Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg. The batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away!
“They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.” Psalm 115:6 (NLT)
I can always count on my daughter for a good laugh. So this past week my 9 year old daughter was telling me that her music teacher is having a baby. She was telling me all about it—how all the kids are excited and get to vote to guess whether it will be a boy or girl.
Just to see what they’d say, I said to my kids, “What would you guys think if you found out mom was going to have another baby?” Then my daughter says, “You can’t. You’re spayed.”
After laughing and almost wetting my pants, I had to correct her and tell her that it was actually her daddy who got “fixed”! 🙂
“The Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are unable to conceive…” Judges 13:3 (HCSB)
I recently received a question from a sweet reader on a previous post I had written, How To Use the Correct GPS–God Positioning System. This person felt like they might be on the wrong track and may have made a wrong decision about attending a design school. They were starting to doubt their original decision to attend. The essence of this reader’s question was basically, “What do you do when you don’t know what to do?”
I think that many people could relate to this question. So today I wanted to share my advice to this reader for when you don’t know what to do, in hopes that it may help others too. There are 3 simple steps that I find helpful in any decision-making process, large or small. I’ll jump right into your practical steps…
A new bishop was visiting the homes in the ward. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door.
Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote “Revelation 3:20” on the back of the card and stuck it in the door.
The following Sunday he found that his card had been returned under his office door. Added to it was this cryptic message, “Genesis 3:10.”
Reaching for his Bible to check out the verse, he broke up in gales of laughter.
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
“He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”” Genesis 3:10 (NIV)
Recently in my college classes we discussed diversity issues and how they can affect us in college and in life. One of the exercises we do in class is called “Examining Your Own Prejudices”. It involves each student taking an index card and anonymously writing a couple of sentences about a group of people that they have the most difficulty with. I then read each of the cards aloud, and we have a class discussion about them. We talk about where these prejudices come from, how to prevent stereotyping an entire group based on them, how to work with groups with which we have difficulties, and so on.
It’s usually a pretty controversial, yet enlightening exercise. It never fails…in each class I’ve taught there is usually a card mentioning a problem that someone has with Atheists (or non-Christians). There’s also a card or two listing Christians as the problem group. These two types of cards have a tendency to bring on the most discussion, sometimes heated. It’s often because Christians get offended and hurt by some of what’s said.
This past week, I tried to convey to one of my classes why Christians get offended sometimes, at least from my perspective. I wanted to share a little insight about why this might get so heated from a Christian perspective, and why we get so hurt when people speak badly of Jesus. I shared with them a note I had typed into my phone a while back.
Imagine that you go through the hardest time of your life. You end up meeting this friend, Continue reading
I found a great tip for those turkey leftovers! First, wrap your turkey leftovers in aluminum foil, and then throw them out! Bam! Easy as that! 🙂
“If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.” Leviticus 19:7 (NIV)
You may have seen this sign that was posted at an Arkansas Catholic High School for Boys that got quite a bit of media attention a few months ago. I found it quite humorous. I totally agree though…they are definitely going to learn problem solving (even if it does ruffle a few parents’ feathers)!
The kids and I had a discussion recently about the fear of the Lord and what that truly means. It can be a little more difficult to explain to children. Even adults sometimes misunderstand the phrase “fear of the Lord”. So, I thought I’d spend some time on that today and share an analogy that came to mind to describe this “fear”.
This month we have been reading through a YouVersion bible reading plan called The Wisdom of Proverbs. It’s a good introduction to the book by reading a chapter of proverbs each day of the month accompanied by a short explanation each day. Reading a proverb a day is one of my daily routines that I’d like to instill in my own children. I learned as a youth that this practice is one of the best ways to grow in wisdom.
As a result of reading the bible, we’ve learned that the beginning of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding comes from the fear of the Lord.
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Proverbs 1:7 (NIV)
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10 (NIV)
“Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise him forever!” Psalm 111:10 (NLT)
“And this is what he says to all humanity: The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.” Job 28:28 (NLT)
Therefore, if we want to be truly wise and grow in wisdom, we must learn this principle of having the fear of the Lord.
The fear of the Lord has been defined as a specific sense of respect, awe, and submission to God. The Hebrew word for this fear is Continue reading
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