Dad and Mom's Anniversary

What can we say?

32 years and still going! Not to mention Dad's birthday. They are our favorite people to be with and we all love them very much.

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Nothing New Under the Sun

When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;

An' what he thought 'e might require,'E went an' took -- the same as me!

The market-girls an' fishermen, The shepherds an' the sailors, too,

They 'eard old songs turn up again, But kep' it quiet -- same as you!

They knew 'e stole; 'e knew they knowed. They didn't tell, nor make a fuss,

But winked at 'Omer down the road, An' 'e winked back -- the same as us!

~From Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling~

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be;

and that which is done, is that which shall be done:

and there is no new thing under the sun.

~Ecclesiastes 1:9~

What Shall We Then Say . . .

. . . to these things?

There is now therefore no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit

For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free
from the law of sin and death,

If God be for us, who can be against us?
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ,
shall tribulation, or distress , or persecution,
or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through Him that loved us,

For I am persuaded that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

~Romans 8~ (paraphrase)

October Style

Tea party time . . .

EXCITMENT OF THE DAY:

Joy put her arm jacket on fire while cooking.

Being the calm composed girl she is, she put it out without much ado.

Martin Luther: German Reformer

Summoned to Worms, on 18 April 1521, Martin Luther stood firm before the Emperor, six princes twenty dukes, thirty archbishops and bishops and seven ambassadors. The young Emperor sat on a raised dais, surrounded by men in gleaming armour, mitred archbishops and splendidly dressed nobles.

Luther was denied any opportunity to debate or defend his doctrines. He was asked two questions, first: to confirm that the publications on the table were his, and the second: whether he would recant, admit that his writings were all herretical , and reject them.

Confirming that the books, booklets and leaflets were his writings, Luther pointed out that they were of different types, including basic Christian doctrine, which were accepted Christian truths-he could not recant Scriptural truth. Other of his works exposed the corrupt living, scandalous abuses and evils of the popes. If he were to rejct these writings he would be as a "cloak that covers evil." At this, the Emperor leaned forward and shouted: "No!"

Luther continued that other of his works were against private individuals who had atacked his work and attempted to defend popery. He confessed that, in those, he had written too harshly.


The court demanded that Luther recant all his writings. Pressed again, in Latin, if he would recant, Luther answered in German: "Unless I am convinced by Scripture or clear reasoning that I am in error- for popes and councils have often erred and contradicted themselves- I cannot recant, for I am subject to the Scriptures I have quoted; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. It is unsafe and dangerous to do anything against ones' conscience. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. So help me God. Amen."
~Taken from TheGreatest Century of Reformation by Peter Hammond.~

Love Shoes

Clark's Head

Also . . .

. . . that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good;
and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
~Proverbs 19:2~


Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges even the highest?
~Job 21:22~

The Phantom of The Opera?

No, not quite . . .