Random thoughts...

... heard today over dinner with the in-laws (not to be confused with the outlaws):

*Disclaimer: Blog owner does not endorse or imply an approval of any particular comment made tonight. I just freely admit that I laughed my rear end off (too bad that isn't meant literally) and had tears streaming down my cheeks at various points over the course of our shared meal together.*

Yes, mom, I'm going to hire a prostitute.

There's too many fat people on this plane.

We're going to need more than a c-pap and ear plugs tonight.

I think I just lost five IQ points.

You're giving me a complex!

I don't get it, what's so funny??

Interesting....

J and I were just watching the History channel and heard an interesting quote:

"We (referring to the human race) are intelligent enough to save ourselves from an asteroid crashing into our planet, but we are not intelligent enough to save ourselves from ourselves."

Hmm.......... Um.......... Huh.

Knowing

Recently, J and I have been having conversations about things we just "know." No questions asked, no second guessing, just knowing deep down. There have been a handful of things that I have "known" recently, ranging from simple things like our tones going off that day (which has the department thinking I am "jinxing" them) to knowing and calling a particular person's action and reaction to something that was tossed in our laps recently. I started thinking about all of the times that I feel a certain way about something, whether it is good or bad, and I question myself. Is this just me? Is this just my thoughts or my opinions or is this God giving me insight on something? How many times does this happen to you? Do you ever meet someone and, normally you get along with everyone, but this person just really grates something in you? Do you question your feelings? "Is it just me or is there an issue with this person?" Then perhaps weeks or months down the road find out that the feelings you had about them or that situation but you couldn't explain were in fact right on the money? Sometimes it can be as absurdly simple as the little thought to cover that baby up so you don't get peed on and sure enough, 30 seconds later, you are getting peed on. Was that a "common sense thing" or a "still small Voice"? I have been praying for God to speak to me more and that I would have ears to hear His voice, but sometimes, I still question some of what I hear. I'm going to keep praying that too, and I am going to keep chasing after God and getting closer to Him. I'm also going to be quiet and listen more because He rarely uses a neon sign in the sky to speak to us. What are you going to do?

"God said, 'Go out and stand in front of the LORD on the mountain.' As the LORD was passing by, a fierce wind tore mountains and shattered rocks ahead of the LORD. But the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake. But the LORD wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was a fire. But the LORD wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice." 1 Kings 19:11-12 God's Word translation

"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. I and the Father are one." John 10:27-30 NASB

(I really like this one) My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me." John 10:27 Bible in Basic English

"Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." Luke 14:34-35 KJV

And the Doctor Says.....

"I'm fit." HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA...... Oh, sorry, did I get carried away there??

I had my .... annual.... physical (ok, ok, so it took seven years for me to go get it done, but I THOUGHT about doing it every year...... Isn't it the thought that counts???) yesterday and I was asked "do you know what your blood pressure is?" "Yeah.... 112/90 I think....." Nope. 98/60. Wow. Yep, I have a good pulse, not dying here.... Just "fit." To take my darling sil's response, *snort*. "Fit"..... puh-leeeeeeeze. Apparently the elliptical is working. Dr.'s advice to me.... "Don't stop using it!! It's working!!!" I guess so.... that or I was EXTREMELY stress free yesterday. *cough* *snort* *cough* Or not.

New Year, New Song

"Behold, I will do something new,
Now it will spring forth;
Will you not be aware of it?
I will even make a roadway in the wilderness,
Rivers in the desert.
The beasts of the field will glorify Me,
The jackals and the ostriches,
Because I have given waters in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert,
To give drink to My chosen people.
The people whom I formed for Myself
Will declare My praise."

Isaiah 43:19-21 NASB

Happy New Year.