What Goes Around

I broke a tooth.  I was eating some delicious carmel corn and had decided to eat the whole bag of it.  I took a break half way through the bag and got back to it the next day.  And that is when it happened.  I was getting to the bottom of the bag where there were a few kernels mixed in.  I'm not sure of when exactly it happened, but when I was all done eating it (not quite all of it) I felt like I had some corn skins in my teeth.  As I ran my tongue around my teeth I felt the sharp, jagged edges on the back molar.  Sure enough, a piece of tooth was missing. Of course you only break a tooth on a Saturday, to give you extra time to feel the tooth.  I couldn't eat on that side and it hurt when the toothbrush hit it.  I had a nerve exposed. Luckily the dentist fit me in on Monday morning.  I told him to just pull it.  But he showed me how the tooth was important for chewing.  Two teeth met up with that molar to grind food up. ...

This will be our first Christmas in America in a long time.  I'm not looking forward to it.  I have a job in retail and just last night we set up the Christmas merchandise.  As I was unloading boxes of stuff I almost felt sick.  Who needs all this stuff? First I unpacked the stocking hooks.  These are different shaped items that sit on a shelf and have a hook to hang your stocking on.  There are ones shaped like trees, reindeer, and trains.  And then since we live near the ocean there are also ones shaped like lighthouses and anchors. Then I got to unpack the bathroom Christmas section.  And that is when I started to feel sick.  10 different shower curtains to choose from with all the collection of towels, soap dispensers, and even toilet lid covers.  Who spends a hundred bucks to decorate a bathroom? As I finished up and went home I thought through all the items and realized not a single one had anything to do with Jesus.  N...

I had a bit of a pity party the other night, without any cake.  What kind of loser party doesn't have cake.  I was feeling sorry for myself.  I was letting people's words get to me.  People who said I wasn't any good at something I thought I was good at.  People who told me that I wasn't worthy.  People who said things to hurt me.  I was reliving the hurt of the moment when it was said.  I felt the sting all over again. Then a few days later, Micah and I were getting out of the car in front of the house here.  I saw the neighborhood crazy guy coming on his bike.  So we just waited for him to pass.  And as he passed he said loudly, "And.... you don't matter!"  Micah cracked up.  I also thought it was pretty funny. The crazy guy's words didn't hurt me, but they did make me think.  Why do I let people hurt me with their words?  Why do I put merit on some people's words but not on others?  Why do some words...

I haven't really thought of the name of Planned Parenthood until just now.  As I made it my title here the words just sunk in.  "Planned"  So it seems that an unplanned parenthood is what we are eliminating.  If a child is created without a plan by the parents then they have permission to get rid of it.  And then I think how nothing God creates is without a plan. But what I really wanted to say is that all this talk about baby parts being harvested by Planned Parenthood is disgusting.  The thing that is heart breaking to me is the thought that all the mothers who aborted their babies must be distraught over the thought of maybe their baby being used in this way.  This must bring up a lot of hurt in a lot of women.  Maybe now would be a good time for the church to reach out with words of healing for these women.  This is just one more layer of the loss and pain they must feel.  

Yesterday I started a diet.  There are seven food items you eliminate from your diet for a week and then you bring one back at a time.  The seven foods are:  milk, soy, eggs, peanuts, gluten, sugar, and corn.  I thought that would be pretty easy.  WRONG!  I was okay with my oatmeal with almond butter for breakfast.  It was unsatisfying, but okay.  Then a sad lunch of beans and rice.  Dinner was zucchini.  I was so tired at bedtime.  No energy what-so-ever.  I weighed myself to kind of get a good starting weight.  I did it after dinner when I thought I would be at my heaviest. So this morning I get up and eat some boring oatmeal again and have a fruit protein drink.  I weighed myself and it was 3 pounds MORE then the night before.  And then I had to rush to the bathroom to have loose motion.  Not a good start.  I was again unsatisfied and still hungry and my tummy was rumbling. I ate almonds for a s...

This morning I am feeling sad.  Facebook is making me sad.  My friends are making me sad.  I also feel lonely.  The Supreme Court decision to allow same sex marriage in all states is making me sad.  And seeing so many friends change their facebook photo to the rainbow colors makes me just sad.  This is not a victory for America.  This is a big step in turning away from God.  I don't consider America to be a Christian nation, but it was founded on Christian principles.  But we have turned away.  I am reminded of this over and over as I read the Bible.  The stories of the kings and how many times they turned the country away from God had always had me puzzled.  How could it happen so quickly?  But it wasn't quick.  It was just like we are doing in America.  Slowly making big changes that are against the perfect law that God has set before us.  It is 40+ years ago since we legalized killing unborn babies. ...

Today felt like a Twilight zone episode.  Things were just weird.  I woke up at 2:30 AM and got ready for our plane trip to Charlotte.  There were new ways of checking in and going through security.  Then arriving in Charlotte we had to wait an hour for our luggage to come.  It didn't seem like anyone else was waiting so we kept checking around to see if we were in the right place.  We were told it usually takes 45 minutes.  We waited.  Checked around some more.  Then someone said it took 30 minutes.  Waited some more.  The carousel never seemed to move as we waited.  Then I found another airline employee and asked when the bags would arrive.  She said they already did.  I found our bags in the pile of left luggage.  So what I figure is that we were the only ones stupid enough to check our bags.  Everyone else knows that Charlotte airport has the slowest baggage service so they just had carry-on.  So w...