When I went to Tim Horton's for coffee this morning I saw something remarkable, actually it was someone remarkable.
I have no idea who he was but I could see that he had a job involving close contact with mud. He was grinning from ear to ear and humming a happy tune.
But the most remakable thing was that he smelled like David Beckham cologne under all that mud.
Whatever job he had it was a dirty one, but he was obviously treating it like the most joyful and sophisticated thing in the world to do, I really had to smile and think how much more enjoyable life would be if we took what we were handed and treated it with the same sort of enthusiasim.
On the other hand maybe he was just laid off which was why he was so happy :-).
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I will lift my eyes - by Bebo Norman
God, my God, I cry out
Your beloved needs You now
God, be near, calm my fear
And take my doubt
Your kindness is what pulls me up
Your love is all that draws me in
I will lift my eyes to the Maker
Of the mountains I can't climb
I will lift my eyes to the Calmer
Of the oceans raging wild
I will lift my eyes to the Healer
Of the hurt I hold inside
I will lift my eyes, lift my eyes to You
God, my God, let Mercy sing
Her melody over me
God, right here all I bring
Is all of me
Cause You are and You were and You will be forever
The Lover I need to save me
Cause You fashioned the earth and You hold it together, God
So hold me now
This is one of my very favorite songs.
Your beloved needs You now
God, be near, calm my fear
And take my doubt
Your kindness is what pulls me up
Your love is all that draws me in
I will lift my eyes to the Maker
Of the mountains I can't climb
I will lift my eyes to the Calmer
Of the oceans raging wild
I will lift my eyes to the Healer
Of the hurt I hold inside
I will lift my eyes, lift my eyes to You
God, my God, let Mercy sing
Her melody over me
God, right here all I bring
Is all of me
Cause You are and You were and You will be forever
The Lover I need to save me
Cause You fashioned the earth and You hold it together, God
So hold me now
This is one of my very favorite songs.
A laugh for all those who love to invest...
Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in
the family business.
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly
father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his
fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful
woman he had ever seen.
Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just an
ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father
will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars."
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later,
she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at estate planning than men. :)
the family business.
When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly
father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his
fortune.
One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful
woman he had ever seen.
Her natural beauty took his breath away. "I may look like just an
ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my father
will die, and I'll inherit 20 million dollars."
Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later,
she became his stepmother.
Women are so much better at estate planning than men. :)
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Social Morality
The following is an excerpt from 'Mere Christianity' by C.S. Lewis. It is from the chapter, 'Social Morality'. If you have not read this book I would strongly suggest you should.
'People say, 'The Church ought to give us a lead.' That is true if they mean it in the right way, but false if they mean it in the wrong way. By the Church they ought to mean the whole body of practising Christians. And when they say that the Church should give us a lead, they ought to mean that some Christians - those who happen to have the right talents - should be economists and statesmen, and that all economists and statesmen should be Christians, and that their whole efforts in politics and economics should be directed to putting 'Do as you would be done by' into action. If that happened, and if we others were really ready to take it, then we should find the Christian solution to our own social problems pretty quickly. But, of course, when they ask for a lead from the Church most people mean they want the clergy to put out a political programme. That is silly. The clergy are those particular people within the whole Church who have been specially trained and set aside to look after what concerns us as creatures who are going to live for ever: and we are asking them to do a quite different job for which they have not been trained. The job is really on us, on the laymen. The application of Christian principles, say, to trade unionism or education, must come from Christian trade unionists and Christian schoolmasters: just as Christian literature comes from Christian novelists and dramatists - not from the bench of bishops getting together and trying to write plays and novels in their spare time.'
'People say, 'The Church ought to give us a lead.' That is true if they mean it in the right way, but false if they mean it in the wrong way. By the Church they ought to mean the whole body of practising Christians. And when they say that the Church should give us a lead, they ought to mean that some Christians - those who happen to have the right talents - should be economists and statesmen, and that all economists and statesmen should be Christians, and that their whole efforts in politics and economics should be directed to putting 'Do as you would be done by' into action. If that happened, and if we others were really ready to take it, then we should find the Christian solution to our own social problems pretty quickly. But, of course, when they ask for a lead from the Church most people mean they want the clergy to put out a political programme. That is silly. The clergy are those particular people within the whole Church who have been specially trained and set aside to look after what concerns us as creatures who are going to live for ever: and we are asking them to do a quite different job for which they have not been trained. The job is really on us, on the laymen. The application of Christian principles, say, to trade unionism or education, must come from Christian trade unionists and Christian schoolmasters: just as Christian literature comes from Christian novelists and dramatists - not from the bench of bishops getting together and trying to write plays and novels in their spare time.'
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Just a little rant!
Have you ever noticed how sometimes songs that are joyful are sung like a dirge, we slow them down and pause long between the lines. If someone were to hear it they would probably say ‘Wow, those people are really sad about something’ not ‘Wow, that song has really encouraging and joyful words’.
Just take the song ‘I love to tell the story’. This song is an oxymoron. First it is centered on ‘I’ and not actually telling the story at all. If it were true that you liked to tell the story of salvation, you would actually be telling it, not singing about how you like to tell it. Why are we singing songs like this in the worship service?
When I say ‘Britney Spears’ you don’t think of a mother, a wealthy lady, a good singer, you think of a bald, foolish, indecent women. Do you see how people judge you by what you do, not who you are or what you say.
If you sing slowly they think you are sad. If you tell them all about how holy you are(and they know what you do isn't in line with what you say), they think you are piously stupid and proud. On the other hand if you help them when they need it, encourage them, always have a joyful attitude, even when things aren’t going well, they might actually pay attention to what you are doing and ask you why you live such a way.
We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-3
Just take the song ‘I love to tell the story’. This song is an oxymoron. First it is centered on ‘I’ and not actually telling the story at all. If it were true that you liked to tell the story of salvation, you would actually be telling it, not singing about how you like to tell it. Why are we singing songs like this in the worship service?
When I say ‘Britney Spears’ you don’t think of a mother, a wealthy lady, a good singer, you think of a bald, foolish, indecent women. Do you see how people judge you by what you do, not who you are or what you say.
If you sing slowly they think you are sad. If you tell them all about how holy you are(and they know what you do isn't in line with what you say), they think you are piously stupid and proud. On the other hand if you help them when they need it, encourage them, always have a joyful attitude, even when things aren’t going well, they might actually pay attention to what you are doing and ask you why you live such a way.
We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 1:1-3
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
An odd story.
One evening My brother and I decided to go and have Chinese food. We found what looked like a nice Chinese buffet. The food was good, but not great, it virtually dripped with excess fat. After we had eaten Jeremy sat back and exclaimed "Wow that was fatty and heavy, I feel like I ate Buddha" The End.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Theory vs. Practice
Have you ever noticed that most people generally have all the right answers when you bring a problem to them? They explain in detail exactly how you can fix it and what you should do. I generally think I have all the answers too when we are talking about certain situations or management ideas or how to execute a job well. But then comes the time when I actually am in a situation, or need to execute a job, and suddenly I realize that all the theories I had were nice, but were just words thrown around at coffee time. Actually doing things takes work, and dicipline. I find at times we forget to see all the details when we are making theories, but act like we know it all. Sometimes I think it would be better to just get to work, pay attention, and get it done. Okay so I'm theorizing :-)
Also we might want to stop listening to the people who have so much to say, and pay attention to the the ones who have practice. They usually are quieter cause they know they don't have all the answers. And sometimes they are hard to find cause they are busy doing the things we only theorize about.
Also we might want to stop listening to the people who have so much to say, and pay attention to the the ones who have practice. They usually are quieter cause they know they don't have all the answers. And sometimes they are hard to find cause they are busy doing the things we only theorize about.
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