Katy’s Weblog
I learned that if I try to manipulate a situation, God will allow my plans to change so that His will be accomplished.
In the recent one-day Mexico mission trip, I asked people to volunteer at various locations. But I also used my “executive power” to put certain people in specific locations with the intent of doing what I think is best for them.
Orson Scott Card, the author of Ender’s Game, wrote a series of fiction on the women of Genesis – Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachel.
When you read the life of Rebekah in the Bible, many questions come to mind:
What made Rebekah agree to leave her family to go so far to marry a man she’s never met?
I often hear people say “You have to do what you love.”
It would be nice to be able to be able to make money doing something you love. But in the real world, that doesn’t always happen.
Does that mean you should only do what you love? And if you don’t love what you do, you shouldn’t do it?
We take a lot of things for granted here in the US.
Our speaker at last year’s church retreat says that what Jesus did on the cross should not become too familiar with us, such that we take him for granted.
As Easter approaches, I think it is an appropriate time for us to reflect on the significance of Easter.
A discussion came up – why doesn’t God answer seemingly “good and reasonable” prayers like healing a child of cancer? Isn’t it weird why God doesn’t answer some prayers and answer others?
Elliot: It would be more weird if God answered all our prayers.
Thanks, Elliot. That actually helps me a lot.
I am glad I got to spend a little time with my dad today.
I don’t often make the effort to drive the 45 minutes to see him. Since he needed someone to take him to a doctor’s appointment today, I was glad to have the opportunity.
He bought me dim sum for lunch with plenty to take home too :)
Why are people surprised when they find out I did not vote for Obama.
Almost 60 million others did not vote for him.
It’s no surprise to me that polls are showing lower approval rates for Obama.
I realize now what my mom had to go through.
I came from a family of 4 kids, with only a span of 6 years between us. My mother was a Stay-At-Home mom; we were her life. None of her own family lived near us, they were in other countries – Hong Kong, Australia, Canada. Without phone cards or Skype or email those days, she talked to her family a couple of times a year at best.
Project Happily Ever approaches Valentine’s Day the same way my husband and I do.
To my hubby for Valentine’s Day, I give you the haiku in 5 stanza, written by Project Happily Ever. (Change latte to tea, wine to hot chocolate, tight pants to loose pants, fat to thin, rodents to crickets…)
Ode to Mr. Strong and Silent
I wake up sleepy.
I bitch and complain a lot.
You bring me latte.
This book in the Ender’s Game series was a little hard to get through. The start was a little slow. I gave up, skipped a few chapters, read the end, and then went back to read it through.
Orson Scott Card in this book Speaker for the Dead tells how humans and an alien species…