“Every one of us is, even from his mother’s womb, a master craftsman of idols.”
–John Calvin
Entries from July 2008
July 31, 2008
Snippets: Idolatry
July 29, 2008
Winding Down
The minutes are ticking down on the kid-free clock. I’m headed off to Seattle to retrieve the kids. Grandma tells me that, after the first few days, they stopped saying that they missed me. But in the last few days they’ve started saying, “My Mom is coming in 3 days!” or “My Mom is coming [...]
July 26, 2008
Snippets: Anxiety
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.”
–C.H. Spurgeon
July 25, 2008
Why was I a Guest? Gratitude for God’s Grace
How Sweet and Awful Is the Place
How sweet and awful is the place
With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of her stores.
While all our hearts and all our songs
Join to admire the feast,
Each of us cry, with thankful tongues,
“Lord, why was I a guest?”
“Why was I made to [...]
July 24, 2008
Spoiling the Grandkids
When I met my parents near Olympia last week to transfer the kids, they didn’t go straight back to Seattle. Instead, they went straight to the dollar store across the street from where we met. My kids love it when Grandpa insists on taking them to the dollar store (this happens every time they see [...]
July 23, 2008
Life without the Kids
She practically begged. My mother, that is. “Let them come for Vacation Bible School and you and Tim go away somewhere. I’ll keep them for a couple of weeks.” I think she thought I needed to be convinced.
I liked the idea, in theory. But a couple of weeks? I was hesitant. They’ve been away from [...]
July 21, 2008
Vacationing Kidless
Tim and I just returned from a lovely four day vacation in southern Oregon. Here’s my Top 10 List of Benefits to Vacationing Without the Kids:
10. It’s a lot quieter.
9. You can stay up late and not have to worry about who will be grumpy the next day ’cause they didn’t get enough sleep (unless you will be [...]
July 11, 2008
Snippets: Love
“This is one of the miracles of love: it gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.”
–C.S. Lewis
July 11, 2008
Music Appreciation (Not)
It’s been a busy week. I feel like we’ve spent much of it in the car running from errand to errand. Usually, we listen to an audio book while we ride but we finished our most recent selection yesterday and I haven’t replaced it yet. So this morning my kids found something to amuse themselves in the [...]
July 9, 2008
From Breaking Camp to Breaking Appliances
The rain stopped by the end of breakfast and Thursday was shaping up to be a really nice day with lots of sun and temperatures in the low 70’s. We had to do some drying out and cleaning up, but otherwise spent the day chatting with friends, hanging out by the lake watching the kids play [...]
