Yankee/Dixie Quiz

Another test! Yippee! This one analyzes your common terms for things that are region-specific, then gives you a percentage. It's mostly for Americans, but I'm sure worldly people can do it as well ...

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/yankee_dixie_quiz.html

My result:

57% (Dixie). Barely into the Dixie category.

How interesting, I've never been down south!

Chesterton, Davis, Gordon & King

"I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess."

~G.K. Chesterton

"The saddest thing I have ever see, is a beautiful bird with glorious wings that is convinced by others it cannot fly."

~M Shawn Davis

"Love is blind-it sees more, not less. But because it sees more its willing to see less."

~Rabbi Julius Gordon

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

~Martin Luther King

The Master Weaver

Something I came across:

"There is a Jewish belief that there is no such thing as coincidences. If you take the Hebrew word for 'coincidence' & spell it backwards, you get "God has woven." What may appear to us as coincidences are all part of God's plan.

If you look at a beautifully woven rug or needlepoint from underneath, all you'll see is a disjointed crisscrossed tangle without any pattern or harmony. God is the Master Weaver, but all too often we, with our limited human perspective, manage to see only the crisscrossed tangle. We should never lack the faith that there is a pattern and that a/the Master Weaver is watching over it."

Pretty cool stuff huh! Just wanted to share it with you all.

"Birth Verse"

What is your "Birth Verse"

http://www.mybirthverse.com/

My result:

Lamentations 3:25 NIVThe LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

Good grief! From Lamentations! lol Cool passage though ...

A Really Cool Lil Blessing!

"May the saddest day of your life be no worse... than the happiest day of your past

~Irish Blessing

How cool is that?!!!

trapeze act

A quote I would like to share ...

"The Christian life resembles a trapeze act. You can swing on the bar, exercising and building muscles all you want. But if you want to improve and excel, you have to take risks. You have to let go, knowing that nothing is beneath you, and you reach out to the next trapeze bar."

~ Paul Tournier

Another Agape Thing!

I guess one of the most amazing things I find in a relationship with Jesus is coming to grips with agape love. That Christ decided to die for me long before I was born, regardless race, habits, doctrinal positions and anything else that often, we as humans, allow to get in the way. That Gods love is without condition and even if we don't accept Him, he still loves us anyways.Another thing that hits is that this unconditional love, by implication is what we should be adopting when we call ourselves a follower of Christ. This kind of love, in me as far from perfect, makes me pause to think why I got so angry with someone who has a totally opposing view on life as I do. Or someone who goes out of their way to oppose argue with me, or someone I pick little fights with. I've been reflecting in the past week or so since I've been off pain meds, on many of my relationships with people and it becomes so obvious that its much easier to talk Christ than live it. I can reel of theology, life experiences and whatnot, but my life and behavior has really got to reflect this relationship between Christ and me. And the sad truth is that I come up wanting ...

I realize that Jesus is chiseling away the rough stone, smoothing those parts so that He can be reflected more clearly. At this point I wish to apologize to all my brothers and sisters, and others, when my words don't match up to my walk. I apologize when in haste I argue my part in my desire to be understood and ending up hurting someone. May Christ keep me humble, keep us all humble, and allow us to grasp what it really, really means to have the fruit of the Spirit. What it really means to walk without condemnation, in the shadow of the Cross, in His presence. And to be a refection to others what Christ's unconditional agape love is all about.

A blog from Tim... sorta ...