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| The Sinking Ship |
| 08.05.05 (2:44 am) [edit] |
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The Sinking Ship
In the winter of 1995, a fishing boat began to sink in the rough, cold
waters off Vancouver Island, west of British Columbia, Canada. The two
men on board quickly moved to a life raft that was tied to the sinking
boat by a nylon rope. Unfortunately, the rope was tied so tightly,
they could not untie it.
As the fishing vessel began to list and take on more and more water,
the men knew they couldn't reboard it. At the same time, neither had
brought a knife onto the life raft with which to cut the raft free
from the sinking ship. Both men knew that if the boat went down, it
would pull the life raft under the water, and them along with it! They
were in severe danger of drowning unless they could find a way to cut
the rope.
The two men began chewing the rope, alternating as each man's jaw
became exhausted. One of the men lost a tooth in the process. They
worked steadily and feverishly for more than an hour, and minutes
before the fishing boat sank completely, they chewed through the rope!
They survived to be rescued later by another fishing vessel.
Many times in life we allow circumstances to drag us down like a
sinking ship. Praise God our lives do not have to succumb to adverse
conditions. We have the ultimate escape plan through trusting our
Father in Heaven. The shepherd-turned-king David knew adverse
circumstances. He had committed adultery in his own life, and his life
at one point was in danger from both friends and foes alike.
However, in the midst of his trials, he understood the escape and the
protection that was from the Lord. Psalm 23:4 records David's trust in
God, stating: "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me; thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me."
Today, take confidence in the protection and grace of God and don't
give up, even if you feel you're on a sinking ship.
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| Lost in town ? |
| 08.04.05 (5:37 pm) [edit] |
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:roll: :D :) :o :lol: 8) :cry: :oops: :P :x
Yesterday on my way home......I tried to take a short cut and
ended up lost in downtown, in chinatown and other
unknown places...............
A ride that would have taken about 15-20 minutes home
ended up taking over 1 hour........
Lesson learned from now on no more short cuts for
teacha.......
shalom
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| Embarrassing Moment |
| 08.02.05 (6:09 pm) [edit] |
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:o :) :D :shock: :wink: :lol:
While in the supermarket this past Sunday, I
took off to the bakery section with someone
else shopping cart. The older man ran after
me saying, "Young Lady" you have my shopping
cart...........boy, I was very embarrassed.
So I said to him good thing It wasn't your
car in the parking lot I took. ;-) ........
Teacha
Shalom
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| Dealing with Grief |
| 08.01.05 (2:54 am) [edit] |
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Selections from Luke 12
Jesus was on His way to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd were traveling with Him. Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother's only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.
When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, Don't cry. Then He came up and touched the open coffin, and the pallbearers stopped. And He said, Young man, I tell you, get up! The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Her son was all she had left. Whatever flame still flickered on her trembling candle of hopes and dreams was now nothing more than a colorless trail of hollow smoke. Little did she know that where there's smoke, there's fire. And where there's God, there's hope.
On the surface of your grief, it feels like you're pleading with God, raising your voice in order to get his attention. But he's long been aware of your need. Before the widow even knew that Jesus was anywhere in town, he had spotted her. He wasn't waiting to be asked. Before your heart has a chance to break, his has already gone out to you. Before your tears have begun their bitter journey, he has wept over you. Though you may not notice him, he's already there. Sitting right beside you. Giving you all you need.
Maybe God isn't trying to tell us anything specific each time we hurt. Pain and suffering are part and parcel of our planet, and Christians are not exempt. Suffering offers a general message of warning to all humanity that something is wrong with this planet and that we need radical outside intervention. Another story from the Gospels may clarify this approach. In John 9, Jesus refutes the traditional explanation of suffering. His followers point to a man born blind. Clucking with pity, they ask, Who sinned, this man or his parents? The disciples wanted to look backward, to find out Why? Jesus redirected their attention. Consistently, he points forward, answering a different question: To what end?
And that, I believe, offers a neat summary of the Bible's approach to the problem of pain. To backwardlooking questions of cause, to the Why questions, it gives no definite answer. But it does hold out hope for the future, that even suffering can be transformed or redeemed. Suffering offers an opportunity for us to display God's work. - Philip Yancey
Seasons of grief reveal where we've placed our hope. If God is all we want in the easy times, he'll be more than enough when we get to the hard ones |
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| Test of Faith |
| 07.30.05 (5:02 pm) [edit] |
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When my mom called me to tell me that her cancer had return after
being in remission, my world just turned upside down. I took a
three month leave of absent and went and spend with her. I live
in Boston, She lived in Houston. I remember going to Home Depot and buying her plants than putting them in her garden and have her find them there and see her happiness. I saw her mood change from being depress to happy becuase I took time to be there and be with her,take her to her appointments and never complain. Unfortu nately I had to return to Boston. I had a live there needed to attend to. I asked everyone I could to pray for her. it seem like the whole world was praying for her. I have served God for so many years and thought God will surely answer this prayer the way am asking. But God had other plans. He choose not to heal mom.........and on February of 2002, I saw mom take her last breath.............It was the sadest day of my whole life..............the real test was when I came back
I had a heart time accepting the fact that God choose not to heal her. I remember one day the lesson for Sunday School was about God healing and I struggled with the idea of teaching it. I ended up changing the lesson because at that point I felt I could not teach something I did not believe anymore..................that was three years ago. I know better now. God not healing mom was part of his plan for her and who am I to question why he choose not to heal her? So, I have recovered...still miss my mom big time...............still believe that God can heal............and continue to seek guidance from him on all my daily activities........
teacha
Shalom
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| Stress |
| 07.28.05 (2:14 pm) [edit] |
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If stress was money I would be a multimillionaire!
Today, I went to work........still felt pretty bad
about the happennings over there. The HR director
requested to meet with me.........She was actually
Very nice about the way I felt and assured me that
I did the right thing. She said the whole issue
is still being investigated..........you would have
thought there are investigating a crime scene or something
............well in a way it was..............my trust for
these particulars managers died......and there are
responsible...They are both scheduled to be in tomorrow.....
Let's see what happenns.............never a dull moment......
Teacha
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| Boston is Very Hot |
| 07.27.05 (9:08 am) [edit] |
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Okay so the weather man up there............is probably saying.........you damn if you do and you damn if you don't............when it's cold you complain it's cold, when it's hot you complain it's hot............so what do you want???????????
Actually I prefer the cold weather over hot weather. Not sure why since I was born in the Virgin Islands and it gets pretty hot over there too and never very cold.
Today I stayed home recuperating from my messy day from yesterday. I feel better...............it has been a relaxation day...............not even cooking is on my plans for today(not that it ussually is anyway)..........
teacha
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| Unloading |
| 07.26.05 (1:19 pm) [edit] |
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Today was the worst day I had in a long time. Remember the message I received on Monday? Well today as soon as I got to work I was advise that I had a sexual harrasment training that all supervisors were going
through and today was the day. After sitting through this training I asked the HR person if she had time to meet with me. She said yes. So I visited her office and todl her about the phone call I received and some other stuff I found out. Like the wife of my boss has a description of the woman he is having an affair with and said the day she finds her she will be sorry about the day she was born and similar things.........well guest what there are quite a number of associates that work for me that fit that description and I was worried about work-place safety and although I did not want to get my boss in trouble I felt I was obligated to do this. I felt like a big load came off my shoulder. I felt like if I kept quiet about the whole thing I was accepting this behaviour or even approving of it. So okay I told on my boss............shame on him for putting me on this situation he knows my beliefs and knows he choose the wrong person to try to pull one of these fast ones...........HR said they will do some investigations ..so am not sure
what will happenned next. My boss is off tomorrow and so is the other lady he has been having an affair of.............I guess they are still celebrating the Honeymoon stage...............more to come.................
teacha
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| Someone is watching? |
| 07.25.05 (4:34 pm) [edit] |
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Today before I went to work I stopped at the post office. While I was going over the things that I picked up in my mailbox, a man came walking towards me and show me a letter and asked me to explain what it meant. The letter was in English and it looks like he only spoke Spanish. So I being the good samaritan that I am explain to him that it was a bill for the excise tax. Well, this man must have think I was his best friend or something, he started telling me his whole life story..........not a pretty thin I must say. So, not being rude and the psychologist instinct on me(when I was younger believe it or not I wanted to be one of them), I listened and said a few things. To make a long story short he was also looking for a room to live so I told him that I had a friend that was renting one. Just as we were engage in more conversation another guy just stops and say to us, excuse me I just wanted to ask you how your husband is doing. I said he is doing fine thanks and you are????????? He said am a friend of his. Good thing I was just being a good samaritan trying to help. As soon as i got to the office I called my dear husband and told him about my post office adventure, just in case.
So the morale of this story.......be careful out there when you speak......you never know who is watching and who knows who.............a friend of mines always ends his postings.........dance like no one is watching.............but the truth is that someone is always watching. At least when it pertains to me. Life.........................
teacha
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| I'm Mad 2x |
| 07.25.05 (1:15 am) [edit] |
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:x :x :x :x :x :x :?: :?: :?: :?: :x :? :? :? :? :(
If I was superstitious I would say that I got off on the wrong side of the bed this morning, or however the saying goes...................
First I call my work voicemail to see what kind of the day am having (how many associates will be out) and someone leaves the followiung voicemail on my phone. ________(my Name), just calling to tell you that your Boss, is lying again and using you as a shield. He is cheating on his wife with............... and is telling everyone he took you out to eat. Just wanted to let you know that he is lying and using innocent people......................this got me very upset. If this a preview of my day.....I should just go back to bed and join my dear husband who is peacefully holding tight to his pillow this morning.........................
Second thing....................I came to my blog and it is all changed. So what is up with this. Does this site do this to people without asking? Okay I'm not a ussual complainer but why were my fonts and colors and styles changed? I hope it was not casper the friendly ghost trying to give me a surprise............
any advise?????????? Hope my day gets better. WIll keep you posted tonight.
Maria
Shalom
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| Smiling in the Inside Crying on the Outside |
| 07.24.05 (5:35 pm) [edit] |
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:cry: :( :cry: :?:
Yesteday I went to South Boston with hubby and a friend to pass out the flyers for the English classes I will be giving on September. We saw someone we know and stop by and talk to him. He mentioned to us in the past how sad he was since his mom and brother passed away. This man everytime we see him is smiling and happy. Yesteday that is what it seemed. He told us that although he had some minor issues going on with his family he was doing okay.
Today my husband was told that he tried to commit suicide and was not successful but was in the hospital. How sad.............this man was smiling on the outside but dying of sadness on the inside. He is now in the hospital. I wonder how many more people find themselves in this condition today? This remind ,e of the story of the clown who went to see a doctor because he was very depress the the doctor not knowing who he was prescribe him to go see the clown , who made everyone smile. This was the perfect presription to his depression. The clown was sad and said he couldn't do that becuase he was The clown.
Teacha
Shalom
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| Virgin Islands Anyone? |
| 07.24.05 (2:17 am) [edit] |
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A couple years ago when I was feeling very homesick I was searching for a place where I could meet people who were either from the Caribbean or had been there or wanted to go there. It was tough finding such a place so I started the Virgin Islands club. Years later yahoo changed the name to group. Met some very interesting people there. All kinds of personalities. We spoke about everything there...........of course I had to put my foot down and post some club rules and moderated a few of the offenders. While there someone gave me the name "Teacha" so that is why the name is now part of my online personality. If anyone wants to check it out it is located at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/virginislands2/ " title="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/virginislands2/ " target="_blank"http://groups.yahoo.com/group...
In this club we have laugh, cry, had debates and yes I have been known for putting out fires there too.
teacha
Shalom
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| To Wed or not to Wed..... |
| 07.23.05 (1:05 pm) [edit] |
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This is how my sister felt when she heard the news. Her baby wants to get married. She was really upset. Well imagined she called me at home at 6:59am. Hubby and I I sleep with or cell phone on next to the bed. I also use it as my alarm. So there I was sleeping and I started to hear that special music I have assigned to my sister so that I know it's her. Only two people have special music on my cell phone. My DH and my DS. (Dear husband and dear Sister). So I allowed her to say it all.(Desahogarse) and than I said to her. Sis, why are you worried about this. Yes I know he is still young, yes I know his future wife is still in college. Guess what if that is what he wants to do, let him do it. Give him your blessing. Oh, so you were the last to find out? Or so they are leaving all the planning to the mother of the bride? That is the way it's suppose to be. Say a thank-you prayer to God today. Weddings can be stressful. Yes I know financially is not the best time for you. But guess what here in America(God Bless America) the parents of the bride pay for the wedding and the parents of the groom don't. She was on her way to work (She works in a clothing store). I told her when you get to work, just go to the mother of the groom section(if there is such a place), buy yourselves a dress and than call your son and tell him...................I have the dress, just tell me that date and time and I'll be there. Okay............so I made her laugh.............okay so maybe if she does this my nephew will think his mom just lost it, feel sorry about it and cancel the whole thing.........................at least my sister will have a new dress and will be happy and I will be able to sleep past 6:59 am next week ;-) .
Teacha , Shalom
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| Learning |
| 07.23.05 (11:39 am) [edit] |
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:P
Okay, I finally figure out something. I need to earned some Tblog bucks in order to enhanced my site. So I will be posting a lot in order to get the nice things I can add to my site.
Very interesting.........teacha, shalom
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| Teacha was at the Police Station |
| 07.23.05 (11:09 am) [edit] |
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Yesteday I was talking to my boss(No not dear husband), at work my boss was telling me that one of his friends openned a bakery near the Police Station in Quincy. I said to him oh yes, I know where the police station is. I have been to the police station a few times myself. Well my boss, was ready to pass out.Teacha in the police station? What's up with that. I had to say let me explain. Last year or the year before my liscense plates were stolen so I had to go there fill a police rep[ort, go to the registry order new places go back to the police station a few weeks later to get a copy of the police report because a car was found with my liscense plates and I had to prove that they had been reported stolen.
So lesson to learn, Don't judge anyone unless you know the whole story.
If I had not explain the whole story, my boss would be thinking that his favorite , smartest, supe rvisor ha d some kind of police record.
Glad I clear that up.
Teacha
Shalom
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| Grief |
| 07.22.05 (6:32 pm) [edit] |
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7/24/05
My Aunt, mom sister died a week ago Monday and was buried this past Wednesday. It was a very sad day for the family. But my sister Diana saw the positive side of it. SHe is now with mom who left a couple years ago.
I suggested that there are probably taking care of Heaven's Garden if there is one.
teacha
Shalom
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