I’ve Lost It!
I’ve lost my New York accent. *sigh*
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Neutral. Not Northern, Southern, or Western, just American. Your national American identity is more important to you than your local identity, because you don’t really have a local identity to begin with.
Fake-busyness
Pet peeve: Fake-busyness.
Note: We all have lives and we are all busy.
The proper response is, “I’m sorry, but really, you are not that important to me.”
There … was that so hard?
The Teacup Story
“Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.”
~ Jeremiah 18:6
There was a couple who used to go to England to shop in the beautiful stores. They both liked antiques and pottery and especially teacups. This was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. One day in this beautiful shop they saw a beautiful teacup. They said, “May we see that? We’ve never seen one quite so beautiful.”
As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the teacup spoke. “You don’t understand,” it said. “I haven’t always been a teacup. There was a time when I was red and I was clay. My master took me and rolled me and patted me over and over and I yelled out, ‘Let me alone’, but he only smiled, ‘Not yet.’”
“Then I was placed on a spinning wheel,” the teacup said, “and suddenly I was spun around and around and around. ‘Stop it! I’m getting dizzy!’ I screamed. But the master only nodded and said, ‘Not yet.’”
“Then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I wondered why he wanted to burn me, and I yelled and knocked at the door. I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head, ‘Not yet.’”
“Finally the door opened, he put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. ‘There, that’s better’, I said. And he brushed and painted me all over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. ‘Stop it, stop it!’ I cried. He only nodded, ‘Not yet.’”
“Then suddenly he put me back into the oven, not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried. All the time I could see him through the opening nodding his head saying, ‘Not yet.’”
Then I knew there wasn’t any hope. I would never make it. I was ready to give up. But the door opened and he took me out and placed me on the shelf. One hour later he handed me a mirror and I couldn’t believe it was me. ‘It’s beautiful. I’m beautiful.’”
“‘I want you to remember, then,’ he said, ‘I know it hurts to be rolled and patted, but if I had left you alone, you would have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I knew it hurt and was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn’t put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn’t done that, you never would have hardened; you would not have had any color in your life. And if I hadn’t put you back in that second oven, you wouldn’t survive for very long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. You are what I had in mind when I first began with you.’”
MORAL:
God knows what He’s doing in each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us, and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.
So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to “stink”, try this…. Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest teacup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a little talk with the Potter.
Wordless Wednesday
Carnival of Raising Boys ~ May 1st Edition
Welcome to the May 1, 2010 edition of Carnival of Raising Boys
Doug Boude presents My Top 20 Life Lessons for Husbands and Fathers posted at Doug Boude (rhymes with ‘loud’)
Doug has compiled what he considers to be the top 20 things that he believes, when implemented and adopted, maximize the success of a husband and/or father in his role in his household. Being a father of 8 children, 4 step children, and 2 grand children, he kinda feels like he’s speaking from experience. Doug view his role as a dad to be of vital importance in their rearing. :)
Stacy Farrell presents The Woman Among Boys posted at My Perspective.
In her latest post, she relays the joys of being the only female in a houseful of men. If given the choice, she (like me) is much happier doing boy stuff than girl stuff. It takes a special kind of mom to feel this way!
Jude Mulhern presents The Boys Are Back In Town posted at Dish It Up.
She is was empty-nester complete with picture perfect home and food in the fridge … until this week!
Saraline Grenier presents Spinning things posted at Feminist Mom in Montreal
Saraline discusses her son’s fascination with wheels and parallels that with how girls like to play with wheels, also (wheels are not just for boys).
Tiffany Washko presents Natural Play for Teaching Science posted at Natural Family Living Blog
Tiffany does a great job of describing how to instill the love for nature and all things science in her blog entries. Get something to drink – you’ll be there for a while!
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of Carnival of Raising Boys using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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Combating the Commandment of Confusion: A Bibleman Live Adventure (DVD)
Combating The Commandant of Confusion: A Bibleman Live Adventure
The setting, Bible Adventure Training Academy, provides a unique interactive backdrop for the story to develop. The Commandant of Confusion and his sidekick, Chaos, use large words to confuse campers, which makes it easy for them to steal the Bible Team’s secret weapon.
Overall, I felt the story clearly conveyed the scripture lesson: “God is not a God of confusion but a God of peace.” (1 Corinthians 14:33). My younger children really enjoyed the video while the older ones sort of rolled their eyes. I would definitely recommend Combating The Commandant of Confusion: A Bibleman Live Adventure
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their BookSneeze.com <http://BookSneeze.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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