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We’ve had a chaotic couple of weeks with basketball, choir, Latin competitions, trading germs, etc. Today’s been the first day in many that I haven’t sounded like a emphysemic sailor hacking up a lung. When I feel cruddy, everything either wears me out (makes me sad) or riles me up (makes me mad.) I got to thinking about what my mom used to squint and bark at me whenever I expressed these emotions: “”Well you just better turn that ‘mad’ or ‘sad’ to ‘glad,’ Missy.” Mom was never big on dispensing gushy buckets of sympathy.
So here goes – tuning to Channel Glad now…..
The sad news from a Sea World last week made me glad Shamu didn’t see us as bathtub toys in 1998. Though maybe Rachel had a few doubts at the time.
I know many friends really enjoy the Olympics – more power to you. But personally – I’m glad they’re soon to be over. They’re preempting “The Office,” and that’s a show the girls and I watch together. The last time I watched the Olympics was the 1972 night the Russians stole the basketball game via repeated do-overs. I vowed I’d never watch again – and forgiving soul that I am – I haven’t. U-verse – btw – has had a terrific application for the Olympics.
My continuing rancor at that travesty of a game is kind of funny since my favorite basketball player now is Russian.
There is little that makes me more glad than to hear my girls sing. Tonight was Hannah’s pre-UIL concert. That’s her – top row, far left.
“Walking in Jerusalem” really made me smile. I just finished the book of John in “Faith by Hearing” yesterday. I wonder about John. What made him so beloved?
About two years ago, Julia caught a snippet of “Ben Hur” on TV and has pestered me ever since about seeing the whole movie. “Mom, when are we going to watch that Jesus movie?” I really didn’t think she was ready for it until recently. I bought it last week (if I’d just waited one more week, I could have recorded it for free on U-verse – sigh.) She and I are watching 30 – 45 minutes every few days. Well, we probably watch 30 minutes, and have 15 minutes of questions. She’s gotten the concept down – Judah Ben-Hur was a man whose life intersected with Jesus’ at different times, but Judah didn’t know who Jesus really was in those early meetings. Last night, she told me, “Mom, that’s like us. Everybody knows Jesus’ name but they don’t know who he really is.” I was very glad to hear her say that.
Thanks, Mom. I’m feeling better already.
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Ben Hur was my favorite movie as a child. I would play with my Ben Hur City of Rome and Chariot set while my sisters teased me.
I would say that all people have the light of Christ and decide whether to follow it even if they do not know Jesus by name or do not know him truly due to culture and bad examples of those who profess his name. Ben Hur dramatizes why people would want liberation from Roman rule and not be focused on Christ’s liberation first over sin and death.
The movie also has a Muslim value in that the face of Jesus is never shown. You only see how people respond to his love and light. Muslims believe in the virgin birth of Jesus (Isa) and that he will return to destroy evil. The main difference is that they do not call him God. They do accept to varying degrees that he was given power by God. Some of the differences are semantics and some are not. The Koran says that Jesus did not die on the cross. They believe that Allah did not want His beloved prophet Isa to die and so a substitute or specter was placed on the cross to fool the Romans and Jews. Some Muslims say Isa’s body was on the cross for a time, but then his spirit left. Christians could say that Jesus did not die on the cross in the sense of a normal death. You could read the Bible as saying his spirit left just before his body died and certainly his spirit never died. for the rest of us, does our spirit leave right after the body dies?
See http://www.lifegoesonconsulting.blogspot.com for my article about Saving Cincinnati from Sept 11th. It tells how General Lew Wallace, the future author of Ben Hur, saved Cincinnati from Confederate attack in 1862 by diligent preparation.
Oh man – you made my day! When I got to the end of the blog and saw Wyoming smiling at me it made my heart jump. You come from incredible genes girl!! Be happy…
Have to agree with Shelley — seeing Wy’s gorgeous, loving smile made my day. Of course I love to hear any of the girls singing. And any of them playing basketball. But I don’t get to see Wy so often. What a treasure. And what a treasure her descendants are.
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I can see so much of you in that picture of your mother! Seriously – I thought you’d taken a photo of yourself and computer aged it until I read the post!
Life is a roller coaster of ups and downs! Insightful post Becky.
Sunday night, I too cheered at the sight of Heston’s muscles. Great job God! Love the story as well.
Your family pic with Shamu may be a thing of the past.
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Now, the last time I revealed this, my friend thought I was crazy. I’ve never really warmed to John–the person, not the gospel. I think it’s a little presumptuous to call HIMSELF “the disciple that Jesus loved”. ;>
Lord, love us! I’ve thought so much about Mother in the last few weeks — and every time I’ve fallen into just throwing in the towel and wallowing, just wallowing, in sorrow — the “Just get over it, missy” … somehow comes through. Sometimes more than others … but it does come through. It’s unbelivable to hurt this much. Maybe grief does have a cut-off point, but I don’t think that it’s definitive … somehow or another, you begin to appreciate the brighter spots … and Hannah’s choir qualifies. Spontanious smiles from James and Laura … weird and silly things that people do … kindnesses from friends and neighbors still make me cry … as do a lot of other things … I still can’t write a “thank you” note or talk about much of anything … but I can LOVE you and the girls and Sarah and those precious children … and feel better about life. Ben Hur? I said 30 years ago that I could listen to Charlton Heston read the phone book all day … and when you combine that with the love and redemption of Jesus … what’s not to watch over and over ……….
I miss your mother as well, she and Uncle john were always there in the back of my mind smiling. Taymor ena d I love you and your wonderful family.
Ben Hur I enjoyed. My mother really liked Charleton Heston. I think I liked his acting a lot as well.