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October 24, 2005
Multipurpose entry
In this entry, find the following:
Grammar Rant
Saturday with Husband
My Church
The Weather
The Interview and Subsequent News
Conclusion
Grammar Rant
I went to a Fondue and Facials Mary Kay Party Friday evening, and had a good time. First we had fondue, which was delicious, and then we did the facials/makeup time.
There are two big grammar mistakes in the Mary Kay booklet. Why can't people tell the difference between a question and an exclamation? I also wonder why we seem to feel the need to put fragment after fragment after fragment when a series (separated by commas) will do. Why, people?
Saturday with Husband
Husband took me out on a date Saturday. All day! First, we went shopping together (Target, to buy a shower gift for the new sister-in-law a gift), then up the mountain to get Husband's Sister to sign the card...then the date began! The Corn Maze, then to the Carousel (which is in Coolidge Park, only costs a dollar for an adult, has all hand-carved horses, and has a nice long ride), and then to the Park to read (what nerds we are). We caught Elizabethtown in the Bijou, and it was a pretty good movie. Mesh, you had some good insights into the movie in the Pulse, but I don't really agree with you that it was a stinker. I am glad I saw it, though it wasn't really what they marketed it to be. (The advertising said it was a romantic comedy, but it was really a movie about death, and there was this girl thown in.) THEN we went to Big River Brewery (the best cheeseburger ever! Oh my. And the white cheddar mashed potatoes. Oh my. It used to be the perfect meal until they stopped brewing their own ginger ale. It was great, and they don't make it anymore. Still, it was a wonderful meal.) THEN we went to Clumpie's, and then to the cheap theater to catch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I really enjoyed it! It was a good adaptation of the book, it was creative and interesting visually, it never seemed to lag or get boring, and Willy Wonka was good and weird, not just weird.
It was a good date, all in all.
My Church
We attend Brainerd Hills Presbyterian Church. Their main distinctive is that they only sing Psalms during worship, so Husband can sing. (He's an Exclusive Psalmodist.) The congregation is comprised mostly of Homeschool Moms and Patriarchal Breadwinners and they are nice.) And the preaching is just excellent: Pastor Roop does really good exegesis, but also manages to come out with a list of three (or seven, or four, or whatever) applications to daily life. It's a really good sermon...a good meal.
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----Update. 2 Nov 2005. Please read this.----
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Here are some notes from the last few sermons:
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Reasons why I fail, like the disciples who had little faith:
1. My focus is on my ability rather than on God's ability.
2. I focus on my own experience, rather than on God's. (I've only lived 25 years. How long has God existed?)
3. I focus on my own assessment of the situation, rather than on God's assessment of the situation. (He said I could move mountains! Who cares if the mountain seems to big? He said I could do it!)
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Meaning behind the Feast of the Passover and the Feast of the Unleavened Bread:
1. Symbolism. Passover was the time God redeemed his people in Egypt from slavery. The Feast is a remembrance of God's deliverance of his people. The subsequent feasts did not repeat the painting of the lamb's blood on the lintel because the redemption was already accomplished. So also, we do not re-sacrifice Christ when we celebrate the Lord's Supper. It's a remembrance, not a re-redemption service.
In Scripture, yeast symbolizes sin. When God commanded his people to get all the yeast out of their lives, he was telling them to get all the sin out of their lives. This takes effort and work, and sometimes very repetetive work.
2. Sequence. Feast of Unleavened Bread comes after the Feast of Passover. So also, the effort, work, and discipline of sanctification come after the achieved redemption. Work, effort, and discipline do not save us, but only the blood of the innocent lamb who died in our place. BUT the work, effort, and discipline are vital to a continuing life lived in holiness and growth.
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Do not become stumbling blocks to each other. How?
1. Do not tempt one another.
2. Do not set a bad example.
3. Do not misuse Christian liberty. (If my liberty offends my brother, I must stop. I must give up my liberty, my 'rights,' freely, because I consider my brother better than myself, just as Christ gave all his liberty up for me.)
4. Do not be part of false teaching. (Think cult leaders, but also, think heresies taught from pulpits.)
5. Do not live in sin. Do not continue in sin.
All of these require humility. How do we maintain humility?
1. Know God as he truly is.
2. Know myself as I really, truly am. (Isaiah saw God, knew himself truly, and cried out because of his sin. May we all do the same.)
Of course, we know God and ourselves clearly by knowing Scripture.
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Do not despise your brother or sister. How do we despise one another?
1. Look down on others in the body who do not have the maturity we ourselves have.
2. Be a favoritist.
3. Withhold from those in need.
4. Ridicule personal appearance. (I struggle with this one. It's related to my struggle with favoritism.)
5. Be hateful/smug/indifferent toward someone caught in sin.
6. Resent someone who catches us in sin.
7. Take advantage of a fellow believer in any way.
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The Weather
I'm not liking this cold, but I do like the relative lack of humidity and the blue skies. And I like my fuzzy slippers, and the comfort of a warm mug of hot coffee or tea. Oh yes. And snuggling under the comfy warm covers? Yes, I like that too. But getting out of the comfy warm bed into chilly bedroom is torture.
The Interview and Subsequent News
The interview went well. I have an awesome interview suit and shoes. I had prepared and written down questions for them. I knew one of the questions would be about my discipline style, so I wrote down my summary since it's been a while since I've been in a classroom. I think I did an awesome job. But the position started today, and they haven't called me yet. (They told me they'd call me soon. So I'm waiting for them to call.)
Sigh. This is hard.
Conclusion
I have errands to do, so that's all the blogging for now. And don't worry, the blogthing frenzy will resume. Woo hoo. Also, I did quite a bit of editing in the paragraph which describes the demographic of my church, so I might have to post about that cognitive dissonance. Maybe.
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