Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Up a tree


I always do things the hard way. I am reminded of this everytime I think about Wesley and his tree climbing. He is forever up a tree. If he sees a big tree, he is always thinking of a way to climb it, the problem is when he gets up he realizes that it is harder to get down. I've seen him hang out of a tree debating how he is going to get out of the situation. Yet, he still climbs trees at any chance he gets. I don't know what the alluring factor of the trees are, but I can relate. I am forever taking on too much, and then I stand there wondering how I am going to get out of the situation. Still I do the same things over and over.

Nehemiah 9:27-28
" So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In your great mercy, you sent them liberators who rescued them from their enemies.
“But as soon as they were at peace, your people again committed evil in your sight, and once more you let their enemies conquer them. Yet whenever your people turned and cried to you again for help, you listened once more from heaven. In your wonderful mercy, you rescued them many times!"

Monday, June 25, 2007

Changing Face



This photo is of the television I am in search of for the new house. I had almost won one on ebay and was outbid (partly because I forgot to check on the auction). No one sells them in this area, and the auctions are always "local pick-up It is an Admiral television from the 40s to 50s. This was quite the item in its day! Everyone would gather around this television to watch their evening show. I have to laugh because the screen in our portable/car dvd player is almost the same size. Times change. Now we complain if we dont have a 52 inch television in every room. I can't imagine all of us watching a footbal game around this television. It is amazing how the contentment with a television this size went the minute a larger screen was invented. I know I do the same thing in my own life. The minute I have a content thought, I am searching for a better situation to size up the one I currently have. I will keep looking for this piece of furniture, it is my quest. I will also keep reminding myself to be content where I am. Only God can give it, only I can take it away.

Ecclesiasties 1:7-9
" Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full. Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea. Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.

History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new. "