November 3, 2006
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For Lisa, the dearest of dear friends,
OLD FRIENDSHIP
Beautiful and rich is an old friendship,
Grateful to the touch as ancient ivory,
Smooth as aged wine, or sheen of tapestry
Where light has lingered, intimate and long.
Full of tears and warm is an old friendship
That asks no longer deeds of gallantry,
Or any deed at all – save that the friend shall be
Alive and breathing somewhere, like a song.
Eunice Tierjens, Leaves in Windy Weather
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Our computer at home died. Dead. We are hoping for a resurrection and waiting for an Elijah to come visiting. (Or is it Elisha?) I’m at the library and have lost this post once already; I’m pushing the 30 minute internet limit, but they like me here! I had a picture in mind for Fine Art Friday and can’t find it on the web. Rats!
I’m trying to learn thankfulness in all things. I want to type: (sigh); but I don’t think sighing is learning thankfulness, do you? (grin)
This week has brought a mixture of light fun and heavy interactions. Have you noticed that emotional work is very exhausting? I’m getting random – I’d better go. Happy November, dear reader.
Comments (6)
Sorry to hear about your computer, Carol. Hope you are going to be replacing it soon. And meanwhile remembering that we are to be thankful in everything. Not always easy, is it? I agree that emotional work is exhausting.
SPEAKING OF THE RESURRECTION —
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“…the dead in Christ will rise first.”
(1Thessalonians 4:16)(NASB)-BibleGateway
As seen in the scripture above – Those who have
died “in Christ” will rise first. What does that
mean? Dying in Christ is another way of saying that
they have been specifically called to be part of
Christ’s heavenly Kingdom.
If those dead in Christ will be resurrected first,
then what about the rest of the dead?
“The rest of the dead did not come to life
until the thousand years were ended….”
(Revelation 20:5)(NIV)-BibleGateway
Ah, Carol–my computer has been “dead” for a number of weeks now. Dan’s is still working though. My computer has all the digital pictures on it. We have them saved up to a certain point though. But I dearly hope it can be resurrected–at least to get those digital pix. I am learning how to be thankful for the things that do work. Yeah, I have a refrigerator that works again after two weeks without!
This is scary! A dead computer which is not backed up?! Yikes!
I do hope you’ve called the doctor.
Dana in GA
Oh this is awful. I’m so afraid that will happen to me (again).
Commiserating with you,
Janie
I’m glad you’re loved at the Library. :0) This is a very lovely poem.