One of the passions of my life is the Bible. I’m not a perfect human but I do enjoy spending time focusing on the things of God. This helps me be a better person. Can God directly talk to me through the New American Standard words of the Bible? Even in 2007. . . Yes! Yes! Yes.
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Start of a New Day
At around 6:30 this morning I prayed to God. But I did it in a new way. I wrapped my quilt around me and got on my knees in front of the open window in our bedroom.
Your Smilin’ Face
No one can tell me that I’m doin’ wrong whenever I see you smile at me.
Those are old words from an upbeat James Taylor song. He sings about a girl in the song. But the chorus reminds me of my children. Just being around them lately gives me a peaceful smile that will pop up from time to time with little warning.
Life Is A Fartlek Again
The writer of Marathonpundit emailed my husband to let us know he cross posted my fartlek blog entry. I’m honored.
He also added some interesting word origin info. He said that, Fartlek comes from Swedish, it translates into ‘sudden burst’. Like English, Swedish is a Germanic language, so the root word, for—er—you know—must be the same as the one for fartlek.
Here’s the definition:
“a training technique, used esp. among runners, consisting of bursts of intense effort loosely alternating with less strenuous activity.”
Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fartlek (accessed: June 01, 2007).
My life gave me a ‘sudden burst’ of stress when I was falsely accused on my job.
Life is a fartlek. –Danny Carlton, June 1, 2007
Do It Anyway!!
This is my new themesong for my life right now!
Anyway by Martina McBride:
Lyrics:
BuriedCar.com
I had to repost this because this big event is only about two weeks away. The recent local news station, KTUL, Channel 8 gave a newstory that you must now have a ticket to attend.
BuriedCar.Com
On June 15, 1957 a brand spanking-new Plymouth Belvedere Sport Coupe was buried in a time capsule under the sidewalk in front of the courthouse of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event celebrated the 50 birthday of Oklahoma’s statehood. The car was filled with several artifacts of the time such as:
10 gallons of gasoline
5 quarts of oil
Flags flown over our nation’s capital, state capital, Tulsa county and the city
The Bold Youth, David of the Bible
In my life right now I feel like the youth David who boldly came against Goliath the Philistine when no man in the Isaelite army would. As a family, our income is paycheck to paycheck, and I’m fighting for truth against a giant corporation.
Life Is A Fartlek
My husband has a text file stored on his computer entitled, Wise Things I’ve Said. Today he’s adding another to the list which is the title of this entry.
Tonight, My Soul, Be still And Sleep
I found this poem on the Back to the Bible website under the Streams in the Desert devotion I read this morning. It was most likely written my Madame Guyon.
Micheal W. Smith
Micheal W. Smith is a famous Christian singer who was a part of Amy Grant’s band for years when she was really popular. Then he went solo. He had a crossover hit to the secular. He has at least five kids. And I gather he’s a humble man trying to direct people to honor God. I like his version of Rich Mullins’ Awesome God.
Awesome God (live)
In this video, It’s great how the audience spontaneously begins to sing along with Micheal W. Smith as he quietly plays the beginning of Awesome God. There is strength behind Christians sincerely coming together to honor God even when it’s a simple chorus.
Linda's Thoughts 