April 3, 2008 at 12:19 pm (Baby Stuff)
Tags: baby cuteness, doxology, peace, praise, sleep
Yesterday evening the mac was fighting sleeping with all she had – she gave it more than she usually does, and I suspect it had something to do with the two (yup, one up, one down) teeth trying to make their way into visibility.
She was clearly tired, and restless and cranky, so I began to sing quietly.
Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
She drifted off and I crept from the room in a little bit of wonder. Now I sit in a rocking chair beside her crib watching her at the beginning of her afternoon nap. I lay her down, and began to sing it again. After two times through, she was out.
Maybe it’s just a fluke.
Maybe it’s just the fact of my singing.
But I am praying that it is a tiny sign that the Lord has set her aside and the peace of praise is already touching her.
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April 3, 2008 at 9:20 am (Thoughts and Musings)
Tags: common sense, cooper for president, economy, mortgage "crisis"
Our school is in a very small town. We don’t live in that town, but we spend 6 days of the week here, so the local merchants know us. The owner of the local grocery store calls us “locals by proxy.”
This morning I was in the local grocery store picking up a few things. The owner was talking to another customer (and willingly included me as I approached the till) about the mortgage bill in the Senate. He held up a bottle of Dasani water.
“1.29 for a bottle! 4 bottles to a gallon. That’s $5.16 per gallon. People walk into a gas station grumbling about paying 3 and a quarter for gas, and then they grab a bottle of water and think nothing of what they’re paying for that.”
He put the bottle back down in frustration and began to ring up my infant tylenol, but the wisdom continued, “You might not have a choice about what you pay for gas, but you can buy a gallon of water for seventy nine cents, or you could save a gallon milk jug and fill it with your own water.”
By this time, the man before me was completely checked out, but he and I both stood there and just listened and nodded while Mr. Cooper continued his thoughts, “Fact is, people don’t think that they’re paying more than 5 bucks for a gallon of water, just like they don’t think that they’re paying $300,000 for a house, they just want to see a small monthly payment. If people thought about what they were really spending – like more than five bucks a gallon for water – maybe they’d have enough money for things like gas, and mortgage payments.”
I think Mr. Cooper should be running for President.
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