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It’s hard to believe, but it’s true Journee turned six today. It seems like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital and now she’s in grade 1. Â It’s been such a joy to watch her grow up into the little lady that she is today. Â If you would have been in our house at all this week you would have heard Journee making movies with her digital camera and telling the camera that she was six years old. Â We had a party a week early and she thought that she turned six that day. Â She wants to grow up way to fast. So
This summer she had her first ride in a boat and had a great time.
This is good information.
Now I know which ones are “doctor approved.”
I was reading the other day in the Book of Mark chapter 11:11-19. This is the story about Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the cleansing of the temple.
I have read these stories many times in my life, but as I sat in church and started reading this story again, a light went on. I noticed something that I had never seen before and that no one had ever pointed out to me.
Here is the passage as in my Bible (NIV):
The Triumphal Entry
11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
Jesus Clears the Temple
12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it. 15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written:
” ‘My house will be called
a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching. 19 When evening came, they went out of the city.
So for the longest time, I just read these two stories as separate. But I don’t believe that’s the case. I think that verse 11 should be included in the story of the cleansing of the temple and here’s why. Jesus and the 12 were in Jerusalem and went to the Temple. Jesus takes a look around and heads out to Bethany for the night. I am not sure why he went to Bethany, but that doesn’t matter. What does matter is what Mark tells us. Jesus went into the Temple and looked around. But catch this, he left because it was late. He decided that he would sleep on what he had seen and would deal with it the next day.
When he entered the Temple the next morning and what he saw was not good. There were bankers ripping people off with their high exchange rates, and sales people selling at inflated prices. This is what Jesus had seen the night before and made him mad. So this morning, he decides to take the action that he hadn’t taken the night before, he clears the Temple. I think that we’ve underplayed this events. Jesus did not just walk in and start yelling and asking people to leave, I think it was more like a scene out of the Matrix. He was mad, he trashed the place.
I think what we’ve missed, at least what I have missed in reading this story, is that Jesus saw what was going on in the Temple and decided to think and process what action to take instead of reacting on the spot. Too often we see things that, we, think are wrong and in our anger, we react. I think that one of the points we can learn from this story is that we need to plan the proper action we need to take when we are angered. We need to do like Jesus and take some time, away from the situation and process, then come back and act.
The other thing that I found interesting is that after trashing the Temple, Jesus, as only he can, turns this into a teaching moment.
I am so glad that I came across these tips for Simone’s pregnancy. I just wish I would have found them when we were having our first child. Journee turned out okay as did the Mykah and Asia.
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I have been meaning to do this for some time now and have finally done it. Â I got rid of Facebook today. Well okay I deactivted my account. Â I guess it’s not gone, but I’m not going to use it anymore. Â I never really used it anyway.
I am not sure what all the appeal of Facebook is. Â I signed up because someone invited me and have barely used it. Â All it seems it is good for is to message people. But I have an email address and a phone number.
The Messaging
The last thing I need to do is to get a message that tells me I have a message from someone. Then I have to sign in to send that person a reply. Â But if you would just email me I could reply right from the email that you sent me and save myself a step. Â I am a busy guy and time is money.
The Alerts
I also can’t stand all the emails about someone commented on a picture that you commented on. Or that someone has changed their status or is in a relationship or added a new application or went to the bathroom and did #2. I don’t need to know that much information.Â
Really Facebook is great if you want to share some important info with the entire world, but I don’t! I like my close friends to know what’s going on in my life. Not to mention who these guys (Facebook) are selling your information to (don’t think it’s not happening they have to keep it free somehow).
Back To Blogging
Anyway I have gone black to blogging, that works for me. Â I am in control of my information and can share as much or as little as I want. Â So I am going to try to write a new blog everyday for the next little while or until I can’t think of anything to write, but with all the stuff on the “interweb” I’m sure I could last for a while. So if you want to keep up with all my new posts click subscribe on the top left and come along for the ride.
And for your viewing pleasure:
You know the old saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Â The saying is true. Â But pictures are not always a reflection of reality. Read below to see what I mean:
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A recent case: staged Georgia pictures
A Georgian photographer working for Reuters, David Mdzinarishvili, recently staged photos to feed the western medias with pictures attesting that Russia committed atrocities in Georgia. You get two examples of the manipulation here, and you can also take a look at this russian analysis of two other pictures, with a guy acting in different situations.
The images shown here were published on Reuters website, some have been taken off the site afterwards. Anyway it’s not new to set up pictures to influence the public opinion, it was done in Bosnia as well.
The first picture above was captioned: ” Dead woman being carried away by the georgian soldiers from the town of Gori”. However the dead woman holds on to the nurse. Reuters changed the caption afterwards. The second one shows a screaming desperate man sitting… at the same place where the first one was shot.
These two photos, showing an elderly couple crying their dead son, answer framing needs with a moving dead body and old people acting.
So don’t always believe what you see in the paper.
Thanks to Design Daily News