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~ElizabethOur Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11054035196337770204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594974006775475100.post-53492390015641859822010-12-26T18:03:00.000-08:002010-12-26T18:03:10.820-08:00Book Review "Children of Jihad"<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1740015.Children_of_Jihad" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1187629032m/1740015.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1740015.Children_of_Jihad">Children of Jihad: A Young American's Travels Among the Youth of the Middle East</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/141763.Jared_Cohen">Jared Cohen</a><br />
My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/136617682">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Children of Jihad by Jared Cohen <br />
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Jared Cohen, (a Jewish American) travels to Syria, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran recording his experiences in this hard-to-put-down book.<br />
This is a very interesting book about the youth living in the Middle East. Lots of history about each area's political and social situation- in the past and today.<br />
It was interesting to me that Hezbollah hates the American Government and Israel, but at the same time they don't hate individual Jews and Americans, even becoming friends with Mr. Cohen while he was there visiting. An amazing- and at some times- chilling book about the Middle East today.<br />
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My rating: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/136616544">5 of 5 stars</a><br />
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Invisible China by Colin Legerton <br />
Very informative book telling about people in different parts of China. I enjoyed learning about minority ethnic groups. Culture, history, foods and customs, a great book for anyone interested in China in general but especially good for those researching ethnic groups of China, the "Middle Kingdom."<br />
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<h4>Psalm 90</h4><h5>A Prayer of Moses the man of God.</h5> <sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15380" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">1</sup> Lord, You have been our dwelling place<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 6px;"> </span></span>in all generations.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15381" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">2</sup> Before the mountains were brought forth,<br />
Or ever You had formed the earth and the world,<br />
Even from everlasting to everlasting, You <i>are</i> God.<br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15382" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">3</sup> You turn man to destruction,<br />
And say, “Return, O children of men.”<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15383" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">4</sup> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>For a thousand years in Your sight<br />
</b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>Are</b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b> like yesterday when it is past,<br />
And </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>like</b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b> a watch in the night.</b></span><br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15384" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">5</sup> You carry them away <i>like</i> a flood;<br />
<i>They are</i> like a sleep.<br />
In the morning they are like grass <i>which</i> grows up:<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15385" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">6</sup> In the morning it flourishes and grows up;<br />
In the evening it is cut down and withers.<br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15386" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">7</sup> For we have been consumed by Your anger,<br />
And by Your wrath we are terrified.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15387" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">8</sup> You have set our iniquities before You,<br />
Our secret <i>sins</i> in the light of Your countenance.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15388" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">9</sup> For all our days have passed away in Your wrath;<br />
We finish our years like a sigh.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15389" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">10</sup> The days of our lives <i>are</i> seventy years;<br />
And if by reason of strength <i>they are</i> eighty years,<br />
Yet their boast <i>is</i> only labor and sorrow;<br />
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15390" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">11</sup> Who knows the power of Your anger?<br />
For as the fear of You, <i>so is</i> Your wrath.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15391" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">12</sup> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>So teach </b></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b>us</b></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><b> to number our days,<br />
That we may gain a heart of wisdom. </b></span><br />
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<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15392" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">13</sup> Return, O LORD!<br />
How long?<br />
And have <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">compassion </span></b>on Your servants.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15393" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">14</sup> Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy,<br />
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15394" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">15</sup> Make us glad according to the days <i>in which</i> You have afflicted us,<br />
The years <i>in which</i> we have seen evil.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15395" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">16</sup> Let Your work appear to Your servants,<br />
And Your glory to their children.<br />
<sup class="versenum" id="en-NKJV-15396" style="font-size: 0.65em; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;">17</sup> And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us,<br />
And establish the work of our hands for us;<br />
Yes, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">establish the work of our hands.</span></b><br />
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"Teach us to number our days aright,<br />
that we may gain a heart of <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #45818e;">wisdom</span></span></b>"<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;">In Beijing, near <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;"><b>Tian'anmen Square</b> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Simplified Chinese characters">simplified Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hans" xml:lang="zh-Hans">天安门广场</span>; </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Traditional Chinese characters">traditional Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant" xml:lang="zh-Hant">天安門廣場</span>;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <em>Tiān'ānmén Guǎngchǎng</em>,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zz3BZ_1hA8o/TNoh-jd4rZI/AAAAAAAADg4/9kpOW-0re_A/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zz3BZ_1hA8o/TNoh-jd4rZI/AAAAAAAADg4/9kpOW-0re_A/s640/DSC_0021.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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A Beijing Hutong<br />
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the last rays of sunlight in Beijing before sunset.<br />
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</div>"Better City, Better Life" The World Expo's motto<br />
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At the World Expo in Shanghai.<br />
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This was inside the UK Pavilion at the World Expo.<br />
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These are what the UK building is made of. Plastic rods, each containing a rare or almost extinct seed.<br />
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Old Shanghai<br />
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Self portrait in Hong Kong<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">We have such an awe-inspiring, creative God! Who else would think of sunrises and sunsets? Beautiful warm colors, sparkling water, darkness turned to light...."sorrow shall be for a night but </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">joy</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;"> comes in the morning"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And when she has found </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">it,</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> she calls </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">her</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Likewise, I say to you, there is </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>joy</i></span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the presence of the angels of God over </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;">one sinner who repents.”</span></span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11054035196337770204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594974006775475100.post-7822459270853078702010-11-05T21:43:00.000-07:002010-11-05T21:43:01.169-07:00Matthew West - Something to Say<object style="background-image:url(http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/uSSCvIrVXFI/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSSCvIrVXFI?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uSSCvIrVXFI?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11054035196337770204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594974006775475100.post-53276815953577174862010-11-04T12:44:00.000-07:002010-11-05T21:42:42.087-07:00Waste..... by Donald Norbie<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"></span><br />
<div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">W</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">E</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">.......</span></span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">There is tragedy about death. It seems such waste. </span></b></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"> In 1912 Jim Thorpe was called "the greatest athlete in the world" by King Gustav V of Sweden. That year he became the first person ever to win both the decathlon and pentathlon in the Olympics. In 1953 Jim Thorpe died. That body which was once such an amazing combination of strength and coordination is now a pile of dust. What a waste!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"> The questing scientist probes the outer reaches of space. His highly trained mind works with concepts and formulas that were unknown a few years ago. Yet that brain will one day die and begin to decay.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"> The surgeon's skilled and sensitive fingers guided by years of training and experience perform miracles in modern medicine. Live are saved that were once thought lost. But even the surgeon must die and those hands that once saved others will become cold and lifeless.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"> Every man in unique, a combination of genes and training that is never to be repeated. Every man is beautiful, with strengths and weaknesses possessed by no other. Yet every man must die. What a waste! Is this the end?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"><div> At the age of 97, philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote, <b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: transparent;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">"We stand on the shore of the ocean, crying to the night and the emptiness; sometimes a voice answers out of the darkness. But it is the voice of one drowning; and in a moment the silence returns. The world seems to me quite dreadful; the unhappiness of many people is very great, and I often wonder how they all endure it"</span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> Is there no hope? Is man simply an accident on the stage of time? Is life without purpose and meaning, a tragic mistake? Is death the end of all, the dropping of time's curtains on a tragedy?</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><div> Years ago a Carpenter stood in the grim presence of death and said, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">"I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes on me though he die, yet shall he live."</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(John 11:25) Then to prove His claims Jesus brought a man back to life, a man dead for four days.</span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Men die and will be separated from God forever because of sin. There is a Hell (Matt. 25:46). But Jesus Christ suffered on a rough, wooden cross, tasting death for every man (Hebrews 2:9). He died that we might live forever. Three days later He arose from the grave. Now believers wait for Christ to return and to raise the dead (I Thess. 4:16-18). </span>Death does not end all. There is hope.<br />
<div> Jesus said, <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">"He that believes on me....."</span></b> Faith here is more than knowledge. It is confidence and commitment. It is placing yourself in Christ's hands. It is trusting Him.<br />
<div> God loves you and wants you to have hope, not despair. You can have life and hope if you turn to Christ in faith. Will you say, "Lord Jesus, I believe you died for me and I trust you to make me right with God. I want you to be my Lord and Savior. I want to become your follower." When you do this, despair is gone and you can really begin to live. Christ came to <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">"deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to slavery"</span></b> (Hebrews 2:15). Why not begin to live- <i>now?</i></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Everyone wanted their picture taken with us. During the whole trip!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">The workmens' tools at the World Expo (they were still completing the Libya exterior) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">We watched a musical concert performed by Angolan musicians </span><br />
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</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">More pictures coming soon!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Next up is more of Shanghai and then Hong Kong.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">~Elizabeth</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">America is: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">美国</span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Canada is: 加拿大</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">South America is: 南美洲</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Africa is: 非洲</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It is so different from my "quiet" hometown. The people everywhere, the buses, subways, taxis, bikes, motorcycles, the noise. The airports with hallways stretching into seemingly endless space. Quiet Hutongs (side streets off the main road) and local markets. Traditional Chinese Herbal medicine markets. Street shops selling trinkets, jewelry, and almost anything you can think of. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meeting friendly people who want their picture taken with you. :-) Learning Chinese characters, and singing hymns in pinyin. (the pronunciation of chinese characters) Saying "Shia, Shia!" several times a day. 谢谢 Xie, Xie (Thank you) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having fun recognizing and remembering simple characters, practicing using chopsticks, trying and liking the flavorful hot pot. (soup made from duck broth, duck neck and other vegetables and meats, spicy green onion, and flavored with lachow sauce (very spicy,chinese flavoring/sauce) All in all, I had an exciting time learning more about the culture, customs, and meeting new friends with the people of China. I can't wait to go back! From Shanghai to HK, to Chong Qing to Hubei Province (via a cruise on the Yangtze River) and then to Beijing, I was humbled to see how people on the other side of the world live joyfully and without complaining. Sometimes in a simple dwelling, or maybe in an apartment complex with a little grass in the common park area, or on a Hutong in Beijing, within walking distance of Tianamen Square. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am so thankful for my home and family and I realize more and more how much God has blessed me! :-) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Joyfully HIS, </i></span></i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Elizabeth </i> </span></i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">为中国祷告</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">"Better City, Better Life"</span> (a link to the WORLD EXPO. I visited this in Shanghai) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content" style="padding-right: 16px; padding-top: 9px;"><div dir="ltr" style="zoom: 1;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="zh-CN" style="color: black; display: block; font-size: 16px;"><span title="">我回来了,从中国一个惊人的3个星期。</span><span title="">我很喜欢上海,香港,重庆,长江游轮,(锯3三峡大坝和我第一次经历了锁),然后北京。<br />
</span><span title="">它是如此,从我的“安静”的故乡一样。</span><span title="">在世界各地的人们,公共汽车,地铁,出租车,自行车,摩托车,噪音。</span><span title="">与成看似无尽的空间伸展走廊机场。</span><span title="">安静的胡同(离大路小街)及本地市场。</span><span title="">传统中草药市场。</span><span title="">街店铺出售饰品,珠宝,几乎任何你能想到的。<br />
</span><span title="">友善的人民,谁希望自己与你拍照。</span><span title="">学习汉字和拼音字。</span><span title="">他说:“什叶派,什叶派!”</span><span title="">每天数次。</span><span title="">谢谢谢,谢(谢谢)<br />
</span><span title="">爱玩简单字符识别和记忆,练习用筷子,尝试和喜欢的美味火锅。 </span><span title="">(汤液制成的鸭,鸭脖等蔬菜和肉类,葱辣,与lachow酱(非常辣中国调味品/酱油,调味)<br />
</span><span title="">总之,我有一个激动人心的时刻学习有关的文化,习俗多,会见了中国人民的新朋友。</span><span title="">我等不及要回去!<br />
</span><span title="">从上海到香港,到重庆到湖北省(通过长江上的游船),然后到北京,我是多么卑微地看到在世界另一端的人的生活。</span><span title="">有时,在简单的住房,或在一个公寓</span></span></div></div></span>Our Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11054035196337770204noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5594974006775475100.post-40815880041550069302010-09-30T17:41:00.000-07:002010-09-30T17:42:55.758-07:00Nee hao from HONG KONG!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Hello everybody! I am in Hong Kong at the moment. :-) The view is beautiful. I can see the South China Sea from the hotel window. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Sorry I have not posted in over a week. I couldn't access blogger in Shanghai. But here in Hong Kong I can.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This has been an amazing trip so far. We have been here in China for 7 days now. Friday we flew in to Shanghai. It was nice and cool there and it rained a few times, like in England. Monday and Tuesday we went to the World EXPO. Peru, UK, Mexico, and Russia were a few of the Pavilions we went to.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">In the Italy building we played trumpet and piano. There was a concert with classical Italian music and they let me play "Alla Turca" by Mozart afterwards. Also played "This is my Father's World" and "Be thou my vision."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Below is a map of CHINA.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">xie xie! (thank you!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Elizabeth</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">PS keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks so much! :-)</span><br />
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<b>~ 1 Peter 2:23</b><br />
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"<b>He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not his</b> <b>mouth;</b> He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before it shearers is <b>silent, so He opened not His mouth</b>"<br />
~ Isaiah 53:7 (NKJV)<br />
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"He was taken from prison and from judgement, <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">And who will declare His generation?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of my people He was stricken.</span></b><br />
And they made His grave with the wicked, But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence nor was any deceit in His mouth."<br />
~ Isaiah 53:8-9 (NKJV)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">"Whom having not seen you love, though now you do not see Him yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Ready to be revealed in the last time." </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">~ 1 Peter 1:8 (NKJV)</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;"> </span></span></b><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-30372" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">13 </span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black; font-family: 'Charis SIL', charis, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;"><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-30373" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">14</span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. </span></span></b><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-30374" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">15</span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; </span></span></b><sup class="versenum" id="en-NIV-30375" style="font-size: 0.65em; line-height: normal; vertical-align: text-top;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">16</span></span></b></sup><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."</span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
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Why do God-fearing families surrender their <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_2">sons and daughters</span> as hostages to a morally bankrupt education system, knowing that their likely ransom will be violated convictions and unbelief?</div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">For many years I have shared with families about the pitfalls of traditional higher education, challenging parents not to abdicate their role as authorities and overseers at one of the most critical times in their children’s education. If you have a student considering community college or traditional school, I encourage you to read my recent blog post, <a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_3">“Dear Higher Education, Pardon the Disruption.”</span></a></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">In this blog post I cite a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_4" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136);">college professor</span> who lays out his radical plan for changing the values of the next generation. I also discuss debt and how it enslaves students and delays marriage, and share the latest statistics on how even some well known “<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_5" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136);">Christian” schools</span> are becoming “<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_6">Christian</span>” in name only. <a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_7">Click here to read my blog post</span></a>.</div><h2 style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Redefining Higher Education</h2><div style="float: right; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 9pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin: 5px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/"><img alt="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" border="0" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/cplogo.jpg" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" /></a></div></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">As grim as the higher education outlook is for young adults, the demand for college-educated people has never been higher. This is where conflict spurs a movement to disrupt higher education and reinvent college. Leading the charge to disrupt education and provide an affordable, family-friendly approach to college is CollegePlus!</div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">A college degree is not a prerequisite for success, and should only be pursued after prayerful consideration. However, as you consider the best long-term education approach for your children, I encourage you at minimum to <a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165595/0/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_8">learn more about CollegePlus!</span></a> and how their program uniquely serves the family. And I continue to give CollegePlus! my full support and recommendation.</div><table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
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Through September 30th</h2><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">We believe so strongly in this program that we have arranged a special gift for families. Now through <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_9" style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136);">September 30, 2010</span>, any student who enrolls in the CollegePlus! program, will receive:</div><ul style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;"><li>A $250 Gift Certificate to Vision Forum </li>
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</ul><div align="center"><a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/160065/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/160065/0/"><img alt="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/160065/0/" border="0" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/cp_vfm_coupon.jpg" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/160065/0/" /></a></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 11pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20pt;">This is a total discount value of $700! Use Promo Code VFM10 to take advantage of this offer. Visit <a href="http://www.collegeplus.org/visionforum" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://www.collegeplus.org/visionforum"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_10">www.collegeplus.org/visionforum</span></a> for more details.</div><h2 style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 16pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Student Testimonies</h2><div style="float: left; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 9pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin: 5px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="Kelly N." border="1" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/kellyn.jpg" />></div></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><i>CollegePlus! helped me, a mother of 3 young children and a full-time homeschooling teacher, to finish my degree that I had wanted to complete for the last 13 years. I was able to complete 72 credits within a 13 month period and now have my Bachelor’s degree.</i><br />
—Kelly N., <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_11">Florida</span>, BA Humanities. <a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165596/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165596/0/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_12">Watch a video of Kelly’s story</span></a>.</div><div style="float: left; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 9pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin: 5px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="John S." border="1" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/johns.jpg" /></div></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><i>I started with CollegePlus! at 15 years old. Within 6 months, I earned 60 credits. At 17 I graduated with my degree and got a job as a financial analyst in Manhattan where they started me at $60,000 a year. I’m now in my second year of law school where I have a full scholarship.</i><br />
—John S., New Jersey, BA Liberal Studies. <a href="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165597/0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://vf.sparklist.com/t/3733806/6121439/165597/0/"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_13">Watch a video of John’s story</span></a>.</div><div style="float: left; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 9pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin: 5px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="Cristina D." border="1" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/cristinad.jpg" /></div></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><i>I enrolled in CollegePlus! at the age of 17, with great expectations, and the program has met and exceeded every one. 21 months later and for under $13,000 for the entire degree, I completed my BA in English.</i><br />
—Cristina D., Ohio, BA English.</div><div style="float: left; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 9pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 12pt; margin: 5px 20px 10px 25px; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="Cole C." border="1" src="http://adv.visionforum.com/email/2010/08/30_college_plus/colec.jpg" /></div></div><div style="color: #534a35; font-family: Georgia,Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><i>CollegePlus! minimizes every opportunity cost! I studied from home, I continued to work, and I remained involved with my family! I’m now studying for my MBA at a local university.</i><br />
—Cole C., <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1283397396_14">Texas</span>, BSBA General Management</div></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td valign="top"><div id="article_head" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans'; width: 600px;"><div id="article_title" style="font-style: oblique;"><h1>Hank Speaks Out</h1></div><div id="article_title" style="font-style: oblique;"><h2>Write God’s Word on the Tablet of Your Heart!</h2></div><div id="article_author" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12pt; font-style: oblique;">February 23, 2010</div></div><img align="left" alt="Hhhheadshot" class="photo" src="http://www.equip.org/images/HHHheadshot.jpg?1271172949" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;" /><div id="hank_speaks" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">One of the verses that I often inscribe in personalized Bibles is <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/nkjv/Joshua%201.8" target="_blank">Joshua 1:8</a>. “Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it.”. Joshua, the Jesus of the Old Testament, goes on to say, “Then you will be prosperous and successful” (NIV).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Post-Gutenberg, we are primarily people of the written page. Not so the ancients. In a predominantly oral society, people practiced the principles of memory. Indeed, learning was virtually synonymous with memorization. That, of course, does not imply that the ancients did not employ written records; instead, this is just to put emphasis on the right syllable. In other words, manuscript repositories augmented mental recall and not vice-versa. If there’s one thing preserved in the text of Scripture, it is the injunction to record God’s Words upon the tablet of your heart.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Think with me for just a moment to the early stages of Scripture, in what might well be among the most memorable of all biblical texts: Moses exhorts the people of God to impress the words of the Almighty upon the tablet of their consciousness. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the road. When you lie down, when you get up, tie them as symbols on your hands, bind them on your foreheads, write them on the doorframes of your houses and upon your gates. Above all, Moses warns, “do not forget” (cf. <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Deut.%206.5-12" target="_blank">Deut. 6:5-12, NIV</a>). Moses was not alone, for Solomon, who prayed for a wise and discerning heart, implored his hearers to bind the Word of God around their fingers or round their necks and to write it on the tablet of their heart (cf. <a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/nkjv/Prov.%207.1-3" target="_blank">Prov. 7:1-3</a>). More poignantly yet, the Word made Flesh entreated his hearers, “let these words sink into your ears” (<a class="lbsBibleRef" href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/nasb/Luke%209.44" target="_blank">Luke 9:44, NASB</a>).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">It’s not enough to record the sayings of understanding on a common tablet. We should inscribe the words of wisdom upon the tablet of our consciousness. Not only were saints in an oral culture required to discipline and dedicate themselves to recall the sayings of understanding, but the sages, the teachers, were predisposed to presenting their sayings in an inherently memorable fashion. Even Jesus, the heir to the linguistic riches of the Old Testament and a greater teacher of them all, was the master of mnemonics. He employed repetition and rhyme and rhythm. He employed vivid imagery, visual and emotional stimuli, vibrant associations. God in human flesh communicated the bread of life to those who are hungry and thirsty in an inherently memorable fashion. It’s one of the principles that I have attempted to employ as president of the Christian Research Institute. I want you to be able to remember to write the wisdom of the Word upon the tablet of your consciousness and I’m going to keep nagging this entire year because every week new people jump on board. They’re getting into the Word of God and getting the Word of God into them, and they’re beginning an adventure that I describe as authentic New Testament Christianity. They’re no longer playing the game, “going-to-church-like-a-prop” and then “Leaving-church-cause-I’ve-done-my-duty,” and somehow or other avoiding the One who spoke and the universe leapt into existence, the One who has given us, as God in human flesh, His words of wisdom. Authentic New Testament Christianity means that you are hiding God’s Word in your heart. It’s your lifeline.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Right now we’re meditating on Proverbs. We’re meditating on Psalms, particularly the three Psalms that I mentioned yesterday on the broadcast: Psalm 23, 24, and 25. I mean if you want a great place to start your memorization, start with Psalm 23. It’s familiar. You probably heard it over and over again as you were growing up:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">He makes me lie down in green pastures,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">He leads me beside quiet waters,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">He restores my soul.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">He guides me in paths of righteousness</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">for his name's sake.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Even though I walk</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">I will fear no evil,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">for you are with me;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">your rod and your staff,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">they comfort me.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">You prepare a table before me</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">in the presence of my enemies.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">You anoint my head with oil;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">my cup overflows.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">Surely goodness and love will follow me</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">all the days of my life,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">and I will dwell in the house of the LORD</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">forever (NIV).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><br />
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A neat little boy's outfit I saw at the County fair<br />
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Julia made my youngest sister's skirt and I made mine.<br />
The fabric is from Hobby Lobby (I think it was $9 a yd.) for all the seamstresses that read my blog! :-) <br />
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