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Our Daily Thread 6-2-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1774 The Quartering Act, which required American colonists to allow British soldiers into their houses, was reenacted.

In 1883 the first baseball game under electric lights was played in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

In 1886 Grover Cleveland became the second U.S. president to get married while in office. He was the first to have a wedding in the White House.

In 1924 all American Indians were granted U.S. citizenship by the U.S. Congress. 

And in 1953 Elizabeth was crowned queen of England at Westminster Abbey.  

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Quote of the Day

“That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.”

Thomas Hardy

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Not many birthdays today, but there were a couple of notable ones yesterday.

First Pat Boone.

And Andy Griffith.

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Anyone have a QoD?

41 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-2-14”

  3. I’ve been up since 4:30…already had my coffee and now am just waiting for the rest of the household to wake up! Connie came over last night around 9:00–just a couple of minutes after I’d tucked Becca into bed. She went upstairs to tell her goodnight and Becca was super excited to see her. She’d been missing her yesterday, so it was a sweet way to end the day. Becca played with three neighborhood friends from noon to 8:00 yesterday — first, they all came to our house to swim for a few hours and have lunch, then they moved to a couple other houses to play, finally returning to our house around six when Becca asked if they could eat dinner with us. Scott threw a few extra burgers on the grill and we enjoyed the extra company. They are a sweet group of kids who all get along well and are well-mannered. I’m so glad we live in a neighborhood with lots of children because Becca is a definite extrovert and days like yesterday seem to revive her spirit.

    It’s the final week of school! L. is finished with finals and has already turned in her books, so it should be a blow-off week for her. I cannot believe my firstborn will officially be a high schooler in five days….it just doesn’t seem possible–although, it does seem like a long time ago that we brought her home from the hospital. As Scott pointed out last night, that was three houses ago…

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  5. Somehow I lost an hour. I thought that I was early on the blog, but I am late. Must be time for some sleep. Enjoy your Monday!
    10 days of school to go.

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  8. Good morning/evening all. I wonder how long before hose involved in the 100 fracas will show up and talk about bruises and such.

    And now begins my first Monday with no school. But I go to the cave in a few hours. At least I got to sleep in, though I couldn’t sleep past 6:00.

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  9. My expression upon seeing the duck, “Ooooo! Pretty, pretty, pretty ducky!” Bosley did not know what I was talking about since she claims all rights to being the pretty one in the house. Maybe it’s more appropriate to call the duck handsome, but he is pretty, too, with his coloration. God created that beauty!

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  11. Funny thing… I woke up this morning, walked out to my kitchen, and there was this deluge of spam everywhere. I wondered who might be able to explain that.

    Then I tripped on a bookmark, and fell and got more bruises than I’d incurred twice in the last three days when someone going 100 miles per hour whizzed past me…

    Funny thing about that bookmark — it says, made in Idaho.

    Interesting. Perhaps someone here will be able to explain these strange events.

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  14. In bragging aunt news, my niece won a NCAA Woman’s Division 1 4 women rowing championship yesterday, rowing for Cal with three teammates. Very exciting for all of us, though, as someone way too close to her noted, “we’ll be even more thrilled if she graduates from college next year.”

    I’m afraid I started crying when I got the news, missing my parents desperately–they were SUCH athletic fans and this would have meant so much to them. Eyes filling with tears even as I type. (Why is this?)

    We’ve got several NCAA stars in the family–my brother, her father, played volleyball for UCSB and went to the championships several times, though he never won. My daughter-in-law, of course, did the same with UCLA in volleyball. And good old Eric the soccer star holds a bunch of goalie records for the Pac-12.

    Me? I’m really good at finding research books at the library. 🙂

    And now I’m off to dance. Go Bears!

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  15. I almost miss-read Kim’s post to say “now it’s time to deal with flies” – because we have a gazillion flies. All of our neighbors do, too and they say it’s due to the manure in the fields all around us. It is majorly irritating working from home at my computer with flies buzzing all around. I actually swatted myself in the chest in the attempt to kill one earlier.

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  16. Good Monday morning. What a gorgeous duck! Wow.

    I’ve washed, copped and packed raw veggies for my salad, had some yogurt & a hard-boiled egg for breakfast, but still need to get the animals fed. Should be a busy week.

    Beware of strange bookmarks.

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  18. I believe he’s a wood duck. He’s smaller than most around here, but he has the best colors and look IMO. The red eyes are really cool. Even the red-eye remover couldn’t hide them. 🙂

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  19. It’s birthday month, AJ, don’t worry about when you send me happy returns! 🙂

    My husband has been laughing at me all weekend: “this is what happens when you lie “. . . .

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  20. Mary (middle GD) always celebrated the month of May for her BD.
    Women don’t lie about their birthdays, it’s their age you forget (if you’re smart).

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  23. I was just going to comment, “Quiet day here today”, when I decided to refresh the page and saw Chas’ post. So it’s not quiet anymore with that self-propelled mower on the scene now. 😉

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  26. worth every penny, Chas. You have a lot to mow.
    A gray day here. Feeling a little overwhelmed with all the end of the school paperwork. Rash on my neck really flared up last night when I was trying to sleep.
    There are also things happening in the evening and I am not feeling that my van is very reliable.
    Okay, I’m done. Thanks for letting me grumble.
    Sweetest grandson turns 9 today and I am missing him.

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  27. So, anyway, my 4:31 post said this:

    “For G. K. Chesterton fans, his book Heretics is free for Kindle today at Amazon.”

    I provided a link, but I think that’s what messed things up and sent my comment to the spam folder, maybe?

    If you go to Amazon and type in Heretics for Kindle, you’ll find it at the top of the list.

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  31. Cute, Donna. 🙂

    Congratulations, Kim and Mr. P.

    It was new recipe day at our house — three new dishes. Black bean salsa (with tortilla chips that were not homemade); Salmon, rice and peas salad; and Apple coleslaw. Seemed like I was in the kitchen almost all day making these things, but I wasn’t really, and had help. The time spent was worth it, as all the recipes tasted good.

    Looking forward to buying the ingredients for the Lasagna Soup soon, AJ, and enjoying that meal, too, I’m sure. 🙂

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  32. I’m finally caught up on all the comments, for the first time in several days.

    A.J. – I used to make a Spinach Lasagna Casserole. I don’t remember the name of the pasta, but there is one out there that is shaped like miniature lasagna noodles, & that’s what I used in the casserole.

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  33. AnnMS – Yesterday (I think it was), you mentioned that you were considering letting L not attend church with you, because of your own past experience of having been forced to attend. May I share someone else’s experience with you?

    Years ago, a friend of mine stood up & gave a testimony & a word of exhortation. She addressed the parents of teens, & told them to be steadfast in their insistence that their teens attend church. With tears in her eyes, & her throat “choked up”, she thanked her mother (who’d been a widow at the time) for doing that with her & her brother when they were teens.

    She continued, saying that they may be sitting scrunched in the corner of the pew, with their arms folded defiantly over their chests, but they were still hearing the Word. She said she & her brother had acted like that, & eventually the Lord got through to them. She made the further point that the heart can (will?) grow cold toward the things of the Lord when one keeps away from church.

    My own two daughters seemed to “go downhill” spiritually much quicker after they each, as adults, stopped going to church.

    If you still feel that you don’t want to “force” her, maybe you can compromise, having L attend with you every other week. (Although, I’m sure some would say that’s not a good idea, either.)

    May the Holy Spirit give you wisdom & insight on this.

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  34. I was 12, I think, when I pitched a mini fit about going to church. We weren’t regular church goers (my dad never went to my recollection, though he’d drop me & my mom off) and often I’d go to SS when my mom didn’t make it to church (I remember my dad driving me alone and dropping me off).

    What’s strange is that I kind of liked SS — my complaint was having to get into a dress on a weekend. I already had to wear a dress to school every day and I just hated having to dress up on a weekend. (Think Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird when she comes down for breakfast dressed uncharacteristically in a dress on the first day of school.)

    Anyway, really such a superficial thing — but I guess my mom had a bad week (and this wasn’t the only time I’d been difficult about the issue). This time, she threw her hands up and said, “Fine. You don’t ever have to go again.” I was kind of stunned — not altogether unhappy about it (no more dresses on a weekend!), but also kind of realizing I should be going and that I sort of might kind of miss it.

    After I came to faith as an adult, I remember thinking my mom probably shouldn’t have given up so easily. But I can’t say I blame her, either. I could be difficult. 😉

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  35. Donna – I can honestly say that I never pitched a fit about going to church as a child or teen. Of course, we never went to church anyway.

    In a way, my rebellion was when I started going to church with my Baptist friend & her family. My parents were disturbed that I was even reading the Bible! That phase in my life did pass, but God built on it later.

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  36. Ann, I agree with what KarenO had to say about making sure your daughter attends church. My son never wanted to go to youth group, but it was something we saw as important, and at the end of the evening he was always glad he had gone.

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  37. We told them our family always went to church. When they were on their own, they could do what they liked, but until then, they went to church with our family.

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  40. I remember getting to stay home from church as a teen, and getting to make Sunday lunch for the family. If I stayed home, I at least had to be in service to someone else. I was not getting much out of church at the time so it was not a great spiritual loss to not be there. At the teenage point of my son’s life I made the effort to find a church for him that would keep him engaged. I know others who have done that, too. It does have the disadvantage of splitting the family unit up for awhile during the Sunday morning time. But it gives the advantage of having more discussion topics over Sunday lunch.

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  41. Ann, I believe Proverbs 22:6 (“Train up a child in the way he should go…”) and Ephesians 6:4 (“…bring [your children] up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord”) are instructive. Bringing children to the Lord’s house for worship is a vital part of that training, nurturing, and admonishing in the Word. They might not always like it, but they might not always like other forms of training you implement in the household, either. They’re not liking it doesn’t make it optional.

    When they become adults, then they can choose. Having gotten in the habit of going to church whenever possible in their youth makes it more likely, I believe, that they will continue in that as adults, or come back to the church if they stray for a while in adulthood.

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