i don't consider myself a prude. i am a christian,but not a bible thumper. and i do think this is something to think about!

AND WE SAID OKAY

This one will make you think

In light of the many perversions and jokes we send to one another for alaugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke, it's notfunny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and JaneClayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding theattacks on Sept. 11). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. Shesaid, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our governmentand to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. Howcan we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand Heleave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. Ithink it started when Madeleine M urray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body foundrecently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school . the Biblesays thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when theymisbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damagetheir self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert shouldknow what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why theydon't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers,their classmates, and themselves. Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure itout. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why theworld's going to hell.

Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, butquestion what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread likewildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people thinktwice about sharing.

Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely throughcyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school andworkplace.

Are you laughing?

i'm in a lot of pain right now so all tact is gone. the comments that have nothing to do with what i've had to say REALLY PISS ME OFF. if you have some insight or a disagreement or better still a compliment by all means speak to me. but i really don't want to know how to "work from home" or "check out these pics" so people please give me a break.

well i just spent many minutes testing my brain. now i know that doesn't take much but still...
anyway the post that floating around somewhere far away, was, in a nut shell:
what the heck is going on. from where i'm sitting the world is falling apart.
lots of excitement here though, thanks to fall, unless you live in a agriculturally rich area you can't understand.
god bless.
thank you.
actually there was a bit more but i don't remember as usual.

i have a new soap box to get on today. linkin park: faint is on loud so i can really get into this. my mom fell at work (thank goodness she's ok) and several coworkers told her she needed to file workmans comp, but at her own admission it was her fault and she hadn't "broke anything". i left her a comment that said KUDOS to you. as an employer i can tell you that she is in the minority. there are so many out there that look for a reason to get W.C. and use it like a vacation or to sue their employers for just about anything. a safe place to work is an employers obligation and accidents do happen when W.C. is needed, but i think quite a few employees would be amazed at how much this ins. cost and how much it goes up with a relatively few number of claims made.

anyway all this is to say that weak work ethics and shallow loyalty on both sides cost us all, employer and employee alike.

well thank you for letting me have my say again.

i've spent the day at our church. we are feeding and supplying evacuees with cloths, toys for the kids etc...
the people i've met today have been all so different, some shy, some embarrassed , some excited and grateful. when these things happen you want to help in anyway you can, and yet, it just doesn't seem enough. in my mind there is a litany "you can do more". my body aches from head to foot and i feel like i could prop in a corner and sleep for a week. yet i can't sleep there just has to be more i can do. so in the meantime i keep my eyes and ears open and pray.
what i don't understand is the murder the looting and anarchy that is taking place in the affected areas.
i think maybe God is looking down and weeping. i also believe when he said "love one another", it wasn't a suggestion.
tomorrow it starts again, the meals to the empty eyed people, the people with unbearable sorrow in their eyes and the ones with unutterable joy at being alive knowing there are people there to hold hands and weep with them.

isn't it amazing. monday you can't wait to get to your computer. friday you can't wait to get away? WOW!my son just called with how much it cost to fix his car. it's more than the cars worth. ;) it was a LOT of little things and really needed it. i've just got to get some more pictures to post. i'm just too boring to fill in the posst on a regular basis.

hello. i've not been able to post in quite a while. not that i have any great words of wisdom anyway. well some updates: the cat is a he not a she. but after thurs will not technically be a he either, HAH wink wink. i'm sorry fellas, some days it is soooo satisfying for a woman to say NEUTER. the stitches weren't stu's they were one of the girls from the show with two stitches in her toe. now i'm an ex-nurse, but, i wouldn't touch somebody's feet unless absolutely necessary.
uuuhhh let's seee, oh yeah i think my shop has demons. technologically advanced demons. they know how to shut down all machines. and screw-up any attempt of anybody to fix them. but i think that connie (lady in front office) and i just might have them corralled. if not by tomorrow i'm going to call the preacher and schedule an exorcism. well that's about all for now.

our new shop mouser. she's going to be big enough to be a gaurd cat though if the guys who "hate" cats keep feeding her ;-).


the view from porch. can't see pond very well.


my grindstone. you know..nose to the........
oh never mind.

ok, here's a call you don't want. son 1100 mi away in a stunt show, "mom how do you remove stitches?" mom, "WHY?" (wait it gets better) son, "oh they aren't mine, i've just always wanted to remove stitches." now, i really don't know which is worse, that he would call me or that this is something he has ALWAYS wanted to do. hubby says i'm slightly morbid and he's right but i would have never guessed it was genetically programmed. even though as a nurse you have to have a fascination with what others call gross it's startling when it shows in your kids.
ah well, kids, gotta love 'em.

scratch last entry. scratch scratch. screammmmmm.
we've been in the middle of a state sales tax audit for...EVER. i can't remember when it started. today i finally got the bottom line. it's not quite as bad as anticipated, still where does it end. we already pay roughly 48% in taxes state, federal etc... we try very hard to be legal and aboveboard, now i'm wondering why? sometimes it seems like our government just does not want smaller business' to make it. at times it seems like we take three steps forward and then are pushed back two.