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Give us a king!

Ok

Better Call Saul

Sometimes you get what you ask for 

1 Samuel 9:1-10:27

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J. Vernon McGee today:

Memory plays upon on the keyboard of the past- who said that? 

Ebenezer stone of remembering

Dynasties not necessarily appropriate, Eli and Samuel's sons ad examples but people still reject leadership and beg for King like other nations.

The United States, with its glorification of rebellion notwithstanding, understood the principle that dynasty meant something.  J Q Adams was elected, not installed.  So, rather early in our history that presidential precedent was made.  Recently, with the Cheneys and the Bushes and the Clintons, there are examples of diagnostic successions and failures. When it seemed like Clintons and Bushes would alternate, it seemed to me as if the false left/right paradigm would be exposed.  But then a never before elected someone was in the job.  And what a distraction.  They had to postpone the plans for five wars.

1 Samuel 6:1-8:22

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purple alert

I saw this for the first time, where Amber and Silver Alerts are generally posted.

1st pumpkin of the season

The first thing I remember pumpkin flavored something that wasn't pumpkin pie, was at Carvel ice cream around 19 83. They had pumpkin pie flavored ice cream and I remember I liked it right away. Now, we got a lot of things flavored pumpkin, which really means cinnamon and something else which may or may not have pumpkin at all. Aldi pumpkin ice cream actually has a lot of pumpkin in it. But most things don't. Today I had a pumpkin spice iced coffee from Dunkin'. I stood in line a couple days ago and got a year's full of free coffee. Which really means four coupons each month for a medium coffee or ice coffee. It was good too! The first 20 sips were filled with brown sugar and gritty like I was sopping up the plate from some crumb streusel or something or another. And then the rest of it was good. And of course, not gritty. Surprised she didn't put in sugar syrup, but must have put in real sugar and I was not complaining even though it didn't blend in.

new phone

I just noticed the first little scratch on my new phone screen, which reminds me of my first phone.  The plastic protective cover, placed to protect it during shipping, was so smooth I didn't know I had one.  A tiny bubble appeared and I thought that bubble was in the screen until one day the edge of it came a tiny bit loose and when removed, the bubble came off too.

pumpkin

Yes, DD billboard seen for pumpkin August 16.  Kk donuts in RaceTrac last week.  Pumpkin Spice cake, and Pumpkin glazed.

the me inside of me

this girl

be 300 lb up in here, talking about "You create the world that you want around you with your thoughts." Hello.

A Prayer for Kindness

God, thank You for continually showing me Your steadfast love and mercy. You are so good! Lord, I frequently find myself easily angered, hurt, or offended. Please change the way I think and behave. It is through Your Spirit that I am forgiven and empowered. So today, I invite You to guide me, direct me, and show me how to display kindness to others as You have displayed kindness toward me. In Jesus’ name, Amen.