Good Morning!
Today is a happy, yet solemn day. A day for reflection, and a day for hope as well. I’m always sad that it had to be this way, such a harsh and brutal “end.” Yet I see it’s really just the beginning. I see the need we have for it, and that it was God’s plan. It had to be this way. Jesus had to pay the price for man’s sin. Only He could wash them clean and offer a way to forgiveness. And I’m very thankful that He did, and that He advocates on behalf of the likes of me. It is the greatest gift of all. So have a Good Friday! 🙂
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Quote of the Day
“God proved His love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.'”
Billy Graham
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Anyone have a QoD?
Wandering Views 
It’s Friday!
You know what that means?
It’s Good Friday so, no Lions.
No Y this morning either. An hour or so from now, I will be on I-26 headed toward Columbia.
I hope each of you has a nice day.
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Safe travels Chas, and have a good day. 🙂
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Thanx Aj. Usually we go to Greensboro for Easter. But chuck has sold his house, is having another (His retirement home, he turns 54 this year.) built and is living in a small apartment. No no room for us this year. That’s ok.
🙂
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I’ve been thinking this morning how Jesus stood in the crowds looking at people spitting and screaming at him, knowing the pain that was coming as he died on their behalf.
Hard to get my head around–particularly when I recall the sheer pettiness of so many of my sins.
😦
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Busy day here. The rest of you have a good one.
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My daughter is spending the day with some girls from church. We’ll meet them later at the service. So that means I have my lovely wife all to myself once she gets home at lunchtime. Yay! 🙂
We’re having lunch at the Newburg Inn.
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Good morning. Even though some people believe in God (most people here) and quite a few people do not, (as I am one of the non believers) we might as well live in peace.
Even so, those of us who recognize that the universe is an accident, that human beings are a product of evolution, and that we are no more than mammals with big brains are correct. We are on our own. Some people are dealing with it.
Light is breaking. Soon, I will let the chickens out, and they will talk to me about how they will spend their day. Perhaps I will find out the results of my MRI.
I kept my eyes open the entire time, with no problems. I guess I don’t have claustrophobia. The machine made strange electronic noises (I had to wear ear plugs for the entire session). I felt like I was a PAC-MAN creature. After my session I met with the non-believing gay Catholic priest, author the AMATEUR’S GUIDE TO DEATH AND DYING. I told him I would help him teach one of his seminars here on Whidbey Island. We hit it off well. Please buy one of his books. It is helpful and useful and not in conflict with your religious belief. God can deal with your belief and my non belief and all the imaginary things people believe about HIM or HER or IT. OK, I know you are not reading what I write. You only imagined I exist in a nightmare.
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Good morning to all. I am using my Kindle since we are away, so pardon the errors. I guess Chas won’t see this for awhile, but here are the Friday Funnies: http://worldmag.com/editorialcartoons. I don’t know how to do a link on this, sorry.
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hi Random, I prayed for you and your MRI experience yesterday, I hope it went well. I asked you if your house was intact but you did not answer. You did mention you would be letting the chickens out so I guess all is well on that vein.
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Good Morning, Y’all!
I’m with Michelle…a lot to ponder today. I played a Roman soldier in the Easter play at our church several times and was always reminded that we are all the ones who crucified Our Lord.
Thanks, as always, Peter.
Random/ Modesty…oh, never mind. Have a blessed day!
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Good morning! Besides rejoicing and being glad in the new day the Lord has made, we can also be relieved to know He is in control.
Question? If you have men in your family who like to cook, what is their specialty?
My son does a really good omelet. My brother is good with turkey and dressing. My husband does boiled eggs (does that count?) 🙂 That makes for two good eggs and a turkey. I am covered for food!
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Good point Michelle. 😦
Mumsee, I think Random did answer about the house, he said they didn’t have one of those big fancy places on the cliffs so all was well. 🙂
I’m trying to get into work early today so I can leave early for a 7 p.m. Good Friday service tonight.
I have to find a story to write today though …
And the trash pickup was super early this morning so I missed getting my trash out; I often wait until morning to do that as the trucks don’t typically come by until after 7. But this morning they rolled through before 6:30, when it was still dark out and I was still in bed.
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Thanks AJ for the other AJ. Excellent!
Random, I did read your whole post. I appreciated most of it. The thing that made me wonder a bit was a “non-believeing, gay, Catholic priest.” If he is still in the priesthood he is living a fraudulent life, not an authentic one. Poor man. At least his book title is authentic. I will check it out.
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Sometimes if I sin I think about how that is like crucifying Jesus again because back then He suffered and died on the cross for all of our sins, past, present and future. God does time differently than we do so when you consider present sins in that respect it is a great restraining factor. I am not sure if I am clearly presenting my thought but maybe the believers understand what I am getting at.
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Janice…I often point out that to an etrnal being, all time is simultaneous. Weird thing to think about…
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Thanks, Donna, I must have missed it.
Men cooking. I have great men cooking. I have chefs. I have mentioned the fourteen year old boy who made lasagna. He even made the noodles out of flour. They are especially good at breakfast. They will be doing the breakfast after the SonRisen service this Sunday. There are usually pancakes, waffles, sausage gravy and biscuits, omeletes to order, fruit of various kinds, bacon, sausage, etc. They will be cooking for the VFW breakfast as well. And they cook for the potlucks and for the chili feeds. And of course, they cook around here. Somebody needs to as I rarely do.
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Wow! Mumsee! Those men are truly chefs of the first order! Breakfast is the first order, of course.
How ’bout them noodles? I have just been looking at the box with my pasta maker in it that I have had for years and never used. Does he use one of those? Any hints as to the best way to go about using one? I have it out trying to decide if I should get rid of it since I don’t use it. Still I have a hope of using it “one day.” Things like that add up to clutter.
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Good afternoon on this Good Friday. Easter is a holiday here.
I have been reading through the past few days posts, as I have not been able to come on here for several days. Cheryl’s link was interesting – I think neither Frank Schaeffer nor World Magazine realized what that blog was really about.
Janice, I understand that you are thinking of the eternal nature of Christ. However, it is just the opposite. It is because Christ is God, that He only had to die once. I was reading Hebrews 10 today (vs.11-14):
“Every priest stands daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: but this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. For by one offering He has perfected for ever those who are sanctified.”
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I have one of those! I have never used mine either. No, he just used a knife and rolled them out by hand. Rolled first, knife second. I still hope to get to where I can use mine though.
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Ok, I found Random’s answer, I must have missed it somehow.
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QoD, Hubby is a much better cook than I am. He likes to try to duplicate things he has in restaurants. Sometimes it turns out great sometimes not so much. My son likes to make cakes and his own invention, “garlic scrambled eggs” . It taste better than it sounds.
Which reminds me of a question I had for Mumsee. I know your children like to cook and my son helps me out sometimes. How old should they be before you let them handle heat? We were making grilled cheese sandwiches yesterday and he wanted to flip them in the pan. I let him but watched him carefully.
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KBells, it depends on the maturity of the child. We have a policy that before they can cook, they need to demonstrate ability with a broom and their own laundry. Everybody wants to cook, until they realize they also have to clean up so they generally show that ability fairly quickly. But then, children are actually quite bright and quite capable. He should be able to make and flip sandwiches, eggs, pancakes, etc. He should be able to cook on the grill though maybe not be fully responsible yet for turning it on and off. Probably not moving pots of boiling water or hot grease. But, sure, simple cooking should not be a problem for most eight and up and should be good for some younger. My five year old makes but does not bake cookies for example. She does dishes regularly so when I feel she is ready she can get right into cooking.
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I think only you can know your child, kBells, and when he is ready to be careful. One burn is a fast way to learn. My grandson is 10 and makes his own grill cheeses.
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I agree with mumsee. My children started out helping me quite young in the kitchen. When they had to stand on chairs, actually. Being totally alone is another thing and comes gradually as skill and confidence grow. The student’s confidence of the subject and the teacher’s confidence of leaving the student, BOTH, must grow.
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My husband regularly cooks breakfast, since he is the one who really likes a big breakfast. He cooks chili, homemade mac and cheese, beef stew or soup, link sausage and saurkraut etc. He makes many of the things he prefers. We both do meals together like tacos or stir fry. He does the grilling, but I generally make everything but the meat. Just a few meals done by someone else is so nice. Now if I could get him to do more of the clean-up. 😉
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I was just wishing my husband would take up healthy cooking for a new hobby . . . I better pray harder. My kids were cooking, too, when they could push a chair to the stove–with me beside them. Stirring and so forth. If he’s interested, let him go.
Teach him, though, about the importance of a really sharp knife and how to use it well.
I laughed when my two older sons helped their brides-to-be put together their gift registry. Both guys put Kitchenaid mixers on the list which puzzled both women.
My one daughter-in-law has nearly worn out the motor on hers, now! 🙂
(They don’t make them like they used to, mine is still going strong after 25 years!)
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The other day, I had a moment of contentment and joy when I realized one of the fifteen year old, who was filling in for her sixteen year old sister, was making tacos as per the sister’s preplanned menu. She prepared and laid out plenty for the twelve of us here plus unexpected company of seven more adults. She then had the entire thing cleaned up and put away half an hour after the dinner was over. Children are so much more capable than we give them credit.
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The amusing part of why the younger sister was helping the older sister is because the older sister managed to seriously cut her finger on a can she was opening…..Accidents will happen, it is our job to see that they are learning accidents not deadly accidents.
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Phos, thank you for your explanation. There are still things I am trying to understand about God. I do understand how He only died once on the cross to take away all the sins of the world. There are those words, “It is finished.” Even so, it seems the sins committed by believers must be a reminder to Him of what He went through and it is like crucifying again in a sense. I know I can’t really know the full mind of God, but I do ponder these types things. I like to hear the thoughts of others who are more mature Christians than I am. It is good that we can keep growing in faith and knowledge of God for all of our days.
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My son is having the rest of the giant omelet he made yesterday for breakfast. It has spinach, mushrooms, cheddar and parmesan. Good and healthy, too.
I think even preschoolers can join in the cooking of soups in a crock pot. They can pour in the precooked alphabet noodles, and help string celery and cut it with a not so sharp knife, pour in canned veggies, tomato soup base, crumble up or tear cooked meats, etc. They also enjoy peeling boiled eggs and that is good for developing fine motor skills. When they help cook it encourages them to try more veggies than they might otherwise.
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Mumsee, I got the pasta maker many years ago because I went to an Italian restaurant in town, which I think was named Mama Leanza’a, and she cooked all her pasta from scratch, and it was most wonderful. I have not had any so good since I had hers. I wanted to try to replicate it at home. But the box of dried pasta always won out over the years because of the time factor.
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Yep, that happens here. Time keeps going on and the fun stuff gets dropped. But that is okay, most of the time.
Children cooking, we have also found they eat more veggies when they grow them themselves and can eat them straight out of the gardens.
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KBells,
I make some wicked Chipotle bowls, the beef or chicken with the bkack bean and corn salsa as well as cilantro lime rice.
I also make some pretty good Bang Bang shrimp like Bonefish Grill.
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And I do all the cooking, and baking too.
Except Sloppy Joes. My wife’s are better.
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Janice, I find it helps to think of it this way: Christ died once for sin for all eternity, but lives eternally victorious over sin and death.
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Good Idea about the veggies, Mumsee. I’m already planning a small container garden. The only place we have flat enough for a big garden doesn’t get enough sun.
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We made it safely to the ranch. Enjoying the peace and quiet. We grow tomatoes every year and usually have lots to share with our neighbors. Last year we tried to grow watermelon, but weren’t very successful.
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Forgot my password. 😦
Peter, I read them on my laptop.
The man in our family is great with a canopener. And the microwave too. Multi talented..
😦 I don’t rememmber which password got me here.
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Son and I just got home from the Good Friday Service. It was so meaningful the way it was done as a drama that incorporated communion. After we do communion services we always take up for the benevolence fund. I only had a few twenty dollar bills since I had cashed a check earlier and decided I would give a twenty instead of the alternative of none even though I do not usually give that much for the benevolence fund. Then on our way home we stopped by Chick-fil-A, purposefully to support them since things got so controversal about men and women getting married 🙂 vs: men and men 😦 and women and women 😦 . Well, what happens after we go to pay the twelve dollars for our order? We were told the nice lady in the car in front of us had paid our bill and “Happy Easter!” Wow! That speaks to me on several different levels. I am glad my son was with me. It had been a toss up between Steak & Shake and Chick-fil-A and I said I wanted to support CFA.
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He died once on the cross, but she is not wrong that all time is also simultaneous to an eternal being. He is outside of time. He is not subject to it. So, in one sense (not the one discussed by the apostle that Roscuro quoted) He is eternally on the cross from God’s perspective. OTOH, He is also eternally triumphant and eternally ruling, and can say with confidence that Satan has lost and eternity won, because He is fully aware of that eternity.
In that sense, Janice was absolutely right, and many theologians would agree with her.
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Christ, as human, was subject to time. And, as a human, He died once.
But for God the Trinity, time is a construct created by Him, and He is not subject to it. So, for God the Triune Being, Christ is on the cross today, although He is also risen and triumphant.
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h as when I tried to read Roger Williams, some days when I try to read WV, it makes no sense to me. For example, I just read Tammy’s last post about four times and it made no more sense to me on the fourth time through than the first.
Starting with really, really basic stuff, If God is incomprehensible, existing in and out of time, being omniscient and omnipotent and so on and so on, well I get the idea of a being I don’t comprehend. But everyone here seems to understand Him perfectly well, and are quite sure that they understand Mr. Incomprehensible better than the Jews and the Muslims, and the Hindus and the Buddhists, etc.
I don’t get it. I really don’t. I think the God I worship (besides Myself and putting myself above God as if I were Satan or some similar smartfundament) is call Cognitive Dissonance.
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Uhg! I cannot sleep! I took a nap today and I guess I slept too long. Everyone is asleep. It is very quiet here. And, yet, sleep eludes me …
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