tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post1822943620063260841..comments2024-02-13T08:49:07.287-04:00Comments on 'Thought & Humor!': The Tower Of Pisa!Professor Howdyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-3523557284847747122008-09-22T11:46:00.000-03:002008-09-22T11:46:00.000-03:00In the beginning God created the heavens and the e...In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was <BR/>without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the <BR/>Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the <BR/>light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God <BR/>called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and <BR/>the morning were the first day.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and <BR/>let it divide the waters from the waters." Thus God made the firmament, and <BR/>divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were <BR/>above the firmament; and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So <BR/>the evening and the morning were the second day.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into <BR/>one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. And God called the <BR/>dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And <BR/>God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, <BR/>the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to <BR/>its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so. And the <BR/>earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, <BR/>and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its <BR/>kind. And God saw that it was good. So the evening and the morning were the <BR/>third day.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to <BR/>divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and <BR/>for days and years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the <BR/>heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. Then God made two great <BR/>lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the <BR/>night. He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of the heavens <BR/>to give light on the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, <BR/>and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. So <BR/>the evening and the morning were the fourth day.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living <BR/>creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the <BR/>firmament of the heavens." So God created great sea creatures and every <BR/>living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their <BR/>kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was <BR/>good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the <BR/>waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." So the evening <BR/>and the morning were the fifth day.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to <BR/>its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according <BR/>to its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according <BR/>to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the <BR/>earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.<BR/><BR/> Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; <BR/>let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, <BR/>and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that <BR/>creeps on the earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image of <BR/>God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, <BR/>and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue <BR/>it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and <BR/>over every living thing that moves on the earth."<BR/><BR/> And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is <BR/>on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you <BR/>it shall be for food. Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of <BR/>the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, <BR/>I have given every green herb for food"; and it was so.<BR/><BR/> Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So <BR/>the evening and the morning were the sixth day.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Genesis 1 - From The BibleProfessor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-77390955938299212602008-09-22T11:41:00.000-03:002008-09-22T11:41:00.000-03:00I am of the mindset that Sunday afternoons are mea...I am of the mindset that Sunday afternoons are meant for wandering. At<BR/>least for me it is a hallowed task. There seems nothing more Sabbath-like<BR/>than exploring for the sake of exploration, and I am content to do so by<BR/>car or on foot, in a busy mall or in my mind. On Sunday, the journey is<BR/>not the means but the end--and it changes my perspective completely.<BR/><BR/>One Sunday on our way home from church something different caught my<BR/>husband's eye, though we were on a road we both use daily. It was a small<BR/>cemetery, contained by a fence that was deteriorating, and concealed by a<BR/>tiny forest spared by contractors. The cemetery was old; the grave stones<BR/>were toppled or badly weathered, some dating as far back as the 1800's. <BR/>The place seemed like it had been forgotten--or perhaps like someone was<BR/>hoping it would be forgotten. It was a lost plot of history hidden<BR/>inconspicuously between large hotels and office buildings. <BR/><BR/>Scripture often speaks of the omnipresent character of God, and it is this<BR/>attribute that struck me as I walked among the stones of the hidden<BR/>cemetery. "He is Lord of both the dead and the living," Paul writes in<BR/>Romans 14:9. For God there is no forgotten grave or child lost; there is<BR/>no place we can flee from his presence. Whether we are running from his<BR/>voice or crying out from the depths, our frames are never hidden from the<BR/>one who formed them. <BR/><BR/>It was a striking contrast: I had driven past this cemetery a thousand<BR/>times and never seen it. But God knew each one buried there by name. <BR/><BR/>Yet as I walked away, I was seized by the thought that my oversight was<BR/>not accidental. It was a plot of land that had been concealed on purpose,<BR/>and then hidden by my own expectation of what belonged there. Contractor,<BR/>consumer, or neighbor--we don't want to see cemeteries beside our hotels<BR/>or grave stones beside our office parking lots. The cemetery was "lost"<BR/>because we had hidden it from ourselves. It was forgotten by our own<BR/>doing. <BR/><BR/>I wonder how often I behaved similarly with life, drawing fences around<BR/>questions that haunt or convictions I don't want to see, hiding sin or<BR/>sorrow until it is forgotten. How often are we the cause of our own<BR/>blindness or the hands that work to conceal the thing we need most to see?<BR/> We are so easily misled by own distractions, lost by our own<BR/>intentions--while our truest thoughts are like hidden cemeteries in the<BR/>great worlds we build for ourselves. <BR/><BR/>For centuries, God has been calling us out of these hidden worlds and lost<BR/>ways. Since Eden, God has been positing the question to people hiding<BR/>behind trees: "Where are you?" (Genesis 3:9). As with Adam, it is not for<BR/>God's sake that God inquires--it is you and I who need to be asked. The<BR/>Father knows precisely where we are, and yet He seeks the lost, longing to<BR/>gather them unto Himself like a hen gathers her chicks. To those who are<BR/>hiding from themselves and from Him, He calls them to love with all their<BR/>heart, soul, and mind. To those who have forgotten, He urges them to<BR/>remember. To those who do not see, He moves them to sight. And to those<BR/>who are lost, the Father sends the Son to save. "For the Son of Man was<BR/>sent to seek and to save what was lost" (Luke 19:10). <BR/><BR/>Our inability to flee from the presence of God is not a statement about us<BR/>but a promise about his faithfulness. "'Am I only a God nearby,' declares<BR/>the LORD, 'and not a God far away? Can anyone hide in secret places so<BR/>that I cannot see him?' declares the LORD. 'Do not I fill heaven and<BR/>earth?'" (Jeremiah 23:23-24). However disoriented or distanced from the<BR/>Father we have become, it is not far for the one who longs to save. <BR/>However lost we have managed to make ourselves, the Son has already found<BR/>us. However thorough our attempts to hide or great the distance we have<BR/>run, it is nothing to the one who never lets us out of his sight. Being<BR/>found is only a matter of turning around.<BR/> <BR/>Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi<BR/>Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia.<BR/><BR/><BR/>------------------------------<BR/> Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM)<BR/>"A Slice of Infinity" is aimed at reaching into the culture with words of<BR/>challenge, words of truth, and words of hope. If you know of others who<BR/>would enjoy receiving "A Slice of Infinity" in their email box each day,<BR/>tell them they can sign up on our website at<BR/>http://www.rzim.org/slice/slice.php. If they do not have access to the<BR/>World Wide Web, please call 1-877-88SLICE (1-877-887-5423).Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-46194775030079962432008-09-22T11:40:00.000-03:002008-09-22T11:40:00.000-03:00Human blood is 83% water. Human bones are 25% wat...Human blood is 83% water. Human bones are 25% water.<BR/><BR/> *** <BR/><BR/>Water was the first word that Helen Keller learned. Water <BR/>was the last word spoken by President Ulysses S. Grant.Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-90401754730773352762007-03-20T10:43:00.000-03:002007-03-20T10:43:00.000-03:00OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS ****...OBSCURE AND UNUSUAL WORDS <BR/> ************************* <BR/><BR/>1) sansculotte sanz-kyoo-LOT (noun) <BR/> : an extreme radical republican during the French Revolution. <BR/> : any revolutionary with extremist views. <BR/><BR/> From French, literally, without knee breeches. In the <BR/> French Revolution, this was the aristocrats' term of <BR/> contempt for the ill-clad volunteers of the Revolutionary <BR/> army who rejected knee breeches as a symbol of the upper <BR/> class and adopted pantaloons. As often happens with such <BR/> epithets, the revolutionaries themselves adopted it as a <BR/> term of pride. <BR/><BR/> "Figaro for example is too delicate to bear the weight <BR/> of a 'concept,' especially if it encourages the producer <BR/> to illustrate the corruption of the period or to repre- <BR/> sent the hero as a sansculotte manque who knows <BR/> that his master's days are numbered." <BR/> --Jonathan Miller; Doing Opera; The New York Review of <BR/> Books; May 11, 2000. <BR/><BR/>2) scry skry (intransitive verb) <BR/> : to predict the future by crystal-gazing <BR/><BR/> Shortening of descry (discover), from Middle English <BR/> descrien, from Old French descrier (to call or cry out), <BR/> from dis- + crier (to cry out). <BR/><BR/> "Also, the Reserve Bank will release its quarterly <BR/> Statement on Monetary Policy, which the market will <BR/> scry for clues on the timing of possible rate rises." <BR/> --Stocks' 10th Day of Gold; The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, <BR/> Australia); Nov 8, 2004.Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-437964542052755799.post-46959431707352778132007-03-20T10:39:00.000-03:002007-03-20T10:39:00.000-03:00Q. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? A. It n...Q. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?<BR/> A. It never eats.Professor Howdyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189934292678757335noreply@blogger.com