Idol Worship

The Skit Guys themselves talk about how controversial this video is. It definitely challenges our way of looking at things.  So, what do you think?  What is your gut reaction?  I for one do not believe being a football fan is necessarily idol worship.  Idol worship could really be anything that you "worship" to access, including church.  Notice I did not say God, I said church and those are two different things.  How could church become and idol in your life?  What else could become an idol?  It's all about balance and keeping God the focus of our worship.  How do we make sure we're doing that?

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Thanksgiving for today
486.  Creative ideas to start a new month
487.  Piano fingers
488.  Freedom of letting go
489.  Finding the lost
490.  Completing errands early in the da

Thank You

"She had found there was nothing she wished to say in her morning prayer except Thank You"  from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

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Thanksgiving for today
475. Making space for new items
476. Freshly mopped floors
477. Excitement of students learning new things
478. Donations
479. Laptop

Harlem Globetrotters

The Cub Scouts offered a fun outing for us this week.  We got to go watch the Harlem Globetrotters at FHSU.  Our first great surprise was where our seats were located.  We were four rows up from the floor behind on of the goals.  My wheelchair couldn't exactly climb up four steps, so Eric and I got to sit on the floor at a table that wasn't being used.  That gave Azure a great place to get down and under the table which was completely closed in the front--so he just got to take a nap and avoid the craziness of the weekend.

Even if you're not a huge basketball fan, you would have had a great time.  There is a basketball game being played (sort of) with a lot of showmanship activities--long shots, slam dunks, balls being rolled on shoulders fancy ball handling tricks, even a player standing on the basket.
There were also several time-outs during which contests were held and audience members were engaged in the action.  The entire game was set to awesome music--some current and some from my era.  :)

 

Halftime consisted of inviting all audience members out on the floor for a dance party to YMCA.  Our daughter joined right in.  Our son waited until the song was almost over to ask his dad to come dance with him.  They missed out!!  :)

 

 

 

Autograph time was well done.  After the game a rope was run around the court and the players stood a various locations to keep the line sort of in order.  I wasn't going to tackle the crowd, but the player directly in front of me was Flight Time (who I remembered from the Amazing Race).  So, Azure and I made the attempt to join the line.  Well, I am here to tell you it was worse than managing the crowd at Wal-mart on Thanksgiving evening.  :)  We were fighting all the people trying to leave the arena and not head to get autographs.  So, we gave up and went back behind our table.  Later, I could see my daughter getting close to Flight Time, so I tried it again.  It was much more manageable now and when we got to the front of the line, staff let us under the rope and into the court.  He walked us behind the players and would tell them we were there.  Our daughter got the rest of the autographs on her basketball in record time.  We girls decided we like "rock star treatment" the wheelchair gets.  Check out this website to see some more perks from living with a wheelchair.  http://wheelchairlove365.tumblr.com/

The boys were going around together and got all the autographs too.



 

Probably the biggest perk of the whole evening for me was recognizing Flight Time.  Somehow I knew immediately when they came out for warm ups, that I had seen him before.  He and Big Easy were on the Amazing Race and I fell in love with them there.  They were among my favorites and I loved getting to watch them race.  Funny how my brain works.  I can't remember much of what I need to in day to day life, but I sure can remember Flight Time and Big Easy and that they were on Amazing Race.  Come to find out, the kiddos fell in love with Big Easy when he was on Kicken' It.

Guess that's just way more important for me to remember than say to take my vitamins.  :)  I'll never understand how a brain works. 

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Thanksgiving for today
469.  Baptism
470.  Obeying Christ's commands
471.  Paper Cutter
472.  Finding what you need right when you need it
473.  Increased independence
474.  Bartering Power

Pride Slays Thanksgiving

Henry Ward Beecher's words: "Pride slays thanksgiving…a proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Lord, keep me humble and grateful. 

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Thanksgiving for today
461.  Board games
462.  KSDS
463.  Aleve
464.  Sales at just the right time for just the right item
465.  A dog run
466.  God winks
467.  Walking weather
468.  Finding better deals on the same item with minimal time investment

Launch

Today was our LeadHer launch.  Check out www.leadher.org to learn more about  this amazing organization  The more I learn, the more excited I get.  This year we are learning about the wardrobe of a leadher and tonight we learned all about mercy--which we should put on every day.  It should be new every morning. 

This was our launch.  Just for kicks, I looked up the definition of launch.  I found several definitions, but one was "to release, catapult, or send off."  Now, I know that launch also means "start", but I like to think about God catapulting us into the community to see what hHe has for us.  I can't wait to see what that will be.

We also talked about what we want to do with the second meeting of each month.  We want to be the hands and feet of Jesus and want to spend time in the community, not just continually meet together and talk.  If you'd like to join us in this mission come to a meeting.  Check out our Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/LeadherLocalWakeeney  If you don't live close enough to come on over, check out www.leadher.org and pray about starting or joining a chapter in your area.
 
I'm so excited about this chance to serve and learn more about Christ as well as have a community  of believers to support and encourage each other.  I can't wait to see what God will do through those of us who are willing.  :) 
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Thanksgiving for today
456.  Worship
457.  Fellowship
458.  LeadHer
459.  Laptops that work downstairs
460.  Stair chair

Youth Group

 

I can hardly believe my daughter went on her first youth group concert trip tonight.  I am thrilled she has found a group that she loves and can't wait to spend time with.  What I can't believe is that I could possibly be old enough to have a kid in youth group.  After years of being in youth and then living life married to a youth pastor, it is strange to begin a season of sending my child off to youth events.  I'm used to being the one going not the one sending. 

It got me thinking about my own experience with youth growing up.  I want that for my children.  I grew up with a smaller youth group, but we were close and they were the ones I wanted to spend my free time with.  With them, I never felt pressed to be anyone other than myself and I never got made fun of for sticking to my morals.  We were small, but we loved, supported, and encouraged each other.  I always knew that I could probably get my curfew extended if I was out with those friends.  :)
I want this kind of community for my children.  I am so thankful for the excitement I see in her every time she gets to spend time with this community.
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We were a small group, but we were a part of a larger District, and State events.  My whole teenage life revolved around these events.  They were always put on my calendar first and then other events in my life had to work around them.  Church camp, State Youth Convention, District Campmeeting, and District Rallies always came first.  Some of my best friends came from district and state events.  Some of them remain friends to this day.  I am thankful to all of you for the impact you had on my life.  I'm going to make a partial list of my found memories from youth events.  For those of you who share those memories, please share which were your favorites and add more that may not be on there. 

Here they are in random order as they popped into my brain:
1.  Never wanting youth events to end so heading over to someones house when church was over
2.  Biscuits and gravy breakfast before school
3.  Road trips to SYC
4.  IYC in San Antonio with the Amys
5.  The State officers hotel room on the second floor with security (Eric) climbing up to our window
6.  Visiting MBC over Halloween
7.  Piling as many as possible into the car
8.  Water fights at District Campmeeting
9.  "Honey If You Love Me, Please, Please, Smile"
10. Picking up a friend and heading to the Town and Country for Breakfast before school

There are so many more, but these are the first 10 that popped into my brain.  Help me out by posting yours and sending this on whoever else might have some great memories.


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Thanksgiving for today
451.  Working together
452.  Recliner seat on couch
453.  Clothesline
454.  Movie Room
455.  Text

Gratitiude Turns What We Have Into Enough

I hope you are all enjoying the quotes and thoughts about gratitude.  There will be posts that require more time and thought from me after I get everyone feeling well.  I thought we were almost on the way there because both kiddos were back in school and on antibiotics.  I was all settled down for my long afternoon nap when the phone rang.  It was the school nurse saying that my daughter was running a slight fever and needed to come home and spend this afternoon and all of tomorrow home from school.  Apparently there were over 50 kids that either stayed home or went home sick today along with 6 teachers.  Maybe having her home will keep us all well.  Maybe I should keep our son home too.  :)  

Let us all stay well.  Sickness stay away.  We've had our fill this year. 

What is your favorite quote so far?

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Thanksgiving for today
438.   Having kids home away from worse germs
439.  Movie room
440.  Stock pile
441.  Finding lost objects
442.  Finding great deals on things I can share
443.  Kiddos making their own lunches without complaint
444.  Adults taking steps to help prevent spread of illness