sallumberg's Xanga Site

Weblog

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Provocations

Meditations on a bicycle ride
I Corinthians 13:4-8a (ESV)
Love is patient and kind;
Patience is waiting, not letting yourself be anxious, waiting for God's timing.
Kindness is being good to people because of God's goodness to you; being good to people when they don't deserve it and when they do deserve it.
Love does not envy or boast;
Love does not covet what other people have; it is thankful for what God has given; it is content.
Love is not a braggart; it is not proud; it seeks to honor the people who have contributed to success in life.
It is not arrogant or rude.
Love is not stuck on itself; it can see the needs of others and seek ways to help.
Love does not speak unkindly, or without thought; love thinks about what words and actions do to other people.
It does not insist on its own way;
Love invites other people's ideas with genuine appreciate for them; love is willing to admit that it was wrong and ask forgiveness.
It is not irritable or resentful;
Love does not hold a grudge; love allows for human error and realizes that but for the mercy of God, we would not be able to face the Him in our own righteousness.
It does not rejoice at wrong doing,
Love is not happy when something goes wrong in another persons life. Love is upset when injustice is done. Love does not rejoice in wrong thinking or ideas.
But rejoices with the truth.
Love is jubilant when good things happen, when righteous things happen, when a person turns to the Lord, when a husband and wife come together again, when a family is restored, when right prevails.
Love bears all things,
Love is thinking about and praying for the needs of others; love feels the needs of others; love takes on the weight of the world.
Believes all things,
Love believes that the best is yet to come, God is at work in all situations. Love believes in the faithfulness of God.
Hopes all things,
Love is a forever optimist, hoping against all odds that God still works miracles in lives, that there is more to life than just what we experience here on earth.
Endures all things,
Love is tough; it weathers the storms of emotion, of heartache, of loss. It continues to love inspite of what happens; it continues to love people who can't or don't respond to that love, knowing that love might be the only thing the other person may remember.
Love never ends.
Love is continuous. It doesn't falter, it doesn't fade, it doesn't die. It lives on and always gives.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Currently Listening
Amusing
By Chris Rice
see related
Here's to a memorable Memorial Day weekend!

Perched on the North Shore

In the rain at the falls

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

History Mystery

Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln .

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford.'

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Thursday, February 28, 2008

John 14:15 "If you love me, you will keep my commandments."

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Thank the Lord for Protection!

This past Friday night a huge storm came through Plymouth where I live. Paul and I both woke up when we heard a big crash. We thought it was thunder and so we looked out the front window and saw, lit by strobe-like lightning, a neighbor's tree split down the middle! We thought that was pretty amazing and went back to bed. Oh yeah, Daniel slept through the whole thing. In the morning, Paul went out back and made a startling observation. Two large healthy pine trees had blown over as well, one of them resting right over my room. The other had fallen on the neighbor's garage and punctured a hole in the roof! We heard later that winds had gotten up to 80 mph in the night and damage was sporadic. As I write this we haven't had the trees removed yet so through my window I'm looking at branches that are normally supposed to be at the very top of a tree. Crazy!
Very thankful to the Lord for His protection!
So here's a few pics I took with my phone. Not great quality but you'll get the picture!

That's my window! A little too close for creature comfort!

The neighbor's garage entrance.

Our backyard and the neighbor's garage

Neighbor's tree across the street that we saw during the night

Splintered remains of the tree farthest from the house. This is the one that hit the neighbor's garage.

Same tree.

This is the one that landed above my window. It snapped off about 7 feet up.

Same tree

Same stump.

Tree against my window

You see a big branch hanging down on the left side of this remaing tree.

Nature's new design for the backyard.