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Our Daily Thread 2-10-15

Good Morning!

 Today’s header photo is from Cheryl. 🙂

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On this day in 1763 The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. In the treaty France ceded Canada to England. 

In 1863, in New York City, two of the world’s most famous midgets, General Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren were married. 

In 1879 the electric arc light was used for the first time. 

And in 1942 the Normandie, the former French liner, capsized in New York Harbor. The day before the ship had caught fire while it was being fitted for the U.S. Navy. 

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Quote of the Day

“Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.”

William Congreve

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 Looks like today is random selection day.

So we’ll start with some of ThePianoGuys

The YWCA was founded on this day in 1870, but since they don’t have a song, this one is close enough….

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Anyone have a QoD?

38 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 2-10-15”

  2. I don’t know what the YWCA does now. Women come to the YMCA to work out and other things, (classes, etc.).
    I remember when the YMCA was strictly men and we swam naked.

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  3. For those of you who like to laugh with me as I laugh at myself and at God’s sense of humor in my life….my small group Bible study started the book of Revelations last night.
    Thirty years of avoidance finally caught up with me.

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  4. Chas,

    Me neither. He was a poet born today in 1670, and it turns out he has another you’ll know.

    “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”

    I never knew the entire quote on that one either. 🙂

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  8. Aj, I didn’t understand none of what you said beyond the first paragraph on 8:02.

    😆

    (If you’re not from the South, you might misinterpret my statement above to say that I really understand all of it.

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  9. Kare, the young lady on my facebook page is my goddaughter and a member of the Mobile Carnival Association’s 2015 Mardi Gras Court. It goes Queen, First Lady in Waiting, Second Lady in Waiting,,,,,all the other debutantes. Miss Mel is Second Lady in Waiting. Her great something grandmother was the first Mardi Gras Queen in Mobile. We are long on antiquated societal hoopla down here in the South. What is mostly means is that her parents paid for an extravagant wedding but instead of being over in a few hours it has lasted a few months. All will end next Tuesday, but she will take memories and more importantly connections with her from this. My people come from the “other side of the railroad tracks” so to speak.

    Just to get you into the spirit of things, the Excelsior Band has been marching in Mobile for well over a hundred years.

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  10. And oh My! Watching this video is quite distressing. It looks like the band has been integrated! I saw two white men in this video! That just ain’t right.

    Several years ago a beloved recounteur and father of a friend died a widower at a good old age. His final instructions were that at the end of Rite 1 from the Book of Common Prayer that the Excelsior Band escort Joe Cain’s Merry Widows into the cemetery to cry over his casket. There was a meal and full bar set up in the parking lot for afterward.

    http://blog.al.com/live/2014/03/joe_cains_merry_widows_weep_wa.html

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  12. Hello, all! Or, “y’all” to those down South.

    I am now working in the church library clearing out old things and setting it up as a reading room for independent study on Sunday a.m. as an alternative to other Life Groups. This is for those not already in a Life Group. I am having to find more chairs for the space. I have no idea how many I need. I am also thinking of getting a coffee maker for the space. The media center lost its budget several years back so I have to do the best I can with begging, borrowing, and thrift shopping. I think this new Life Group will appeal to introverts and those who are not very familiar with the Bible. There will be a table for those who wish to study in workbooks. Do any of your churches offer anything similar?

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  13. Sounds like a worthy project, Janice.

    EEEEeeeee, that little critter (squirrel?) in the tree. What a cute little face. 🙂 I love cuteness.

    We have a couple at our church who raise & train assistance dogs for veterans and most are Labs (which also is the breed they’ve preferred as their personal pets through the years).

    But the latest one is a Labradoodle and she’s absolutely adorable, but a real live-wire. I do have a weakness for big, shaggy dogs. 🙂 She came to church with them for the first time last Sunday, they usually sit in the back and the dogs learn how to lie quietly at their feet or even under the chair.

    Have fun in Revelation, Kim. 🙂

    The only fair way in my mind to teach that book (and eschatology in general) is to acknowledge and (at least somewhat) explore the various views that have been (and still are) held within the church (even if the instructor is teaching with a preference/focus on just one of those views). Too often it’s been taught with a rigid, one-sided interpretation without pointing out that, “Oh, and by the way, other weighty Christians believe …”

    There are thoughtful, sound theologians who have espoused each of the views. And the book of Revelation looks very different from each of those vantage points.

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  16. Description: “The last book of the Bible is one of the most confusing. How can we better understand it? In this parallel commentary, you’ll learn about four major traditional views—historicist, preterist, futurist, and spiritual—and discover the differences. Features coverage of Revelation throughout church history; updated and revised text; and more. 528 pages, hardcover from Nelson.”

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  18. I’ll have to pull out my copy again. I believe Bible Study Fellowship is tackling Revelation for the first time next year.

    (I remember the woman who got me into BSF many years ago saying what an excellent program it was — “Just as long as they never try to do Revelation …”) 🙂

    That doesn’t really look like a squirrel face, it looks like a ground hog or a beaver or a ?

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  22. I think my priest was referring your commentary last night Donna. He mentioned something about it being “theopoetical” and a 4th something or other. We only talked about Chapter 1 last night. Interesting to read the different versions. My New King James had signify and others didn’t. It is an important word in the first verse.

    I need to iron out some definitions of some theories.

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  23. From last night’s discussion
    Again, the repeated word “testimony” or “witness” in Revelation (including John repeated self-description in 1:2,9) is martyr in the Greek…

    “To journey and not change is to be a nomad
    To change and not journey is to be a chameleon
    To journey and to be transformed by the journey is to be…. a pilgrim.”
    (Mark Nepo, Exquisite Risk)

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  25. Donna, that sounds like a great addition to our library shelf! I put it in my “to buy” cart. I need to see if we already have a copy first.

    Miss Bosley is creating havoc in the evenings when my husband gets home and turns on the tv. She is constantly going over to the tv and acting like it is a scratching post. Miss Bosley wants to be his number 1 attention getter, and she will make it happen one way or another. I told husband that this is just a phase, but if it continues, it will eventually mean husband will have to choose between Miss Bosley and the tv. 😦 I think this behavior got in high gear the other evening when we were watching a program about lions. Miss Bosley wanted to join the pride. She tried to claw her way in on the front of the screen and then when that did not work, she went to the back of the screen looking for a back door. If the circus came to town, she would probably join it about now.

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  26. After letting the animals out this morning at 6:30 a.m., I awoke about an hour later to the sounds of Annie outside my bedroom window, wanting in.

    When I opened my eyes, all I could see was her silhouette/shadow, hanging suspended and spread eagle at the very top of the screen near the ceiling line.

    Meow.

    Circus indeed.

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  29. Yep, groundhog in a tree. I’d never heard they climb trees until I saw it do so. I got its photo and then googled the phenonemon, and found much written about their being excellent tree climbers–but anyone to whom I have mentioned it has said they didn’t know they climbed trees.

    I got a different photo in which he looks a little scary. He’s looking toward the camera and you can see his little buck teeth. I chose to send the milder one instead. 🙂

    I’ve been sitting on the couch all day with vertigo. Even missed the birthday supper for our daughter. 😦 I don’t feel as bad as I did last Thursday, but it does get tiresome, and I even threw up this morning.

    I did get all the way through a book in a single day, though, and it has been a while since I’ve done that, except with a children’s book! After I bought it and started it, I found I had in fact read it, so I must have gotten it from the library at some point. It was The Crock of Gold, an Irish fairy tale of sorts, one of C. S. Lewis’s favorite books at least when he was a young man, though I’ve never heard anyone else mention it. Kind of a weird book, but today was the sort of day to read fiction, not something deep.

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  30. Oh, and it’s interesting to me that the groundhog’s fur is so thin on his neck that you can see his pink skin at some places. I think he had patches behind his front legs, too, as I recall. I suppose a creature that hibernates doesn’t need as much fur!

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  31. Cheryl, they do have medication for vertigo if it becomes very problematic. I believe travel sickness pills from over the counter also can help.

    Maybe there’s a patch the doctors can provide, something like the prescription travel sickness stuff they have now — mine wasn’t that severe so when my doctor mentioned medication I said I probably wouldn’t need anything like that.

    I was bothered off and on for about a year, I think — eventually it was only when i’d turn over in bed at night, it didn’t occur during the daytime when I was up and about at all. But it is very annoying, I’ve read of cases where people literally fall to the floor they get so discombobulated.

    The first onset of it for me, in fact, was a Saturday morning — I’d overslept, I’d promised a friend I’d take her to walmart, so when I went to get up from the bed the room spun and I literally fell back down on the the bed. I canceled the trip, didn’t think I should be driving, and I felt generally “dizzy” all day long.

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  33. Cheryl, has an ear infection caused the vertigo? No chance of it being “morning sickness,” i assume? Now that would be awesome! 🙂 An ear infection, etc., is not so awesome. 😦

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  34. Cheryl, I recently had a bad bout of vertigo and went to the doctor with it. The prescription treatment is antivert, which can be obtained over the counter as meclizine. Tablets are 25 mg. She said not to take over 100 mg per day. Doc said to be sure you are well hydrated, as that helps the little hairs in your inner ear send the correct messages to your brain. For me, I think it is more of a neck issue. My worst triggers are sudden head movements and extremes of bending my neck. I have had to stop wrapping my hair in a towel after showers as that triggers instant spinning rooms and extreme nausea. Hope this helps, as I truly feel your pain.

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  35. It’s caused by the little hairs in the ear, with age something happens to those. I read somewhere that vertigo is one of the most common complaints doctors hear from patients over 50 or so. It’s not considered serious but is clearly upsetting, annoying and can disrupt your quality of life

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  36. But infection could also be a culprit since you’re under 50, right? Might be worth a trip to the doctor since you seem to have a fairly hard case of it that’s lingering — it really is a horrible feeling

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  37. WebMD:

    Vertigo is often caused by an inner ear problem. Some of the most common causes include:

    BPPV. These initials stand for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. BPPV occurs when tiny calcium particles (canaliths) clump up in canals of the inner ear. The inner ear sends signals to the brain about head and body movements relative to gravity. It helps you keep your balance.

    BPPV can occur for no known reason and may be associated with age.

    Meniere’s disease. This is an inner ear disorder thought to be caused by a buildup of fluid and changing pressure in the ear. It can cause episodes of vertigo along with ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and hearing loss.

    Vestibular neuritis or labyrinthitis. This is an inner ear problem usually related to infection (usually viral). The infection causes inflammation in the inner ear around nerves that are important for helping the body sense balance

    Treatment for vertigo depends on what’s causing it. In many cases, vertigo goes away without any treatment. This is because your brain is able to adapt, at least in part, to the inner ear changes, relying on other mechanisms to maintain balance.

    Medicine. In some cases, medication may be given to relieve symptoms such as nausea or motion sickness associated with vertigo.

    If vertigo is caused by an infection or inflammation, antibiotics or steroids may reduce swelling and cure infection.

    For Meniere’s disease, diuretics (water pills) may be prescribed to reduce pressure from fluid buildup.

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  38. Thanks, RKessler and Donna. That’s helpful. Donna, a couple of my brothers have had BPPV, and we’ve been proceeding on the assumption that is what I have and doing that treatment.

    I’m under 50, but just by a couple of years now. And no, pregnancy isn’t a possibility. 🙂

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