Good Morning!
I regret to inform you that it is Monday again. It seems to happen every 7 days, and there is no known cure. Sorry, but let’s at least try to make the best of it. 🙂
On this day in 1529 Babur defeated the Afghan Chiefs in the Battle of Ghagra, India.
In 1840 the first adhesive postage stamps went on sale in Great Britain.
In 1851 the mechanical refrigerator was patented by Dr. John Gorrie.
In 1915 Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run while playing for the Boston Red Sox. I still can’t believe they ever traded him. And to the Yankees no less. 🙂
In 1937 the German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ.
In 1941 Bob Hope gave his first USO show at California’s March Field.
In 1946 the New York Yankees became the first major league baseball team to travel by plane.
In 1962 the first nuclear warhead was fired from the Polaris submarine.
And in 1994 former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment suit against U.S. President Clinton.
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I always liked Bob Hope, and what he did with the USO for 49 years earned him the title of first honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces. A fitting honor. Though not a soldier, he did his part in numerous wars. So he get’s the…….
Quote of the Day
“I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.”
Bob Hope
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And the first video today is Mr. Hope in an early show from the 40’s.
And this one is for a birthday today, a Tammy Wynette medley. And look how young Robert Eurich was. 🙂
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Who has a QoD for us today?
Wandering Views 
First? Where is everyone?
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Yes, Monday’s seem to happen no matter wht you do. I work with a woman whos father loved Tammy Wynette. He named his daughter after her and not Tammy. I also have a distant cousin whose mother named her Tammy Wynette “Smith”.
I named my daughter after the most classy southern belle I have ever met. We already knew that whatever her first name was her middle name would be Catherine. George wanted Lilly Catherine. Then this woman I admired told me her real name was Chloe Katherine. She cried when she found out I had named my child after her. Now, even though she has grandchildren of her own she always asks about her namesake. She even bought her a child’s book of prayers from Chloe Katherine to Chloe Catherine.
It has taken him 7 months but Amos has discovered “kitty snacks” again. (this means he helped clean out Mo’s litter box). He is currently in the puppy dog hall of shame. There is just nothing more disgusting.
We have a sales meeting this morning so I need to get moving. Someone had my coffee made by the time the alarm clock went off so I am moving at a little better speed.
Have a great day everyone.
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Kim, am I still asleep or what? This sentence doesn’t make sense to me “He named his daughter after her and not Tammy.”
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I was trying to be clever. Her name is Wynette.
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I’m still confused. But it doesn’t take much to do that to me.
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I’ve never known someone personally who was named Tammy.
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😆
I have, in my spam folder, an e-mail from someone titled “Female mind mastery”.
I deleted it immediately.
1. I don’t believe it.
2. I’m afraid to try.
3. In any case, it’s too late for me.
😥
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I know a couple of Tammys.
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From Oswald Chambers this morning:
Always measure your life solely by the standards of Jesus. Submit yourself to His yoke, and His alone; and always be careful never to place a yoke on others that is not of Jesus Christ. It takes God a long time to get us to stop thinking that unless everyone sees things exactly as we do, they must be wrong. That is never God’s view. There is only one true liberty— the liberty of Jesus at work in our conscience enabling us to do what is right.
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I have been reading an excellent book about WWI. I hesitate to say slogging through it because it is so well written: wry, knowledgeable, comprehensive and clear. It’s just so stuffed with information–670 pages worth–that I bought a copy rather than continuing to renew it from the library.
A World Undone by GJ Meyer.
I know understand Chas’ references to The Schlieffen Plan!
But all this senseless, brutal, horrific, continual, stupid, irresponsible and empty slaughter is hard to read.
At the start of the second Gulf War, I was in a prayer group. A Vietnam Nam get prayed something like this:
Lord, for some of these soldiers going to war, death in battle is what you planned for their lives. Be with them as the go to fulfill your purposes.
I recoiled. Shocked, I opened my eyes to stare at Matt. It has stayed with me ever since. Could God have ordained the purpose of some young man’s life simply be death in battle at 21?
What do you think? Any thoughts on the purpose of war in a spiritual sense?
Just reading this book is turning me into a pacifist!
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Okay, now that I’ve thoroughly depressed you–how about passing along some house hunting tips?
Mine: no matter how persuasive the two-year old, just because a day care center has a tree house, slide and train table, it doesn’t necessarily mean the house is a good choice for Grammy.
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I am still on the job hunt
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Praying for you guys (house & job).
In interviewed Bob Hope once — well, not exactly an “interview,” but I got to ask him a couple questions. 🙂 He made a visit on a docked Navy ship headed for the gulf back in the early 1990s and we were onboard covering it.
I don’t understand the horrors of war either; there was so much at stake in WWII. I guess in a “macro” way I see it as part of a fallen world — but also as sometimes a way (regrettable as it is) for good to triumph over evil and injustice.
But in a micro sense, with so many young people losing their lives (especially in wars deemed not as clear-cut as WWII) … It’s hard. But I do believe God ordains whatever comes to pass and that includes our time and manner of death. I suspect there’s no real “understanding” it all on this side of eternity. 😦
The dogs demanded out at around 2 a.m. I let them out only to hear them scuffling in the corner of the fence and hearing some squeaking noises. They’d cornered something. So I immediately called them back in and shut the doggie door.
Then just as I settled back into bed, I could hear something clomping around on the roof. The cat was on high alert. Luckily, whatever it was left fairly quickly.
It’s raining here (yay). Rained off and on most of the night and looks like we’re in for more today.
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Good Sunday night class at church this month on miracles. First meeting was last night.
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I saw two shows by Tammy Wynette back to back. My husband and daughter had won back stage passes. I was fascinated by how totally the show was choreographed, right down to what seems ‘off the cuff’.
We have a nice photo of my daughter with her. She was the only one allowed to talk and pose with Tammy. Security was very tight. None of it made me want to have that kind of life for my daughter. Like all careers,there is the good and the bad. However, in this career there are lots of people to take advantage of you.
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Michelle, I suppose there are all kinds of reasons for people to have been born. After all, God’s only begotten son was born just to die when he was quite young.
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War is evil … But there are worse evils that sometimes requires war.
I agree, it stinks. But we live in a fallen world populated by fallen men and and women. And sometimes that all erupts in one big tragic mess.
That’s when I have to remember that phrase “But God …”
Someday, it will all be wiped away, all the sadness and the violence and the misery. The lion and the lamb. We will have a new earth, amen?
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Homebuying tips:
Make a list of “must haves” and a list of “like to have” stick to the must list and try to get a few of the like.
Always, always, always have a professional home inspection. Remember that the inspection is for major issues not for nit picky ones.
Don’t fall in love with “curb appeal”. If the house has everything else you want you can make the curb appeal happen.
Or go watch this from Jay Papasan
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Good afternoon everyone. We had a great speaker Sunday. Dr Sharp from creation truth. His Sunday School lesson summed up the problems facing our society. He said that the problems facing the nation can be summed up in this way: “Naturalism verses Supernatualism”
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It surely has been quiet today.
I finished mowing the front yard, even thought part was still wet.
And part of the back yard. Much of it is still too wet. I got over six inches of rain in this event.
I am currently reading Captive in Iran by Myriam Rostampaur & Marziyer Amirizaoer. I’m now starting Ch. 9. I will report on it later, but I can say now that I think everyone should read it.
Several years ago, I insisted that everyone read Terrorist Hunter by Anonymous. That is because she revealed that, even before 9/11/01 that Jihad was being preached in mosques in America, in particular, the one in Falls Church. It’s still an important book, but somewhat dated by events.
I’m going to recommend this because it tells about two Christian women in Iran and what happens to them for distributing Bibles and witnessing for Christ. At this point they’re in Evin prison, still witnessing. Iam somewhat surprised at how receptive the prisoners are. I have read about Christians in China. There are probably thousands of stories similar to this. But they never get told because the source is either executed, remains in prisons, or otherwise prevented.
It makes me wonder about the primary argument for those who teach a pre-tribulation rapture. i.e. The church will be delivered from the tribulation. Most of the church is already in tribulation. Is God going to deliver the church on the corner of fourth and Washington streets from what’s happening to these women?
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Good afternoon all. It’s been busy around home, and I’ve not had time to comment lately. However, I’ve been mulling over Michelle’s link about more people dying from suicides vs. car crashes (Daily Thread May 3 @ 11:07) since I saw it Friday night.
Some questions came to my mind reading that article. A couple possible reasons were given for the increase in suicide rates among people ages 35 to 64 in 2010 compared to 1999 (economic-related, and availability of opioid drugs).
I have to wonder, noting that the suicide rates for women increased with age (with women ages 60-64 having the largest rate increase), if the dawn of legalized abortion 40 years ago hasn’t got something to do with that.
Given the fact that post-abortive women are more likely to commit suicide than those who have not had abortions, I can’t help but wonder if the rate increase the higher a woman’s age is doesn’t reflect the extreme burden that is carried by these women, a burden that grows heavier the longer a woman carries it.
The women who are now ages 60-64 were 20-24 when Roe v. Wade was decided. How many abortive women, not knowing help is available for post-abortion stress, are living (and dying by their own hand) under their heavy weight of regret?
That is one thought I had. As far as the increased suicide rate in men ages 35-64, well, I have some thoughts on that, too, but I’ll save them for another time.
Your thoughts?
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Busy day around here. We’re working to finish school a little earlier this year. My daughter has finally realized that the quicker she finishes math and moves on, the quicker everything else gets done as well. Sure, I’ve told her that numerous times, but what do I know? She’s decided to stop dilly-dallying while working.
The trick was making her think it was all her idea. 😉
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I’m home! Did you miss me?
Eleven hundred miles since Friday, kid safely home from college. And fortunately I had an easy dinner in the house so I could put off hubby’s “Let’s go shopping and buy groceries” until tomorrow. . . .
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That’s pretty impressive Cheryl. That’s like 270+ miles a day. That’s alot of drivin’.
One of the best parts about going away, is coming home again. 🙂
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AJ, in our homeschool we always seemed to end up doing math in the summer. It was the only subject that we had to do catchup work on. I really did not mind though because I felt like he did not forget his math over the summer as happens with some children.
I recently asked my son if he remembered me using the phrase “dilly-dalllying around.” It was a pretty regular comment in our homeschool. 🙂
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Six Arrows, my guess is that for whatever reason the ladies who commit suicide have become hopeless that things will ever be better, they think things will only get worse and be continuing to be unbearable. I think they are totally focused on themselves and feel useless to help anyone else maybe because of declining health. We live in such a youth oriented culture and I have a friend who once described the middle-aged woman as “invisible.” If women do not have faith and the hope that goes along with it, then I think they might be prone to end their lives prematurely. They do not consider that God has a purpose for their lives that transcends what their eyes can see. Some probably feel lonely and don’t know how to reach out to other people. Some ladies might need to be on meds for depression and for whatever reason they will not get on them. I know of someone like that. With the declining economy many people probably feel they can not afford the healthcare they need. Maybe they can’t find transportation to the doctors office. Or maybe they can’t afford proper nutrition and that affects their mood. I think there are many factors in addition to the abortions many had in their teens or twenties. It would be hard to know how abortions affect ladies’ hormones over a lifetime. It is probably not the same affect for everyone. That is my humble answer. I admit my lack of expertise.
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As for buying a home, I think it would be nice to walk through the neighborhood at varying times of day and night/weekdays and weekend and see if you feel good about the neighborhood activities and sounds.That could tell you a lot. I have a friend whose husband wants to live in a more rural area and she is wondering about possible drug activity or other illegal activity in the vicinity. In my brother’s more rural area there has been at times problems with dogs out roaming and causing havoc in the neighborhood. All it takes is one really lousy neighbor to ruin the peace in a neighborhood. I have never known that myself, but I have heard of it happening. My friend had bad dogs next door to her home and she got a bad bite and had to go to court and a dog had to be put down. So in some ways the neighbors can be more critical than the features of the home. The home can be changed over time. Maybe the neighbors will not change for the better. There ya go—another non-expert opinion!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on abortion and suicide, Janice. I agree that it’s a complex issue — determining why people attempt to end their lives, and what factors may be contributing to the recent increase in the suicide rate among baby boomers. Certainly the increased levels of depression and suicidal tendencies among women who have had abortions are not the only factor that may be bumping the suicide numbers higher for women. It’s just something I thought may be contributing to the higher rate now, as compared to the rate, say, 75 or 100 years ago, The article didn’t mention abortion as a possible cause, but it’s something I thought of, having heard of the abortion/suicide connection before.
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We had some excitement at church today. (I saw “we” speaking for the congregation; I wasn’t there myself.) A neighbor called 911 then walked to the house of one of our elders (just two doors down) and calmly asked, “Did you know your church is on fire?”
Four fire departments responded, but it was a relatively small fire and soon put out (with a minimum of water damage, which impressed my husband). Cleaning out the debris and bat guano (mostly bat guano) took a lot longer.
There is now a door-sized hole in the upper story of the church, fortunately on the side of the building farthest from the sanctuary. By tomorrow evening they expect to have the electricity back on so we can have choir rehearsal.
The cause was initially thought to be a short in an exhaust fan, but it turned out to be the result of a bird nest that blocked the moving parts of the fan and caused it to overheat and melt.
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