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Some Thoughts...
Dec. 28th, 2007 | 01:57 pm
mood: 
drained
Happy Day 4 of Christmas, everyone!
I was thanking God for Mary, the mother of Jesus, last night. She endured much to give birth to the Messiah. Also for Joseph, who was humble and submitted to God under what I can only imagine was a flurry of bizarre happenstance occurring over and over again. It caused me to think that perhaps that all of the miracles that surrounded Christ's birth that were not prophesied in the Bible were merely to keep Mary and Joseph going. (Elizabeth's baby kicking at Mary's voice, Shepherds randomly showing up saying they saw multitudes of angels, learned men from the East saying they found a star and followed it to the Messiah, Simeon and Anna in the temple—all of these things must have floored them.) God is faithful to encourage us when we submit to Him.
It also reminds me that God uses people. He can use me, and He can use you. He wants us to be people of prayer.
Abortion will begin to go away when we start to pray. Remember that, and pray for the unborn and their mothers. And, of course, for the mercy of God upon our nation as we allow the slaughtering of children day after day.
I was thanking God for Mary, the mother of Jesus, last night. She endured much to give birth to the Messiah. Also for Joseph, who was humble and submitted to God under what I can only imagine was a flurry of bizarre happenstance occurring over and over again. It caused me to think that perhaps that all of the miracles that surrounded Christ's birth that were not prophesied in the Bible were merely to keep Mary and Joseph going. (Elizabeth's baby kicking at Mary's voice, Shepherds randomly showing up saying they saw multitudes of angels, learned men from the East saying they found a star and followed it to the Messiah, Simeon and Anna in the temple—all of these things must have floored them.) God is faithful to encourage us when we submit to Him.
It also reminds me that God uses people. He can use me, and He can use you. He wants us to be people of prayer.
Abortion will begin to go away when we start to pray. Remember that, and pray for the unborn and their mothers. And, of course, for the mercy of God upon our nation as we allow the slaughtering of children day after day.
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CATCH UP: Everything I Needed to Know About Raising a Family I Learned from the Family Circus
Dec. 26th, 2007 | 02:16 pm
12/24/2007
It's kind of touching that Billy and Jeffy's boyish fighting causes enough distress to Dolly that she reacts with righteous indignation, giving a phrase that usually old ladies would say. Note the hands on the hips: that cements her womanly rage. Perhaps mom wasn't around to stop the fight, and Dolly steps in to fill her place. It's nice to know that Dolly adds some class to her siblings, noting that, especially on Christmas Eve, it's not appropriate to be smarting each other.
You'll note that the fighting incident happened on Christmas Eve, before anything remotely exciting happens to children. Perhaps it was the sitting and waiting for Christmas to come that led to the fight. A type of Christmas cabin fever, if you will.
I also note that when I and my brother fought (which was often), my sisters didn't care one way or another. There was no intervention or rhetorical lashings. It was total complacency, sitting there watching TV or reading while my brother and I killed each other.
12/25/2007
Why does Billy—who is no older than 8—have an ipod in his hand? Are his parents nuts? From the looks of it, it's a video ipod to boot, which means that Mr. and Mrs. Keane just shelled out at least $300 for an ipod, the day after Billy was seen by Dolly thwacking his brother upside the head! This is how such behavior is rewarded in the Kaene household? The fact that Billy chooses to walk with the ipod and a football would not be especially reassuring to me as a parent of Billy's responsibility.
No doubt the sea of presents engulfing Billy at his moment are all his. If they were his brother's at one point, he very well could have taken them. How barbaric the Keane household is!
You'll note that the fighting incident happened on Christmas Eve, before anything remotely exciting happens to children. Perhaps it was the sitting and waiting for Christmas to come that led to the fight. A type of Christmas cabin fever, if you will.
I also note that when I and my brother fought (which was often), my sisters didn't care one way or another. There was no intervention or rhetorical lashings. It was total complacency, sitting there watching TV or reading while my brother and I killed each other.
12/25/2007
Why does Billy—who is no older than 8—have an ipod in his hand? Are his parents nuts? From the looks of it, it's a video ipod to boot, which means that Mr. and Mrs. Keane just shelled out at least $300 for an ipod, the day after Billy was seen by Dolly thwacking his brother upside the head! This is how such behavior is rewarded in the Kaene household? The fact that Billy chooses to walk with the ipod and a football would not be especially reassuring to me as a parent of Billy's responsibility.
No doubt the sea of presents engulfing Billy at his moment are all his. If they were his brother's at one point, he very well could have taken them. How barbaric the Keane household is!