Merry Christmas to ALL !!!

" Who knows what the facts of Jesus' birth actually were? As for myself, the longer I live, the more inclined I am to believe in miracle, the more I suspect that if we had been there at the birth, we might well have seen and heard things that would be hard to reconcile with modern science. But of course that is not the point, because the Gospel writers are not really interested primarily in the facts of the birth but in the significance, the meaning for them of that birth just as the people who love us are not really interested primarily in the facts of our births but in what it meant to them when we were born and how for them the world was never the same again, how their whole lives were charged with new significance. Whether there were ten million angels there or just the woman herself and her husband, when that child was born the whole course of history was changed. That is a fact as hard and blunt as any fact. Art, music, literature, our culture itself, our political institutions, our whole understanding of ourselves and our world - it is impossible to conceive of how differently world history would have developed if that child had not been born. And in terms of faith, much more must be said because for faith, the birth of the child into the darkness of the world made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living life."

SPAM

Only one of the many reasons I am moving into the Apple world as of January 9th!!!! I had 965 emails in 10 days, I have 12 family members, NONE of which use this email, I have 5 friends who never email me anyway, and I don't "subscribe" to any sites!!! Here is but a sampling of the incredible waste of time and energy on the part of some people...
"time for a change"
"want to be a hero in bed"
"Sheik-Abual-Aziz-al-Sheik-the kingdoms grandmufati"
"went out his garden to the Gentiles"
"extra-large johnson"
"drunkard upon a tabernacle"
"astoria"
"istisct"
"Greetings from boston, MASS"
"Re:ferral'

I OUIT!!!! I GO TO APPLE SOON! I HATE SPAM!!! ON THE INTERNET OR ON THE TABLE!!

SNOW!!!!!!

Yep, yep, 10 1/2 inches worth!!! Beautiful snow!! It has closed down all the turnpikes and I-44 for the first time ever! They issued a "blizzard" warning last night for the first time ever! It amazes me how with all our "high tech" stuff in this fast paced life we live, where we live in the "illusion" that WE are in control, that we are NOT and that only a little precipitation from our Creator can wreak such havoc!! I LOVE THAT!!!
"He gives to the earth snow like a blanket of wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? He sends out His word and melts ice and snow; He causes His wind to blow and the waters flow."

Thanksgiving Week!!

Yes, time must truly go by when you are having fun!! Well, I woke up this morning early with giving thanks on my mind. So....Please allow me and feel free to stop reading at any moment.
I am thankful for a clearer relationship to my Creator than I have had in 53 years. I am thankful for the 34 years I have had with Rick and for the fact that we are in love and learning each day we are together. I am thankful for my 3 sons, 3 daughters, and 3 grandchildren. I am NOT very thankful that they live so far away, especially because my grands went with them! But I AM thankful that their parents are still together, love eachother and have raised AMAZING children! I am thankful that each one of my family members are healthy of body if not of mind, although I think most of them are that too. I am thankful, yes boys thankful, for the job your father has only because it affords us to be able to see you and spend $$ on all our children and grands, even though as adults you are not so willing to let us help. Yes, I woke up thankful this morning for many things, a few of which are here....love, relationships, knowledge, health, children, happiness, home and yes even the "G" word. So, in that vein, I say "thank you" to all for allowing us a part in your lives, a closeness we cherish, a love shared, a happiness you give to us in several dimensions, and the welcome we always receive from you.

who said it?

"Let the world change you and you can change the world."