Sunday, March 31, 2013
Resurrection Sunday 2007 - Retro Post
May today be a day of great joy and hope for each of you. Today, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. God in the flesh, absorbed every sin committed or will ever be committed. Died. Took the keys of death and the grave. ROSE on the third day. Paving a way, through Him, to God. No longer a separation. No longer a veil keeping us from the Holy of Holies. I thank God for the sacrifice of His Only Son. I thank God, I am a new creature, old things passed away. All things becoming new, because of the blood He shed for me. I stand in awe in His presence in reverent worship and gratitude as I try to contemplate the magnitude of His gift. Our God, IS an awesome God. As the angels sing around His throne. Holy. Holy. Holy. Is the Lord God Almighty. Who was. Who is. Who is to come!
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Feb. 2007 I am an excellent driver...
Rainman strikes again. So, here I thought that I was doing well working while enduring "the mono" as I now call it. Yup, I have "the mono". I really, truly thought I was ok. I was FINE. Sure, there were several nights last week that I did not eat dinner, because that would have required work. I barely got up the two flights of stairs and got my clothes off and crawled into bed. BESIDES the not eating (which let's face it, I could stand to miss a meal or two), I thought I was doing OK. Or, so I thought...
On my lunch hour I went to Borders to find a book. The 2nd in a trilogy. Only to be told that the 1st and 3rd books were in print, but the 2nd one was not. This seemed to me a very cruel joke. I've read 1 and 3 and really wanted to know what happened in the between bits. So I was frustrated. Then! I saw a book that caught my eye the last time I had been in "You Suck! A love story." Of COURSE I had to buy it. Hello. A sarcastic vampire story. HAD to have it. So I gloated over my purchase and since I was too tired to masticate, I decided to just get a soda. McD's. They have the best Coke.
Setting it all up now....
Go through the drive-thru. I have my handy-dandy soda. I see a prime parking spot. I park. Take off seat-belt (safety first!). Adjust my seat. Put the straw in the drink. Take a sip. Settle in and begin to read. It's GOOD. I am enjoying it very much. That is, until I heard insistent honking. I looked up. I was, after all, at a busy intersection. Didn't see anything...and back to the book. Laughing. Nodding. Enjoying the book. AGAIN! The honking. I look up and see the guy in a van next to me honking and moitioning me to get out of the way. I literally give him the "what the hell!" look, and the shrug and go back to my book. Ah, such a good book. Funny book. Great, great book. My reverie is broken by the honking. I mean, he is going to town on that horn. I look up, scornfully. He's doing the motion thing again. I then, take a moment to take in my surroundings. That's when I notice it. I'm not technically in the parking space. I am, technically in the middle of the drive. Apparently, I was so tired that I just saw the parking space and just turned off my engine right then and there. So now, I am flustered. FLUSTERED. I am all trying to shove the book away and move my seat back up while trying to start my car. OH MY GOD! MY CAR WILL NOT START! Great, I am humilated and my car will not start. I go into full rainman panic mode. Laughing inanely, because I know I look like an idiot. Chattering to myself. Start the car. Why won't the car start. Start the car. Looking up and around noticing there are LOTS of cars waiting for me to get out of the way! WHY WON'T THE BLOODY CAR START! Breathe. In. Out. I guess the oxgyen cleared my head, because that's when I noticed the car was NOT in park. It was in drive. So I quickly, with my cat-like reflexes slam the car into park. Start the car and lurch into the parking space. All the while, doing the sheepish hand wave, mea culpa shrug. Whew! I turn off my car. SON OF A MOTHERLESS GOAT! The car is rolling backwards. Using my big brain, I notice that yet again, it was not in park. I slam my foot on the brake and then I slam my car into drive. Crisis averted. I laughed and cried and then I went back to my book.
I would like to say nothing was injured, except my pride.
There you are kittens, another misadventure of Miss Magnificent.
On my lunch hour I went to Borders to find a book. The 2nd in a trilogy. Only to be told that the 1st and 3rd books were in print, but the 2nd one was not. This seemed to me a very cruel joke. I've read 1 and 3 and really wanted to know what happened in the between bits. So I was frustrated. Then! I saw a book that caught my eye the last time I had been in "You Suck! A love story." Of COURSE I had to buy it. Hello. A sarcastic vampire story. HAD to have it. So I gloated over my purchase and since I was too tired to masticate, I decided to just get a soda. McD's. They have the best Coke.
Setting it all up now....
Go through the drive-thru. I have my handy-dandy soda. I see a prime parking spot. I park. Take off seat-belt (safety first!). Adjust my seat. Put the straw in the drink. Take a sip. Settle in and begin to read. It's GOOD. I am enjoying it very much. That is, until I heard insistent honking. I looked up. I was, after all, at a busy intersection. Didn't see anything...and back to the book. Laughing. Nodding. Enjoying the book. AGAIN! The honking. I look up and see the guy in a van next to me honking and moitioning me to get out of the way. I literally give him the "what the hell!" look, and the shrug and go back to my book. Ah, such a good book. Funny book. Great, great book. My reverie is broken by the honking. I mean, he is going to town on that horn. I look up, scornfully. He's doing the motion thing again. I then, take a moment to take in my surroundings. That's when I notice it. I'm not technically in the parking space. I am, technically in the middle of the drive. Apparently, I was so tired that I just saw the parking space and just turned off my engine right then and there. So now, I am flustered. FLUSTERED. I am all trying to shove the book away and move my seat back up while trying to start my car. OH MY GOD! MY CAR WILL NOT START! Great, I am humilated and my car will not start. I go into full rainman panic mode. Laughing inanely, because I know I look like an idiot. Chattering to myself. Start the car. Why won't the car start. Start the car. Looking up and around noticing there are LOTS of cars waiting for me to get out of the way! WHY WON'T THE BLOODY CAR START! Breathe. In. Out. I guess the oxgyen cleared my head, because that's when I noticed the car was NOT in park. It was in drive. So I quickly, with my cat-like reflexes slam the car into park. Start the car and lurch into the parking space. All the while, doing the sheepish hand wave, mea culpa shrug. Whew! I turn off my car. SON OF A MOTHERLESS GOAT! The car is rolling backwards. Using my big brain, I notice that yet again, it was not in park. I slam my foot on the brake and then I slam my car into drive. Crisis averted. I laughed and cried and then I went back to my book.
I would like to say nothing was injured, except my pride.
There you are kittens, another misadventure of Miss Magnificent.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Retro Blog from Christmas 2006
I was starting to read my old blog that I used to have. This is from Christmas 2006. Reading it again, filled me with peace and joy, so I am sharing with you.
Merry Christmas
Christmas is upon us once again. This time of year, like so many things in
my life, affects me on various levels. It's no surprise that I am a very complex
person, with many facets to my personality. This time of year amplifies that.
This Christmas season is tinged with sadness. This is the first Christmas without
Dad Ames. Thanksgiving was not easy, but I am dreading Christmas. He and
I used to sit on the sofa and just talk while everyone else bustled around. This
makes me sound lazy, but it's just not the case. I just loved that special time
where he'd come over and say, "Hello, dear" and we'd just talk about everything
and nothing.
Yet, on the other hand. My heart is full of hope and joy. This, after all is when
we celebrate the day that Hope came in the flesh. The day that God gave us
the greatest gift we could ever have. His Son. The day when angels filled the
sky and said "Glory to God in the Highest and on earth, peace and good will
toward all men!" It is the day that He became one of us. To think of it, boggles
the mind. It humbles me deeply. He loved us so much, He came to bridge the
gap between our sinful selves and His Holiness. Heaven looked on in awe and
the magnitude of His love for us. I thank God for delivering Himself to us and to
me so that I may live with Him eternally. I thank God for loving me so much He
lived here for me. I wanted to pause and to remember all He has done for me.
If He did nothing more for me that to love me, that would be enough. However,
God's love is a lavish love and He has rained blessings upon me. He has given
me Grace. He has given me Mercy. He has given me all that He has. My soul
stands still and silent in the awe of Him. Tears come to my eyes as I think of
how He saved me. How He restored me. How He cares for my every need and
concern. He completes me with His love. He is continuing to work in me and
through me and I thank God for each and every lesson learned, because it pulls
me closer to His heart.
I thank God for every gift He has given me. Every loss I have endured, isn't in
vain. There is a hope and a blessed reunion coming. Writing this is causing me to
weep bittersweet tears. I miss those that aren't with me. Oh, how I wish I could
sit and talk to them just for a moment or two. However, they are all in God's
hands and I trust He will look after them until we are together again. Yet even
as the tears slide down my cheeks, a smile spreads across my face. Thinking of
that moment. Time standing still. Heaven hushed. Waiting. Then... a baby's cry
and Heaven rejoices. "Do not be afraid! I bring you good tidings of great joy that
will be for all people. Today, in the City of David a savior has been born, Christ
the Lord." I rejoice with the angels. I say Glory to God! Praise to the King of
Kings!
May the hope that was born in Bethlehem, Jesus Christ, stay in your heart and
mind not just at Christmas, but every day of the year.
Merry Christmas
Christmas is upon us once again. This time of year, like so many things in
my life, affects me on various levels. It's no surprise that I am a very complex
person, with many facets to my personality. This time of year amplifies that.
This Christmas season is tinged with sadness. This is the first Christmas without
Dad Ames. Thanksgiving was not easy, but I am dreading Christmas. He and
I used to sit on the sofa and just talk while everyone else bustled around. This
makes me sound lazy, but it's just not the case. I just loved that special time
where he'd come over and say, "Hello, dear" and we'd just talk about everything
and nothing.
Yet, on the other hand. My heart is full of hope and joy. This, after all is when
we celebrate the day that Hope came in the flesh. The day that God gave us
the greatest gift we could ever have. His Son. The day when angels filled the
sky and said "Glory to God in the Highest and on earth, peace and good will
toward all men!" It is the day that He became one of us. To think of it, boggles
the mind. It humbles me deeply. He loved us so much, He came to bridge the
gap between our sinful selves and His Holiness. Heaven looked on in awe and
the magnitude of His love for us. I thank God for delivering Himself to us and to
me so that I may live with Him eternally. I thank God for loving me so much He
lived here for me. I wanted to pause and to remember all He has done for me.
If He did nothing more for me that to love me, that would be enough. However,
God's love is a lavish love and He has rained blessings upon me. He has given
me Grace. He has given me Mercy. He has given me all that He has. My soul
stands still and silent in the awe of Him. Tears come to my eyes as I think of
how He saved me. How He restored me. How He cares for my every need and
concern. He completes me with His love. He is continuing to work in me and
through me and I thank God for each and every lesson learned, because it pulls
me closer to His heart.
I thank God for every gift He has given me. Every loss I have endured, isn't in
vain. There is a hope and a blessed reunion coming. Writing this is causing me to
weep bittersweet tears. I miss those that aren't with me. Oh, how I wish I could
sit and talk to them just for a moment or two. However, they are all in God's
hands and I trust He will look after them until we are together again. Yet even
as the tears slide down my cheeks, a smile spreads across my face. Thinking of
that moment. Time standing still. Heaven hushed. Waiting. Then... a baby's cry
and Heaven rejoices. "Do not be afraid! I bring you good tidings of great joy that
will be for all people. Today, in the City of David a savior has been born, Christ
the Lord." I rejoice with the angels. I say Glory to God! Praise to the King of
Kings!
May the hope that was born in Bethlehem, Jesus Christ, stay in your heart and
mind not just at Christmas, but every day of the year.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Holy Lazy Blogging, Batman!!!
Oh, Long-Suffering Readers,
You have been so patient with me. All tens of you, have been wilting without the sunshine of my presence, wisdom, and smart mouth. I apologize for keeping myself from you!!!
OK. Fine. So, I was really sick, then I had a horrendous February, which at some point, I will laugh at, but right now, I am in the midst of moving...again!
In fact, this Saturday, I am moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas. That's right. You read that correctly. Arkansas. I promise you when I tell you that I have seen with my own eyes a live bait dispenser outside a gas station. Live bait. Awesome.
However, the people are very friendly. This is a new chapter for us, and when I tell you that God is stretching me like taffy, believe it.
I will go into all of these things later, which I'm sure you are waiting with baited breath to hear (haha), but for now, I am still alive. I have thoughts - sometimes coherent ones, even! I will be back to regular-ish posting very soon.
Until then, I am still your Queen Marie the Magnificent.
You have been so patient with me. All tens of you, have been wilting without the sunshine of my presence, wisdom, and smart mouth. I apologize for keeping myself from you!!!
OK. Fine. So, I was really sick, then I had a horrendous February, which at some point, I will laugh at, but right now, I am in the midst of moving...again!
In fact, this Saturday, I am moving to Fayetteville, Arkansas. That's right. You read that correctly. Arkansas. I promise you when I tell you that I have seen with my own eyes a live bait dispenser outside a gas station. Live bait. Awesome.
However, the people are very friendly. This is a new chapter for us, and when I tell you that God is stretching me like taffy, believe it.
I will go into all of these things later, which I'm sure you are waiting with baited breath to hear (haha), but for now, I am still alive. I have thoughts - sometimes coherent ones, even! I will be back to regular-ish posting very soon.
Until then, I am still your Queen Marie the Magnificent.
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