I'M STILL PLANNING TO CELEBRATE EASTER

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The Discovery Channel has announced its TV special in March on “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” The bottom line is they think the tomb of Jesus, his family and Mary Magdalene has been found. A recent article by Edward Fudge states: “These six names were all popular at the time these folks lived and died.” He also says that of 900 period tombs uncovered around Jerusalem, 71 have included someone named “Jesus” and at least one housed a “Jesus son of Joseph.” He further states that one of every five females in first-century Palestine was named “Mary”.

There is much to prove that Jesus our Lord’s body was not left in a grave.

When Sunday, April 8 rolls around I will not be hiding any eggs or buying any new spring clothes but I will remember the resurrection of our Lord that day and every day!

“HOW YA’ DOIN’?”

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

“How ya’ doin’?” (Interpretation: “How are you doing?”)

The answer is almost always: “Fine, I’m just fine.”

The truth: “Not so good. My back aches, my stomach doesn’t feel right and I’m just generally a mess.”

Like yesterday—I felt like crapola so I stayed in bed all day.

Today I feel a little better and I will be out and about. People will ask, “How Ya’ Doin’?”

I will lie. I will say, “Fine, I’m just fine.”

CHURCH FIRST, CRAFT FAIR SECOND

Sunday, February 25, 2007

First things first! Today is Sunday and church comes first.

We missed the opening day of the Great Fair at Fountain Hills. We have always gone on Friday—never on Sunday. Since we do not believe it is sinful to shop on Sunday we will spend the afternoon at the craft fair. When I was a kid all stores, gas stations and restaurants closed on Sunday. Sunday was for going to church and resting. Those days are gone forever.

Oh, by the way, tonight we will probably watch some of the Oscars presentation. Not that we really care who wins and I certainly don’t care what the stars will be wearing or who made it. When I was a kid many church going people thought that it was wrong to go to the movies and they would never have dreamed of going on Sunday.

Well, I’ve got to get moving. It’s time to head for church. Thank goodness there are still people who believe in getting together to worship GOD.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC ADVICE

Saturday, February 24, 2007

In 1 Cor. 7:17a the Apostle Paul gives some fantastic advice. I agree with it 100%. Many, many, many people are miserable, or not as happy as they could be, because they do not heed these wise words of Paul.

“And don’t be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God’s place for you. Live and obey and love and believe right there. God, not your marital status, defines your life.”

SPRING TRAINING GAMES

Friday, February 23, 2007

If you like baseball, the valley of the sun is the place to be this time of year. This is a baseball lover’s paradise. Great stadiums are scattered all over the area where you can go to watch spring games. Once we went to a game at the San Francisco Giants’ stadium in Scottsdale just because I was hoping to see Barry Bonds knock a home run. He didn’t disappoint!

Word is out that the L.A. Dodgers are coming to the valley for spring training. That will just be another added attraction.

You would think that the “gossip,” debates and arguments would be all about which team is best. But that’s not it. The major debate is over hot dogs! Yes, that’s it—which stadium has the best hot dogs. What’s the answer? You may be surprised that, as a lover of hot dogs, I don’t know the answer. I haven’t tried any of them—much less, all of them.
They are too expensive and besides they couldn’t compare with the ones I make at home.

SNOW IN SEDONA

Thursday, February 22, 2007

It rarely rains in the valley and so we didn’t mind at all when it rained on us all the way up to Sedona. It continued to rain throughout the day so we, with umbrella in hand, scurried from one little shop to the next. Mid-afternoon it rained so hard we sought refuge in a lovely restaurant sitting on the side of a hill. We perched ourselves on high chairs looking out through a huge window. The rain splattered across the window as we looked down on a beautiful little shopping area. Only a few brave souls were milling around. Along with hot cups of coffee we wickedly indulged in sinful desserts.

In the evening, as we left our resort to go to dinner it began to snow and snow it did! The windshield wipers worked hard to keep the snow off. We sat by the fireplace in a delightful little restaurant that we had been to before, and enjoyed a great meal. It was a warm, cozy experience watching the snow come down under the street lights. By the time we left the restaurant the car was lightly covered all over with snow.

The Amara Resort and Spa sits right on Oak Creek. The next morning we walked out into the sun and looked up across the creek at the beautiful red mountains covered with snow. After breakfast we toured Sedona. At noon we had a great lunch topped off with world famous peach cobbler as viewed on Regis.

It sounds like we did a lot of eating—and we did. But we also did a lot of driving, walking (lots of walking) shopping (lots of shopping) and looking at the surrounding beauty. Words cannot describe the beauty it has to be experienced. But yes, the eating did play a prominent place in our “little vacation”—as it always does.