. I also have a widescreen AJ — does look a bit narrower but it is festive.

    Kim

    Checked out your link. I’m often puzzled by the need of zealous believers in anything to explain why folks who are the opposite of them believe as they do. Giles is a classic in that particular category — he says nothing that’s actually revealing. I bet Random could answer the question better. 🙂

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  14. That wasn’t the post I meant to link to CB. My experience with atheists is that they are angry and bitter. I can’t help that for them. My wish for them is that they find peace is SOMETHING, almost anything, and let go of the anger and bitterness in themselves.

    All I can do is be the best kind of Christian I know how to be. ( Just so you know I am equally suspicious of the boogey man down on the dark alley as I am of someone coming at me telling me what a good Christian they are. I figure if they are a good Christian I will figure it out without them telling me. Again, that has just been my experience.) I have an aunt who she and her husband darken the doors of the church everytime they crack open. They work with children. He has been known to burst forth in a hymn at family gatherings. She screwed me out of my inheritance from my grandparents that should have rightfully been mine through my father. My grandmother died in January, my dad later in June. I have a friend who is agnostic that would and has done anything in the world for me. Go figger.

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  19. It’s the theme that makes it narrower and you can’t do anything about that–the theme determines placement. I’m reading on the IPad and the wide green bands on either side are distracting to me.

    So, I enlarged the postinf section, the green has gone way AND the font is larger making it easier to read.

    My daughter-in-law has been web mastering my site and I’ve learned a lot about all this.

    So, AJ, where’s the snow? 🙂

    (One snowstorm is enough)

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  20. So festive! Love it 🙂 Numbered posts and the smiley faces stay to the right, Thanks for your dedication to this site AJ!
    The snow is in Colorado…finally…so beautiful
    Qod…do I fear God’s grace and favor? meaning afraid to lose his grace and favor? No…I trust His careful watch upon my life…I trust Him in all things, as I desire to serve and honor Him…I do fear God which is not to say I am afraid of Him…I have a reverenced fear of Him…Proverbs 1:7 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.”

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  21. Wheee! Christmas must be coming! 🙂

    I’m off to the Pottery Barn today, just learned what would be a perfect gift for someone after receiving an meal last night — and they have just the thing. Love finding ‘perfect’ gifts rather that groping the dark and then hoping what you send is ok.

    Then more wrapping and shipping.

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  23. I made chili last night so I think I must have had “meal” on my mind. I felt uncomfortable full after a bowl full of that. I’d forgotten how filling chili can be. Lots of leftovers.

    Christmas shopping notes: I couldn’t help but notice the proliferation of “Made in China” stamps on just about everything. 😦 😦

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  24. nancyjill: I was thinking more in terms of how we respond when God shows His favor. In Mary’s case, b/c of God’s favor, she was called to (unprecedented) service. What would it cost her? Her reputation in the community and with Joseph, a very early pregnancy, an adventurous birth, incredible pain in Jesus’ final days on earth.

    When God gives us His grace, he often elevates us in our calling to something more than simply making our way in this world. Along with His grace is a call to serve, possibly involving great cost. So in reality, we may often fear His grace or favor.

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  32. Tychicus, yes. I am a very weak believer. When I pray for patience I always ask Him to do it so it does not hurt. I want to be like Him but painlessly.

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  33. Tychicus – The times in my life when God’s grace being poured out to me has been the most evident have been during the toughest times in my life, when I had to go beyond what I felt capable of.

    But I never thought about how that could relate to favor as well. Now I’m scared. 😉

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  39. Pondering your question about fearing God’s grace and favor, Tychicus. That’s a deep one for me — is it because it’s Monday today? 😉 — and an answer isn’t coming to me yet. Definitely thought-provoking, though.

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  42. Forty-one was half a lifetime ago for you, Chas, right?
    Half a lifetime ago for 6th Arrow was 2 1/2 years ago, and she can’t even remember that. 😉

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  43. When God gives us His grace, he often elevates us in our calling to something more than simply making our way in this world. Along with His grace is a call to serve, possibly involving great cost. So in reality, we may often fear His grace or favor.

    God has shown His merciful grace towards me on many occasions…when we walked the dark path with our daughter’s addictions, He was never more present than at that time…sure, I asked Him if He was certain I could endure the pain of possibly not seeng her survive..and could I possibly survive? What was my purpose in ministering to Abigail? Why did He bring her to us as her parents…for what reason and purpose? Why was I known to the Denver police and parole offiicers as they were attempting to locate my daughter…how could I minister to them? But, through it all….my relationship with Him is stronger, deeper, more intimate…Trusting Him in ALL things does not come hard for me…do I want to sell everything and live in a mud hut in Africa? No…do I fear that He might call us to do something such as that…no…if He does…He will prepare my heart to the calling…and I will go. I do not believe he calls us to “something more” without preparing our hearts for the mission…
    He prepared Joseph…he prepared Mary…they did not enter into the birth of the Christ Child “unprepared”….I do not suppose that it was easy…however, I do suppose they were filled with His peace….which passes ALL understanding….

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  44. Forty one years ago was the year I went to Purdue for a masters. I had 17 graduate hours the first semester. A tough year. And it turned out that it would have been more useful to get an MBA.
    My son did that. He got a degree in chemical engineering form U. S. Carolina. When he got a job in Augusta, Ga., he started for a master in ChE at USC-Aiken. But he changed jobs and moved to Charleston. He changed and got a MBA from The Citadel.
    At a certain point, it’s more useful to pursue another discipline than to get more of what you’re already doing.

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  47. Not real big on most Christmas themes, but this one’s okay. And the numbers are nice. So, it feels cold in here, perhaps because it is cold outside. And I notice the show comes and goes on the blog.

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  49. Just walked the dogs, admiring some of the neighborhood lights that have gone up in the past couple days. We even have some moving “blow up” figures (Charlie Brown, Santa, Snoopy) one 2 houses.

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  52. Beautiful testimony @ 43, NancyJill. Thank you for sharing your faith. Indeed, He is faithful to equip us for everything we need for the journey.

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  53. Speaking of Random (someone spoke of him somewhere on this thread, didn’t they?) did we chase him away? I know some of you wanted him to go away, and I know how obnoxious he could make himself when he wanted to, but I still hate to see him go. I didn’t like to see him go from WorldMagBlog either. Oh well.

    Nice format, though.

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