In the Garbage Now
I really love to cook. Sometimes I’m okay at it. Sometimes, like tonight, things go awry.
I made an Italian noodle thing that wound up tasting almost exactly as if Chef Boyardee ran into my kitchen, tied me up and took over at the stove.
In terms of chefs I am attempting to emulate, he does not make the list.
Fail.
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A great man of faith left this earth today to enter into His Savior’s presence. He leaves behind an incredible legacy through the lives of his faithful children and grandchildren (and great grand children who are still so tiny) and a wife who could not have loved him more. The entire family has served as inspiration to me personally and to Jud and I as a model to follow for our family. When you meet people like them you can’t help but want the kind of family life and faith filled living that they quietly demonstrate. He will be so missed here but I am rejoicing, with his family, in the midst of the sorrow.
Psalm 71
In You, O LORD, I put my trust;
Let me never be put to shame.
Deliver me in Your righteousness, and cause me to escape;
Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
Be my strong refuge,
To which I may resort continually;
You have given the commandment to save me,
For You are my rock and my fortress.
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
For You are my hope, O Lord GOD;
You are my trust from my youth.
By You I have been upheld from birth;
You are He who took me out of my mother’s womb.
My praise shall be continually of You.
I have become as a wonder to many,
But You are my strong refuge.
Let my mouth be filled with Your praise
And with Your glory all the day.
Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
Do not forsake me when my strength fails.
For my enemies speak against me;
And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,
Saying, “God has forsaken him;
Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.”
O God, do not be far from me;
O my God, make haste to help me!
Let them be confounded and consumed
Who are adversaries of my life;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor
Who seek my hurt.
But I will hope continually,
And will praise You yet more and more.
My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD;
I will make mention of Your righteousness, of Yours only.
O God, You have taught me from my youth;
And to this day I declare Your wondrous works.
Now also when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, do not forsake me,
Until I declare Your strength to this generation,
Your power to everyone who is to come.
Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high,
You who have done great things;
O God, who is like You?
You, who have shown me great and severe troubles,
Shall revive me again,
And bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
You shall increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.
Also with the lute I will praise You—
And Your faithfulness, O my God!
To You I will sing with the harp,
O Holy One of Israel.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to You,
And my soul, which You have redeemed.
My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long;
For they are confounded,
For they are brought to shame
Who seek my hurt.
Poppytime
Last week my dad was in Canada (did you see him on that bobsled?) while the rest of us just pretended we were through the television and by stepping outside. While he was gone Gideon melted down a few times about ‘needing his Poppy.’ There was great anticipation for his return so we slept over at their house on Saturday night to facilitate the morning reunion.
Gideon always creeps out of his bed now and runs down the hall for his Yaya and Poppy’s room as soon as he is awake. Poppy heard him and met him in the hallway. Poppy scooped him up and Gideon pressed his cheek hard against Poppy’s cheek for a long moment. Then he pushed back and looked straight into Poppy’s eyes, saying “Show me the moon, Poppy.”
Gideon, I’m pretty sure he’d give you the moon.
The Speed of Frankenstein
Now that I’ve managed to isolate at least half of my friends and readers, I thought I’d discuss something less controversial.
Options:
– Immunizations for children.
– The death penalty.
– Tigah the Cheetah
– What time to put your kids to bed.
– Reformed theology.
– US Healthcare.
– Gay marriage.
– Medicinal marijuana.
Okay, I’m out. That’s all I’ve got. Hopefully I can isolate a few more of you right off the bat. I’ll formulate some terrifically polarizing ideas shortly. In the meantime, I’ll be chasing Piper.
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