Sermon: A Frame for our Lives - July 23,2000

Here is a sermon about finding God in the mundane.
And suspending the mundane for just a day to escape it.
It's called the Sabbath.

I am so grateful I have at last had an answer to prayer and am able to have every Sunday off.

I am trying to live a balanced, beautiful life. I try not to let things spoil my day - I DO try to keep a good attitude and perspective.

I smile a lot! This annoys some people a LOT!

I am not ignoring my weaknesses and sin.
I think I am pretty upfront about the things I recognize in my life. Like my preoccupation (read insecurity) about my looks and health.
Like when I became attracted to certain other men.
Like what I did about it to keep it from taking over.

I talked about it.

I let the sunshine and the fresh air test my dark little secrets. Almost right away, they fell into the correct perspective.

I find that people who try to hide the truth about themselves are pitiful, almost to the point of comical. They are as transparent as the Emperor's New Clothes!

Being compassionate without being a sap - encouraging someone to become independent, not co-dependent... these are some of the applications of Christianity I hope to reach for.

While I am often unknowingly intuitive - a couple of weeks ago I was moved to give a single woman a stuffed toy without knowing she was pregnant.
She was amazed!
She hadn't told ANYBODY!
She spilled the whole story to me while I cradled her in my arms like a little child.

Who moved me?
God.

Why did he pick me?
He needed someone who would express His compassion, which was the aspect of Him that she, already judged, needed the most .

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Gentle Reader, I am a Canadian, but this is not always a proud admission...

I was at a Chapters bookstore the other day, and I saw a book, the title of which included the words ..."and angry housewives".

Has my intellectual property been violated?

Hmmmmm...

I was also intrigued to notice the Jennifer Lopez Jane Fonda movie, Monster-in-Law.

Hmm hmmmmmmm...

Gentle Reader, even at work, I am the supplier of ideas and inspiration which are pretty much stolen from me, attributed to others.
No glory hound, I, but, please... credit where credit is due.

It has been a while since my last posting...
I am very busy with a new job managing a national office for a non-profit organization.
I am still working in Community Healthcare, and taking my HAP course.
This term my grades are even better than last term - I am maintaining an A average, so far.
I will be taking the HAP 1 lab exam I missed due to my car in July - on the same day as I take my 3rd HAP 2 test.

It's also a big fat long workday, so I am not going to be able to do much of a last-minute cram review.
I am helping a study-buddy in each class. This is mutually beneficial. The HAP 2 friend is struggling - she took on too much.
The HAP 1 friend is doing well - I am helping her (a little) with English pronounciation and expression.

I will post more next time...