Notes to Self...and whoever's listening

1 I lift up my eyes to the mountains—    where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the LORD,    the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip—    he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel    will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The LORD watches over you—    the LORD is your shade at your right hand; 6 the sun will not harm you by day,    nor the moon by night. 7 The LORD will keep you from all harm—    he will watch over your life; 8 the LORD will watch over your coming and going    both now and forevermore. I was doing a little research into this verse this past week as I was using this scripture to teach from at the service for the retirement home residents I work with.  I was awed and comforted at some of the truths and depictions in this passage. First of all, a side note in the Bible gave me a new incite to the first ve...

Well, here's to hoping, anyway! I plan on blogging more and hopefully regularly...we'll see. Today is my first day of my newest "get healthy" plan. I have not had even one diet soda all day! I'm not in any type of withdrawal. Water is boring, but did what I needed it to do. It does leave a bit of an aftertaste, but so did soda. So, we'll see how this goes. I had already basically given up caffeine, so at least there is no headache accompanying me today. Next is to stop eating "100 calorie" snack packs and things in crinkley wrappers. I'm planning on adding more fruits and nuts. Again, we'll see or we'll just see if I'm a nut! :)

A resident at the retirement home where I am a Chaplain challenged me to read "The Shack" and told me that we'd argue about it later. She has had many questions about Christianity lately and this book apparently challenged all of the notions she had. I was up to the challenge and told her I'd welcome the argument. I started it on Sunday evening and finished it this morning. The book did challenge the beliefs that I have known to be truth. The author spoke of God as being a woman...as is the Holy Spirit. Before I read further, I was about to put the book away and tell her that she was right...this man is a nut....but, I kept going. He eventually explained that God is neither male or female...He just IS. That makes sense to me. He also shared that God is to us what we need at that moment. Sometimes He is an encourager, sometimes a disciplinarian, sometimes a listener...but He is ALWAYS God. Anyway, I highly recommend this book to help you push past the religiou...

Lately I've been thinking...and thinking...and thinking... My head is full of thoughts, yet I'm not sure what they all mean yet. So, I've decided to "blog" them. To me, the word "blog" is ridiculous. More ridiculous may be that someone else would even end up reading this. But, this isn't for everyone else I suppose. Everyone always say that I don't do enough for myself, that I'm always taking care of everyone else. So, I guess this is for me! :) So, here goes nothing!