Posted on 30 September 2004 @ 22:49 in Personal
Someone just told me God is nuts about me. What a lovely thought.
Well, I’m nuts about someone, too. And it hurts that they don’t care about me as much as I care about them. (It’s only one person but using the plural “they” hides a lot of details … )
Which got me thinking. Well, a lot of times, I go about my life behaving like He doesn’t exist. Don’t talk to Him, don’t spend time with Him … only go to Him when I mess things up. And when He graciously rescues me, I turn around and wilfully ignore Him again.
And I wonder, how long is this going to go on? As in, how can He continue to love me unconditionally when I keep hurting and disappointing Him again and again?
How, indeed.
Well, the same person who told me God is nuts about me also said “ofcourse He cares! He neva stopped.”
She also told me this:
“but He’s also gracious & faithful & His love endures forever.”
His love endures forever.
He showed it when He came down to earth as man and died for me. Died for you, too. Died for all of us.
And if it hurts me that the person I care for … blah blah (I won’t repeat it, just scroll back to the top of this page and read it again if you want) … then how much more it must hurt Him that I ignore Him most of the time.
And while I have considered giving up on this person … well, guess what?
God is not going to give up on me.
In fact, He’s nuts about me.
I should have that written somewhere to remind myself.
The Creator of everything, He who came to earth to die for me … why, He’s nuts about me.
He’s nuts about you, too.
In fact, He’s nuts about each and everyone of us.
*leaves September 2004 with big grin on face*
Personal note to the one who told me God is nuts about me – no, it’s not who you think it is.
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Posted on 29 September 2004 @ 22:43 in Family, Personal
I was just about to reverse the car out of the driveway this morning when my handphone rang. Looked at the hp to see who was calling. GT Heritage. Mother’s nursing home. What are they calling about at this hour of the morning? It was about 7:15 a.m.
Looked around for my BT headset (need to use it with the handphone which is slightly faulty) and realised I didn’t have it anywhere on me or in the car. Rejected the call (sorry ’bout that), and went back in the house to get the headset. Before that, called GT Heritage to see what they wanted.
“Your mother’s Glucosamine and Vitamins C & E last dose today, need to get more …”
Was that all? Phew … I was expecting something worse.
At least the call made me realise I’d left the BT headset in the house, so that I could still get it before I was too far from the house. Or worse, already in the office before I realised it wasn’t anywhere nearby.
I also got to thinking that since I don’t like receiving phonecalls so early in the morning, there must be other people, too, who feel the same way. Especially if the calls are from people they don’t particularly want to hear from.
So yes … no more calls early morning sms’s to a certain someone from now on.
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Posted on 29 September 2004 @ 08:59 in Humour
But it is not me this morning, or any time anywhere.
Shared by Beth Chin – thanks!
More to come!
Later …
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Posted on 28 September 2004 @ 21:42 in Pictures, Stress Busters
Not sure if it’s the same cub as the one posted earlier. But this one gets time with Mummy Hua Mei!
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| The American-born female giant panda Hua Mei puts one of her cubs in the arms at the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province Sept. 27, 2004.(Xinhua Photo/Chen Xie)
Source: Xinhuanet |
News alert from Christina over at Yahoo! Hua Mei.
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Posted on 28 September 2004 @ 12:55 in Writing
Three days to registration, 34 days to the first word tapped out on my Dana.
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. For the longest time, I thought “No” stands for November as the challenge takes place in the month of November each year. Duh, Chet – see the banner on the NaNoWriMo homepage?
What’s the challenge about?
Write 50,000 words in 30 days. That’s 1,667 words a day, every day, during the month of November.
Not just any 50,000 words, but 50,000 related words that join together to make sentences, paragraphs, chapters, a story, and eventually a novel by 30 November.
I first tried it in 2002, and fell before the first 2,000 words.
The next year, I registered again, and this time, I persevered. And completed the 50,000 words just a couple of hours before the deadline. I was rewarded with a certificate, a winner’s logo, and the purple “winner” bar below my name whenever I posted at the NaNoWriMo forums.
Close-up of the purple “winner” bar below my name:
One of my posts at the forums:
If you look close enough, you’ll see what the post was about – not about the actual writing, but about the machine that I use to write the 50,000 words. The AlphaSmart Dana. A favourite subject, next to my giant pandas.
Hope I get to repeat my 2003 success again.
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