Christian fantasy literature, and commentary on assorted subjects
I had felt so bad for the last couple of days (and this morning as well) that when I finally started to feel better around midday, I made a vain attempt to catch up on some of the things I had let slide.
Accomplished something, but not as much as I would have liked to.
I just hope I don’t wake up tomorrow feeling like I did this morning.
At any rate, tomorrow will bring what it will bring.
Have a good night, all.
See you tomorrow.
God bless everybody.
Patty
At one time Lee & I had 2 pet rat girls. Alice had given them to us, complete with a beautiful cage and water bottle, etc. She was a student at the time and got the girls and the equipment from the school lab. They were very smart, a little aggressive with each other, but really good with us. They were fun, but their lifespan was very short.
One of the gems of our video collection is The Secret Garden (1993), directed by Agniezka Holland and based on the 1910 children’s literature classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
It’s a simple story. A little girl whom nobody wants takes over an abandoned garden that nobody wants, and shares it with a little boy whose widowed father is afraid to want him. Out of this comes love, and healing, and redemption.
Those are the things that God does. Throughout the Gospels, most of the actions performed by Jesus are acts of healing. In time, the Bible teaches us, God through Jesus Christ will heal this entire fallen world. We are privileged that, in many cases, God allows us to work with Him and for Him.
This film yesterday brought me to tears. The cinematography is gorgeous, the music score gentle and soul-stirring. Although there is no overt mention of Jesus Christ or Christianity, and even some bits of mumbo-jumbo or “magic” engaged in by the children, the message of the story could hardly be more Christian if it tried.
We are all in need of healing, many of us more than we know. All of Creation is in need of it–and will get it. God has so promised. Meanwhile, there are smaller healings and redemptions all around us. These are, as it were, small down-payments on the larger project: signs that God is nigh, that God is working in His world. He has not forgotten us. He never will.
It’s a rough ride, a lot of the time; but the day of regeneration is at hand and will not be delayed. God has already marked it on His calendar.
Had a so-so day today. It was gray and rainy and I was not quite up to par. One of those ambition-free days.
I did watch something on YouTube that talked about all the things you should do to protect yourself from robberies, break-ins etc. My hair was standing on end by the time it was half-through. It scared the pants off me and left me more concerned and frightened than I had been before I started watching the darned thing. I had put it on to listen to while I took a nap. Ha. No nap after watching that.
Aside from that, not much going on.
Tomorrow I have to get organized. Famous last words.
On that note I will close for today.
Have a good night, all.
See you tomorrow.
God bless everybody.
Patty
If my Dobie was here I would feel a lot safer. He was my darling boy.
I follow Dr. Shah a lot and he has some fascinating medical stories, but this one is very different.
What a lovely little creature!
Right now they are saying this does not affect humans. We’ll see about that. I have so little trust anymore in what “authorities” tell us. I am very concerned about another disease CWD chronic wasting disease, which is sort of like mad cow , which is reported in many deer herds. Nobody should eat the meat from those deer.