So we are driving along the road on Sunday and see a car off of the side of the road, down in the bushes in a ditch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So we drive closer to see it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and we strain to see the sign on the side.  This is the truth...not a joke.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sometimes life is funny.

peace....

It's in the 20's with snow predicted today.... 

so crazy, our weather....

There is something going on with someone who is very close to me...this person has been like a parent to me is in a very difficult situation....I am feeling so...at war inside.  I want to do something, but don't know what to do.... Yes I am praying about it....but I still feel all jiggly inside....  ugh.

wish I could be at

peace....

66 degrees and sunny

that's all I'm saying

peace

I remember when shootings in schools would be such big news that all other news would be preempted and we would all be glued to the news to find out what was happening.  Now it gets a brief mention and they go on to talk about Britney's latest escapades or something like that.  And I used to seek out more info about the situation to try to figure out why it happened--why the person would do such a thing--how they got into the class with a gun, etc....  Now I hear it, and move on with my daily routine. 

Is it possible that this has become so commonplace that it no longer seems shocking?  Can it be that I have become numb to this?  Wow.  I have been watching a show called "The First 48".  It is about real murders and shows how they get solved.  Ron wonders how I can watch it because he thinks it is grotesque.  Well...the reason I watch it is because I have become so numb...we hear about murders every day...and they cease to be people...you don't think about them as people.  This show makes them people with families and lives....  and it makes you remember that those murder victims were human beings.  So THAT is part of the reason that I watch the show..... 

Something else that got to me this week.... it has been going on for quite a while, but I just was reminded of it again.  It's called "The Blasphemy Challenge".  Basically they are using Mark 3:29:  "Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." to challenge people to deny the the Holy Spirit and therefore "damn themselves to Hell".  They ask them to make a video and they have to say "I deny the Holy Spirit"  The part that makes me sick is watching all of the videos of people who took the challenge and have done it.  They equate Jesus with the Easter Bunny and Santa.  Many of them end with "see you in hell".  All on youtube for the world to see.  It makes me so very sad....  My heart is heavy for them...

Ahhh...our world....sigh.....

peace...

 

 

For all of my dear, sweet, supportive, loving friends who rejoiced with me in my good fortune in having the beautiful, warm days last week, I wanted to report that today it is 13 and very windy.  It is supposed to go up to 17.  You may now clap your hands and dance with glee.

peace...

The World According to Pam Too--TV and Politics.....

• Simon is a lot nicer this year on American Idol (at least so far)


• To add to my comments from yesterday about the Presidential elections, I am sick of hearing people saying in interviews "I am voting for ____ because I want to see the first woman/African American president" elected in my lifetime..."  because that implies that color or gender is the first factor in their decision making process.  I will NEVER tell ANYONE how to vote, because I hate it when people try to influence my vote, HOWEVER I feel strongly that people should vote based on issues, credentials and experience, not based on race, gender and popularity, and frankly, not even along party lines.  This election scares me the most, because it could be a history making election....which I am all for...as long as the history making person has the background and experience needed to run our country.


• Politics Too - What makes these candidates think that making recorded calls to my phone in the evenings are going to get me to vote for them?  A:  I am not going to listen to the whole drawn out message  B:  It really makes me mad and C:  ARGH!!!!!!


• Celebrity Apprentice has given me a new appreciation (or should I say, an appreciation) for Gene Simmons....  He is quite the businessman, and he is very self assured.  And he doesn't let anyone else take the fall/responsibility for something that he believes in....HEY...Maybe HE should run for President!  He could be the first actual Rock start to be elected President! 


• Random Office Quote:  "I'm friends with everybody in this office. We're all best friends. I love everybody here. But sometimes your best friends start coming into work late and start having dentist appointments that aren't dentist appointments, and that is when it's nice to let them know that you could beat them up" - Michael Scott


• Survivor is back...I am SO excited


• This writer's strike is making me crazy.  I found myself watching a show called Parking Wars, which is a reality show about people who write parking citations in the city of Philadelphia.  Now THAT is desperation people! 

Well, that is it....

peace....

The World According to Pam:

• The weather has been really wacky lately-- blizzards, tornadoes, and record-breaking heat.  I am glad I live where I live....we definitely got the best of the alternatives!


• I think it is interesting that someone can confess to committing a crime and then say that they didn't mean it, and still the judge doesn't indite them.  Doesn't that make them a liar one way or the other?  Joran Van der Sloot is guilty of something....  If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck.....  But I must say, this is another big lesson for girls...stay away from boys you don't know...


• I read an article about the youngest Spears sister...the one who is 16 and pregnant.  They were saying that at least she is in a "committed relationship".  Hmmm, committed relationship at 16......  I think I was in about 5 committed relationships that year--or at least that's what I thought at the time--and I didn't have sex with any of them. 


• This Presidential election is not thrilling my soul...  the options are not exciting me.  I am concerned for our future.  I am afraid a lot of people are looking at the glitz and the glamour and not at the core issues..... 


• I wish dogs had an on/off switch so I could turn off the barking.  They seem to get in a "barking mood" on some days.  Maybe just a "mute" button.


• Ron and I have implemented "couch time" every evening for at least an hour after dinner.  It is a time where we both sit on the couch beside each other and watch a show together or just talk....  It is mandatory.  Ron asked last night why it took us 18 years to figure this out....I think we thought we had more important things to do....  He on his computer, me somewhere else in the house.  I don't know.  But since we have been doing this for the last few months, it has strengthened our relationship so much.  I recommend it to everyone.  It's too easy to get caught up in everything else...and the truth is...there will always be something else to do...and before you know it, you will turn around and face your spouse and wonder where the time went and regret the time wasted. 


• God sure works in some amazing ways....if you only knew the ways He has worked lately, you would never believe it.....  I am going to tell you because this is very weird and I can hardly believe it.  Okay... follow this carefully:  A long time ago, I added a friend here who I know because I judged her as a youth in a competition thing...her name was Sandy....somehow from that, another guy commented on my site, and I became his friend.  His name was Gabe...  From Gabe I met a girl named Lanna and we have become good friends, as a matter of fact, she is going to be visiting DC this summer with her new bf.  Somehow from Lanna, I met her friend Sarah.  Sarah recently posted a message to pray for her because she was considering a job teaching english in Japan.  I told Sarah that I have another friend, Bobby, who is a missionary in Japan, and that I was sure that he would be willing to talk to her about his experience in Japan if she was interested...she was, and I introduced them on Facebook.  Here is the REALLY weird part....  Sarah's potential job is at a church where Bobby's very close friend Taka, who went to Bible college right across the street from our church here and who I also know, now worships.  Is that the coolest thing in the entire world?  God worked that whole thing out!  I still don't know what's happening with the job situation, but I do know that Bobby was able to tell Sarah about the area.....  God is awesome!


• I was watching 48 Hours the other night.  It was about a crime that was committed in 1957.  This guy robbed and terrorized a bunch of teenagers and raped one of the girls, then murdered two police officers.  Then, for almost 4 decades, lived a crime-free existence....never getting caught-never doing anything else... until a series of events happened that eventually ended up leading police to an elderly man who thought that he had outrun his past.  A man who technically had "one bad day" but who had impacted so many lives.  He even had a bullet still in him from a shot the dying police officer had managed to get off.  It reminded me of that scripture in Numbers...  Be sure your sins will find you out.... 


• It bugs me when women are on those makeover shows and have a chance to get their hair styled by world renowned hair stylists, and then they tell the hair stylist not to cut their hair, or limit them to how much or what they can do.  Listen...this is your one shot with that hair stylist...and HAIR GROWS BACK! (well...for most people...sorry ron and rev jeff)

Oh well...I think that is it.  Weird I know...but then, consider the source!

peace....

 

67 degrees and climbing

peace...

Funny Stuff....

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That's it for today...

peace...

This song by Casting Crowns is so powerful....

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"Slow Fade"

Be careful little eyes what you see
It's the second glance that ties your hands as darkness pulls the strings
Be careful little feet where you go
For it's the little feet behind you that are sure to follow

It's a slow fade when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
It's a slow fade, it's a slow fade

Be careful little ears what you hear
When flattery leads to compromise, the end is always near
Be careful little lips what you say
For empty words and promises lead broken hearts astray

It's a slow fade when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day

The journey from your mind to your hands
Is shorter than you're thinking
Be careful if you think you stand
You just might be sinking

It's a slow fade when you give yourself away
It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray
Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid
When you give yourself away
People never crumble in a day
Daddies never crumble in a day
Families never crumble in a day

Oh be careful little eyes what see
Oh be careful little eyes what you see
For the Father up above is looking down in love
Oh be careful little eyes what you see

 

I know the video is really directed toward pornography, but I think the words of this song can be directed toward a lot of aspects in our Christian lives.  We take "one step" over the line, and the next time it makes it easier to take two steps, and then three steps and then four steps and then five steps.....  Creeping compromise of our values and our beliefs....and we slowly move farther and farther away from the path where God would have us.  Wow.  I found this song and have been playing it non stop.  What a good reminder. 

Anyway...thought I would share....

peace....