Morning all. I guess I missed getting on here yesterday. I went to my last counseling appointment, then got a few more things at the gift store
The most fun was going to Bible study last night where I got to give away food as I had bought too much. I even gave away a blanket or throw for the couch. It has been so nice to use in the mornings. But I got it for free at the boutique here so I could either return it or pass it on. Someone was delighted to have it. I also gave my friend all of the ingredients for the lasagna that I never made. I was glad that I had the recipe as she had never made it.
Congratulations on making such a wonderful decision 45 years ago, Mumsee. You two have blessed so many, including each other.
So the fellow who has been loaning me his car texted last night to see when I was leaving. We texted back and forth. I told him I would drop the car off on Friday. He said that the only one who would be home then was his daughter Leah. Leah!!!
Wow. I taught Leah for kinder and for grade one. and then she came back and taught in Ukarumpa. So I had him give her my number and we texted. We are going to a tea house tomorrow. I am so happy to have a chance to catch up with her. I think she is planning to return to Ukarumpa and may be raising support.
Regarding worship. When I went to PNG, I began to lift my hands in praise. Not noticing what others are doing. But only if the words are truly words of praise to Him. I will even make motions based on the words in the song. Just how God has moved me. Some songs are about us and not about Him. I am not moved to raise my hands in praise at those songs.
Okay, I stand if my leg allows it. But sometimes everyone is sitting and I stand. Good thing that I always sit on the side, end of the row. Last week at the organ concert they played To God Be the Glory. I could not sit for that hymn, even if I was the only one standing.
Good morning! So glad you’ve had a good trip, Jo. Maybe next time we can figure out a plan to get together. I do still, after all this time, feel I am in recovery from the radiation so not up to par for much traveling although I have done a little. I always get off track when I do travel from not eating the usual diet. I feel so much better when I stick to my routines. I am glad for those who can travel as much as they like and can afford it. Having family in the airlines industry is a wonderful benefit.😀
I revisited an old game on the new computer, Bookworm. It’s still fun for me.
I have been busy lately inviting people fto two different events. At church there will be a men’s gathering with a special speaker who is known as the world’s fastest gun disarmer. He is top notch in martial arts and fights against sex traffiking. There will be a sreak dinner.
Thd other event is the gala for Prison Alliance that will be at In Touch Ministries facilities.
Oh, brrr. Woke up to a cold house. (Well, mumsee cold probably.) The electric company had warned that the heat would be off for four hours this morning. My husband did get up and put the propane stove, which is in the basement, on. I forgot about the heat going off until I saw the temperature in the living room. I like it cold when I sleep, but a bit warmer than this when up and about. We are not used to below zero after the warmth we have had. Windchill warnings on my phone were waiting for me.
That was so sweet of your husband, mumsee.
We will be driving to jam. So thankful for a nice warm coat and car.
How long do I have to study the Bible (50+ years now), before I recognize insight like this:
The Clothes Make the Man: High Priests and Sacred Vestments
If it were ever true that “the clothes make the man,” then that man was the high priest of Israel. In his own person, he was just another guy, but when wearing the holy vestments of his office, he was surpassingly more.
He was, we might say, the flesh-and-blood icon of the tabernacled Lord. How so?
The breast piece, ephod, and hem of his vestments were made from the same materials as the veil and other parts of the tabernacle: gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarns, with fine twisted linen (e.g., Exod. 26:31; 28:5-8, 15).
The high priest wore this tabernacle-like vesture when he served. To see him walking around in the sacred precincts was to see the Lord’s man walking about like a living, breathing, moving tabernacle.
As such, when wearing the vestments, the high priest was a foreshadowing of the incarnation, when the Word, becoming man, would tabernacle among us.
Jesus is our great high priest. He is our living tabernacle. His vestments are our nature, our humanity, which does not simply cover him like clothing but which he has made everlastingly his own.
Therefore, in the Old Testament, every time the high priest wore his vestments, we see a nod and a wink from the Spirit of the coming incarnation of the Lord Jesus, our Priest.
We went from 80 degrees to 20 overnight. That 60 degree drop in less than 24 hours is a record for here.
On singing in church – I went from Catholic to Charismatic to independent with Baptist leanings. Some of the members raise hands but since the Charismatic church I attended overdid it I find it hard to do now. I do tap the feet of lightly clap a hand on the leg. We stand on some songs but mostly sit to sing.
From a pastor on Facebook, Chales William Jones, in Selma, AL:
“The wonderful sound of human laughter
Recently, I was at an outside sporting event, sitting among some of the people on a metal bleacher. There was someone sitting a few feet from me that was doing a lot of laughing. The problem was that their laughter was extremely loud with kind of a screechy, high-pitched tone to it. The sound was kind of dominating the atmosphere. It was obvious that the off button on her laughing box was broken because everything was hilarious to her. On the inside, I began to complain for the sound was extremely irritating, and I was thinking that someone familiar with this person should love her enough to tell her to stop doing that. At that moment, I began to talk to the Lord about it asking Him to please make it stop because I could not even concentrate on the sporting event that I came to enjoy. Just as I began to talk to the Lord about it, I heard His voice so clearly interrupt me and say, “I just love the sound of human laughter.” I immediately knew in my mind and my emotions that Jesus was saying this to me in the context of the tragedy and sadness that surrounds fallen humanity. In light of the darkness of the fall of mankind, the sound of human laughter causes Jesus to cup His ear with delight in His heart. When Jesus spoke that in me (to me), it was a fresh opportunity for repentance and breakthrough in my life. Jesus never mocks people. He doesn’t complain, and He doesn’t get irritated. At the moment I surrendered to His way of thinking and living, I was once again participating in His life, but in a new, larger way. The laughter didn’t change, but I did, and it was now the most wonderful sound I had ever heard. Having repented, I was once again living like the new creation in Christ that I am, controlled by a divine love that frees me from recognizing people according to the flesh. You don’t have to go to a conference or spend days fasting to get a breakthrough. I got a breakthrough that brought me into a larger experience of this large room called “in Christ” while sitting on a metal bleacher at a youth sporting. Every day is a grand adventure, as C. S. Lewis said, “Further up and further in.””
i watched this short excellent TED talk about using food to get rid of cancer and other disease including obesity, and also including cancer in animals. This is a very good presentation that might help your health to inprove. It is not a sales putch and it is from a doctor. It is about starving the blood vessels that form to feed cancer.
Good morning, all. A beautiful blustery day here. Children are off to work and husband is recovering from his chemo meds treatment. I may get up to my bike today!
mumsee, I may have missed a step but was their a specific diagnosis Mike received? Last I recall he was getting some followup checks on his lungs but I don’t recall hearing anything beyond that – dj
I cut the support straps off Charlie Brown 2 today. It’s been 2 years since the tree was planted and I’ve read the straps should come off in the range of 1-2 years. So I decided it was time.
He’s swaying a bit as it’s windy out today — and he’s very tall and thin — but I think it’ll be OK. And yes, I told him I loved him.
I am freezing! After being in the70s today, it’s 46 now and going on down in the 30s. I pulled on my sweatshirt and pants after waering lightweight clothes earlier. I am still cold!
DJ, nope, nothing new. They have given him infusions for years for rheumatoid arthritis, though they are not sure it is what he has. Personally, I try to stay away from doctors. Perhaps because I am fairly healthy. Or I am fairly healthy because I stay away.
Wandering Views 
Morning all. I guess I missed getting on here yesterday. I went to my last counseling appointment, then got a few more things at the gift store
The most fun was going to Bible study last night where I got to give away food as I had bought too much. I even gave away a blanket or throw for the couch. It has been so nice to use in the mornings. But I got it for free at the boutique here so I could either return it or pass it on. Someone was delighted to have it. I also gave my friend all of the ingredients for the lasagna that I never made. I was glad that I had the recipe as she had never made it.
Jp
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Congratulations on making such a wonderful decision 45 years ago, Mumsee. You two have blessed so many, including each other.
So the fellow who has been loaning me his car texted last night to see when I was leaving. We texted back and forth. I told him I would drop the car off on Friday. He said that the only one who would be home then was his daughter Leah. Leah!!!
Wow. I taught Leah for kinder and for grade one. and then she came back and taught in Ukarumpa. So I had him give her my number and we texted. We are going to a tea house tomorrow. I am so happy to have a chance to catch up with her. I think she is planning to return to Ukarumpa and may be raising support.
Jo
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Regarding worship. When I went to PNG, I began to lift my hands in praise. Not noticing what others are doing. But only if the words are truly words of praise to Him. I will even make motions based on the words in the song. Just how God has moved me. Some songs are about us and not about Him. I am not moved to raise my hands in praise at those songs.
Okay, I stand if my leg allows it. But sometimes everyone is sitting and I stand. Good thing that I always sit on the side, end of the row. Last week at the organ concert they played To God Be the Glory. I could not sit for that hymn, even if I was the only one standing.
Jo
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Good morning.
Jo, it sounds like you are having a great visit. I’m glad you got to do that.
I am trying to work up the gumption to get something accomplished today. I am on PTO and have not been productive at all.
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Good morning! So glad you’ve had a good trip, Jo. Maybe next time we can figure out a plan to get together. I do still, after all this time, feel I am in recovery from the radiation so not up to par for much traveling although I have done a little. I always get off track when I do travel from not eating the usual diet. I feel so much better when I stick to my routines. I am glad for those who can travel as much as they like and can afford it. Having family in the airlines industry is a wonderful benefit.😀
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I revisited an old game on the new computer, Bookworm. It’s still fun for me.
I have been busy lately inviting people fto two different events. At church there will be a men’s gathering with a special speaker who is known as the world’s fastest gun disarmer. He is top notch in martial arts and fights against sex traffiking. There will be a sreak dinner.
Thd other event is the gala for Prison Alliance that will be at In Touch Ministries facilities.
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Oh, brrr. Woke up to a cold house. (Well, mumsee cold probably.) The electric company had warned that the heat would be off for four hours this morning. My husband did get up and put the propane stove, which is in the basement, on. I forgot about the heat going off until I saw the temperature in the living room. I like it cold when I sleep, but a bit warmer than this when up and about. We are not used to below zero after the warmth we have had. Windchill warnings on my phone were waiting for me.
That was so sweet of your husband, mumsee.
We will be driving to jam. So thankful for a nice warm coat and car.
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How long do I have to study the Bible (50+ years now), before I recognize insight like this:
The Clothes Make the Man: High Priests and Sacred Vestments
If it were ever true that “the clothes make the man,” then that man was the high priest of Israel. In his own person, he was just another guy, but when wearing the holy vestments of his office, he was surpassingly more.
He was, we might say, the flesh-and-blood icon of the tabernacled Lord. How so?
The breast piece, ephod, and hem of his vestments were made from the same materials as the veil and other parts of the tabernacle: gold, blue, purple, scarlet yarns, with fine twisted linen (e.g., Exod. 26:31; 28:5-8, 15).
The high priest wore this tabernacle-like vesture when he served. To see him walking around in the sacred precincts was to see the Lord’s man walking about like a living, breathing, moving tabernacle.
As such, when wearing the vestments, the high priest was a foreshadowing of the incarnation, when the Word, becoming man, would tabernacle among us.
Jesus is our great high priest. He is our living tabernacle. His vestments are our nature, our humanity, which does not simply cover him like clothing but which he has made everlastingly his own.
Therefore, in the Old Testament, every time the high priest wore his vestments, we see a nod and a wink from the Spirit of the coming incarnation of the Lord Jesus, our Priest.
~Chad Bird over there in the X-Twitter wasteland
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We went from 80 degrees to 20 overnight. That 60 degree drop in less than 24 hours is a record for here.
On singing in church – I went from Catholic to Charismatic to independent with Baptist leanings. Some of the members raise hands but since the Charismatic church I attended overdid it I find it hard to do now. I do tap the feet of lightly clap a hand on the leg. We stand on some songs but mostly sit to sing.
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Speaking of X-Twitter, if you’re over there, AJ, I think you’d enjoy following this guy:
@ChowdahHill
He’s the CO of the Eisenhower, currently operating off the coast of Yemen.
(I suspect he may be a Christian, given the books on his shelf and a few things he’s said.)
What he’s doing, though, is showing how to be a good leader in celebrating his crew–with cookies.
He notes, however, that overwhelming gifts to the demolition and bomb-sniffing dogs on board, means they’ll never have to buy dog biscuits again.
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From a pastor on Facebook, Chales William Jones, in Selma, AL:
“The wonderful sound of human laughter
Recently, I was at an outside sporting event, sitting among some of the people on a metal bleacher. There was someone sitting a few feet from me that was doing a lot of laughing. The problem was that their laughter was extremely loud with kind of a screechy, high-pitched tone to it. The sound was kind of dominating the atmosphere. It was obvious that the off button on her laughing box was broken because everything was hilarious to her. On the inside, I began to complain for the sound was extremely irritating, and I was thinking that someone familiar with this person should love her enough to tell her to stop doing that. At that moment, I began to talk to the Lord about it asking Him to please make it stop because I could not even concentrate on the sporting event that I came to enjoy. Just as I began to talk to the Lord about it, I heard His voice so clearly interrupt me and say, “I just love the sound of human laughter.” I immediately knew in my mind and my emotions that Jesus was saying this to me in the context of the tragedy and sadness that surrounds fallen humanity. In light of the darkness of the fall of mankind, the sound of human laughter causes Jesus to cup His ear with delight in His heart.
When Jesus spoke that in me (to me), it was a fresh opportunity for repentance and breakthrough in my life. Jesus never mocks people. He doesn’t complain, and He doesn’t get irritated. At the moment I surrendered to His way of thinking and living, I was once again participating in His life, but in a new, larger way. The laughter didn’t change, but I did, and it was now the most wonderful sound I had ever heard. Having repented, I was once again living like the new creation in Christ that I am, controlled by a divine love that frees me from recognizing people according to the flesh. You don’t have to go to a conference or spend days fasting to get a breakthrough. I got a breakthrough that brought me into a larger experience of this large room called “in Christ” while sitting on a metal bleacher at a youth sporting. Every day is a grand adventure, as C. S. Lewis said, “Further up and further in.””
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Thanks Michelle.
I’m now following him too.
Allen
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i watched this short excellent TED talk about using food to get rid of cancer and other disease including obesity, and also including cancer in animals. This is a very good presentation that might help your health to inprove. It is not a sales putch and it is from a doctor. It is about starving the blood vessels that form to feed cancer.
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Good morning, all. A beautiful blustery day here. Children are off to work and husband is recovering from his chemo meds treatment. I may get up to my bike today!
mumsee
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Mumsee,
Tell Mike we’re praying for him, and you and the kids, as you all face this battle.
Love you guys,
Allen
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wow my first Ted talk
ok, Janice, send me some recipes
jo
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Thanks the real. We appreciate it.
mumsee
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mumsee, I may have missed a step but was their a specific diagnosis Mike received? Last I recall he was getting some followup checks on his lungs but I don’t recall hearing anything beyond that – dj
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I cut the support straps off Charlie Brown 2 today. It’s been 2 years since the tree was planted and I’ve read the straps should come off in the range of 1-2 years. So I decided it was time.
He’s swaying a bit as it’s windy out today — and he’s very tall and thin — but I think it’ll be OK. And yes, I told him I loved him.
-dj
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I am freezing! After being in the70s today, it’s 46 now and going on down in the 30s. I pulled on my sweatshirt and pants after waering lightweight clothes earlier. I am still cold!
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Janice, I read something last night about those dramatic temperature plunges that were expected in the east today. -dj
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DJ, nope, nothing new. They have given him infusions for years for rheumatoid arthritis, though they are not sure it is what he has. Personally, I try to stay away from doctors. Perhaps because I am fairly healthy. Or I am fairly healthy because I stay away.
mumsee
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