Yesterday, pondered the fact that we are a family of six. Our birthdays are distributed through the year so that: the birthdays occur in two sets of three consecutive months, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Feb., Mar., Apr. This is remarkable enough, but I also just realized: the birth dates are also chronologically arranged so that our youngest occurs first in the series, the second son born occurs second, the third occurs third, and the fourth, fourth, then Carol's birthday, followed by mine-i.e. if you count from Aug., the birthdays go from the youngest family member to the oldest. The two groups of birthdays are also separated, of course by three months. Just wondered what the odds against such a grouping of birthdays are? Any actuary's reading this?
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Looking into the eyes of Jesus
This past week was reading a book by Jim Goll and was so touched by his account of a vision experienced by Mahesh Chavda, a converted Hindu:
"...as He came closer to me, I could see that He was smiling. It was a smile of utter love and delight...
He came closer still, and I saw His eyes. I will never forget the eyes of Jesus. I could see that those eyes had felt every hurt, every heartache, that had ever been felt. They had shed every tear that had ever been wept on earth. Yet they were not eyes of sadness or gloom. They were the eyes of triumph, eyes that seemed to say, 'Yes, I know the pain, I know the heartache, I know the tears. I took it all upon myself when I died on the cross. But I have overcome. And you can overcome too'.
Then as I stood there gazing into His eyes, He stretched out His hand and placed it on my shoulder and said to me simply, 'My little brother'.
As suddenly as it[the vision] had begun, it ended....
This experience came just after he had come to a point of despair and had given up on the thought of embracing the truth he had been so captivated by as he read the bible that a missionary had given him.
"...as He came closer to me, I could see that He was smiling. It was a smile of utter love and delight...
He came closer still, and I saw His eyes. I will never forget the eyes of Jesus. I could see that those eyes had felt every hurt, every heartache, that had ever been felt. They had shed every tear that had ever been wept on earth. Yet they were not eyes of sadness or gloom. They were the eyes of triumph, eyes that seemed to say, 'Yes, I know the pain, I know the heartache, I know the tears. I took it all upon myself when I died on the cross. But I have overcome. And you can overcome too'.
Then as I stood there gazing into His eyes, He stretched out His hand and placed it on my shoulder and said to me simply, 'My little brother'.
As suddenly as it[the vision] had begun, it ended....
This experience came just after he had come to a point of despair and had given up on the thought of embracing the truth he had been so captivated by as he read the bible that a missionary had given him.
Monday, November 22, 2010
God's Expectations
What can we bring to the Lord to make up for what we've done? ...Should we offer Him thousands of rams and tens of thousands of rivers of olive oil? Would that please the Lord? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for the sins of our souls? Would that make Him glad? Micah 6:8 No, O people, the Lord has already told you what is good, and this is what He requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Listen, fear the Lord if you are wise! His voice is calling out to everyone in Jerusalem, "The armies of destruction are coming; the Lord is sending them.
Friday, November 19, 2010
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