31 Tuesday Jan 2012
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Thou hast dealt kindly with us, Heavenly Father, in giving the grace of comfort. We rejoice in the privilege of acknowledging all again unto Thee with thanksgiving. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
30 Monday Jan 2012
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We need no greater proof of Thy love than the blessings Thou dost continually shower upon us. The sunshine and the rain both in their way minister to us. So also do joy and sorrow, if in the midst of them we have the faith to remember Thee. Grant us this faith, for Christ’s sake. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
29 Sunday Jan 2012
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We thank Thee, O Lord, for the food provided us each day and we pray that it shall strengthen our love for Thee and give us the spirit to enter into Thy work. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
28 Saturday Jan 2012
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What is Man, O Lord, that Thou art mindful of him. And yet we give Thee thanks that we are the constant objects of all Thy love and watchcare. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
27 Friday Jan 2012
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Bristle Cone Pine, Bristlecone pine, creation, earth's oldest tree, evolution, oldest living organism
“Eighty to eighty-five percent of earth’s land surface does not have even 3 geological periods appearing in ‘correct’ consecutive order … it becomes an overall exercise of gargantuan special pleading and imagination for the evolutionary-uniformitarian paradigm to maintain that there ever were geologic periods.” (John Woodmorappe, geologist)
Did you know that the oldest living organism on earth is a tree?
That’s right.
The oldest living organism in the world is a tree called the Bristlecone Pine found in Southern California as depicted below for us in Allyn and Bacon Biology Science Textbook.
The Bristlecone Pine Tree is 4,300 years old.
That is one old tree!
But I have a question for you.
If the earth is millions of years old, why do we not have an older tree someplace? Why is the oldest tree only 4,300 years old?
Well, I have a theory about that.
I believe, according to the Bible, that about 6,000 years ago, God created the heaven and the earth.
4,400 years ago there was a Flood that destroyed the world, so the oldest tree should be less than 4,400 years old.
And look at that…it is! Amazing!
“As yet we have not been able to track the phylogenetic history of a single group of modern plants from its beginning to the present.”
(Chester A Arnold, Professor of Botany and Curator of Fossil Plants, University of Michigan, An Introduction to Paleobotany (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1947, p.7)
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27 Friday Jan 2012
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While satisfying our physical hunger and thirst, grant us, Lord, to have that more blessed Hunger and Thirst after righteousness. Protect us from unworthy desires and ambitions. Show us what is Thou gracious will for us, and accept all our thanks. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
26 Thursday Jan 2012
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We give Thee thanks, for life and all its blessings. Give Thou this food to nourish our bodies, and Thy Word of Truth to sustain our souls. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
25 Wednesday Jan 2012
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O Lord, we thank Thee for these mercies and the food laid before us. Help us to realize Thy great favors to us and let our health and strength be devoted to Thy work. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
25 Wednesday Jan 2012
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Would you like to know something that most people don’t know?
Sometimes babies cry.
It doesn’t sound quite as profound on the surface of it, but it is actually a cornerstone of parenting truth of which the vast majority of people are oblivious.
Sometimes babies cry.
They can be fed…and still cry.
They can be clean…and still cry.
They can be dry…and still cry.
They can be held…and still cry.
They can be warm…and still cry.
They can be safe…and still cry.
They can be powdered…and still cry.
They can be loved…and still cry.
They can be burped…and still cry.
They can be satisfied…and still cry.
Crazy as it sounds, sometimes babies just cry. And as any honest Mother or Father can tell you, they are not always consolable. The reason is because their crying doesn’t necessarily equate to a need.
Sometimes babies cry.
Yet, when most people hear a baby crying, even if they know that baby is completely safe and well, a feverishly absurd paranoia rushes over them and they assume that something is wrong with the baby, and with you, if you’re the parent not jumping at the first coo or cry. In other words, there must be something wrong with you as a parent if you’re not reacting quickly enough by their standard of haste in tending to the baby’s “need”.
What they fail to realize is…sometimes babies cry.
I have grown weary of the conventional wisdom, (which disguises itself as unconvetional), stating that a baby under normal circumstances will never and should never cry. This philosophy states that if a baby is crying, that equates to a failure on the part of the parent and a failure that is actually damaging to the baby.
What?? Healthy babies never cry?!
I don’t know how many live babies these “researchers” have been around, but healthy babies definitely do cry. If your baby never cries, get them checked out immediately.
Consider this quote from Mothering Magazine Founder, Peggy O’mara:
“Don’t stand unmoving outside the door of a crying baby whose only desire is to touch you. Go to your baby. Go to your baby a million times. Demonstrate that people can be trusted, that the environment can be trusted, that we live in a benign universe.”
This philosophy spans from the sentimental, above, to the clinically insane below:
“A baby who is deprived of its mother’s love for just two minutes is anxious about being ignored again the next day, a study found. Experts in child development said that repeated episodes of stress could have a huge effect on a youngster’s health and on his or her course in life. The researches go on to point out that this type of treatment from parents can go on to have long term effects on the child, even affecting his immune system. That’s right, it’s not healthy to ignore your babies cries.”
Did you read that? So according to this “study” your child is going to live a shortened life span, with a weakened immune system and an inability to trust anyone or anything in this life if you happen to be momentarily indisposed of or in the bathroom while your baby begins to cry?!
It doesn’t take heightened discernment or being the father of four small children to see that this qualifies as vain reasoning.
Now for the record, I want to be clear that I am not advocating child neglect. I of course have to make that caveat or else some idiot who is quick and eager to misunderstand will insist I’m promoting something that I am not. However, letting your child make an utterance without diving head-first into the crib is a far cry from neglect.
Sometimes babies cry.
24 Tuesday Jan 2012
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Again, Lord, Thou hast shown forth Thy mighty love in providing us this food. May we devote its sustaining power to the cause for which Thou wouldst have us labor. Bless all that is undertaken for Thee, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
(A William Nyce., and Hubert Bunyea. Grace Before Meals. Philadelphia, PA, 1911)
