Not that I have hundreds of readers anymore...

I want to send my readers to another blog. I've been reading this guy for a while now...I'm curious, what do you think of SAM's post?

Faith Healers: It would be funnier if it wasn't so true...

During a revival meeting, a faith healer asked the people in line what they needed. One man's request was for his hearing.

The healer determed it was a demon of deafness, so spit on his finger, put it in the man's ear, and yelled, "In the name of Jeeezus... come out."

He held out the microphone asked him, "How's your hearing now?"

The man said, "I don't know - it's next Tuesday."

My kind of joke...

Little Nancy was in the garden filling a hole, when her neighbor peered over the fence. Interested in what the girl was doing, he asked,"What are you up to Nancy?"

"My goldfish died today," replied Nancy tearfully without looking up...."and I've just buried him."

The neighbor laughed and said condescendingly, "That's a really big hole for a goldfish, isn't it?"

Little Nancy patted down the last heap of earth and replied, "That's because he's inside your cat!"

Alarm

I heard a pastor this weekend give a sermon that talked about the difference between worry and alarm: Worry being chronic, alarm being the thing the propels you to action.

Well, on the morning we were supposed to go to my wife's neurology appointment followup, my daughter just decided to start screaming. Not a "I'm cranky, pay attention to me" scream, but a "my arm's being cut off" scream. We tried all the normal things to calm her down and distract her... but after an hour we took her to Urgent Care. Urgent Care had a two hour wait... makes me wonder why they call it "urgent care" and not "sometime when we get around to it" care.

We still have no idea what happened...she is better now... but life is full of "alarm."

Fun with Hebrew

I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan.... so I think this is hilarious. Actually, it's hilarious even if you LIKE Tom Cruise... which you probably don't.

"Why didn't you just go back to your ancestors' language, and call the kid 'Scram Cruise?'"

It's not like I didn't have the opportunity...

Tomorrow I will be 14,180 days old.

It's funny to think of it that way. I've had 14,180 sunrises/sunsets to watch. 14,180 days to grow, think, reflect about life. I have changed... actually, I have grown a lot. I don't say that arrogantly, but I have learned sometimes hard lessons and now live/think differently because of them. I worry less, trust more, think more about others than I used to (I was too busy thinking about myself.) And I'm not as concerned with my image and what others think of me... and more concerned about what God thinks of me.

But man... you would think that with 14,180 days I would be further along by now!

Just fyi, you can find out how many days old you are and share your reflection on this question:

What is the more important lesson you have learned in your days?

"Teach us to number our days aright, so that we may gain a heart of wisdom."

"Blessed are the Peacemakers"

Tonight my wife and I had mdog over to have dinner and watch a movie... and her true nature comes out.

Quote from mdog to bloggingpaul... "We need to get you a new injury."

Easter is coming...

Generally people who are dead stay dead, but things have changed.

Cosmic Alignment

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1 a.m., the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't ever happen again.

You may now return to your (normal ?) life.

Quote of the month...

An actual conversation between my wife and me as I try to talk her into letting me break my lenten fast...

Me: (teasing) "I mean, maybe I'm just being legalistic here!"

Her: (teasing back) "Isn't legalism just a word we use to describe other people who are more obedient than us?"

She is a pretty sharp cookie. I like her.