Correcting My Word Usage

And her mother-in-law [Naomi] said to her, “Where did you glean today? And where have you worked? Blessed be the man who took notice of you.” So she [Ruth] told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.” ~Ruth 2.19

"I loved a commentator's note about this exchange: "[Naomi] had asked 'where' Ruth had worked; Ruth answers 'with whom' she has worked." Isn't the who always so much more significant than the endless how's, what's, and why's we endlessly fret over? I tend to toil over details, trying to figure how things are going to work out, where help is going to come from. It is then that I am most in need of Jesus.

"Be still and know that I am God."

.....after Ruth's extradordinary day, she knew the significance wasn't in the where, but in the who....."

~Kelly Minter's Ruth~Loss, Love & Legacy, Page 83

L.s.R

Some Duh-day

Some day I want to wear a dress this huge, this gorgeous; my hair so smooth and shiny; my make-up so clean and wow; my jewerly so bling-blingy! But I only want to do it if dancing will be invovled.

Until then....homemade, chocolate, cinnamon mousse how I love thee!

L.s.R

felicità (happiness)

Making Dinner

Fresh Mint

Fresh flowers on the table

 

Maple Sausage

Watching Fred and Ginger dance

L.s.R

Monday, Monday

Yes, kind of like that song The Mamas and the Papas sing. God created Mondays to make us appreciate the weekend that much more.

I don't really like Mondays. I love Monday evenings. It will be another 6 days until Monday rolls around again. I have tried to reserve something special to do just on Monday...like diverting the attention of a three year old with a piece of candy…but that didn’t work...I am not a three year old.

Mondays are those type of days that give me high aspirations for the rest of the day, week, month and year.
For example, during my work breaks or during lunch I will start making to-do lists. Multiple to do-lists would litter my desk. I am so odd.

I L-O-V-E making lists! Getting them completed is another thing. I am pretty good about the Monday evening to-do list…maybe it is from coming off of my weekend-high…but the rest of week, month and year to-do lists is another story. I have been criticized for being too ‘listy’ (that is my cheesy, inventive adjective)…so, for the entire summer of 2009 I did not write a list, accept for the occasional shopping list, and I did learn a lot of things from that list hiatus.

Shoot! The above paragraph may seem like I have reverted back to my old habit of killing trees by using excessive amounts of paper and sticky notes, but I really haven’t. Now, I only do it once a week. I have tamed the little, long-haired, out-law inside of me and have stopped making stupid to-do lists that I won’t accomplish and will instead stuff into my desk drawer to be held hostage with rest of my paper victims, all the while having a productive feeling in my heart, because I made a list, right? That counts for something, right?

Hmmmm.

L.s.R

Crossing it Off the List (Part 3)

Another goal checked off!

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

I have seen an Indian Pow-wow!

My desire to see a pow-wow started when I was a little, tow-headed girl watching John Waynes on my dad's lap. The Searchers was/is my favorite. The scene where John Wayne's search party comes neck and neck with Scar and his warriors as they race to the river always terrified me. But I still loved to watch it. I almost, almost loved Scar more than John Waynes's character. I can't explain why?

Anyway, my childish fascination reached its climax this weekend!

L.s.R.

Slow Down

 “Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.” Oscar Wilde

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Weekend Getaway

Dad and I went to Colorado over Memorial Weekend.

Family, friends, mountains, Estes Park, Boulder/Boulder race, long talks with Dad, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Laura's, mountain walks, Poppies, Candy the Choclate Lab, fresh air, Estes Arts Festival, quiet time, country music, relaxation.

L.s.R.

Crossing it Off the List (Part 2)

Well, I am able to check another goal off my list!

(Part 1)

I have seen the Holy  Land!

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Day 8

May 6, 2010

…still flying to JFK…

For our last day in Israel we started by going to the Old City and seeing some of the ruins that have been and still being excavated from David’s palace. We walked for a while beneath the city in the tunnels, which is how David conquered Jerusalem.

The rest of the day we saw the Upper-Room, walked through the Jerusalem, and saw the Holocaust Memorial. The Memorial was very simple and moving. The opening of the exhibit is a lane of trees, and each tree is dedicated to a person who assisted the Jews during the Holocaust. The first tree we saw was Schindler’s and the second one was Corrie Ten Boom’s which was dedicated to her, her father and sister. The Ten Boom’s original tree died within the same week that Corrie died, so they had to replant it. Being led through the Memorial by Hezzie, a Jew who was a little boy when the Holocaust happened was a very neat experience. At times he got very emotional as he spoke about his people. We didn’t go into the actual museum, since you have to have a reservation and we did our tour last minute, but we were able to go the tomb for the unknown dead and the children’s memorial.

The last thing we saw in Israel was the Garden Tomb. It was the only way to end a trip to the Holy Land. It was especially uplifting after seeing the Holocaust Memorial. The Garden Tomb is owned by a non-denominational Christian organization in the Arab quarter of Jerusalem. The tomb sits a little ways from Golgotha where Christ was crucified. Unfortunately, the site of the crucifixion is owned by the Arabs who have a bus stop on top of it. The Christians have tried endlessly to buy the site from the Arabs, but they won’t sell the area. There were flowers everywhere in the Garden. There were little paths that lead to alcoves were people were praying or doing communion together or separately. This was the perfect way to end this trip for me. Before we took communion, Pastor spoke to us and was able bring the entire trip into perspective for me. I feel so blessed to have been able to go on this trip, to stand where Jesus stood, to see with my own eyes what His people are like.

One of many this that this trip taught me was to start praying continually for the peace of Israel, that they would know and believe that Jesus Christ is their Messiah and Savior. That they would realize Jesus is the One they have been seeking to release not only their political oppression, but a refuge for their souls and endless joy in their hearts.

L.s.R