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Our Daily Thread 6-8-13

Good Morning!

Happy Saturday!  🙂

On this day in 1786 in New York City, commercial ice cream was manufactured for the first time. 🙂

In 1869 Ives W. McGaffey received a U.S. patent for the suction vacuum cleaner.

In 1872 the penny postcard was authorized by the U.S. Congress.

In 1961 the Milwaukee Braves set a major league baseball record with four consecutive home runs in the seventh inning.

In 1967 Israeli airplanes attacked the USS Liberty in the Mediterranean during the 6-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors. 34 U.S. Navy crewmen were killed. Israel later called the incident a tragic mistake due to the mis-identification of the ship.

In 1969 the New York Yankees retired Mickey Mantle’s number 7.

In 1987 Fawn Hill began testifying in the Iran-Contra hearings.

And in 1991 a victory parade was held in Washington, DC, to honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

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Quote of the Day

“Sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.”

Barbara Bush

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Elvis had 2 movies released on this day. The first, “Wild in the Country” in 1961.

And this one,”Paradise Hawaiian Style” in 1966.

And since it’s his birthday, a drum solo from one of the best.

That should wake ya’ up.  🙂

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QoD

What are you doing this weekend?

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62 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-8-13”

  1. Happy Saturday morning!
    This weekend? Going to watch the Gamecocks beat the Tar Heels in baseball this afternoon. Then, tomorrow, after church we will celebrate our 56th anniversary. I may post something about that on R&R.

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  3. Congrats on the 56th Chas and Elvera!!

    QoD: Hubby and I are going to two weddings and a quincenera in Compton and Watts today, then church tomorrow followed by a big Sunday supper.

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  4. Thanks for the clarification Donna. I reckon 3000 is a good number to define a megachurch. There are three large Baptist Churches in Hendersonville, FBC has an average of 1400 in three morning services, Mud Creek BC has about 2400 and Balfour has about 3400. So, Balfour would be defined as a megachurch. I’ve never attended there. I have been to Mud Creek. They have TV screens so that you can see the preacher if you sit in the back. I didn’t like that.

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  5. Congratulations Elvera and Chas!

    QoD: Today we are attending the funeral of a fallen officer, so it will be a sad day. We have no idea if he knew the Lord, sure hope and pray so.
    Tomorrow will be church, a bit of grocery shopping and then home to relax after 2 days on the road.

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  6. Congrats on the 56th, Chas and Elvera!
    QOD: A very exciting time planned. Husband has taken five off to the karate tournament, so that leaves me with just six. Two of them are going to town today to help build a community playground. That just leaves four. I will be watering the pumpkins and weed eating and maybe even some mowing! Then, during the heat of the day, I will be sitting in the shade of the pine trees, reading By the Shores of Silver Lake and Peter Pan and Heidi and then listening to little voices read asundry other books. Then I will pack for taking the little ones for a week of camping. The five year old will be loading the car so there won’t be much for me to do.

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  8. Finishing up getting ready for Disney next week. We will also be finishing up turning our old bedroom into a game/movie/guess bed/room. We are putting up movie posters on the walls. We found Cars 2, The Hobbit and The Avengers. Guess which one is mine.

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  12. Kim, that is torture for me too. Shop til you drop for me is about 20 minutes. For some reason looking at a bunch of stuff in stores makes me sleepy.

    Only Mumsee can make a day of mowing, weeding and four kids sound relaxing 😉

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  13. I don’t go to stores anymore if at all possible. And it has not been necessary for a couple of years now, other than my annual trip to the nursery for gardening things. But I skipped that this year. Husband is a good shopper. Twenty minutes would definitely be the max for me. I start yawning before I even get into the store, usually.

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  15. Which is why my life, though different from some, is quite relaxing for the most part.

    We still have lilacs, and the late blooming lilacs, and the yellow roses cover a section about fifty feet by thirty feet, and the pink roses are blooming. Irises are opening and the world from here is beautiful.

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  16. I knew that would start a fight. The Hobbit for sure, why would anybody choose the avengers? By the way, what are the avengers?

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  20. Kim, Adios, Elvera is off to the mall. It’s her recreation. I can’t imagine anything in Blue Ridge Mall that would be recreation for anyone.
    But I’m watching a ball game this afternoon. She doesn’t understand that at all.

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  22. I am at work today with a working computer so I can check e-mail, blogs and such. I will be finishing up plans for tomorrow’s Sunday School activities and look ahead at other lessons. I will shop for a sympathy card and groceries probably later today. I have some plants I need to set out in the yard. I don’t know if our weekend weather will allow that to happen. Church will be exciting tomorrow because we have a new Worship Leader who will be with us for his first Sunday other than the previous trial before we did the congregational vote to invite him to fill the vacant position. After church I may make some Orange Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes on the griddle for lunch for my husband and me. Usually on Sunday afternoon I do some planning for the next week’s Sunday School lesson and some Bible study and other reading, often fall asleep for a couple of hours and then get up and go to the evening service. This Sunday I think it may be a healing service which happens very rarely. Prayers are made for healing and God will act on them or not as He desires. Of course everyone is hopeful of healing. For some people my weekend wouldnot seem very exciting but for a Christian it holds promise to be a great weekend.

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  23. Happy Anniversary to Chas and Elvera. You two need to be featured in that section of World Magazine about long lasting marriages! What kept you together for so long? Malls and baseballs…absemce makes the heart grow fonder 🙂
    Sweet!

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  24. Janice, sounds like an exciting weekend. When I taught, I always read the next week’s lesson on Sunday afternoon. Somehow, my mind then worked on it all week.

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  26. When I take over this country, it will be illegal, permanent banishment, for a sports announcer to say, “that’s what it’s all about”.
    😉

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  27. Happy Anniversary! And I’ll bet the years felt like they pretty much have flown by so far, right? Crazy how stuff so long ago doesn’t seem that long ago, the older we get. I still think if the 1980s as sort of a ‘new’ decade. 🙂

    I didn’t see the Avengers, but I did watch a James Bond movie on TV last yesterday. It stimulated my imagination to the point that when I walked the dogs later through the park (where they have lots of quinceneras, btw, along with weddings) I saw adventure at every turn — the mean honking gangster geese blocking our path (who are they, really?), the overflowing (fake) waterfall from the pond flooding the walkway, a gigantic spider web with branches caught in it that blocked another pathway … Fun walk!

    So I thought of mumsee, too, when I read the Barbara Bush quote. 🙂

    And I love Sundays — we’re continuing through Romans but now also have a Sunday evening class on the Christian’s relationship to the culture. And if I don’t get back to church on Sunday nights (it is a little bit of a drive), I can listen to it online anytime during the week at sermon audio.

    I hate malls and went to an actual store yesterday for the first time in a while to pick up a new bathmat and furniture polish (bed bath & beyond since I have a ton of coupons saved up now for them that I can use).

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  28. Happy Anniversary Chas and Elvera….I just bet she is off to the mall to purchase a dear present for her dear husband 🙂
    I don’t like to clothing shop…I don’t like any of the styles…I’m too old for some…too young for others…I’m a woman with no clothes rack from which to choose!
    I like to antique shop…and thrift store shop…and of course…shoe shop! 🙂

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  29. Five year old helps me by riding the lawn mower with me. She jumps off and picks up sticks and stones and toys that mysteriously appear in the yard. Seven year old rides sometimes but he is not much into helping. The older children like to ride but they are too big. One of them drives it though and that helps.

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  31. I thought I might post this as a warning.
    A couple of days ago, I got an e-mail, addressed to dozens of people with addresses similar to mine. It was from USPS and said that I had a package that was undeliverable because of a bad zip code.
    Elvera has ordered something that has not been delivered, and I thought this might be it. So, I printed the message, it had no link, and took it to the post office yesterday.
    USPS guy says, no package. Besides, they don’t use e-mail.
    Yesterday afternoon, I discovered the reason for the e-mail.
    It was sent to lots of similar addresses. Those that had no address were returned and those with good addresses retained.
    So, I got another e-mail from USPS saying they have a package for me. I need to click on the link.
    I deleted it. Apparently no harm done.
    So. If you get an e-mail from USPS, or something similar, pay no attention. They want to sort out good e-mails so they can scam you in some way.

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  32. Chas, I got one of those from fed ex around Christmas, which was tricky because you think, well, maybe someone’s sent a package or something. I ignored it — and now a friend of mine has been getting the same emails from fed ex about a package.

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  33. We frequently get an email saying something like “Your paystub is available online.” I always delete those without clicking on anything.

    Chas, I laughed out loud at your “illegal, permanent banishment” of the phrase “that’s what it’s all about” when uttered by sportscasters. I think we should also outlaw the singing of The Hokey Pokey — you know, ending with…

    OK, I won’t say it. 😉

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  35. The hot tub was hot today. We have it set at 101 but with the sun and all, it tends to go up a bit. But we had fun anyway.

    The project is coming to a close at last. The floor has been laid and the bookshelves are getting refilled. The schoolroom is being put back and the children’s section set up. It will be nice to not have everybody doing schoolwork at the dining room tables.

    Of course, I am married to a planner….

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  36. I had to get that song out of my head (mentioned in my post at 20:14:49), so I went to YouTube and found the hymn Chas mentioned on Rants & Raves today that Elvera’s friend had sung at their wedding.

    Ah, much better… 🙂

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  37. Lovely words, too:

    Seal us, O Holy Spirit,
    Grant us Thine impress, we pray;
    We would be more like the Savior,
    Stamped with His image today.

    Refrain

    Seal us, seal us,
    Seal us just now, we pray;
    Seal us, O Holy Spirit,
    Seal us for service today.

    Seal us, O Holy Spirit,
    Help us Thy likeness to show;
    Then from our life unto others
    Streams of rich blessings shall flow.

    Refrain

    Seal us, O Holy Spirit,
    Make us Thine own from this hour;
    Let us be useful, dear Master,
    Seal us with witnessing power.

    Refrain

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  42. Happy 56th anniversary, Chas and Elvera! May the Lord continue to bless you and your family.

    I like the Barbara Bush quote, too. Mrs. Bush sometimes comes to the hospital where my hubby works and reads to the children who are patients. And hubby currently is sitting with littlest dude in his lap, reading at least the 4th book of the night. They’re taking turns–hubby reads a story, then boy reads a Bob book. 🙂 I’m thankful all my guys like to read.

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  43. Congrats Chas & Elvera!

    Our Saturday went well. Mrs L and I took a day trip up North to VT and NH. We went exploring to cave parks in NH which wore us out. I have never been in granite caves. These parks have trails going in and out of small caves. Lots of climbing stairs.

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  46. I think, if I had it to do all over again, I’d like to be married like Chas and Elvera. Just an announcement in church and then boom! Done. No invitations, bookings, flowers (well, I guess you could still have a bouquet). Think of the money saved. And the time saved!

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  47. And if you did it on a potluck Sunday, or Soup on Sunday day, there’s your reception! You would just need to supply cake for everyone! 🙂

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  52. We went to the wedding last Sunday of a family friend of ours. The groom’s first wife had been one of my dear friends who died two years ago. He married his new wife last week at the end of the regular Sunday service at his church. The couple simply walked in together just before the worship service started and seated themselves at the front, as did their two attendants. The best man was a close friend of the groom, and the maid of honor was the groom’s 18-year-old daughter.

    It was a very simple but lovely ceremony and included one congregational hymn and two songs sung by a ladies’ trio (a daughter and daughter-in-law of the groom, and the wife of the best man), accompanied by a man I didn’t know who was playing a guitar.

    The wedding was followed by a reception on site. Both the best man and the maid of honor stood up and spoke at the reception. The maid of honor’s speech was very touching — I don’t think there was a dry eye in the house when she spoke of meeting and building her relationship with her now-stepmom. At the end of her talk, the two of them held each other in a long embrace, and then the young lady embraced her dad for a long time, also. It was just so beautiful.

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  53. Yes, Chas, I do believe I will be 56 years this fall. At least, I think that is what Peter L said we were.

    A sure sign of aging, mumsee. Don’t worry, though. Mrs L has never been able to think of her age quickly, but she knows what year she was born.

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  55. We went to Spartanburg and walked downtown. It’s a lot different now.
    We went to look for the place we used to live in 1962. It doesn’t exist anymore. That‘s a good thing.

    We had a nice lunch at Red Lobster. Elvera had a coupon. I took her to the mall and she bought an organizer.
    😆

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  56. I see in today’s Times-News that the First Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville has voted to leave the PCUSA and affiliate with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. I’ve heard of ARP, but never the Evangelical PC. It was approved by 81% of the congregation. They figure it will cost them $100,000 to get a clear title to their property; and they will have to change their name.
    There are two ARP chruches in Hendersonville. I don’t know of another PCUSA.

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  57. I sometimes wonder if the mainlines ever think about why (or even notice that) their numbers are plummeting. What do they think is driving it? To what do they attribute the bleeding? I’m guessing they believe Christianity is evolving and they’re simply representing that evolution (which, coincidently, mirrors the popular culture more and more).

    The so-called mainline churches aren’t so mainline anymore. They’re sideline churches, with the majority of Christians joining with more conservative congregations (and more conservative versions of the ‘mainline’ ones).

    There are quite a few conservative Presbyterian denominations, many of them prominent in different regions of the country.

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  58. The conservative Presbyterian denomination I belong to broke off from the mainline many decades ago (1920s-30s) when liberal theology began to encroach the seminaries. It was long before the hot-button issues of women in the ministry and gay marriage came along.

    But what was happening then was the precursor to those later cultural changes: questioning the authority of Scripture. Once that line is crossed, it can lead churches very far afield in ways they’d never have imagined it would 100 years ago.

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  59. Tonight I remembered that I had a dream last night about a bunch of us wanderers being together somewhere. Haven’t some of you said you’ve had similar WMB dreams?

    All I remember is a bunch of people — and I can’t remember a one of them except our fearless leader AJ 😉 but I know it was WV folks — standing around a kitchen sink joking about something, can’t recall what. 🙂

    I don’t know whose house we were in, but AJ, maybe you’d better check to see if your refrigerator got raided. 😛

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