Hey family
we were meant to do a social event this week. So I was thinking why don't we go to Garry beach at the Royal National Park. It's a beautiful long beach with waves and the car park is right next to the beach.
So let's invite EVERYBODY and ANYBODY. Myles and I will will be there early Saturday morning. I know Len's family wanted to go this weekend. It cost $10 for the National Park fee.
After all that our family has been through lately it's probably a good time to have some fun. Weather permitting (please let the weather be awesome, Lord).
What do yo guys think?
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
sleepless in sydney
went to COLOUR CONFERENCE Thurs-Sat...it had less pizzaz but just as much kick. Have tons on my brain, tons to process and write and pray about...can't sleep, but not ready to dig yet.
This much I know, the LORD is stripping another layer off the "taliloa" image and replacing it with his truth. I know myself very well, but always the LORD proves how much more he knows me. It's like he never accepts anything even if it's good...he strips it down to the simplest truth.
He gives you gifts, skills, talent, etc, but then he never wants you to rely on these things...because the moment you do...he strips it back down. Our strengths, our weaknesses...are never things he wants us to rely on. He will use them for our good but the moment he thinks these are no longer good...it doesn't matter what it is...he won't hesitate to strip it away.
A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly once, but the LORD keeps transforming us all our lives. I use to think we were being transformed into mature christians...but i'm starting to realise that the LORD's idea of MATURITY is just as different from this world as everything else. I think he's simplifying everything.
At the start of my life I was a child dependant on my parents. At the end of my life I will be a child again dependant on my heavenly Father. That's the LORD's idea of maturity. We start our lives with nothing then we fill it with so much that we need to spend the rest of our lives removing it all.
I was happy with nothing when I took my first breath and I will be happy with nothing when I take my last. I will spend the rest of my life learning what this revelation means. I can't take anything with me to heaven...not my good name, not my deeds, not my gifts or skills or calling, not the blessings, not my sins, my strong body or weak body.
This much I know, the LORD is stripping another layer off the "taliloa" image and replacing it with his truth. I know myself very well, but always the LORD proves how much more he knows me. It's like he never accepts anything even if it's good...he strips it down to the simplest truth.
He gives you gifts, skills, talent, etc, but then he never wants you to rely on these things...because the moment you do...he strips it back down. Our strengths, our weaknesses...are never things he wants us to rely on. He will use them for our good but the moment he thinks these are no longer good...it doesn't matter what it is...he won't hesitate to strip it away.
A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly once, but the LORD keeps transforming us all our lives. I use to think we were being transformed into mature christians...but i'm starting to realise that the LORD's idea of MATURITY is just as different from this world as everything else. I think he's simplifying everything.
At the start of my life I was a child dependant on my parents. At the end of my life I will be a child again dependant on my heavenly Father. That's the LORD's idea of maturity. We start our lives with nothing then we fill it with so much that we need to spend the rest of our lives removing it all.
I was happy with nothing when I took my first breath and I will be happy with nothing when I take my last. I will spend the rest of my life learning what this revelation means. I can't take anything with me to heaven...not my good name, not my deeds, not my gifts or skills or calling, not the blessings, not my sins, my strong body or weak body.
I just take my spirit. From what I have learnt this year...
I think I have overpacked.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
ditz moments #2
Talk about ditz moments..im having a big ditz homer day today.
First at work, i get in the lift filled with a whole bunch of guys and students, i basically run into one of the girls and push her onto some other guy behind her, i get to my floor and i basically fall out of the lift, kick the floor infront of me and almost fall flat on my face, (the lift was still open)
i walk to the glass door, but somehow had a mental block and i forgot which one opens so i pushed the wrong one and crashed into it instead.
couldnt sign my name in at reception, coz i didnt know who i was meeting, until i was kindly reminded by the receptionist....hellloooooooooooooooooooo!!!
as Tali would say "Whadddd are ya??"
I finish the meeting, get up off my chair and kicked the table while i was at it,bent down to hold my knee and some poor guy walked into me from the back and created a nice awkward but very funny moment for everyone there.....not a good look!!
keep leaving stuff everywhere like my phone in the cubicle of the toilet, and then went looking for it in the wrong places!!!
its taken me forever to write this email because not only am i having a homer day, im also suffering from a severe case of dyslexia and my initial entry looked like a jumbled word puzzle..
well, i also did a whole bunch of other stuff but that was the biggest ditz moment for me....but i know why im having a homer day and it requires no sympathy :p
so im excited about COLOUR conference tonight...WHooooohoooooooo!!!
the Lords timming is good....perfect in all forms...i need to worship him in a filled, praising, loud and out there environment and tonight i get my need met!!!
First at work, i get in the lift filled with a whole bunch of guys and students, i basically run into one of the girls and push her onto some other guy behind her, i get to my floor and i basically fall out of the lift, kick the floor infront of me and almost fall flat on my face, (the lift was still open)
i walk to the glass door, but somehow had a mental block and i forgot which one opens so i pushed the wrong one and crashed into it instead.
couldnt sign my name in at reception, coz i didnt know who i was meeting, until i was kindly reminded by the receptionist....hellloooooooooooooooooooo!!!
as Tali would say "Whadddd are ya??"
I finish the meeting, get up off my chair and kicked the table while i was at it,bent down to hold my knee and some poor guy walked into me from the back and created a nice awkward but very funny moment for everyone there.....not a good look!!
keep leaving stuff everywhere like my phone in the cubicle of the toilet, and then went looking for it in the wrong places!!!
its taken me forever to write this email because not only am i having a homer day, im also suffering from a severe case of dyslexia and my initial entry looked like a jumbled word puzzle..
well, i also did a whole bunch of other stuff but that was the biggest ditz moment for me....but i know why im having a homer day and it requires no sympathy :p
so im excited about COLOUR conference tonight...WHooooohoooooooo!!!
the Lords timming is good....perfect in all forms...i need to worship him in a filled, praising, loud and out there environment and tonight i get my need met!!!
caffeine withdrawal...
i'm having one of those days where you shouldn't cross the road by yourself....or pick up sharp objects....cos you're losing the plot and chances are you will be hit by a car or cut yourself.
it's actually two of those days...because yesterday is continuing on to today!
I blame it on the lack of caffeine in my system. I have stopped drinking coffee, tea and cola drinks because of IVF. Will wait till I find out if i'm preggy or not in two weeks...now look at me....my brain has disconnected from my body which is doing it's own thing.
Yesterday I decided to bake banana cakes...that's not the dizzy bit...i had lots of ripe bananas. Doubled my first mixture. All good... 1 hour lata it was still cooking....i'm like: it normally doesnt take this long....helllooo. Then i clicked....I doubled only half the ingredients...so it didn't have enough eggs, baking powder, baking soda...i wondered why it looked a bit dry when i was mixing it...so instead of thinking about it i just added some milk. 2 hours lata the cake cooked.
So not one to give up easily I made the next cake....i boiled some milk on the oven because our microwave blew up...that's not the dizzy bit either...i burnt it. Cooked cake...i nearly burnt it. I cooked dinner....i burnt the meat. By this stage I was just cracking up laughing. D'OoH!
This morning i text my cousin to tell her some news ...she normally texts back immediately...15 mins went past....i got all paranoid thinking...did i upset her....so i text her again saying sorry...she texts me back straight away...saying you must have texted someone else cos I don't understand...D'OoH!! Another Homer moment.
I had to ring her to explain, we had a good laugh over it...so who did i send those texts too??? Probably my man. Roll on next two weeks so I can have a cup of tea!
it's actually two of those days...because yesterday is continuing on to today!
I blame it on the lack of caffeine in my system. I have stopped drinking coffee, tea and cola drinks because of IVF. Will wait till I find out if i'm preggy or not in two weeks...now look at me....my brain has disconnected from my body which is doing it's own thing.
Yesterday I decided to bake banana cakes...that's not the dizzy bit...i had lots of ripe bananas. Doubled my first mixture. All good... 1 hour lata it was still cooking....i'm like: it normally doesnt take this long....helllooo. Then i clicked....I doubled only half the ingredients...so it didn't have enough eggs, baking powder, baking soda...i wondered why it looked a bit dry when i was mixing it...so instead of thinking about it i just added some milk. 2 hours lata the cake cooked.
So not one to give up easily I made the next cake....i boiled some milk on the oven because our microwave blew up...that's not the dizzy bit either...i burnt it. Cooked cake...i nearly burnt it. I cooked dinner....i burnt the meat. By this stage I was just cracking up laughing. D'OoH!
This morning i text my cousin to tell her some news ...she normally texts back immediately...15 mins went past....i got all paranoid thinking...did i upset her....so i text her again saying sorry...she texts me back straight away...saying you must have texted someone else cos I don't understand...D'OoH!! Another Homer moment.
I had to ring her to explain, we had a good laugh over it...so who did i send those texts too??? Probably my man. Roll on next two weeks so I can have a cup of tea!
Why I believe in God #3
So I was on the train this morning, just thinking, and this popped into my head:
If I cut you, you bleed. But also your skin heals itself. If there is no God, when in the evolution process did this start to happen? Early enough for it to be shared consistently across many different species (human, cat, bird etc).
IMHO, this just too complex a design to have happened naturally!
If I cut you, you bleed. But also your skin heals itself. If there is no God, when in the evolution process did this start to happen? Early enough for it to be shared consistently across many different species (human, cat, bird etc).
IMHO, this just too complex a design to have happened naturally!
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