from humbled hands

Today we had our Internet installed.  AND we got lucky because the man who installed it only had a modem and wireless router combo left..woo baby! So we have wireless, too. Boy howdy. Suddenly, I have a list of things to do: take pictures of books to sell, post them online, and attempt to sell them, blog about all of this- happening now (these are real time updates, people!), check Twitter (I could do that on my phone, too, but I have Internet AT MY HOME now), look up "recipes for those on a budget," and search "how to use coupons," again. Is it just me or are coupons so confusing and overwhelming?! I guess they just haven't 'clicked' for me yet.  Thus, the research ensues.  <<Stay tuned for my couponing update>> (That's for you, Sarah). Well, with all this interweb at the tip of my fingers-wherever I want it in the household-not just confined to the desk-whenever I want it-not just at the DTS library-I will never be bored again!!...

A date with my hubby at the DTS library...check! Free wi-fi...check! Bible reading...check! Journaling...check! Prayer...check! Wow, I am doing good today! I've been thinking a lot lately (what's new?) about my devotional time, the time I spend with God throughout my day.  I try to sit down and have a "quiet time" with just me and Him, my Eternal Father.  Oftentimes I get stuck in a rut and just read the Bible to read the Bible. How can I forget that the Bible, the word of God, is living and active?! Am I so proud as to think that I know what the Creator God is going to reveal to me in His word?  I hope not, though I act like it all too often.  And when I pray, I feel like I am speaking empty thoughts. Father, God, change my heart; mold my heart to be more like Yours.  May I no longer heap up empty phrases to You, may I no longer pay You lip service.  You deserve my all: thoughts, actions, AND time.  Everything belongs to You because You hold...

"If I have eaten my morsel alone,"     The Patriarch spoke with scorn; What would he think of the Church were he shown     Heathendom--huge, forlorn, Godless, Christless, with soul unfed, While the Church's ailment is fullness of bread,     Eating her morsel alone? "Freely you have received, so give,"     He says, who has given us all. How will the soul in us longer live     Deaf to their starving call, For whom the blood of the Lord was shed, And His body broken to give them bread,     If we eat our morsel alone!                                  Archbishop William Alexander I was extremely moved and convicted by this poem I read yesterday in L.B. Cowman's Streams in the Desert .  I know that I don't want to eat my mor...

I love music. I love dancing. I can't do either very well, but people that can AMAZE me. That is why I think everyone needs to see this video: This video clip is from the hit tv show "The Sing Off." I haven't actually seen it; we don't have tv, but I am so impressed with the talent represented here. The group is named "Delilah." We are people and people are amazing and God made us....blows my mind.  Is there anyone out there that can give me singing lessons?? Because I'll even scrub your toilet for them (remember I am "currently seeking employment"). from humbled (and slightly jealous) hands, Jessie Rediger 

DING! I'll start a blog. My current status, "actively seeking employment," (not "unemployed," of course) has freed up some time.  When I'm not sending out mass numbers of resumes to every possible position that I am qualified for (which isn't many, I suppose), I have absolutely nothing to do.  Vince does his homework, studies Greek, and reads and oftentimes I try and do the assignments too, just to see if I can.  My mom always reminds me of my love of learning. I think I just resort to it under dire circumstances, namely boredom.  This morning I decided I wanted the rest of the world, or maybe just my mother and grandmother, to read about my daily life.  I could make it interesting; I'll write about my job hunt or the divine Alfredo pasta I made for dinner last night. Maybe I'll post a YouTube video. OOooo... It could almost be too riveting. One thing I do know: I am blessed.  That word " blessed " encompasses a whole gamut of e...