If your young son suddenly had a craving for a late night snack/munchies around 10:30pm, and wanted to go the shops to get some food, what would you do?
a) Go to the kitchen and give him some fruit instead as it is better for him
b) Tell him he's dreaming and herd him back to bed immediately
c) Hop in the car and speed all the way to the nearest 7-11 before it shuts
c) Take him out the back of the house, hop into your tinny and hoon over to the over side of the river and let him get his own snacks from the local service station at the other side
d) Give him a shot of rum and wait for him to hit the sack like a falling tree
Next scenario:
You are fishing at the local jetty and notice an Asian family that is also fishing there. You use different bait to them as you think you know better. Over the next 2 hours you then witness them pulling fish in one after the other, putting them all into their esky, mostly undersized ones. You catch nothing.
What do you do?
a) Start crying like a baby
b) You go over to their esky, pick it up and tip all the contents of the esky over the railing back into the river, tell them it is illegal to keep the fish, put it back down and go back to your fishing chair
c) You try and steal a fish from their esky when they are not looking
d) You decide it really is your bait that is not doing the trick, so you go up to them and politely ask them if you can borrow some of their bait instead
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Perspectives
Let's be honest- 2010 has been a very difficult year for us.
A year that we probably don't really want to remember when it's over in a little over 2 months time.
We've had lots of things thrown at us to test our endurance, our health, our financial situation, our relationships, our commitments, our faith.
Satan has been working hard on us, we have almost drowned and of late been ready to give up, but God has spoken loud and clear that we are not forsaken and that He is faithful, true and has shared in our pain.
The journey has been alot tougher than I'd originally anticipated.
It hasn't been easy watching other people's lives continue on as normal, and seeing that everyone else's lives appear problem-free, worry-free and struggle-free, doing whatever they want to do and being able to do so without any limitations.
I struggle to remember what it was like to be normal again, if none of the things that have occurred this year ever happened. Would our lives have been better, worse or the same?
It is true that the past couple of years have been spiritually stagnant. So it actually makes sense that we had to face the things that have been thrown at us this year to rekindle the flame and appreciate so much more-on spiritual things rather than earthly, material things.
So I think my answer to the question above, is that our lives would have been possibly worse off if this year had been a year without the struggles we have faced.
A year that we probably don't really want to remember when it's over in a little over 2 months time.
We've had lots of things thrown at us to test our endurance, our health, our financial situation, our relationships, our commitments, our faith.
Satan has been working hard on us, we have almost drowned and of late been ready to give up, but God has spoken loud and clear that we are not forsaken and that He is faithful, true and has shared in our pain.
The journey has been alot tougher than I'd originally anticipated.
It hasn't been easy watching other people's lives continue on as normal, and seeing that everyone else's lives appear problem-free, worry-free and struggle-free, doing whatever they want to do and being able to do so without any limitations.
I struggle to remember what it was like to be normal again, if none of the things that have occurred this year ever happened. Would our lives have been better, worse or the same?
It is true that the past couple of years have been spiritually stagnant. So it actually makes sense that we had to face the things that have been thrown at us this year to rekindle the flame and appreciate so much more-on spiritual things rather than earthly, material things.
So I think my answer to the question above, is that our lives would have been possibly worse off if this year had been a year without the struggles we have faced.
Friday, October 08, 2010
Smooth sounds
Abit of a mumbo-jumbo music thread of the songs I've just listened to on my iTouch (in shuffle mode):
Right Here, Right Now, and wondering What's Ur Flava this weekend? The Cure is loving falling down and bouncing back on a High, they also like Toy Soldiers and Sailing Away into the sunset which is not Easy to Ignore.
It's time for a Holiday. It's boring to go on your own- my friends.....................I get the feeling that I cannot go on a great holiday Without You.
MMMmMMMmMMMM.
Right Here, Right Now, and wondering What's Ur Flava this weekend? The Cure is loving falling down and bouncing back on a High, they also like Toy Soldiers and Sailing Away into the sunset which is not Easy to Ignore.
It's time for a Holiday. It's boring to go on your own- my friends.....................I get the feeling that I cannot go on a great holiday Without You.
MMMmMMMmMMMM.
Monday, October 04, 2010
More Threads
All it took was a 1 hour visit to my godmother and godfather on Saturday and more connections/links/people threads were drawn.
My godmother's youngest daughter (who is married) was a missionary (possibly with CMS) in Africa for 10 years.
She is currently studying part-time at QTC and knows my brother and sister-in-law.
Godmother's son-in-law is the associate pastor at a local Anglican Church and the particular church service he oversees contains lots of people from my husband's previous church.
One of my godmother's grand-daughters and grandson are friends of a friend at our church, with her grandson doing the same degree as our church friend.
Godmother's youngest daughter knows my GP for many years, through another church they used to attend together on the northside.
My godmother's youngest daughter (who is married) was a missionary (possibly with CMS) in Africa for 10 years.
She is currently studying part-time at QTC and knows my brother and sister-in-law.
Godmother's son-in-law is the associate pastor at a local Anglican Church and the particular church service he oversees contains lots of people from my husband's previous church.
One of my godmother's grand-daughters and grandson are friends of a friend at our church, with her grandson doing the same degree as our church friend.
Godmother's youngest daughter knows my GP for many years, through another church they used to attend together on the northside.
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