Why didn't we think of it sooner? 
30 November, 2010
What have we here?
25 November, 2010
Thank You For This World
Whenever I tuck her in, or when it is her turn at dinner, Faith prays. I love to hear Faith pray because she hits all the important things every time.
"Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Kaeyln, Tyler, Zack and (recently) Jess. Thank you for Jesus. Thank you for my grandparents and friends. Thank you for this world. Please heal the sick people. Please take care of Kafui. Please bless us. Amen."
I am always struck by "Thank you for this world." I think the rest of us, especially Christians, spend a lot of time discouraged by this world. In this world, there is violence and poverty and sickness. We watch the news and ponder the kind of world that creates and contains those circumstances. We tend to despair.
Faith is six years old. To her the world is not only what is on the news. To her, the world affords trees to climb, friends on the block, and her dog Harley. It is full of wonder and mystery and excitement.
It would be easy to dismiss Faith's gratitude as naiveté because of how little she is. But look at the rest of Faith's prayer: "Please heal the sick people. Please take care of Kafui." She's aware of suffering and sickness. Kafui is the child their Sunday school sponsors from Africa. She know's he's hungry and dependent on them. This is not the prayer of a little girl who doesn't know any better.
It's Thanksgiving today. Faith's prayer reminds us to be thankful for more today than that we (or most of us) are carnivores. We are thankful for the food, family, and friends, sure. We are thankful for God's abundant provision this year.
But as Faith points out, we can be thankful for this world. We are thankful for this world for a couple of reasons. First, Psalm 24 says
"The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it,
the world, and all who live in it;
2for he founded it upon the seas
and established it upon the waters."
Everything that is God's is good. We can be thankful for the world because it is God's and He made it.
It is true that there are things in the world that God didn't make and that do indeed break His heart. We can also be thankful for the otherwise discouraging parts of this world because they turn our eyes heavenward. They keep us from thinking this world is our home, and permit us to rejoice in the ongoing redemption taking place around us. We have hope in the brokenness because God loves the World and has a plan to redeem it.
Ultimately, on Thanksgiving, let us be thankful for this World. Let us be thankful God loved it, and that He is and has been constantly working on its redemption.
16 November, 2010
Christmas List
For those who asked and those who didn't:
- Heretics: The Annotated Edition, by G. K. Chesterton
- How to Read a Painting: Lessons from the Old Masters
- How to Read a Modern Painting: Lessons from the Modern Masters
- neutral density filter, skylight filter 52mm
- Ralph Lauren Style perfume
- Coco Chanel Madamoiselle perfume
- A new Red True Writer Classic Fountain Pen. The cap on this favorite pen of mine broke.
- Bumble and Bumble Gentle Shampoo
- Bumble and Bumble Leave-in Conditioner
- Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation in Rose Ivory
- The Pursuit by Jamie Cullum
- more memory cards for my camera
- memory card case
- Sunglasses
- durable, waterproof, but nice-looking watch
- Warm, red robe
- New running shoes, size 8
- Benefit's Bad Gal Lash mascara
- Clothes. Size 16. Especially sweaters.
- New black boots. 8W
- A new peacoat or wool winter coat of some kind, black or gray
- Tom Tom GPS. the one I bought before I moved here is so low quality it actually gets me lost more than it helps.
- Stila lip glaze holiday set from Sephora
- Sephora "little black eyeliner kit"
- Laura Mercier Mini Lip Glace Set
Steven Weber(DVD)
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