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Saturday, January 21, 2006

Clear Head

I must say I was smiling more, breathing more deeply, and ready to take on the challenge. The ecstatic reaction for the future, versus the mixed reaction in the present, did quite a bit for my morale.

February 3, there I go. February 6, here I come!

Friday, January 13, 2006

A Penny for Your Thoughts

Help! I'm caught between two possibilities and don't know which way to turn. Each holds its share of anxiety, benefits, and unknowns. One allows me to stay put in a tenuous future, while the other will surely bring stress. Why can't this be easy?

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Verrrrry Interesting!

Thanks to Amanda (Skofstad) Williams who posted the results of her theological survey. Okay, Amanda, here are mine:


You scored as Reformed Evangelical.

You are a Reformed Evangelical. You take the Bible very seriously because it is God's Word. You most likely hold to TULIP and are sceptical about the possibilities of universal atonement or resistible grace. The most important thing the Church can do is make sure people hear how they can go to heaven when they die.

Reformed Evangelical......................82%
Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan.............79%
Fundamentalist............................75%
Neo orthodox..............................57%
Charismatic/Pentecostal...................54%
Emergent/Postmodern.......................50%
Classical Liberal.........................36%
Roman Catholic............................25%
Modern Liberal............................14%

Hmm, seems we scored upside down from one another in many ways. I respect that in you! wink, wink

"TULIP"s are nice, but frankly since I didn't grow up in a reformed household, nor was I schooled in it, I can't recite what that stands for. I think the "T" stands for Total depravity -- pretty sure I qualify for that!

I'm also pretty sure that the "L" stands for "limited atonement" and I disagree with that assumption.

What do YOU think?

Hatfield and McCloy

The plug was pulled on the overflowing river of clear water ... drained ... and replaced with bitter gall.

Instead of 12 survivors and one dead at the Tallmansville mine, 12 died, and one survived. Pray for his complete recovery so that the entire story can be told.

Ironic that the mine owner is represented by Hatfield. And that the miner who has survived thus far is McCloy (close enough to "McCoy"). Why? The age-old battle in the Appalachians of the "Hatfields and McCoys."

People had prayed. Where was God? People rejoiced at God's salvation. They sang "How Great Thou Art" when they heard that 12 had been found "alive." What happened to their rejoicing? Is God any less great? Is He less good? Their rejoicing turned to anger and talk of suing the mining company.

We want to mourn with the mourners. But it's hard to mourn with those whose grief has become a bitter scream for revenge. One was found alive. It may be hard for the relatives of that one to show their faces -- why him? Survivor guilt. But rejoice!!! One lost sheep has been found. Perhaps his life will change those around him for generations to come.

God can and will turn the bitter grief into clear streams of healing again.