Spring Ahead the clocks 2 a.m. 3/11/07
In Like a Lion
March is certainly coming in like a lion this year. I was awakened by a thunder and lightening storm at 3 a.m. this morning the driveway was coated with hail and slush and it’s currently raining with more thunderstorms to come.
A seven-year-old girl was killed in a tornado in Missouri this morning. Our prayers go out to her family and friends.
More tornadoes are possible, blizzards in North Dakota and Minnesota.
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Hopefully this means that we will be having wonderful weather at the end of March and into April for a wonderful Easter.
The Tomb
So James Cameron of Terminator and Titanic fame is doing a documentary for the Discovery Channel where they say they have found the tomb of Jesus Christ, his mother Mary, his wife Mary, and his son Judah. They say that they have DNA that says that two of the graves are husband and wife and one is a child. Even though there are no bones in the caskets, there’s DNA they say.
This tomb was originally found in 1980 and the caskets are some of 10 that were found then. They say that one says it contains Judah, son of Jesus. That may very well be. The father of the Judah buried there may well have been named Jesus. Judah’s mother may well have been named Mary and his grandmother may have been Mary too. These were all common names.
Why is it that those that seem to have no faith have to spend so much energy trying to debunk Jesus Christ and Christianity? Perhaps because they just can’t stand that Christians not only believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins, but we KNOW this to be true. We can’t “prove” how we KNOW this to be true, but we do KNOW it. When you come to Christ, you KNOW this.
John 3:16 (King James Version)
For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life
We KNOW that Jesus was crucified, died and was buried (In the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea), that he descended into hell, and on the third day He rose again where he sits at the right hand of God the Father. (Apostle’s Creed)
The Nicene Creed says much the same thing.
Do they (those without faith) think that those of us WITH faith will look at a documentary like the Gospel of Judas, a movie or book like The DaVinci Code (which is fiction and never pretended to be otherwise) or this new documentary and suddenly say, “Oh, I have been so stupid believing in something that isn’t true!”? They have another thing coming. We who believe, KNOW. It isn’t just belief, faith, it is KNOWLEDGE. We KNOW that God loves us, unworthy as we may be. We KNOW that God sent His Son to us, to die for us, to SAVE us. We KNOW this deep in our hearts, deep in our bones, deep in our souls.
I read The DaVinci Code and I saw the movie, they were entertaining stories. Nothing more, nothing less and my faith was not even nudged. I KNOW that I am saved.
There may be those on the fence that this may persuade to drop off on the non belief side. For those, we pray that they will find the truth. We pray that they will find God by another means.
For those on this side of the fence, there really isn’t much danger that we will suddenly renounce our faith, as I said before, we KNOW.
Our faith seems to frighten those without faith. They really need to disprove the basis of our faith so that they can “prove” themselves right. I think that the thought of something beyond themselves, for those who don’t believe in anything beyond themselves, frightens the heck out of them. What if all those “Christians” are right? What if there is something beyond ourselves and we haven’t acknowledged it? Believed in it? What happens then?
I KNOW that I am saved. Others of faith that I know KNOW that they are saved. This documentary, perhaps interesting, perhaps entertaining, will NOT affect my faith.
The Anchoress is thinking along the same lines…
Captain Ed has more…
Redesign
You may have noticed over the past few days that there’s been a slight redesign of the site. Let me know how it is. Thanks.
John F. Kerry, Where are your records?
He’s announced that he will not seek the Presidency in 2008, but that doesn’t mean we still wouldn’t be interested in seeing his records…
Two years ago today John Kerry promised Tim Russert that he’d sign his SF-180 to release his military records. On May 20, 2005 John Kerry signed the form, but the papers were released to a couple of friendly news outlets and all we really learned was that George Bush’s undergrad grades were better than those of John Kerry…
Cao has quite a bit more as well as the Blogburst!
Today's Day by Day
Go read Chris Muir’s Day by Day for today, January 28, 2007.
Are Shih Tzus Supposed to Herd?
| Whenever he starts howling out back or the tea kettle starts whistling |  |
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she herds me. She herds me to the stove for the tea kettle and the back door for the Siberian. She’s only 9 inches tall at the shoulder and she pushes me along at mid-calf. |
Don’t forget to visit the Friday Ark #123!
Linked to Mickey’s Musings Carnival of the Dogs!
Airline Poll
Air Tran requested that a misbehaving three-year-old and her parents leave the plane when the parents couldn’t control her and the plane was already 15 minutes late for takeoff.
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I saw the parents briefly on FNC last night and the mother was saying that they were “humiliated” by being asked to leave the plane.
I’m sorry you feel that way Mrs. Kulesza, but it isn’t the airline that “humiliated” you.
That you can’t control your three-year-old is what humiliated you. If you could have controlled her, you wouldn’t have been asked to leave the plane.
As I noted in the previous post, my children are mostly well behaved in public. When they aren’t, I take them somewhere else. If I’m at the grocery store and a child acts up, I leave the store, cart and all. I will not put other people through my child’s misbehavior or temper tantrums.
It’s more than just airplanes. How many times have you been to a restaurant where the kids are running around and the parents are deep in their own conversation? This goes for a two mom and some kids lunch date as well. Kudos to any restaurant that posts signs and lets parents know that unruly children will not be tolerated.
Parents need to be parents first and not the child’s best friend. It’s okay to be a child’s friend as long as you remember who’s in charge and make sure that parenting takes over from friendship when it’s necessary.
A good resource for parents is 1, 2, 3, Magic by Thomas W. Phelan. It’s a way for parents to get back in control.
Pelosi Against Victory?
It sure seems so. Beldar caught it too.
When President Bush said
Ladies and gentlemen: On this day, at this hour, it is still within our power to shape the outcome of this battle. Let us find our resolve, and turn events toward victory.
Nancy Pelosi remained seated. I noted to my husband that, at the time, she looked as though she remained ‘defiantly‘ seated. She was sitting straight and tall with her hand clasped in her lap.
Lorie has an email from a “milblogger” who was offended by “Blinky”.
Airline Removes Three-Year-Old Terror and Family
Good for AirTran Airways.
The flight from Ft. Myers to Boston was already 15 minutes late taking off when little Elly refused to get in her seat. The flight could not take off without all passengers in their seats and belted. Being three years old, Elly had to have her own seat and be belted into it. According to the airline the child was also hitting her parents and trying to get under the seat.
The airline personnel asked Elly and her parents to leave the plane. Good for them. They said,
The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family.
The airline refunded their purchase price and got them on another flight and also offered three round-trip tickets to anywhere AirTran flies. The father said that they would never fly AirTran again.
I’ll fly AirTran anytime they’re going where I’m going from where I am.
I’ve flown with three-year-olds, and babies, and most recently with a five-year-old on his very first flight. I’ve never had a problem getting any child in an airline seat and keeping them there.
On the other hand, I have well behaved (at least in public) children. I set limits and the children mostly abide by them. Children need and want limits. Julie and Gerry Kulesza were inconvenienced by having to leave the plane. The other 112 passengers got to fly to their destination reasonably on time and without having to listen to a screaming three-year-old all the way to Boston.
I hope Elly was a bit better behaved on the flight they actually took.