Jesus, please come today

I have had this song in my head all day. "Hallelujah" by Heather Williams. Do you suppose that if all believers around the world sang this prayer, that Jesus would return? I suppose not, but it's a nice idea. 

There have been times in my life when I felt like I wasn't ready for Jesus' return, but the thought of being brought to heaven and given my new body is a comfort to me today. 

If Jesus is not coming today, I still take comfort in knowing that he will return. And I will keep moving while I'm waiting - doing the work God has called me to do. "While I'm Waiting" by John Waller

I just finished my Bible reading for today which included the following passage. This may all seem a bit disjointed, but in my mind, it makes sense. And I am encouraged. 

New Bodies 2 Corinthians 5 

 ¹ For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands. ² We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing. ³ For we will put on heavenly bodies; we will not be spirits without bodies.^[a] 4 While we live in these earthly bodies, we groan and sigh, but it's not that we want to die and get rid of these bodies that clothe us. Rather, we want to put on our new bodies so that these dying bodies will be swallowed up by life. ⁵ God himself has prepared us for this, and as a guarantee he has given us his Holy Spirit.

 ⁶ So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. ⁷ For we live by believing and not by seeing. ⁸Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. ⁹ So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. ¹⁰ For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.

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American Idol Fantasy League!

Check out Idol Schmidol: The Original Fantasy Idol League!


You have been invited to play Idol Schmidol, by joining the Scobba Hawk League. It is a super game for cool folks like us who can't stop watching American Idol.

Hello all! It's American Idol time again! I am wondering if anyone would like to do a "for fun" league through this www.idolschmidol.com site. The site keeps score for us, and we go in every week and make our picks for who is going home.

The first picks are due TONIGHT! If you don't get them in, it's no problem. There are many weeks left and you won't be out of the running if you don't get in right away.

Please invite others who might like to play with us. It looks like it's going to be a great season for Idol! Tracy

Follow this link and use the league code below to join in on the fun

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When you sign up, you create a user, then you create a team. The team is really just you. You create a team under the Scobba Hawk league. I wish the wording was better, but just know that your team is really just you.

See you there!

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More Sammy-isms

But He's Not Crying

Last night, Sammy got into trouble because he was hitting Megan with a Nerf sword. My mom took it away from him. After much pleading and promising to never hit anyone again, Sammy was given his sword back. Not a minute later, Sammy whacked Shea with the sword.

When confronted by my mom about his actions, Sammy said,
"But he's not crying!"

Apparently, if there are no tears there is no crime ... Hmm, I may have to watch my Sammy more closely.

No I Can't

Recently, Sammy has to know where I am at all times. If I'm downstairs, and he's upstairs, he call down, "Mommy, where are you." "I'm down here, Sammy," I'll reply. "But where are you?" he'll insist. "I'm in the bedroom." Then I'll hear little footsteps coming down the stairs with a little voice still saying, "Where are you, Mommy?" It's like has to see with own eyes that I am still somewhere.

This morning, I was working on the computer downstairs when a similar dialog commenced.
"Where are you, Mommy?"
"I'm downstairs, honey."
"Where are you, Mommy?"
"I'm downstairs on the computer, Sammy."
"But I can't hear you, Mommy!"
"Yes, you can."
"No, I can't!"
"Yes, you can." (laugh)
"No, I can't!"

The irony was completely lost on him.

Where do bad dreams come from?

My daughter Megan has always had issues with bad dreams. She hates them; she's deathly afraid of them. Every night as we say our prayers, she prays that God would give her good dreams. Last night, we were praying, and she asked that He give her good dreams, not like the bad dreams He gave her last night.

I said, "Megan, God doesn't give you bad dreams." And Shea asked, "Who does then?"

What a good question! My first thought was satan, but I didn't really want to go there as I was tucking my kids in bed. I didn't want them thinking that the devil could get into their thoughts and give them bad dreams. And as I thought about it, I thought, satan does not have the power to control my thoughts or even hear my thougths. But he does seem to be part of the mix.

Megan said, "We give them to ourselves."

I think she is mostly right. Bad things do come from sin, our sinful nature, our sinful bodies ... I'm not sure how to put it. Because of sin, there are bad things in the world, and because of bad things in the world, we have fears and anxieties.

We ended our prayers with reminders and praises for God's constant protection and our ability to call on Him any time. But the discussion, although brief, got me to thinking and reminded me that my children are growing up and are going to have bigger and bigger questions. Why does God allow bad things to happen? Will something bad happen to me?

I think I will talk to Megan tonight about how God allows bad things to happen so that we turn to Him and rest in his strength. I'll guage how much we can get into the subject by what she says ...

Anyone with good books to recommend, please share. And I'd like to hear your comments and insights. And, if you would, say a little prayer that Megan has good dreams tonight. :-)

Megan 4th grade

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Shea Kindergarten

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