Scary Bedtime Prayers

This is hysterical.

Are you a Jackie? a Marilyn? Or someone else?

Just for fun!

It is uncanny how a silly little quiz can be so right on the mark. Funny...people in real life haven't been able to peg me as well as this quiz did.

Let me know how it works out for you!

Your result for Are You a Jackie or a Marilyn? Or Someone Else? Mad Men-era Female Icon Quiz...

You Are a Grace!

You are a Grace -- "I need to understand the world."

Graces have a need for knowledge and are introverted, curious, analytical, and insightful.

How to Get Along with Me

• * Be independent, not clingy


• * Speak in a straightforward and brief manner


• * I need time alone to process my feelings and thoughts


• * Remember that If I seem aloof, distant, or arrogant, it may be that I am feeling uncomfortable


• * Make me feel welcome, but not too intensely, or I might doubt your sincerity


• * If I become irritated when I have to repeat things, it may be because it was such an effort to get my thoughts out in the first place


• * don't come on like a bulldozer


• * Help me to avoid my pet peeves: big parties, other people's loud music, overdone emotions, and intrusions on my privacy

What I Like About Being a Grace
* standing back and viewing life objectively
* coming to a thorough understanding; perceiving causes and effects
* my sense of integrity: doing what I think is right and not being influenced by social pressure
* not being caught up in material possessions and status
* being calm in a crisis

What's Hard About Being a Grace

• * being slow to put my knowledge and insights out in the world


• * feeling bad when I act defensive or like a know-it-all


• * being pressured to be with people when I don't want to be


• * watching others with better social skills, but less intelligence or technical skill, do better professionally

Graces as Children Often

• * spend a lot of time alone reading, making collections, and so on


• * have a few special friends rather than many


• * are very bright and curious and do well in school


• * have independent minds and often question their parents and teachers


• * watch events from a detached point of view, gathering information


• * assume a poker face in order not to look afraid


• * are sensitive; avoid interpersonal conflict


• * feel intruded upon and controlled and/or ignored and neglected

Graces as Parents

• * are often kind, perceptive, and devoted


• * are sometimes authoritarian and demanding


• * may expect more intellectual achievement than is developmentally appropriate


• * may be intolerant of their children expressing strong emotions

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Who Wears the Pants?

This song is hilarious but there is a deep truth in it. At the very least, I hope it brings a smile to your face. If not, you might need to check your sense of humor and see if it needs a tune-up. Is marriage all about "who wears the pants"? Or is it about sacrificial love and put the other first?


H/T: Gem via Dale Fincher's blog.

Happy 18th Birthday, Arielle Faith!!

Our second oldest turned 18 today. Not only is she beautiful but she is intelligent and loves the Lord with all her heart, mind and soul. We are so proud of her and we couldn't ask for a more wonderful daughter!

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man.....

Recently a young girl of 16 wrote about feminine modesty on a blog.

"My mother and I were looking through the JCPenney fall/winter catalogue we got in the mail today. It was so saddening seeing beautiful females cover up their femininity in men’s clothing! There was a beautiful lady wearing a jacket that looked like it could have come from my father’s closet along with cargo pants that looked like men’s as well. It was really sad! This women had beautiful feminine hair and a pleasant face. But when you looked at her clothing, that’s where all the gorgeous beauty ended, because her femininity wasn’t there. She looked androgynous-her hair was feminine, her clothes weren’t. This is why I’m so passionate about this subject. It was tragic to see women cover up their God-given beauty of femininity. Likewise, it would be tragic to see a man walking down the street in a floor-length gown! This is not the way God designed it. In whatever culture or country you’re in, He wants women to be feminine and men to be masculine, whatever that looks like in that particular country."

It was really sad? I could hardly say that this is a reasonable reaction to this picture. Sad? No, not so much.

I wanted to see what she was referring to so I got out my Fall/Winter JCPenney Catalogue and looked for the picture of the beautiful woman wearing men's clothing.

I don't know. That is an outfit I would wear. Actually, I wouldn't mind getting it if the jacket weren't so much money.

I sure hope her dad wouldn't wear the jacket because it is quite feminine...3/4 sleeves, notched cuffs, short cut. At least I would hope he wouldn't wear such a jacket. I really don't think any man would dare to be caught dead in it.

And, cargo pants, depending upon the occasion and setting, could be very appropriate. I personally like them and I have never been accused of being androgynous (indeterminate sex) and I hardly think it is accurate to say that about this model.

Now, look at the picture. Is this an androgynous looking person? Would she be the next "Pat" in the Saturday Night Live sketch? Does her "gorgeous beauty" end at her neck? Is she covering up her God-given femininity? Is it really anyone's business to foist upon others their own personal definition of what a female should look like?

When I look at the picture, I think that this woman likes the outdoors and that she is adventurous. She is beautiful and sporty and she is every ounce a woman even in her cargo pants and her houndstooth jacket.

Deuteronomy 22:5 says this:

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

When looking up the Hebrew, it is not talking about clothing. In that time, men and woman both wore robes. The Hebrew seems to be using words that mean "instruments, utensils, apparatus" when it says "that which pertaineth" and the Hebrew word for "man" is not the usual word for man but it is "geber" which means "warrior". And when this verse speaks to the man, it is speaking more in terms of putting on actual clothing. It is not saying that pants belong to a man, especially since pants weren't even around when this verse was written.

Basically, it is saying that the woman should not be taking up arms and becoming a warrior in battle and a man should not be putting on the garments of women. It is not saying that there are no similarities between the garments of men and women, either. Also, there is nothing wrong with a woman using an "implement" in order to protect herself and her family. I believe the general gist of this verse was speaking against cross-dressing (for men) and women going out and picking up implements in order to be warriors. Darn! That means no more Xena, Warrior Princess for me?????

The mindset among some is that this verse is forbidding a woman from wearing pants. And as we know Scottish men have worn kilts and still wear them. This same young lady claimed that if all the men in Scotland wore kilts, then the women cannot wear skirts/dresses. She said that they would have to wear pants in order to not be "sinfully androgynous". So, according to her understanding (one has to wonder whose teaching she has been sitting under????), it is a man and the culture NOT the Bible that dictates to women what she may or may not wear. As we all know that is a totally false understanding of Scripture.

Todd Bentley: The Violent Healer?

What gets me are all the people laughing at this maniac. He is obviously insane but what is their excuse?

He chokes people, he beats their limbs on platforms, he kicks them in the face and he claims that the Holy Spirit/God tells him to do these things.

And all the while people in the audience laugh as he relates these stories.

I would like to claim that God is giving me the urge to do the same to all of them but that would be blasphemy.

If the above video was not disturbing enough, watch this video clip with Bentley and a little girl. And a little child will lead them.......(Isaiah 11:6)

I am just sickened that these sorts of things go on and that these children are subjected to such evil being masqueraded as Light.

H/T: Paula

Mandles

This is a little late for Father's Day but if you are looking for that perfect gift for the manly man in your life, look no further.






H/T: Cindy Kunsman