I copied this from a blog I read, in which he had copied it from some one else. So I have no clue who wrote it, I just know it is the truth.
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn’t always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place, Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.
He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I’m A Victim
My parents minister gave the Hubby a book a while back. We we both finished the books we were working on, so we swapped books. I read this last night and thought it wonderful and worthy of sharing with others.
"If a random sample of one thousand American Christians were taken today, the majority would define faith as belief in the existence of God. In earlier times it id not take faith to believe that God existed-almost everybody took that fr granted. Rather, faith had to do with one's relationship to God-whether one trusted in God. The difference between faith as 'belief in something that may or my not exist' and faith as 'trusting in God' is enormous. The first is a matter of the head, the second a matter of the heart. The first can leave us unchanged, the second intrinsically brings change."
"Any church that will not accept that it consists of sinful men and women,and exists for them, implicitly rejects the gospel of grace. As Hans Kung says, 'It deserves neither God's mercy nor men's trust. The church must constantly be aware that its faith is weak,its knowledge dim, its profession of faith halting, that there is not a single sin or failing which it has not in one way or another been guilty of. And though it is true that the church must always dissociate itself from sin, it can never have any excuse for keeping any sinners at a distance. If the church remains self-righteously aloof from failures, irreligious and immoral people, it cannot enter justified into God's kingdom. But if it is constantly aware of its guilt and sin, it can live in joyous awareness of forgiveness. The promise has been given to it that anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.'"
"There is a myth flourishing in the church today that has caused incalculable harm-once converted, fully converted. In other words, once I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord ad Savior, an irreversible, sinless future beckons. Discipleship will be an untarnished success story; life will be an unbroken upward spiral toward holiness. Tell that to poor Peter who, after three times professing his love for Jesus on the beach and after receiving the fullness of the Spirit at Pentecost, was still jealous of Pauls' apostolic success."
These are three separate paragraphs in "The Ragamuffin Gospel" So far it is an excellent read. I will keep you updated on this book.
I finished "The Shack". I thought is was an excellent work of FICTION.
Some of the authors thoughts are thought provoking, thereby making it a good book in my opinion.
****Hope everyone is planning to come to the house Monday.****
So Friday night, at our scrapbooking crop/party, we ladies got into a conversation about books that we are reading or have read. I brought the discussion up, because I picked up "The Shack" to read. Not knowing when I picked it up that it was controversial. Anyway, I don't agree with everything that the author has to say, but as a work of fiction, it is a good read and thought provoking. Anyway, we thought we should do posts on good books. So Going Goofy and I has put bookshelves on our blogs. It would be great if others would do that as well. Especially for those that enjoy reading.
I ran across this site today. This little boy is a fighter, and God has his hand on him. Check it out and then pray for Stellan and his family.
Wow. I did not realize a week had passed since my last post. I will post tomorrow, something funny maybe, who knows, I don't. I know that I have had an exhausting Emmaus weekend. But WOW, did the Spirit move on the men of walk number 58. Praise God. I think from Thursday night until last night I got 14 hours of sleep, yeppie. It was great. Loved every single moment of it. Will do it again and again and again, as long a God continues to ask.
I went and got the boys today up in Tennessee, met my mom halfway, stop at unclaimed baggage on my way home, got Kid-O from school, cooked dinner, went to the store, now blogging. I am exhausted and ready for bed. Maybe I will have some funny dream to share in the morning, or better yet what God tells, and shows me in the morning in his Word.
By the way, saving money on groceries is going fabulous. Potty training, well that just sinks. Go figure.
Good night.
As most of you know, I have favorites of things, song, scripture, food, etc that changes pretty regularly. So today I thought I would share a few of my favorites.
Passage of scripture - the parable of the talents found in Matthew 25.
Song - Use Me (see the lyrics in a previous post; the hubby is working on that one for me)
Quote - "Love each other." - Jesus
Person - Hubby, that one never changes, praises God
Hobby - Scrapbooking
Relaxation - Sitting quietly with God on my back patio
Noise - the amazing sound of many in prayer
Creation - the beauty of the sky
Place - Coronini, Romania, the quiet and stillness of life
Learning something new
Food - Jalapeno thickburger
Just a little more incite into me.
Shawna is on her Walk to Emmaus, and will meet God along the way.Kid-O looks all grow-up for some reason and about the finish first grade.Little Man is just down right funny. Mini-Me has learned the art of throwing a tantrum which is comical. I bet God gets a kick out of tantrums when we throw them like children do.And Hubby will be starting a new job (temporary, 120 days) with the possibility of a permittant job a week from Monday. This is the job he wants, God is soooo good. Pray Gods will for our lives.
