So, as I mentioned last time, I am a block away from the site of yesterday's shooting. The church I go to, when in Tucson over the past 30 years, is the UCC of Casas Adobes. Yep, across the street from the shooting and intersection from me.
The entire Safeway parking lot is barricaded, police and news crews everywhere.
In the church, it was a somber audience. Many there had relatives, friends, business partners lost the day before. I thought to myself, "What can you say to a group whom has experienced sudden loss?" And that loss includes those lost due to surgical facilities being taken up due to the shooting, whom had be scheduled for surgeries, in one case it was life or death but the shootings came first.
The new pastor gave one of the best sermons I have ever heard on the sactity of life and why it is important. If I can get a transcript, I will post it. It was that good.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
What A Day!
Yes, Kris is still alive - though given what the day was like, one might wonder at how my number did not come up today.
If you were watching the national news this evening, then you would know a few places around the Tucson area: Westward Look Resort, Safeway, Junction of Oracle and Ina roads.
Yep, yours truly is staying at Westward Look, was at Safeway when all hell broke loose and was completely obvious as to what really was going on. (I ignore all things politico!) Yeah, I did not even know what happend until 45 minutes later when I was in a shop with the tv on in Tubac. Then I understood - that wasn't some weird tv stunt - that was reality!
Then try and get back to the resort - the entire area was in lock down for most of the day.....
Please keep in prayer the families of those shot and killed, for healing for those whom have not died yet and for the Congresswoman whom is suffering greatly.
If you were watching the national news this evening, then you would know a few places around the Tucson area: Westward Look Resort, Safeway, Junction of Oracle and Ina roads.
Yep, yours truly is staying at Westward Look, was at Safeway when all hell broke loose and was completely obvious as to what really was going on. (I ignore all things politico!) Yeah, I did not even know what happend until 45 minutes later when I was in a shop with the tv on in Tubac. Then I understood - that wasn't some weird tv stunt - that was reality!
Then try and get back to the resort - the entire area was in lock down for most of the day.....
Please keep in prayer the families of those shot and killed, for healing for those whom have not died yet and for the Congresswoman whom is suffering greatly.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Words Unsaid
Yesterday I helped the lady whom used to live upstairs repair and re-dye her leather coat as she is leaving for Texas to live with her oldest daughter. It was sort of a bummer because we had been through a great deal together as she fought her cancers and then had to recover enough for surgery last year. Then my little heart incident in August and the tables were turned for two months! She is a dear sister and will continue to be missed greatly. We both had our 'brave' faces on; we both know she may well beat me home.
Yesterday was also send off day for Italian missionary girl, whom is now headed for South Carolina to attend college. That girl's life is so disjointed, I have no idea if she is coming or going most of the time! At least, I do know she is flying out today, Lord help whomever is going to be watching over her in Columbia! I taught her what living by faith meant - and that is exactly what she is now doing. Though it sure would be helpful to my spirit to know she is - well - but then that is where faith comes in. The Lord will keep her. I feel as though one of my daughter's is heading out into the big world; so many things I wish I could tell her or help her with.....
With my signing off, I am heading for Tucson to see my almost lifelong mining partners and friends. In particular, one whom showed me what being a man and a father meant. Now if only he would make peace with his creator! Probably my last chance to see him - so I really want this trip to be the one to once more speak with him concerning this! Many of his children and his wife are Christians but he just is unconvinced concerning this. So your prayers are desired!
So we will see how available internet will be to my little netbook, in a few short hours!
Yesterday was also send off day for Italian missionary girl, whom is now headed for South Carolina to attend college. That girl's life is so disjointed, I have no idea if she is coming or going most of the time! At least, I do know she is flying out today, Lord help whomever is going to be watching over her in Columbia! I taught her what living by faith meant - and that is exactly what she is now doing. Though it sure would be helpful to my spirit to know she is - well - but then that is where faith comes in. The Lord will keep her. I feel as though one of my daughter's is heading out into the big world; so many things I wish I could tell her or help her with.....
With my signing off, I am heading for Tucson to see my almost lifelong mining partners and friends. In particular, one whom showed me what being a man and a father meant. Now if only he would make peace with his creator! Probably my last chance to see him - so I really want this trip to be the one to once more speak with him concerning this! Many of his children and his wife are Christians but he just is unconvinced concerning this. So your prayers are desired!
So we will see how available internet will be to my little netbook, in a few short hours!
Monday, January 3, 2011
2011 - Want To Change Your Life?
Thoughts from reading John 5:1 - 6.
1. Do you need change in your life?
Do you need the change that Jesus offers?
(v 5:3) We all have our problems and we all have our pools to lay beside. We may even have friends and family whom are willing to enable us in our misery.
We all have our mats of comfort or self pity that we lay upon. We hope that something different is going to happen everyday; something which will change us or our circumstance.
Who needs to be touched by Jesus this year? We ALL do!
2. Do you really want change in your life?
(v5:5, 6) One might be tempted to wonder if Jesus was asking this invalid a dumb question. After all, this man had been unable to walk for 38 years. But, Jesus was not asking a dumb question, he was asking if the man really wanted change in his life.
Why wouldn't the man want to be healed? Well, change is hard and many consider change to be down right evil! We take great comfort in the familiarity of our surroundings and circumstance. Change is not comfortable to almost anyone!
We read this passage and we can see that Jesus is actually being the perfect gentleman - He is not going to act unless the man was willing to ASK Him to! In our lives, Jesus stills seems to work the same way - if we do not ask, He does not act! (Ok, there are those situations where He seems to use a baseball bat on me to get me where He wants me!)
Do you want change in your life in 2011? Then choose healing over hurt in your life. Physical, Spiritual and/or Emotional healing in our lives is all easily within the abilities of God - but we do need to ASK.
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(As if a validation last night, as I wrote this, my heart began to give up as it had in August. I have been almost fatalistic these past two weeks knowing this was going to happen - and yet with this note on my mind I prayed for my heart to recover - and it did. The first responder had my initial blood pressure at 211/121 (gag! my pulse was also off the charts) and after I prayed it dropped to 143/85 with a pulse of 70! Yeah, asking works..... And apparently my number is not quite up yet.)
:^)
1. Do you need change in your life?
Do you need the change that Jesus offers?
(v 5:3) We all have our problems and we all have our pools to lay beside. We may even have friends and family whom are willing to enable us in our misery.
We all have our mats of comfort or self pity that we lay upon. We hope that something different is going to happen everyday; something which will change us or our circumstance.
Who needs to be touched by Jesus this year? We ALL do!
2. Do you really want change in your life?
(v5:5, 6) One might be tempted to wonder if Jesus was asking this invalid a dumb question. After all, this man had been unable to walk for 38 years. But, Jesus was not asking a dumb question, he was asking if the man really wanted change in his life.
Why wouldn't the man want to be healed? Well, change is hard and many consider change to be down right evil! We take great comfort in the familiarity of our surroundings and circumstance. Change is not comfortable to almost anyone!
We read this passage and we can see that Jesus is actually being the perfect gentleman - He is not going to act unless the man was willing to ASK Him to! In our lives, Jesus stills seems to work the same way - if we do not ask, He does not act! (Ok, there are those situations where He seems to use a baseball bat on me to get me where He wants me!)
Do you want change in your life in 2011? Then choose healing over hurt in your life. Physical, Spiritual and/or Emotional healing in our lives is all easily within the abilities of God - but we do need to ASK.
*****************************************************
(As if a validation last night, as I wrote this, my heart began to give up as it had in August. I have been almost fatalistic these past two weeks knowing this was going to happen - and yet with this note on my mind I prayed for my heart to recover - and it did. The first responder had my initial blood pressure at 211/121 (gag! my pulse was also off the charts) and after I prayed it dropped to 143/85 with a pulse of 70! Yeah, asking works..... And apparently my number is not quite up yet.)
:^)
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Wholly Cow! You will not believe this one!
I was at the first church of the fresh meat and there is this little old lady whom runs the prayer ministry. Before service began, she came up and asked if I would be willing to pray at the end of the service. They have volunteers stand over on the side at the end just in case anyone wants prayer. Now I have know this lady for many years through my visits here and perhaps she is just used to seeing me. So, I thought why not?
End of service, I walk out and cut over to the far door and walk down the far aisle and stop up front. She joins me shortly thereafter. The pastor tells the church that prayer teams are at the front and turns to my side and goes, "Over here, we have ------------- Kris," but there was utter confusion in his eyes. I was just smiling.
Only one person came up on my side, a young blond girl - mind you not as pretty as my blond daughters, but a looker none the less! She asked for prayer as she returns to school, explaining that life was a little difficult there and she did not seem to have good fellowship. Seemed reasonable, we prayed and then broke up as the church emptied.
Well, except for her, whom wanted to talk more to me! I was instantly on my defense but answered her questions, which only seemed to make her more interested. And, then I was realizing she came up for prayer because she wanted to know me! What the heck!
I quickly calculated that it would not have been hard at all to be her grandfather if I had married around 21! Excusing myself I FLED the scene.
Now I will be the first that to admit that as a middle age guy it is down right encouraging to even get a look (such as I got from her!) from a girl that soft on the eyes. And, I imagine a normal one would have her name, address and phone number (which she offered!) by now. But, ya know, I exorcised those demons years ago.
I was at the first church of the fresh meat and there is this little old lady whom runs the prayer ministry. Before service began, she came up and asked if I would be willing to pray at the end of the service. They have volunteers stand over on the side at the end just in case anyone wants prayer. Now I have know this lady for many years through my visits here and perhaps she is just used to seeing me. So, I thought why not?
End of service, I walk out and cut over to the far door and walk down the far aisle and stop up front. She joins me shortly thereafter. The pastor tells the church that prayer teams are at the front and turns to my side and goes, "Over here, we have ------------- Kris," but there was utter confusion in his eyes. I was just smiling.
Only one person came up on my side, a young blond girl - mind you not as pretty as my blond daughters, but a looker none the less! She asked for prayer as she returns to school, explaining that life was a little difficult there and she did not seem to have good fellowship. Seemed reasonable, we prayed and then broke up as the church emptied.
Well, except for her, whom wanted to talk more to me! I was instantly on my defense but answered her questions, which only seemed to make her more interested. And, then I was realizing she came up for prayer because she wanted to know me! What the heck!
I quickly calculated that it would not have been hard at all to be her grandfather if I had married around 21! Excusing myself I FLED the scene.
Now I will be the first that to admit that as a middle age guy it is down right encouraging to even get a look (such as I got from her!) from a girl that soft on the eyes. And, I imagine a normal one would have her name, address and phone number (which she offered!) by now. But, ya know, I exorcised those demons years ago.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Spontaneous Outbreak Of Stupidity
I was in line at the check out, with the usual hum of peoples voices. A cashier said, "Have a Happy New Year!".
"This is New Years'?"
"No tomorrow is."
"When?"
"January first."
"Is it always on the first or does it change, like the first Thursday of January or something?"
Now there were five people involved in the discussion, all in their mid-thirties and not a one of them had a clue concerning the subject as to when New Years is.
The cashier panned the crowd with one of the best wounded Jack Benny looks I have ever seen not on Jack Benny!
I rolled my eyes and slowly walked out wondering which high school they must have graduated from.....
Happy Years my readers, friends and family!
"This is New Years'?"
"No tomorrow is."
"When?"
"January first."
"Is it always on the first or does it change, like the first Thursday of January or something?"
Now there were five people involved in the discussion, all in their mid-thirties and not a one of them had a clue concerning the subject as to when New Years is.
The cashier panned the crowd with one of the best wounded Jack Benny looks I have ever seen not on Jack Benny!
I rolled my eyes and slowly walked out wondering which high school they must have graduated from.....
Happy Years my readers, friends and family!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Musical Saturday Morning
I took some flak for having music videos on my older blogs, but hey I am not a one dimensional person! I do like some music, but no one in particular. I like the 1980's genre, but not everything. I am a child or 60's with no musical talent of my own, however, I do get applause whenever my shower is over. Children are such critics!
So, I am going to start up my Saturday morning videos again, but just one a month for now. First up is one which I lost readership over. Back To The Beach, remains one of the worse films of all time! I would rather be bound to a chair and forced to sit through Scarey Movie 1 through whatever than watch Frankie Avalon and Annette Mouse Ears. Ok, freeze frame Annette and I can concentrate on a childhood crush!
But, this movie does have Stevie Ray Vaughn and my favorite - Dick Dale as battling guitars. Oh lest I forget - Pee Wee Herman (the disappoint as a man that you are!) but was embarrassingly funny.....
From Back to the Beach, Pipeline.....
(link repaired)`
So, I am going to start up my Saturday morning videos again, but just one a month for now. First up is one which I lost readership over. Back To The Beach, remains one of the worse films of all time! I would rather be bound to a chair and forced to sit through Scarey Movie 1 through whatever than watch Frankie Avalon and Annette Mouse Ears. Ok, freeze frame Annette and I can concentrate on a childhood crush!
But, this movie does have Stevie Ray Vaughn and my favorite - Dick Dale as battling guitars. Oh lest I forget - Pee Wee Herman (the disappoint as a man that you are!) but was embarrassingly funny.....
From Back to the Beach, Pipeline.....
(link repaired)`
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