Last night I had a two and a half hour conversation on courtship with a man in my church. He mentioned that the verse saying a man that doesn’t provide for his family is worse than an unbeliever applies to courtship also. Although a certain amount of protection shoudl be given, a father should think primarily about providing his daughter a husband. Thoughts?
Today’s been emotionally exhausting. This morning, I went to a funeral for a little baby boy. He died only one day after being born. I don’t remember ever going to a funeral before. I’ve been to 3 memorial services, but this was obviously harder to endure. This baby was the 16th child of the family. They’ve definitely been blessed with a lot of children, but that doesn’t make this loss any easier. I gave the mother a hug after the service and whispered “I’ll be praying for you.” Her body shook with sobs as she whispered back her thanks. I couldn’t stop crying for a long time. The baby’s name was James Robert. He died in his mother’s arms, as she rocked him and sang the Gloria Patri to him.
“Why is it that after you become a Christian, you have to become a dork?”—A girl in my graduate program after attending a church function with another girl in my graduate program.
I’ve been really amused with the answers for the movie quiz.
#4 is Dead Poet’s Society.
#3 still hasn’t been guessed.
Quote: “I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family.”
Hint 1: “This is a reference to the War Between the States.”
Quote 2: “”He’s my brother, can’t you see the resemblance?”
Hint 2: Denzel Washington says quote 1.
Since Sarah is posting bad hymns, I thought I’d post one that my friend Nathan saw in a hymnal in Mississippi in May.
4. Ain’t it a shame to lie on Sunday,
Ain’t it a shame (a lying shame),
Ain’t it a shame to lie on Sunday,
Ain’t it a shame (a lying shame),
Ain’t it a shame to lie on Sunday,
When you got Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday,
(And you got Thursday, Friday, and Saturday),
Ain’t it a shame.
The footnote is pretty interesting too. A friend in this lab sarcastically said, “Hey, Rick, they’re worshipping now.” Ain’t that song a shame?
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