Posted by Rebecca Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:10:00 GMT
School started yesterday. I think my class is going to be really good. My professor has an excellent sense of humor.
I don’t know how this will affect my posting. Don’t be worried if you don’t hear from me for five weeks. I’m about to be buried under a massive pile of work.
Peace out.
Posted by Rebecca Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:56:00 GMT
Here is the website for the movie article mentioned in this entry. Watch the trailer and other promotional videos here. They are incredibly exciting.
I can’t wait to read the skeptics trying to figure out how to poke holes in this. It will be very interesting to see how this movie is received.
Thanks to Phil for sharing the site with me.
Posted by Rebecca Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:44:00 GMT
This article is better viewed in internet explorer, for some ridiculous reason.
How long will they live in denial?
Posted by Rebecca Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:17:00 GMT
An Evening Prayer for Sanctification and Protection.
A Psalm of David.
O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me!
Give ear to my voice when I call to You!
May my prayer be counted as incense before You;
The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth;
Keep watch over the door of my lips.
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice deeds of wickedness
With men who do iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me;
It is oil upon the head;
Do not let my head refuse it,
For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds.
Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,
And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.
As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord;
In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by safely.
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:44:00 GMT
I had a great weekend this weekend. It is the first weekend in a very long time that has been great. I’ve spent so much time giving my time away to other people that I have neglected to care for myself and as a result I’ve been a ticking time bomb ready to explode all over the next person who looked at me the wrong way.
Friday I helped Dom finish priming his house. I was very happy to have that behind me - it’s progress and now we can move forward on getting the house up to speed.
Saturday I spent the day getting an oil change for my car, cleaning my bathroom and getting it set up (finally), cleaning my room and unpacking, and taking stuff to the dumpster and to goodwill. I am now down to only 2.5 boxes that I need to deal with. In short, my room is set up and everything that I needed to finish before school starts on the 14th is done.
Sunday I rested. I slept in, went grocery shopping, rented a movie, watched it, played video games, and ate a good meal for dinner.
Monday I finished cleaning my room which only took about 45 minutes, played some more video games, and went kayaking on the Colorado River with Dom. The weather was perfect - overcast and windy which made for an 85 degree day on the water. We raced, we coasted, we traversed Class negative 1 rapids (haha) and we beached and relaxed. We finished our trip with excellent burgers.
Today my attitude is 900 times better than it has been since I can remember. I helped someone, I took care of myself, I rested and I played all in one weekend. I’m doing so much better today that I’m not even annoyed by the most annoying people that I work with. It’s great. I feel more like myself again.
Now, the key is to figure out how to keep this going so I can be myself all the time - not just in between bouts of severe stress and mild depression.
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.
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.
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.
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:12:00 GMT
Posted by Rebecca Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:08:00 GMT
From The Barna Group.
