Not applicable to all teachers, unfortunately, but I bet you know some like this guy is talking about.
Warning - one or two profanities and one taking God’s name in vain in the last 5 seconds.
Ever shouted “Rock Lobster!” just for the heck of it? Doesn’t matter, you’re gonna like this no matter what. Give it a look see :
This is the video from the new Veggie Tales movie. We might have to make an inaugural trip to the new theater in town to check it out. The kids discovered the video today and have been playing it virtually non-stop.
And for you B-52’s fans, here’s the original.
Anyone who knows me will tell you that delayed gratification is not one of my strong points. I love the idea of surprises, but I simply can’t stand waiting for the surprise to take place. I regularly eat my just-purchased chocolate while the cashier is still ringing up the rest of the groceries. I don’t enjoy cooking crock pot meals much, even thought the work is done way ahead of time. I just don’t wait well - even for things that are worth the wait.
Recently I’ve been thinking a little about how this mindset of mine is affecting how I parent. For example, I want to fix their problems - now. I want to “help” everyone be happy and get along - now. I want them to do what I said - now. More accurately, I wish they could learn from the last time and know better than to do whatever it is I’m currently telling them not to do before they even do it! (If that sentence made sense to you, I know you’re a parent!)
Unfortunately, this approach results in nothing but frustration for everyone involved. I’ve become woefully aware of a lack of grace-filled instruction that prays and waits for the change of heart, not a simple obedience. Don’t get me wrong. Simple obedience is not a bad thing, it’s just not the only thing I hope to teach my kids. And the bottom line is that most days I’m too lazy to put in the effort to do it differently. It’s much easier for me to control the situation as much as possible - or at least attempt to control it.
I say all of this to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this post over at Chewymom. I have to say, I was slightly aghast to find my mindset so similar to “those Ezzo parents.” (gasp!) 
And I’m thankful that even (especially?) in parenting issues, God “…is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love…” (Joel 2:13)
HT: Tulipgirl
This is one of those “nothing” posts… (found via Rey)
Don’t know when regular blogging will begin again - as if we were at all regular to begin with. I can’t speak for the others but for me it’s not really an issue of motivation. It’s more like I can’t wrap my head around the things I’d like to write about. So I think I’ll try to do a couple of “nothing” posts over the next few days to try to get back into the habit and see what happens. For now, read some other good stuff :
Wonder what your favorite televangelist’s New Years Resolution is? Wonder no more! One of my favorites is from Joel Osteen :
I resolve to frown at least 15 minutes each day so my smile will look genuine the rest of the time. But I will do it hanging upside down in my gravity boots so that the frown looks like a smile.
Theology for the Masses takes us on a pictorial tour of the AiG Creation Museum in Kentucky. Slightly irreverent(guess that’s why I like it) but what do you expect AiG wants you to choose between human reason and God’s word? False dichotomy, anyone?
Yes, this was the “the gays are going to clone themselves” wall (abortion wall not pictured). Apparently the only possible outcome of using your brain is that you become gay, then clone babies and kill them before they reach term. Clearly, brothers and sisters, human reason is evil and bad. How are we to stand before the terror of their cultural onslaught? Fortunately, we were then able to see some heroes who preserved God’s Word for us so that we could have good and true guidance that in no way requires us to think:
And the iMonk offers a counselor’s meditation :
I do know that my eyes are opened, again and again, to the immense pain that surrounds me in the Christian family. So many of God’s servants are hurting in their body, families, marriages and in ways I cannot label or identify.Yet these are some of God’s best servants and most Christ-filled saints. Some of his most useful, loving people. The crucible does not need to be approved by me or you to be effective. God chooses his own instruments, preparing, sharpening and equipping them as He chooses. His agenda is Jesus. Mine would be comfort, wholeness, happiness and so forth, with Jesus as the end result. God is only interested in making us like Jesus.
So the cross, and the instruments of crucified glory, are his doing. I am a listener; an observer.
I’m sure there of gads of women out there who wish they could have seen this before they “settled”. I’ll definitely be showing it to my daughters on their 21st.
HT : Lindon
