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Our Daily Thread 8-2-13

Good Morning!

It’s Friday! 🙂

On this day in 1776 members of the Continental Congress began adding their signatures to the Declaration of Independence.

In 1790 the first US Census was conducted.

In 1858 in Boston and New York City the first mailboxes were installed along streets.

In 1921 eight White Sox players were acquitted of throwing the 1919 World Series.

In 1939 Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program.

 Also in 1939, President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act. The act prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns.

In 1943 the U.S. Navy patrol torpedo boat, PT-109, sank after being attacked by a Japanese destroyer. The boat was under the command of Lt. John F. Kennedy.

And in 1990 Iraq invaded the oil-rich country of Kuwait.

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Quote of the Day

“Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.”

Dennis Prager

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Andrew Gold has a birthday today.

It’s Kathy Lennon’s too. So here’s some really old Lennon Sisters.

🙂 🙂

And also, Garth Hudson, keyboard/sax player for The Band has a birthday today too.

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Anyone have a QoD?

39 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 8-2-13”

  1. Why do Christian’s struggle with this?

    But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 NKJV

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  2. Morning all. Had quite the Friday. Kept rushing over to the staff room at breaks to check using the wireless connection over there on my daughter. She had the baby about 8pm which was lunchtime here. I will wait to tell more until tomorrow as they have not told their friends yet.

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  6. Let’s try it again. I guess I’m tired since I got to bed late and couldn’t sleep.

    There is one telling cartoon that shows the last six Secretaries of State saying “Maybe I can make it happen,” with Mr Kerry holding paper that says Mideast Peace. Sorry, to disappoint all you politicians out there, but ever since Ishmael and Isaac there hasn’t been any peace over there, and never will be until God makes it happen.

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  7. It’s Jo’s bedtime and evidently she doesn’t know if it’s a boy or girl.
    With us, it didn’t matter. But he was a boy.
    No. It really didn’t.

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  8. Pastor Roy, If I might interject some Calvinist thought to that passage. James is addressing those who claim to be believers but are ones in name only. There is no fruit or obedience in their lives. Keep in mind that the hearts of men are desperately wicked and deceitful. The heart of man is able to self deceive. This is why Jesus said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” John 14:15

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  9. Pastor Roy- Another answer (though I agree with DG): Human nature wants to do what’s best for “#1”, forgetting that number one should be the Lord’s will. We think we know better than God, so we do things our way since they are more convenient or expedient to us. Example- King Saul offering the sacrifice before Samuel arrived, because he thought that would keep the people from leaving and bring about God’s blessing.

    Also, we often let human emotions get in the way of God’s word to us. Look at Moses. God told him to talk to the rock, but Moses was so upset with the children of Israel that he struck the rock instead. God still gave them water, but that incident kept Moses out of Canaan.

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  10. Good morning all, I am in Mumsee territory. That is Idaho, Boise in particular. Saw Shakespeare under the stars last night–Much Ado About Nothing–after a brief, weird wind storm. Today I am off to float the Boise River with a multitude of extended family.

    Pastor Roy, sometimes it is as easy as not being reflective of what we do. We hear the word, acknowledge its loveliness and then just go on with our old self habits. Obedience is a discipline of the will.

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  11. Good morning. I’ve got to get ready for the drive to Bandera. I’m dragging my feet as I’m so conflicted about going. Hope y’all have a good day.

    Something wonderful happened yesterday for my eldest daughter. Our subdivision has a stable (the subdivision used to be a very large horse farm, before development made it this far out). A woman in our neighborhood posted that her horse was for lease about a week ago. Scott suggested I call and get more information. I did so immediately and was the first person to respond to the advertisement. We met the woman and her horse last night and it was love at first sight! Scott agreed to lease the horse after eldest daughter rode her and we could see they are a good fit for one another. I am so happy for her and for me, as well, as it means much less driving for me. She rides about three days a week, so having the animal close by (it takes all of two minutes to get to the stables from our house) is a real blessing. Daughter has been having some issues with her group of friends, so it couldn’t have come at a better time. Sometimes I am overwhelmed by God’s goodness. This (horse lease) has been a prayer of mine since we moved here three years ago. The woman said five minutes after I called that she got five more phone calls from other little girls hoping to lease the horse. I’m so glad we were first!

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  12. I am late getting to you this morning because I need to ask for extra prayers for my friend Bob. He sleep walks and got up last night and fell. He started having seizures and his wife had to have an ambulance take him to the local hospital. They have taken him to Mobile and he will have brain surgery at some point today. My friend M is a basket case. I went over this morning to take care of First Friday food for the Art Center and to get instructions for their dogs. Her father is going to the hospital with her. They have told her they do not want her there by herself.

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  15. They have my friend in Neuro ICU. They have not scheduled surgery. They are watching him. They think the bleeding is stopping on its own. He will be there through the weekend.

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  17. Congratulations Jo & michelle! And annms, prayers for your trip — and what a thrill for your daughter and her new horse! Wow, that would have been a dream come true for me growing up. 🙂 Good for her.

    So all-in-all, the house hunting didn’t take that long, really. I think I actively “looked” for maybe 3-4 months before finding what I wanted (maybe less); I read somewhere that most people shop for a house a lot longer than that and look at a lot more houses. Of course, the available stock is low right now which limits everything.

    Kim, so glad you can be there for your friends, anything going on in the brain (that’s not supposed to be “going on”) is so scary.

    I’m enjoying a perfectly fluffy omelet this morning — with bits of bacon, green pepper & cheese — made in a $6 microwave omelet maker. What a great gadget for the price. And coffee. I have an 11 a.m. assignment so I wound up with a little extra time in the morning today.

    Meanwhile, I’m feeling the pressure on fb on the whole indoor-outdoor cat issue. Our cats growing up were always allowed outdoors (and they lived to pretty ripe old ages). But nowadays the mantra is that cats should be kept indoors only.

    I realize they tend to live longer — and you do maybe avoid some of these scratch-ups and injuries that have cost me a pretty penny for Annie since I’ve had her.

    But I really think it also cuts into their quality of life. Annie was an outdoor cat before I adopted her and she loves going out.

    For now I have to keep her inside for 3 weeks while her tummy would heals, but she’s pretty discouraged and acts almost depressed.

    I guess I see indoor cats like caged birds. They’re well cared for and healthy. But they aren’t doing what birds and cats naturally are made to do.

    I may see how she adapts in these 3 weeks, but I’m still leaning toward letting her out again (but being very rigid about making sure she’s indoors come dark until morning). Still, I feel like I’m a bad owner doing that …

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  18. The problem is, your cat is used to dogs and isn’t afraid of them, thus isn’t afraid to go outside.

    Our mean, vicious, nasty old Calico cat was born feral in Hawai’i. We’ve always let her outside (hoping she might not come back more than once). She’s been very successful in Hawai’i, southern California, country northern California and now in suburban northern California. The only time she was docile and friendly was the week after the plane ride from Hawai’i.

    Once we moved here to suburbia, however, the dog took over the back yard and she became terrified to go outside. She’s been an indoor cat every since.

    Except once the dog died, she’s now venturing outside again.

    At 17.5 years (of biting meanness toward the hand that feeds her), I’m not worried about her outside at all. She’s happier there, lying in the sun and running off neighbor cats.

    I don’t think she can catch any birds anymore, but who really knows? She certainly helped with the mouse and rodent population in the country.

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  19. Annie came to me dog-savvy, she’d been running with a feral colony that hung out near the LA County animal shelter (but she was so people-friendly that the volunteers wanted to get her adopted — I’m guessing she was “dumped” or her family moved, she was definitely used to the human touch).

    Sometimes I’ll look out and see Annie, Tess & Cowboy, all lounging in their individual spots, enjoying the backyard sunshine. I have a sheltered front porch and keep a large dog crate tucked into one corner and she hangs out in that a lot, too.

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  20. Guess it’s all a trade-off, and I’d definitely want her indoors more if/when she gets older and slower. But the cars, loose dogs and coyotes (none that I know of in our neighborhood, but close enough and they do travel — I think I saw one on our block several years ago) certainly pose dangers to little cats. 😦

    And I really do kind of like her.

    Meanwhile, a Toronto newspaper clip is being labeled as an epic correction:

    Obit “said incorrectly that he was a talented pianist. He did not play.”

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  22. What amazed me even more than the “reporter’s” sneering was the comments. Instead of joining into the sneering as I expected, the commenters ripped into the “reporter” for shoddy journalism. Good for them!

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  24. The author has no concept of “dying in their sins”.
    The commentators are not defending the concept of starting an evangelical church in Brooklyn, but commenting on the sloppy reporting.
    They are correct in that. It isn’t even good criticism.

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  25. Sorry Chas, it was another girl. Sweet Ginger Lucille at just over 8 pounds. She was born in the caul with little sisters present and auntie

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  26. Congrats, Jo! Congrats, Michelle!

    Donna, I think that an animal (be it dog or cat) that has only ever been inside or only ever been outside (as long as it has plentiful human interaction) probably has no idea what it is missing and lives a happy life. Misten loves being outside and spends the vast majority of her time outside in the fall, but for my mom’s chihuahua inside was all she ever knew. Mumsee’s dogs apparently thrive outside, but they have companionship (canine and human).

    I do think that in the city cats should be inside animals, because those that wander annoy neighbors and kill birds, not to mention the danger to themselves. But country cats are farm animals, work animals, and probably more useful outside. If I ever had a cat (I wouldn’t), it would be either outside only or inside only, depending on where I lived–if I had several acres, then it would be an outdoor animal, and in those circumstances I might actually get a cat, but it probably wouldn’t really be a pet.

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  27. Wow. I read the article and as a Southerner (by the Grace of God, mind you) I have highly offended at her characterization of “down South”. Have any of you ever found me to be judgemental and target “certain groups” for mistreatment?
    One of “the” kids is from Ethiopia…well I started to tell you about us being in the kitchen together but had second thoughts…what with thePrejudiced Southern White Woman cooking and the Underpriviledged Ethiopian Child cleaning…well it is just further proof of what a racist I am.

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  28. Mumsee’s cat caught a snake. Scared me to death. Any time the cat came near me I had to make sure it didn’t have another snake.
    I confess that I don’t like my stepcat, but we have reached a truce. She stays on her side of the bed and I stay on mine. Her master changes her litter box.

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  29. When I was in my early teens, we lived in an undeveloped area of North Charleston. A partly wild cat came to live with us. We named her “Sleepy” because she roamed all night and slept all day. At least once a year, she would have a litter of three kittens. She would find live snakes and bring them home for her kittens to pounce on. We always interfered. I forgot what we did with the kittens. We didn’t keep them. We don’t know what happened to Sleepy. She just didn’t come home.

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  30. As all of you know I am an only child. For most of my life I have hated this fact. I used to joke that if my father ever became ill I would be glad to be an only child because I knew I would be the one to take care of him and wouldn’t be expecting anyone else to help me.
    I would hate to think that if I had been lucky enough to have a brother or sister the first thing I would be worried about when they died is who would inherit what they had. My aunts are all at the Gulf this weekend discussing the situation. Someone has researched on line and found that if he didn’t have a will whatever he has will be split among his siblings. I wouldn’t put it past any of them to hide a will if they find it just so they can be like buzzards over a carcass.

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  31. Yeah, Kim, the irony is so thick in that: you can assume Southerners are bigots, and with that asusmption you’re free to dislike them sight unseen. And of course you can be as intolerant as you want of Christians, because surely they are looking for a chance to be unkind to you, even if all you’ve found so far is their willingness to help people rebuild their damaged houses. . . . It is nice that every one of the comments chided her, though. Maybe her bosses will notice that, if she doesn’t.

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  32. The Daily News piece was mentioned by Mohler so I’m guessing it got a lot of traffic that way. I’ve seldom seen anything so blatant and not even trying to understand or present a fair picture. Maybe she thought it was just having some “fun” with a story, but it certainly came off horribly one-sided and, frankly, just ignorant.

    And speaking of religion reporting, this isn’t in that category (thankfully!) but the guys at Get Religion picked up this piece written/published by one of our own sister papers — I’d seen it the other day some of the same issues struck me.

    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/getreligion/2013/08/yes-or-no-this-school-has-a-catholic-doctrinal-covenant/#more-108976

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  34. Michelle, hope it’s the one.
    We found our house in 4 days. Of course there were only 3 even close to our price range and 2 were awful. 🙂

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  35. I should have asked for you guys to pray sooner.

    This has been an extraordinary week.

    Last Friday, there was nothing for sale in our areas. We visited a pre-market home owned by neighbors of some friends on Saturday. On Sunday, I saw an open house in the paper and we stopped by. It was beautiful but in the next valley over.

    Before we made an offer Monday morning on gorgeous house, the pre-market people offered us their house–subject to the husband not getting laid off on Tuesday.

    We made the gorgeous offer anyway and told them to keep us posted.

    A house with the views I wanted in the location I wanted, came on the market Tuesday morning. I wanted to live there.

    We sought info on it, countered on gorgeous and did not hear from pre-market.

    My husband found a lot . . .

    House with views turned out to be too complex to purchase reasonably. Pre-market never called back. We countered on gorgeous yet again this morning.

    The house we bid on two weeks ago and lost (which is around the corner from present home), fell out of escrow this morning. Did we want it instead of gorgeous?

    Pretty wild.

    We bought a house today. It’s gorgeous. We get the keys next Friday.

    Some of the windows have a view.

    Truly amazing.

    God is very good and I don’t deserve any of this.

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