US Citizenship Quiz
Posted by Rebecca Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:00 GMT
Take a shortened citizenship exam here. I scored 75% - could have done better, but one question was worded a little tricky.
Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:05:00 GMT
I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the L-RD.”
Our feet are standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, that is built
As a city that is compact together;
To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the L-RD–
An ordinance for Israel–
To give thanks to the name of the L-RD.
For there thrones were set for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
“May peace be within your walls,
And prosperity within your palaces.”
For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the L-RD our God,
I will seek your good.
–Psalm 122, A Psalm of Ascents, of David (NASB)
Jerusalem Bulldozer Terrorists Kills Three in Rampage
Dear Jerusalem, for the sake of the house of the L-rd our G-d, I will seek your good.
I have decided...
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:48:00 GMT
…that heaven is a place where chewing gum and other noisy candy doesn’t exist, and where people chew quietly with their mouths closed when they eat.
In the news....
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:12:00 GMT
Interesting Evangelical Christian Statistics
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:08:00 GMT
From The Barna Group.
What I feel, What I Know, What I want.
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:19:00 GMT
Hello, L-rd.
This is what I feel.
I feel overwhelmed by the number of responsibilities that are on my shoulders, and by the number of commitments I’ve made. I very much want to be a person who keeps her word, but I am so very exhausted by everything I’m juggling that I often feel like keeping my commitments will result in my physical death. As such, I am hesitant to make any commitments to even hang out with friends. Now I’m worried that I’m becoming non-committal. Can people trust me? Can they count on me? Probably not. I don’t like that.
I chose to commit to everything with very good intentions. Sometimes the road to hell and the road to heaven are difficult to distinguish. I hope I’m on the right road, even if that means for a time I have to be completely exhausted, drained, and empty.
I am not satisfied with life because I feel like I have to squeeze You in to my tight schedule, L-rd. It should really be the other way around and I know this but I don’t know how to get there. I don’t want to establish this over-activity as a pattern for my life. I want it to be a season, and I want to know that this season has a definite end.
I want to experience joy as a result of what I do. But if I’m exhausted at the very thought of doing anything, there’s no room in my heart for joy to flourish. I want to live life abundantly, not barely get through each day on a half-whispered prayer and jar full of hope. I want to conquer. I want to defeat. I want to live victoriously. How can I get there if I’m too tired to move? Sometimes I’m so tired I can’t even sleep. How does that make sense?
I feel so wiped out. I feel wiped out spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically. The trouble is that there is more work ahead. It is work that will require energy on all these levels. How can I do it if I’m empty?
This is what I know.
I know that I am justified before You, my Creator. Because Your Son gave me faith, I can stand before You, or fall flat on my face before You, and You will always accept me. I know that Your grace is sufficient and that You will supply all my needs according to Your riches and glory.
I know that You have plans to prosper me spiritually and that You are molding me into the person You already see me to be. I know that this will pass and that abundant blessings are waiting for me on the other side of this situation.
I know that You love me unconditionally, and that in You I am completely secure. I know that the condition of my heart is what you judge, and the works of my hands earn me nothing.
Knowing these things, I ask You to please honor the desire I have deep in my heart to love You above everything else that exists, and that You honor the desire I have deep in my heart to serve you willingly, no holds barred and no matter the cost. You said You would give me the desires of my heart. These are the desires of my heart, L-rd. Trembling with fear and awe, I am boldly extending my open hand to You, expecting You to make good on Your Word. Your character, after all, is unshakable and unchanging, and Your Word does not return to You without accomplishing the purpose You sent it for.
Please L-rd, enable Your word to do Your work in my heart. It’s all I want.
America's Top Twenty Most Hated Foods
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:53:00 GMT
Below is a list of America’s Top Twenty Most Hated Foods. I commented on what I think of each one. Maybe Marci will post recipes for each one. That would be kinda cool.
Taken from here.
Liver - I will never eat liver. It’s a filter. It filters bad stuff out of your blood. I will never eat a filter.
Lima Beans - I don’t go out of my way to eat these, but I don’t avoid them either.
Mayonnaise - No way. Disgusting.
Mushrooms - Love them.
Eggs - scrambled (in butter) or boiled are fine.
Okra - This is my favorite vegetable. Especially fried. Pickled is good too. Stewed is not my favorite way to fix it but I’ll eat it.
Beets - I like beet juice. I’ve never tried beets themselves.
Brussel Sprouts - This might be the only vegetable I will not eat.
Tuna - Steak? Absolutely! Sushi? Definitely! From a can? Only if I absolutely have to.
Jello - I’ll eat it, but the concept of gelatin grosses me out.
Sour Cream - Not a big fan unless it’s blended into something, like dip.
Pea Soup - depends on what peas were used to make it. (see # 14)
Oysters - The first person who ever ate one of these had to be really hungry. This is one of the only foods I’ve never tried because of appearance and smell.
Peas - Depends on the pea. I like every pea I’ve ever had that is green. Not a fan of purple hull or black-eyed. My grandmother’s are the best.
Raisins - Nature’s candy
Cooked Carrots - Yum.
Onions - Fresh, fried, grilled, or any other way they come, I love ‘em!
Cilantro - Love it. Never knew what it was until I came to Texas and now I can’t eat salsa unless this is in it.
Maple Syrup - A little goes a long way, but I like it.
Blueberries - I love these, especially when I can pick them right off the blueberry bush. I don’t like blueberry flavored things, though. They are usually too sweet.
Which of these do you love or hate?
I Saw The Sign - Or Maybe Not
Posted by Rebecca Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:16:00 GMT
Try counting the number of signs you pass on your way to work in the morning. If you ride a bus, this is a little easier, but if you drive, well, maybe you shouldn’t actually try to count the signs.
My point is that there are a lot of them. They are everywhere, and they are not limited to taking up space on the roadways. They are in supermarkets. They are in Wal-Mart, Block Buster, Chevron, and every other store or service provider office you can think of. We are bombarded by signs.
Some of these signs we pay attention to. Most of us pay attention to roadsigns. We may blatantly ignore one or two and speed, and I’m sure all of us have missed an exit every now and again. In airports, we pay attention to signs because we want to get to the right gate or pick up our luggage so we can go home and sleep in our own beds.
But I’ve noticed that there are a lot of signs that get ignored. I have signs on my copier at work that tell people to put their originals face down in the feed tray, and to enter a leading zero before their account number. Inevitably though, I have two or three people per day come ask me why their copies came out blank, or why they can’t log in to the copier.
I was recently traveling back from Brenham and stopped at a gas station to get Gatorade and use the facilities. I walked up to the cashier to pay for my Gatorade and handed her my debit card. She (rudely) flicked a little neon poster board sign attached to the back of the register, which read “All purchases under $5.00 cash only.” She had flicked the sign in frustration, because of course people don’t see it. I certainly didn’t.
I sometimes wonder why it is we don’t see helpful signs like the ones on copiers and cash registers. Is it because the signs are not eye-catching? Do we blatantly refuse to see some of them because we don’t want to obey them? Is it because we are lazy and don’t want to read for ourselves? Or are we just too overloaded with visual stimuli to notice them all?
I personally think it is the latter. I see so many signs and billboards in a given day that it’s crazy. I often can remember seeing a sign for a restaurant, but I can’t tell you where it is, because my only point of reference is some other sign that was near it.
Why do you think people don’t see signs?
A Bad Habit
Posted by Rebecca Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:00 GMT
I have this bad habit of taking on way too many things.
The second I have any free time, I fill it with some kind of commitment, thinking “Oh, I have plenty of time to do this!”
And then four seconds later, I’m buried under four commitments and can’t see straight because I’m so busy all the time.
I don’t really intend to do this and perhaps it’s a sign of poor planning. What happens is I don’t remember from one second to the next what all I’ve committed to. And it’s not so much that I can’t say no. I say no all the time, especially to people (I am, after all, an introvert. The mere existence of other people on the planet exhausts me). It’s really just a matter of me wanting to do everything in less time than it probably takes to do it all.
Anyone else suffered from this in the past and overcome it? Is it really a matter of just becoming more organized?
I’m tired, folks. Way too tired for a woman of 27 who has no husband and no children. Something has got to change.
More Bad Poetry but That's Ok Because I Know He Likes It.
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:53:00 GMT
You breathe.
I inhale.
Your breath gives me breath. Your mercy sustains me. You are here.
My heart is elsewhere, dwelling on things not of You.
I slip. I stumble. I fall into your outstretched hand.
I want to feel shame, but You have removed it from me.
I am justified because You made a way.
You set me upright. I step toward You.
I feel Your smile in the basement of my heart. It lights up Your whole house.
I exhale.
Breath by breath, I experience Your eternity. It is here. It is now.
We are one.
Hallelujah!
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