Jesus, there's a familiar old skip in my step through the snow. For me, that had been missing when I used to work out in it. These past 5 years, I have been LOVING the snow. Everybody at work had that li'l kid twinkle in their eyes anticipating the snow coming our way today. We're all less anxious about it because we have the weekend to be snowed in and to dig out. So hunker down .....with a warm cup' o steamin' somethin-or-other, some good company, a special someone, a project, a book, a glass of Reisling, a SuperBowl, a movieand/or a few chores ( the kind that need those housebound days to come about ) and bring it on !!!
Last week when it snowed, Hubbs was home (partial unemployment
...... ). After he plowed the driveway and cleaned off all the sidewalks, he BUILT ME A SNOWMAN.... it is very big, taller than me, and it has egg beater ears ! It is making me smile so hard when I came down the driveway. He told me he purposely put it right in front of the window that I look out when I sit in my favorite chair in the livingroom. Jesus, can I say, "awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww." I smile every time I look at him. He's got branches arms and is wearing gloves. He has some red lips and a juicer nose and coal buttons and a cowboy hat. He's a classic ! His name is "Ennis." It's snowing on him tonight ! He's gonna get buried. I'll have to unearth him in the morning and find his face and stuff.
This guy, that MOSTLY only I get to see, is such a really good man, Jesus. Thanks for him. I told my friend yesterday that the first 10 years of disillusionment make or break marriages. Then, after that, PTSD sets in and voila' you're housebroken and can finally settle in to the love that started the whole thing again. We were right about him, Jesus, he is the perfect husband for me. I'll hate him later when he gets all tough on me again, but for now, I'll keep him. Thanks for manifesting Your love in him toward me. You seem to be doing that more and more, lately...or, I've gotten satisfied with less and less. Clarity comes and goes, it's this PTSD, I can't always be sure. uber belly laughs !
" In Praise of the Vulnerable Man " ~ Alanis Morrisette ~ lyrics
Originally Posted by Psalm 84
Thanks for holding our hands when we are brats, Jesus, and being the third party in our covenant, for Your glory.
Originally Posted by Isaiah 41:10-19
Originally Posted by encylopedia.com
Last week when it snowed, Hubbs was home (partial unemployment
This guy, that MOSTLY only I get to see, is such a really good man, Jesus. Thanks for him. I told my friend yesterday that the first 10 years of disillusionment make or break marriages. Then, after that, PTSD sets in and voila' you're housebroken and can finally settle in to the love that started the whole thing again. We were right about him, Jesus, he is the perfect husband for me. I'll hate him later when he gets all tough on me again, but for now, I'll keep him. Thanks for manifesting Your love in him toward me. You seem to be doing that more and more, lately...or, I've gotten satisfied with less and less. Clarity comes and goes, it's this PTSD, I can't always be sure. uber belly laughs !
So, I think I know FOR SURE the reason that some make it through the 'years of disillusionment' ( : to free from illusion; also : to cause to lose naive faith and trust) and some don't. It's those years when we lose the 'naive' and learn the informed and experienced faith and trust in each other. After we get through the storms, 7 bazillion times. It's all about the forgiving. Not just talking about forgiving, practicing forgiving. Of course, there needs to be recognition of the offense and an expression of 'remorse' or something like it. Then, the answer comes, cause Me and Hubbs, we iz good forgettors, Jesus, thanks to You.
Originally Posted by Psalm 84
6 Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings.
7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.
So, yeah, this entry is sappier than my usual, but, that's because it's snowing and we're watching an Elvis movie while Ennis is holding down the yard in the snow. 7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.
Thanks for holding our hands when we are brats, Jesus, and being the third party in our covenant, for Your glory.
Originally Posted by Isaiah 41:10-19
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
I'll give you strength. I'll help you.
I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.
11-13 "Count on it: Everyone who had it in for you
will end up out in the cold—
real losers.
Those who worked against you
will end up empty-handed—
nothing to show for their lives.
When you go out looking for your old adversaries
you won't find them—
Not a trace of your old enemies,
not even a memory.
That's right. Because I, your God,
have a firm grip on you and I'm not letting go.
I'm telling you, 'Don't panic.
I'm right here to help you.'
14-16 "Do you feel like a lowly worm, Jacob?
Don't be afraid.
Feel like a fragile insect, Israel?
I'll help you.
I, God, want to reassure you.
The God who buys you back, The Holy of Israel.
I'm transforming you from worm to harrow,
from insect to iron.
As a sharp-toothed harrow you'll smooth out the mountains,
turn those tough old hills into loamy soil.
You'll open the rough ground to the weather,
to the blasts of sun and wind and rain.
But you'll be confident and exuberant,
expansive in The Holy of Israel!
I LOVE when You address things to Jacob in the Bible, Jesus. Because Jacob is an unruly and despicable sort who needs LOTS of Grace and forgiveness:I'll give you strength. I'll help you.
I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.
11-13 "Count on it: Everyone who had it in for you
will end up out in the cold—
real losers.
Those who worked against you
will end up empty-handed—
nothing to show for their lives.
When you go out looking for your old adversaries
you won't find them—
Not a trace of your old enemies,
not even a memory.
That's right. Because I, your God,
have a firm grip on you and I'm not letting go.
I'm telling you, 'Don't panic.
I'm right here to help you.'
14-16 "Do you feel like a lowly worm, Jacob?
Don't be afraid.
Feel like a fragile insect, Israel?
I'll help you.
I, God, want to reassure you.
The God who buys you back, The Holy of Israel.
I'm transforming you from worm to harrow,
from insect to iron.
As a sharp-toothed harrow you'll smooth out the mountains,
turn those tough old hills into loamy soil.
You'll open the rough ground to the weather,
to the blasts of sun and wind and rain.
But you'll be confident and exuberant,
expansive in The Holy of Israel!
Originally Posted by encylopedia.com
Jacob is portrayed unattractively: he steals from his father-in-law Laban; he deceives his brother Esau and so obtains his birthright; and he tricks his father into giving him the blessing of the first-born which was Esau's privilege. In his old age, Jacob comes into the Joseph narrative and dies near Joseph, his favourite son (Gen. 49: 33).
Yet, HE is chosen as the one ISRAEL! after he wrestles, even You, for his blessing. The "heel grabber, supplanter"
"Insomniac Ren" ~ Ren & Stimpy ~
in honor of "the years of disillusionment"
"Now Or Never" ~ Three Days Grace~ lyrics
in honor of "the years of disillusionment"
In this time are we loving,
Wondering
Isn’t turning round
It’s now or never
Are WE, Your Body, Your Children on this rock called Earth, loving? anything like YOU DO ?Wondering
Isn’t turning round
It’s now or never
