Stereotypes, chaos, and snow (or lackthereof).

I've discovered that I have phenomenal reflexes.
However, I have terrible depth perception.

"Every saint can have his body under absolute control for God. God has made us to have government over all the temple of the Holy Spirit, over imaginations and affections."
Oswald Chambers

I think there are different stages of faith. And at the same time, as I become older and learn more about people and who God is, I'd almost find it safe to say that there are different styles of faith. Hm. I don't know if 'faith' is the term I want to use here. But I'm going to nonetheless, because the term 'style' is what I wish to emphasize. Perhaps what I actually want to say here is that there are different styles of worship. There are people who like old fashion worship. Whether that means hymns, potlucks, or only using an organ in church services. And a lot of times they grumble at the hoodlums who stole those hymns and organs and replaced them with drums and fancy shmancy lights. These hoodlums are more of a contemporary bunch. Like Hillsong or James River or even the Judges at Fine Arts (you AGers know what I mean). And we have the theologian-like-minded persons who like to break things down into minuscules. You know, because there must be some significance to the smallest hair on the big toe of the left foot attached to the seven headed, ten-horned monster in Revelation 12. It's okay, I have, and do, get curious and nit-picky about these things at times, too.
There are even those who find it acceptable to simply take, within or without reason, the bible as it is.
And I know there are more, plus sub-categories and other limitless possibilities and explanations. This is just my unorganized stereotypical less-than-bullet-point version of a long drawn-out thought process and debate I've had in my head.

Nontheless, they all claim to serve the same God.

I wonder...why do we so often limit God's abilities? I think it's difficult for us as humans to accept that our minds are finite. Is it really so unreasonable to think that God knew and currently knows that we all wouldn't be the same? As long as we all understand that no one comes to the father except through Jesus Christ and obey His commands, what significant difference does it make in the grand scheme of things whether we systematize our 'faith' or 'worship' or not?

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Anyone else think that this whole so-called terrible economic crisis is in everyone's heads? I think we're all freaking ourselves out for nothing. Maybe that's just me. Or maybe it's not.

Lis Lisanne Lis Ann

Click here and look at number 1679.

That's my name. On a list of English names, they have mine!! And if you look at number 1681, you'll see that they also have Lisanne. That's my first AND middle name! In ONE! Even though I have the dreadful spelling of Anne without an 'e'.

But that's my name!!! :D

Monday Night: Planets Align in a Frown

Over to the left there you can see my house, and more toward center is my John Deere and random park bench, next to my old-school bug zapper, in which I like to go sit on and ponder the mysteries of life while reading Paul's Epistles in the Cotton Patch Version.

Look up at the sky Monday night to see a bright cosmic frown. The planets Jupiter and Venus will briefly align to form (nearly upside down) two eyes and a frowning mouth in the southwest.

In what's called a planetary conjunction, the two planets —the brightest in the night sky — will appear extremely close, separated by only the width of a finger held at arm's length. They won't be this close together and well-placed for evening viewing again until May 2013.

In fact, some astronomers think a similar alignment of the planets on June 17 in the year 2 BC is behind biblical accounts of the Star of Bethlehem present during Christ's birth. The bright planets would have appeared so close together they could have been taken as a single shining star.

Though the three celestial objects will appear to be close together Monday night, they lie at drastically different distances from Earth. While the moon is only 252,000 miles away, Venus is 370 times farther away, at 94 million miles. And distant Jupiter lies nearly six times farther away than Venus, at around 540 million miles.

The tables are turned when we think about the heavenly objects' relative size. While the moon appears as the largest of the three, it is really a tiny speck in space compared to the vast bulk of Venus, which is again dwarfed by Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter's diameter is 40 times that of the moon.

Though Jupiter is much larger than Venus, it appears dimmer to us, because the latter planet is so much closer to Earth. Plus, Jupiter is much farther away from the sun than Venus, so the light bouncing off it is much less intense than the light bouncing off Venus, which hasn't had to travel so far.

By Clara Moskowitz December 01, 2008 | 6:52:19 PMCategories: Astronomy

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Fluffy white and it's not a cat

It's snowing!! Finally!! Now it actually feels like the holidays. ;)

Three months from that date at that time...

Some key points of the last like..month..or so...:

1. DFL was amazing. Some day I'll give you details. Maybe later.
2. I'm now sponsoring a child from Haiti and supporting 5 new projects taking place over there. My heart bursts with joy and tears fill my eyes every time I think of watching 499 other women choose to do this with me..and then at least 20 more last week! In our hearts I think we're all aware that God was just waiting for the right people to impact this one nation that so many people have written off before. It was like watching one nation be changed right before our eyes..in one single night. Incredible.
3. Uhh 8 of my friends have become engaged in the last 6 months. This has to be a record. I love hearing their engagement stories. However, on a more selfish standpoint..I'm losing all my friends to permanent friends! And I'm automatically excluded because I'd be like the 17th wheel and we're all fully aware that would be awkward because we should always do things in evens. I suppose now I'll have less distractions when I'm trying to study. But no, really, I'm incredibly happy for all of them. :) We owe it to the Constitution.
4. Car registration for the state of Missouri is almost complete. Praise God. This has been a pain in the butt.
5. Schooling is almost completely set up for next semester. Praise God. This has also been a pain in the butt.
6. I got a fortune cookie the other day that said "Remember three months from this date. Good things are in store for you." That's probably the first actual FORTUNE cookie I've gotten since they decided to turn them all into "Statement Cookies."
7. I hate my job. And I decided that the world isn't going to wait for me to get my degree for me to change it. So therefore, I'm praying for a new job that's much more in line with my career path. And, for the love of God, it does NOT involve retail. Or supervising in retail. Which I hate. With a passion. In case I haven't mentioned that I absolutely hate my job to the very core of my being.
8. Studying Greek. When I get a little more literate in that I'll probably begin Hebrew. No. I WILL begin Hebrew. :)
9. I have hair again :D Huzzah. I shall never ever cut it again. That's a lie, I will but I will never risk cutting it short ever again. At least not before the age of 50.
   
10. I also turned 21 on Nov. 4th. Tristen took me out to a lovely dinner where I tasted my first alcoholic beverage ever and I managed to drink half of a pina colada. But once it started melting and I could actually taste the alcohol I decided I didn't like it so much. Better luck next time.
11. I go home in 4 weeks. Which is weird. I have no clue where my mother lives, considering I haven't been to Michigan since last Christmas.
12. And for the sake of practicing what I preach and ending up on an even number, my cousin and I have begun an abridged series. More details later. ;)