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Happy Birthday !!! Psalm 37:18 The days of the blameless are known to the Lord, and their inheritance will endure forever. 

posted by Kate @ 6/18/2004 10:20:00 AM 0 comments

Helicopters in the Strawberry Patch

I was going to write something here to honor the former president but I would prefer you all reflect on the thoughts of one my good friends concerning her childhood excitement towards Reagan.

http://sliverofsilver.blogspot.com/2004/06/my-love-affair-with-ronald-reagan.html

posted by Kate @ 6/13/2004 06:10:00 PM 0 comments

The New Driver!! 

posted by Kate @ 6/10/2004 10:34:00 AM 0 comments

Tiny things

Yesterday I was reminded of the way in which a tiny thing can create real trouble. I, aunty K, was on a walk on a blustery afternoon with the kiddies and decided to sit on the picnic table by the beach so that Michelle would be able to see the Goslings but we wouldn't have to get too close. As I climbed up on the table a very small but very painful splinter went into my pinky. I ignored it until we went back in and found the task of removing it very time consuming and tedious. I knew however left in my body in the long run the pain of removing it would be no where near the pain of my finger possibly getting infected.
This reminds me of the way we are in the church body. When we see someone suffering the whole body grieves. Each person no matter how small a role they play is important and sometimes making our body well might cause pain but in the long run it is what is best for our body.
This encounter was coupled with two very small people who I currently spend many hours with each day. They are very cute and at times I lost my patience with them. I try and remember the example Jesus gave us in the bible of welcoming each child ..Anyways as near as I can figure people in the world have it all wrong. They think of kids as nuisances or possessions or worse, they don't think about them at all. I have been reading the Ragamuffin Gospel and the author talks about how when Jesus was speaking to the least of these it really was the least of these. Children are defenseless and they need limits and they need to be guided in the way they should go. As the corporate church body that means taking time to train up the next generation in the way they should go. We might see them as a pinky but they are so much more in Gods Eyes.

In the bible it was often the little guy who God chose to raise up in an important role. I believe today he is speaking to all of us who might see ourselves as unimportant or insignificant and calling to us to see us the way God saw us. Jesus took each child individually and blessed them. He didn't see them as unimportant or as a group, he saw they each individually and he had love for each of them.

So what am I trying to say? Basically it is two-fold; if you are in a place of authority and you see yourself as the head or the heart or the important part don't get so caught up that you fail to see role of the pinky. Secondly if you are the pinky remember today that God sees your potential and has not forgotten you. He wants you to know you are important and he wants to bless you.

posted by Kate @ 6/10/2004 09:33:00 AM 0 comments

Which Simpson Are You?

Reading: The Ragamuffin Gospel
Wildlife Spotted on the Ride Home; Raccoon, Fox, Deer, Cat, Frog
Happy: Because Summer is Here!! (Eighty Degrees...boo-yah)
Contemplating: I am Lisa Simpson.

posted by Kate @ 6/08/2004 10:59:00 PM 0 comments

When the Roll

We sang this in church this morning...I always thought it was kinda a hoky hymn but it is growing on me.


When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
And the morning breaks, eternal, bright and fair;
When the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

Refrain

When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll, is called up yon-der,
When the roll is called up yonder I’ll be there.

On that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in Christ shall rise,
And the glory of His resurrection share;
When His chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

Refrain

Let us labor for the Master from the dawn till setting sun,
Let us talk of all His wondrous love and care;
Then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
And the roll is called up yonder, I’ll be there.

Refrain

Here is the story behind it.....
words & Music: James M. Black, 1893 (MI­DI, score). Black, a Meth­od­ist Sun­day school teach­er in Wil­liams­port, Penn­syl­van­ia, was call­ing roll one day for a youth meet­ing. Young Bes­sie, daugh­ter of a drunk­ard, did not show up, and he was dis­ap­point­ed at her fail­ure to ap­pear. Black made a com­ment to the ef­fect, “Well, I trust when the roll is called up yon­der, she’ll be there.” He tried to re­spond with an ap­prop­ri­ate song, but could not find one in his song book:

This lack of a fit­ting song caused me both sor­row and dis­ap­point­ment. An in­ner voice seemed to say, “Why don’t you write one?” I put away the thought. As I opened the gate on my way home, the same thought came again so strong­ly that tears filled my eyes. I en­tered the house and sat down at the pi­a­no. The words came to me ef­fort­less­ly…The tune came the same way—I dared not change a sin­gle note or word


“I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened.” Revelation 20:12

-http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/e/whenroll.htm

posted by Kate @ 6/07/2004 01:15:00 AM 0 comments

If everyone else was jumping of a bridge...?

From the desk of Ryan Miller:
1. Who are you? -
2. Are we friends? -
3. When and how did we meet? -
4. Do you have a crush on me? -
5. Would you kiss me? -
6. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it. -
7. Describe me in one word. -
8. What was your first impression? -
9. Do you still think that way about me now? -
10. What reminds you of me? -
11. If you could give me anything what would it be? -
12. How well do you know me? -
13. When's the last time you saw me? -
14. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn't? -
15. Are you going to put this on your journal and see what I say about you?

if you check my journal and don't answer this i'll kill you in your sleep.... or not know you read my journal. just copy it and fill it in my comments section.

Let the fun begin-
Thanks Ryan

posted by Kate @ 6/06/2004 11:53:00 PM 0 comments

"It looks like we're up chocolate creek without a Popsicle stick!"-The Gingerbread Man

Yesterday on my day off I went to see Shrek with my 5 yr old date Daniel. He is my bosses son and had been in Toronto with his grandparents for the last month so we were celebrating his return. I have to say I like hanging out with him because he is honest. For instance "Hey Daniel why are you wiggling in your seat, you ok?" "Yeah, it's just my pants were in my bottom." "oh,ok"

So I loved, loved, loved the movie and afterwards Daniel, his mom the baby and I all went to Wal*Mart and out to the Chinese buffet which I love. I had sushi and sweet and sour chicken and all my favorites. Then I came home and spent some time organizing and cleaning my room and that was frustrating. I ended up further behind when I ended then when I began but I guess any progress is progress.

I talked to one Meagan Smith last night about accountability stuff which was good. I can tell that it is going to be a good thing. I also had some other conversations which along with the Meagan Conversation made me want to say.... In the words of our Basic president, "the more I get to know people, the more I like them" or something like that.

posted by Kate @ 6/04/2004 11:04:00 AM 0 comments

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." C. S. Lewis

Lately I have been thinking a lot about my dreams for the future and I thought I would share some of those here.

One day I would like to go to Africa and work with the Aids orphans. I would like to lay hands on those babies who have suffered so much and tell them of Jesus's love for them. I want to play soccer in the hot sun with the children listening to their laughter raise up. They have seen so much grief losing their parents but they are just children and they need laughter.

When I get my degree in education I feel called to be a teacher for children who are unable to attend school. I would like to work in hospitals with sick children while they are not in school. I like the idea of teaching one on one and of giving kids some sense of normalcy while they are ill.

I also sometimes feel called to doing foster care. I especially love working with infants. I would love to care for babies until they can be adopted. I know it would be hard letting them go, not knowing how they turn out but at the same time rewarding to care for them and give them a good start.

The last dream I have is the hardest. That is the dream for the man I would someday like to marry. Nothing in this life is guaranteed us and I know that God may chose to allow me to be single in order to fufil the purpose he has for me. I do however have a dream of that relationship. The man who will marry me would need to love Jesus first and me second. Everything else is secondary, although I have my list like every girl of things I am attracted to, someone who can sing to me at our wedding, someone who makes me laugh, someone who is patient and creative. The hardest part about this dream is sometimes i want to figure it all out and I try and jump the gun on friendships thinking wouldn't so and so be great....but I have confidence when it is for real God will hit me over the head and there will be no doubt. Often though as I have been surrounded by great men of God it is difficult to be patient. I think sometimes..if it is possible...what attracts me to them is more about the Jesus in them. I know that the man I marry will have that same Jesus attraction as well. And so today the prayer is for patience and that God's dreams for me his child and my dreams would meet in his perfect timing.

Psalm 16
10For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption.(1)
11You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.(2)

posted by Kate @ 6/02/2004 09:30:00 AM 0 comments