Are you hyper? March 9, 2009

This morning I went to Valvoline to get the oil changed in Josh’s car.  I pulled up about 9:40, and was able to get in the garage at 9:50.  I pull in and turn off the car, and then the service man asked me to turn it on again, he checks my lights and such, and then says to turn it off.  I simply reply “Ok” to all of this, and then he asks

“Are you hyper?”

I said “What?”  He asked again, “Are you hyper?”  I said “No, I am just an energetic person.”  I then thought to myself, wow, do I really come across as hyper?  I didn’t feel anything out of the ordinary.  I wasn’t bouncing up and down in my seat, and I didn’t think that my “Ok” sounded overly chipper.  I haven’t heard that in a while.  After he is explaining to me what else really needs to be serviced, he looks at me and says

“Wow, you are really energetic.  It’s only 10:00 in the morning.”  I reply, “Yes, I am.”  He goes on to do his work, then comments that I am now being quiet.  Hmmm…I think to myself – I am just thinking.  To this point, I have only talked when answering his questions, so I haven’t been obsessively blabbing or anything.  He knows I’m married, because I mentioned having to let my husband know about all he mentioned.  Is my head nodding up and down in agreement overly energetic?  Do I answer to quickly?  Is it my fast-talking?  Hmmm…

He really was a nice service man.  He said when we come back to get the other stuff done to ask for him and he would give us a discount.  I pull away wondering, do I simply reek of energy, or hyperism?

 

Ok, now on another completely side note, I just saw this line in a puritan prayer and really liked it.

“Fill me with an over-flowing ocean of compassion, the reign of love my motive, the law of love my rule.”

Where’s Waldo (or Kitty)? March 6, 2009

That’s the Money March 4, 2009

Ok, so just a quick post.  We just got home from church, Caleb is sitting on the couch eating his KitKat from Kids4Truth, and all of a sudden he starts talking about something.  Josh starts laughing, and I can’t understand him.  Finally, I realize what he is saying:

“Mommy look, that’s the money you could be saving with Geico.”

I start laughing.  Josh askes if he is looking at anything, and Caleb says that he sees it in the kitchen.  So I look over at the counter, and there are two of Grace’s  bottles laying on the counter, and they look like the two eyes.  Oh my.  Josh told him that he was a cheeseball.

Man’s Great End March 1, 2009

Lord of all being,

There is one thing that deserves my greatest care,

               that calls forth my ardent desires,

That is, that I may answer the great end for which I am made-

     to glorfy thee who hast given me being,

     and to do all the good I can for my fellow men;

Verily life is not worth having

    if it be not improved for this noble purpose.

Yet, Lord, how little is this the thought of mankind!

Most men seem to live for themselves,

     without much or any regard for thy glory,

     or for the good of others;

They earnestly desire and eagerly pursue

     the riches, honours, pleasures of this life,

     as if they supposed that wealth, greatness, merriment,

     could make their immortal souls happy;

But, alas, what false delusive greams are these!

And how miserable ere long will those be that sleep in them,

     for all our happiness consists in loving thee,

     and being holy as thou art holy.

 

O may I never fall into the tempers and vanities,

     the sensuality and folly of the present world!

It is a place of inexpressible sorrow, a vast empty nothingness;

Time is a moment, a vapour,

     and all its enjoyments are empty bubbles,

     fleeting blasts of wind,

     from which nothing satisfactory can be derived;

Give me grace always to keep in covenant with thee,

     and to reject as delusion a great name here or hereafter,

     together with all sinful pleasures or profits.

Help me to know continually

     that there can be no tru happiness,

     no fulfilling of thy purpose for me,

     apart from a life lived in and for the Son of thy love.

 

Taken from Valley of Vision, a collection of Puritan Prayers.

 

It is amazing to me, as I read the words of this prayer, that they would so accurately describe how easily the world tries to affect us with their desires, considering that this was written so long ago.  If they saw the world today, they would probably be in complete shock.  All I can do is have the heart that this prayer is referring to, and realize, and REMEMBER that I can do nothing apart from Christ.  All that I do is to glorify Him, and Him alone.