Monthly Archives: January 2007

Psalm of the day

Titus 3:1-11 (NRSV) – text here is JPS translation…


O Lord, I set my hope on You;
    my God, in You I trust;
    may I not be disappointed;
    may my enemies not exult over me.
O let none who look to You be disappointed;
    let the faithless be disappointed, empty-handed.
Let me know Your paths, O Lord;
    teach me Your ways;

    guide me in Your true way and teach me,
    for You are God, my deliverer;
    it is You I look to at all times.
O Lord, be mindful of Your compassion
    and Your faithfulness;
    they are old as time.
Be not mindful of my youthful sins and transgressions;
    in keeping with Your faithfulness consider what is in my favor,
    as befits Your goodness, O Lord.
Good and upright is the Lord;
    therefore He shows sinners the way.
He guides the lowly in the right path,
    and teaches the lowly His way.
All the Lord’s paths are steadfast love
    for those who keep the decrees of His covenant.
As befits Your name, O Lord,
    pardon my iniquity though it be great.

Whoever fears the Lord,
    he shall be shown what path to choose.
He shall live a happy life,
    and his children shall inherit the land.
The counsel of the Lord is for those who fear Him;
    to them He makes known His covenant.

My eyes are ever toward the Lord,
    for He will loose my feet from the net.
Turn to me, have mercy on me,
    for I am alone and afflicted.
My deep distress increases;
    deliver me from my straits.
Look at my affliction and suffering,
    and forgive all my sins.

See how numerous my enemies are,
    and how unjustly they hate me!

Protect me and save me;
    let me not be disappointed
    for I have sought refuge in You.
May integrity and uprightness watch over me,
    for I look to You.

    O God, redeem Israel
    from al its distress.

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Chevy makes crappy cars

Never buy a 2000 Malibu…

Replaced (on just the cooling system):

Radiators 2
Water Pumps 2
Pressurized Coolant Tank 1
Leaky  Coolant Tank Cap 1
Coolant Hoses 3 sets + 2 individual
Gallons of Coolant >30 over 5 years?
Intake Manifold Gasket yeah, like I can afford that now

And this doesn’t count the 8 or 9 mis-diagnosed problems, the alternator that was blown by a tech replacing a radiator, or all of the diagnostic tests over the past 5 years.

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sigh

I officially give up on trying to do regular updates. 

My arm appears to be screwed up again… that’s what I get for trying to use power tools (silly me trying to put LESS strain on myself by using a power sander, what the heck was I thinking, sheesh?)  If I get the use of my arm back, I’ll probably just lose it again as soon as I try to clean the house up.  I should just give up and find a nursing home.

I won a free meal in wilmington (half hour drive).. made a special trip to take advantage of it… car blew something on the way, I’m now spewing coolant, looks like from inside the motor… yep, I’ll be paying for that with my no-money-in-the-bank, electric-in-danger-of-shut-off, 2-car-payments-late, don’t-even-think-about-groceries self.  I’ll get right on that.

I officially hate my life, just in case it wasn’t clear. 

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what to say, what to say…

I’ve been trying to do a blog for a couple of days, sat down for that purpose, but I really don’t have much to say.  I’ve finished Nehemiah and Esther now.

Nehemiah is about the restoration of Jerusalem and while it was a good piece of reading, there’s nothing I feel particularly inclined to blog about.  Esther, was about, well, Esther and Mordecai, and while there’s a lot I could say, I’m not sure it’s something I want to blog about. 
So… I think I’ll just leave this a short post and just say I’m touching base :P

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Let’s see… where was I?

So the holidays are over, and it’s high time I got back on track with the whole posting thing. I’ve been reading semi-regularly and am currently about halfway through Nehemiah.

Since I didn’t get around to posting much over the past few months, I covered a lot of reading without saying much.  I’ll do a quick recap from what I can remember… I think my last mention was of First Kings…

  • Chronicles and Kings complement each other and basically cover the same (very long) chunk of history.  Kings is insanely hard to follow because it keeps jumping back and forth with each generation between the royal lineage of Judah and Isreal.  Chronicles only follows Judah, so it’s a little easier to follow.  When I get the chance, I would love to go back and actually do a timeline to lay out the rules, cuz I think it’d be interesting to see.
  • Comically enough, this read through is the first time it actually DAWNED on me that Israel and Judah were two separate kingdoms and had two separate lines of kings… how on EARTH did I miss that the first two times I read the old testament??  I’m aghast, but it really does make the rest of the Bible make a LOT more sense! lol.

Let’s see, what else…

  • Some REALLY cool stuff happened in the stories of different prophets — peppered here and there through the four books — a lot more than just the few things we hear taught about.  I’ll have to go back and make a list of them at some point. 
  • I developed a much greater respect for Solomon – I always had a kind of mild disdain for him, not quite sure why.
  • There’s a very beautiful prayer for the dedication of the Temple in 1 Kings 8 — very much worth the read, it made me cry – I think it’s repeated somewhere in Chronicles too.
  • Reading about Elisha and Elijah this time around gave me the distinct impression that Elisha was like a puppy dog following Elijah around … :)
  • not much I can think to mention about Ezra right now
  • I’m about halfway through Nehemiah, and all I have to say right now is that the wall of Jerusalem was one ENORMOUS wall lol.

I’m trying to get back on a daily or bi-daily posting schedule from here on out, here’s hoping I manage :)

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