A Wink is as Good as a Nod to a Blind Ref

A partially blind college football official just wants back on the field, saying his one eye is just as good as two. Story here.

I’m glad this isn’t in the SEC. Then again after last year’s debacles therein, maybe the SEC is where they go when the other conferences don’t want them.  

CCM

Interesting read about “Christian Music”.

CLAY Ministries

I’m so impressed with Bemberg. He’s barely out of high school, and has his own ministry.

Cool!

French Press & God

I’ve discovered the wonder of French pressed coffee. I am wondering why it’s taken so long. I purchased a small breaker just so I would make sure I would like it. And I do.  

So I’ve made a new pact, inspired by this post. My first cup would include a prayer inspired by Brennan and then quiet, reflective time to enjoy God’s presence and my French press coffee.

The prayer is “Abba, into your hands I entrust my body, mind, and spirit and this entire day—morning, afternoon, evening, and night. Whatever you want of me, I want of me, falling into you and trusting you in the midst of my life. Into your heart I entrust my heart, feeble, distracted, insecure, and uncertain. Abba, unto you I abandon myself in Jesus our Lord. Amen.”

Trust-HBS

I was reading Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning and ran upon this quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It goes:"When the heart-strings are suddenly cut, it is, I believe, a physical impossibility to feel faith or resignation; there is a revolt of the instinctive and animal system, and though we may submit to God, it is rather by constant painful effort than sweet attraction. "

With the stuff that I’ve been dealing with, it really hit me like a ton of bricks.

Brennan really has a way of piecing stories, quotes, poems and jokes in such a way that really hits home with me. An associate of mine refers to it as framing.

Anyway, as I see it, I am at a place that I long for the sweet attraction of the most beautiful One. Amen.

FMS

This should be the name for all middle schools everywhere.

Flying Dog

I was getting off the plane in Memphis to get on a plane headed for Louisville, when I saw a dog sitting in front of his master at the emergency door row. It hit me…..I’ve never seen a dog on a plane before. Cool. Of course, he was a seeing-eye dog. Which prompts this:


There once was a blind man who decided to visit Texas. When he arrived on the plane, he felt the seats and said, "Wow, these seats are big!" The person next to him answered, "Everything is big in Texas." When he finally arrived in Texas, he decided to visit a bar. Upon arriving in the bar, he ordered a beer and got a mug placed between his hands. He exclaimed, "Wow these mugs are big!" The bartender replied, "Everything is big in Texas." After a couple of beers, the blind man asked the bartender where the bathroom was located. The bartender replied, "Second door to the right." The blind man headed for the bathroom, but accidentally tripped over and skipped the second door. Instead, he entered the third door, which lead to the swimming pool and fell into the pool by accident. Scared to death, the blind man started shouting, "Don't flush, don't flush!"