<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:30:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Bassetthound_lucie.jpg</category><title>Between The Pages</title><description>The Thoughts, Confessions, and Misadventures of a Feeble Saint</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>112</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-6126446484059292204</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-17T19:18:34.174-04:00</atom:updated><title>Of Poems and Links</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Alrighty, my dear readers!  I have stayed away from the blog long enough!  Here&#39;s the poem of the day, and below that, a lovely link to an adorable blog!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;When Pigs Fly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;When pigs fly,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;You and I -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Shall be together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;When fish breathe,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;We shall leave and cleave -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Through all the stormy weather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;There&#39;s a place with two Sundays in a row,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Where July has its weekly snow,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;And in winter, hills grow heather.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;But all I know,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Is there&#39;s a yes and a no,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;And that Love is an always -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Or a never.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;And now for the link:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot; href=&quot;http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2010/08/tirsdag-tuesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-6163802804530645301</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-16T20:43:33.367-04:00</atom:updated><title>In A Hole In The Ground...</title><description>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22528a8a8f2190110180a5b20860f-500pi&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;&quot; src=&quot;http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22528a8a8f2190110180a5b20860f-500pi&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;There might live a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 102, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/07/16/37538-dr-who-is-bilbo-baggins-after-all/&quot;&gt;hobbit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&quot;I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it&#39;s very difficult to find anyone,&quot; said Gandalf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&quot;I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!&quot; said Bilbo.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-hole-in-ground.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-1150100815623905795</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-14T23:43:39.003-04:00</atom:updated><title>My Brother</title><description>&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.hamovhotov.com/picturegallery/thumbs/lrg-785-kittens_-_best_friends.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 481px; height: 342px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.hamovhotov.com/picturegallery/thumbs/lrg-785-kittens_-_best_friends.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;My brother is turning sixteen tomorrow.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is to say, he will turn sixteen around 12:30 am.  He&#39;s that kind of boy.  Random from the start.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, he won&#39;t be a boy anymore.  At least, according to American culture, he will be a man. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A fact that I delight and mourn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;I delight in it, because he will indeed be a man.  A good, godly man that will one day make a wonderful husband for a lucky, lovely girl.  He will be a man, from his dark brown hair and steel blue eyes down to his enormous big feet.  One with a big, wide smile and a tender love for our mother, whom he hugs on a daily basis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I mourn in it, for at the tick of that minute hand of the clock, he is no longer the little boy running about with his toys.  He no longer stands up to my waist, but towers over me like a skyscraper over a Woolworth&#39;s store.  His soprano voice is now a booming tenor.  And soon, undoubtedly, he will be going to driving school and learn to drive much better than his older sister.  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My little brother is growing up.  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether I want him to or not.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there is naught to be concerned.  Although he can no longer jump on his bed without hitting his head on the ceiling, or fit himself into the dryer (an inside family joke), he will always be my little brother.  And as his elder sister, I will have the joy of watching him grow more and more, until he becomes the man God means for him to be.  &lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I will stand there, and watch it all with a smile on my face.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Birthday, Boo.  I love you.&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2010/07/my-brother.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-3396415026174346738</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-14T23:08:56.797-04:00</atom:updated><title>An Update</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;May I begin by saying two little words:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Oh, my.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;It feels as though it has been ages since I has tapped a message onto this blog.  I need only to look a little at my past posts to have mixed feelings at what I have written.  One is that of a nagging feeling to return to my posts.  Another is that of surprise at how incredibly self-centered my writings have been.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;I am quite sorry to say, that I have not lived up to aspiring to be a Maiden of God.  And for that, my dear readers (for any who still lurk upon this dusty web page), I apologize.  I hope to come up with a new title that may still convey the same aspiration to pursuing God, while at the same time, not being over-the-top in a grandiose way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 51, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;So in that sense, allow me to (hopefully) add more recent posts to this blog.  Ones that will try to be more humble, less boasting, and joyful and faithful to God&#39;s Word.  I cannot say that my posts will succeed to such, so I ask, dear readers, that you will have patience with me, as God has had with all of us so many times.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;In Christ Alone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2010/07/update.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-5454839235631797019</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-09T06:42:19.449-04:00</atom:updated><title>Today&#39;s My Birthday!</title><description>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;You heard it right.....I won&#39;t tell you how old I am, but let&#39;s just say the song, &quot;I Saw Her Standing There,&quot; doesn&#39;t apply to me anymore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;Mom and I will be heading to the bakery for breakfast, then off to the garden store for shopping, then off to spend some spare meullah (money).  It will be lovely, and I will tell you all about the party on Sunday.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;One more hint about my age: I&#39;ll be going to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt; for something.  This is the first day I can legally register to do it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: arial; &quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2009/04/todays-my-birthday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-9010037269745378736</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-04-09T06:52:01.580-04:00</atom:updated><title>First Day of Spring</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;In honor of the first day of spring, I will post a spring poem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Daffodils&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;by William Wordsworth &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; I wandered lonely as a cloud&lt;br /&gt;That floats on high o&#39;er vales and hills,&lt;br /&gt;When all at once I saw a crowd,&lt;br /&gt;A host, of golden daffodils;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,&lt;br /&gt;Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continuous as the stars that shine&lt;br /&gt;And twinkle on the milky way,&lt;br /&gt;They stretched in never-ending line&lt;br /&gt;Along the margin of a bay:&lt;br /&gt;Ten thousand saw I at a glance,&lt;br /&gt;Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; The waves beside them danced, but they&lt;br /&gt;Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;&lt;br /&gt;A poet could not be but gay,&lt;br /&gt;In such a jocund company!&lt;br /&gt;I gazed—and gazed—but little thought&lt;br /&gt;What wealth the show to me had brought:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;For oft, when on my couch I lie&lt;br /&gt;In vacant or in pensive mood,&lt;br /&gt;They flash upon that inward eye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Which is the bliss of solitude;&lt;br /&gt;And then my heart with pleasure fills,&lt;br /&gt;And dances with the daffodils.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Yellow_daffodils_-_floriade_canberra.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 414px; height: 550px;&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Yellow_daffodils_-_floriade_canberra.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;font-family: arial; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2009/03/first-day-of-spring.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-7207395314715001515</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-03-10T18:11:27.545-04:00</atom:updated><title>The Curious Case of the Rabbit in the Yard</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Paul saw it first this morning.  A fluffy, brown rabbit with a little white cotton tail.  The adorable kind you see hopping about in your yard.  It lay on the ground in a heap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it wasn&#39;t moving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#39;s right, we found a dead rabbit in our front yard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blech.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nobody knows how the &quot;murder&quot; occurred, or who did it, but I have a strong feeling that Dicey, the stray cat that comes around to our house, had something to do with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do I think that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because Dicey sat on the trashbag that Paul covered the body with; when we got home, the bag had blown off (or taken off?), and Dicey was coming from our neighbor&#39;s house, licking her chops.  And as I was writing this post, she was in the yard having a wee little snack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ugh.  Disgusting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anywho, this morning, Mom and I joked about the rabbit being named Peter, so after Paul taped a clean white trashbag over it, I taped a note on it witht this writing:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt; Here Lies&lt;br /&gt;Peter Rabbit&lt;br /&gt;Mauled By Dicey the Cat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;A bit of wry humor there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We don&#39;t really know if Dicey was the culprit.  We don&#39;t have any foxes (although we do have fields outside of the neighborhood).  Then again, I never knew we had opossums either.  No owls, as far as I have seen, so it&#39;s quite a mystery.  I guess you could call it, &quot;Who Killed Roger Rabbit?&quot;  LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Sigh*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know you live in the suburbs when you get all excited over a dead rabbit in your yard.  Especially when you think your neighbor&#39;s cat did it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really need to get out more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frickasee bunny, anyone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:courier new;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2009/03/curious-case-of-rabbit-in-yard.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-2333711013802545715</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-02-27T20:33:22.434-05:00</atom:updated><title>My Violin</title><description>&lt;font style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial&quot;&gt;Hi everyone, long time no see!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few pictures of my new violin that I took:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SaiFiXTw5_I/AAAAAAAAAbs/kFdzGV_wQp4/s1600-h/Photo037.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SaiFiXTw5_I/AAAAAAAAAbs/kFdzGV_wQp4/s320/Photo037.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307638986275088370&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;arial&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SaiFUqKZTdI/AAAAAAAAAbk/VgirDg0yJnY/s1600-h/Photo041.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SaiFUqKZTdI/AAAAAAAAAbk/VgirDg0yJnY/s320/Photo041.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307638750817897938&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Grainy, I know....but with practice, I can hopefully get better at it.  I don&#39;t think that practicing will come any time soon, however.  I tried to photograph it with the bow, but it crashed to the floor, and....well....let&#39;s just say that didn&#39;t end the way I wanted it to.  : )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-violin.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SaiG3B15WsI/AAAAAAAAAck/vS86JvErrzw/s72-c/Photo022.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-8305080908962787757</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-24T11:24:43.103-05:00</atom:updated><title>The Glory of the Incarnation</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He, through whom time was made, was made in time;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;and He, older by eternity than the world itself, was younger in age than many of His servants in the world;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He, who made man, was made man;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He was given existence by a mother whom He brought into existence;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He was carried in hands which He formed;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He cried like a babe in the manger in speechless infancy—this Word without which human eloquence is speechless!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;St. Augustine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jesuswalk.com/christmas-incarnation/images/van_hornthorst_adoration_children_800x583.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 448px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.jesuswalk.com/christmas-incarnation/images/van_hornthorst_adoration_children_800x583.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/12/glory-of-incarnation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-759954617205036025</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-26T21:37:26.901-05:00</atom:updated><title>10 More Things To Be Thankful For.....</title><description>&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;1. That I&#39;m off this whole week! (It&#39;s good to be in a private school! {I&#39;m not dissing public school, for the record})&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;2. That we have so much to be thankful for.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;3. That, despite the bad turn the economy has taken, we in America (and other developed countries) have abundance of food, shelter, and peace.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;4. For snow (I have to say this, because we&#39;ve been getting snow flurries this past week....not enough to make a layer that lasts more than a day, but snow nonetheless).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;5. For the opportunity to write on this blog and share my thoughts and feelings with y&#39;all.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;6. To be able to have hopes and dreams that can be potentially fulfilled in a country like America.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;7. For friendship in a world where many walk alone.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;8. For warmth of heart and body in a world of sorrow and coldness.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;9. (Almost done.) For TURKEY!!!!!!!!! (Sorry folks, had to throw that in...it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; turkey many of us are eating ; ] )&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;10. And finally that, despite the hurt and sin that is in this world, we&#39;ll always have Jesus. And that is enough for anything life can throw at us. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SS4Hvr0Wz3I/AAAAAAAAAaU/MWoCWZooEsc/s1600-h/FreedomfromWant[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273160729494998898&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SS4Hvr0Wz3I/AAAAAAAAAaU/MWoCWZooEsc/s320/FreedomfromWant%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; color=&quot;#cc33cc&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/10-more-things-to-be-thankful-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SS4Hvr0Wz3I/AAAAAAAAAaU/MWoCWZooEsc/s72-c/FreedomfromWant%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-7658882233496278060</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-10T20:59:38.505-05:00</atom:updated><title>8 Things To Be Thankful For</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1.  That we live in a wonderful country, where we are allowed to worship God freely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;2.  That we live in a place where we can speak up for what&#39;s right, put down what&#39;s wrong, and vote people into office who will represent us (hopefully, in a fair way).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;3.  That we live in the USA!  Come on, y&#39;all!  Say it WITH ME!  U-S-A!  U-S-A!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;4.  That we are free to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;5.  That we have the freedom to publish what we want to say (like what I&#39;m writing like now).  Within reason, of course.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;6.  For the freedom to learn more through higher education about the world we live in, and about our God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;7.  That we can work hard and earn wages of our own accord, as well give money to those less fortunate of our own accord.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;8.  That we are able to spread the Gospel with no hindrance, so that Christ&#39;s glory will be revealed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Amen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/8-things-to-be-thankful-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-2585417400273302932</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-04T20:07:55.059-05:00</atom:updated><title>Guess Who Came To Dinner....Er....Breakfast?  Part 2</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;This morning, my dad looked out the window again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Dicey was out there, strolling about and waiting for breakfast, which wasn&#39;t there, thanks to Mr. Possum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Somebody, however, was in her shelter.......&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It wasn&#39;t the possum.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It was another cat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s right, Dad opened the door, and out of the cat shelter, looking straight at him, was a brown cat with black stripes and a white muzzle.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It was Marley.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Marley is the other cat that belongs to Dicey&#39;s owners.  He&#39;s her &quot;brother&quot; in a sense.  And now, he came out of the cat house and strolled about, as if to say, &quot;I heard you guys served food here.  Where&#39;s my continental breakfast?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Apparently, Dicey, being the southern hostess, must have told him about the nice humans who fed her, and invited her brother to come spend the night at the kitty condo.  They must have been snuggling together to keep warm.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Aww.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Marley had always been a skittish kitty around us....he&#39;s more shy and reserved than his sister.  But amazingly, he was hanging around, all calm and relaxed.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Looks like we&#39;re gonna be running a kitty hotel, with two cats indoors and two cats outdoors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Oh, boy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/guess-who-came-to-dinnererbreakfast.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-8778801546785480043</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-03T20:08:05.736-05:00</atom:updated><title>Guess Who Came To Dinner (er...Breakfast)?</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;My mom told me this morning that while my brother and I was still asleep, our dad had noticed something strange going on, on the front porch step.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;He had gone to look out the door window to see if there was any frost on the car. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Instead he found &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; dude eating out of Dicey&#39;s food bowl.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SQ-dLjtrZXI/AAAAAAAAAaM/tzYFrGV8Y5g/s1600-h/2325002339_182ef6535f[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264599311310349682&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SQ-dLjtrZXI/AAAAAAAAAaM/tzYFrGV8Y5g/s320/2325002339_182ef6535f%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Yeeeeeeek! A giant rat! Big, smelly, hairless-tailed giant rat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;(Hehe.....just kidding)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Actually, that wasn&#39;t the picture of the opossum my folks saw. They were probably too busy wondering how to get rid of that........thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It was chomping away, happy as you please, at Dicey&#39;s food. And heaven knows what the poor cat must have been thinking as she watched this....thing eating her morning breakfast. It must have gone something like this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Dicey: Oh my &lt;em&gt;goodness&lt;/em&gt;! It&#39;s a giant cat with a naked tail! What&#39;s it doing eating my food? A giant, ugly, rat-tailed cat is &lt;em&gt;eating my food!!!!!  Help me, Rhonda!!!!!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Poor kitty.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I making a big fuss over this because we have never, ever, &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; seen an opossum in our neighborhood, let alone on our front step, let alone eating &lt;em&gt;cat food&lt;/em&gt;. This is a suburban girl you&#39;re talking to, whose closest contact with wild animals has been watching deer eat her grandma&#39;s ivy. (And squirrels with giant nuts in their mouths, but I digress.....)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;So my folks are watching this possum eating the cat&#39;s food (the cat is watching safe in her little cat palace), and they&#39;re wondering what to do with it. They decide the best thing to do is to do what any good person would do......scare it silly!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;So Mom rattles on the door  handle, and quick as you please, they heard Mr. Possum scurry off into the dark.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Then they throw away the food and water bowls in case Mr. Possum had a lovely case of rabies. (My dad&#39;s coworker didn&#39;t think the possum had rabies though, if he ran away).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Dicey, of course, is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; happy. When my dad opened the door again, she was leaning against the storm door with her paws splayed out in supplication for food. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Now we&#39;ll have to bring the new bowls in every night so Mr. Possum and any of his friends won&#39;t come back for more. They have just got to learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch.....er......breakfast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;So, that&#39;s the biggest story I&#39;ve got for today........in a little town where nothing much goes on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I need to get out more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SQ-Ze9sI0fI/AAAAAAAAAaE/I_RuGPnFQig/s1600-h/2325822056_616a04e4b6[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264595246654214642&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SQ-Ze9sI0fI/AAAAAAAAAaE/I_RuGPnFQig/s320/2325822056_616a04e4b6%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/guess-who-came-to-dinner-erbreakfast.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SQ-dLjtrZXI/AAAAAAAAAaM/tzYFrGV8Y5g/s72-c/2325002339_182ef6535f%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-1884678982798983053</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-02T21:27:53.610-05:00</atom:updated><title>Thanksgiving</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;For the first twenty-seven (okay, twenty-five) days of November, I am going to list something that I am thankful for, a thanksgiving on each day. Then, on the actual day of Thanksgiving, I will list all 27 things that I have thanked God for in the past 25 days.  Very simple, if you&#39;re not a person who takes a lot of things for granted.  And yet, very fullfilling.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Better than talking about turkey, right?  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;So, for the first two days that I have missed, I am first of all thankful  for:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1.  Jesus Christ dying on the cross for my sins, although I will never be worthy of such a gracious act of love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;2.  That through God&#39;s grace, I was fortunate enough to grow up in a church and receive Christ into my life at a young age.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-281965637975006494</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-02T15:35:16.671-05:00</atom:updated><title>Okie Dokie....It&#39;s Time For A New Banner!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Has anyone seen the wide (or not so wide) variety of blog banners these days??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m just trying to find an autumn blog banner, that&#39;s all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;And most of what I&#39;ve seen is clutter.....even for a packrat like me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Don&#39;t listen to me.  I&#39;m one of those picky people who have to have their blog banners just right....or else......you don&#39;t wanna know what else, do you?  Hehe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Anyway, fear not, my fellow bloggy bloggers.  The summer banner WILL be packed away for the autumn.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;And yes, Lord willing, I will be blogging often (if I can get my pesky college and high school homework out of the way first).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/okie-dokieits-time-for-new-banner.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-4691767193188716603</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-02T14:42:44.639-05:00</atom:updated><title>Tim Challies And His Son Are Going To The Dominican Republic.....</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Tim Challies and company &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.challies.com/&quot;&gt;are going to the Dominican Republic on a missions trip with Compassion International.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;And he&#39;s blogging all the way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;So is his son.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Need I say more?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Lauren&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/11/tim-challies-and-his-son-are-going-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-6493652383395283436</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T21:43:46.488-04:00</atom:updated><title>Happy Reformation Day!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Today is Reformation Day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s right. Today is the 491st anniversary when Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses on the doors of the Schlossenberg Church in Wittenburg. As Tim Challies so eloquently put it, &quot;That small act triggered a series of events that forever changed the world. It stands as one of the most important events in all of history—though an event that has been largely forgotten. Today we remember that day and express our gratitude to God for raising up men such as Martin Luther.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I highly encourage anyone, Protestant/Lutheran or not, to check out about the Protestant Reformation. It is a defining moment in history, theologically and culturally speaking, and offers a unique and indelible view of Christianity and the Gospel. Among these are:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;The Solas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Sola Scriptura: Scripture Alone, meaning that all Scripture is God-breathed and is the written authority of the church.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Sola Fide: Faith Alone, meaning that people become saved by believing, and only believing, that Jesus Christ died on the cross for their sins and arose on the third day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Sola Gracia: By Grace Alone. Nothing we do earns us salvation. By Christ&#39;s grace, we are saved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Sola Christus - Christ is the exclusive mediator between God and man. By Christ&#39;s death, and by Christ&#39;s death only, do we have access to God.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria - To God alone be glory.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Here&#39;s what bloggers across the blogosphere are saying about Reformation Day:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thebluefish.org/2008/10/everything-changes-but-you-post-for.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Dave Bish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; reflects on the book of Genesis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://churchethos.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/happy-halloween-martin-luther/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Church Ethos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; wishes Happy Halloween to Martin Luther.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://accensus.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/reformation-day-post-a-reflection-on-sola-scriptura/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Per Caliginem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about sola scriptura and the Reformed confessions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://renewminds.blogspot.com/2008/10/luthers-theology-of-cross-happy.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Renewing Minds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; covers Luther’s theology of the cross.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.monergismbooks.com/Five-Solas-Hooded-Sweatshirt-Maroon-p-18114.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Monergism Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; announces the release of a new five solas sweatshirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nickbogardus.com/post/57305164/a-hammer-nails-reformation-day&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Nick Bogardus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; says, “If one wanted an image of what obedience in Christianity looked like, we might simply say, ‘A hammer and nails.’”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rvanneste.blogspot.com/2008/10/reformation-day-2008.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Ray Van Neste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about two chapel messages delivered this week at Union University.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wordpictures.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/reformation-and-election-but-not-the-kind-youre-thinking/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Word Pictures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; discusses “Reformation and Election … but not the kind you’re thinking.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://frightfullypleased.blogspot.com/2008/10/after-darkness-light.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Stephen Lay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; uses that great Reformation phrase “After darkness light.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://barrywallace.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/reformation-with-a-little-r/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Barry Wallace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about reformation with a little r.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://the-spyglass.blogspot.com/2008/10/ecclesia-reformata-semper-reformanda.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;The Spyglass&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers “Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda secundum verbum Dei “ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eqdj.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/christianity-vs-calvinism-what-is-calvinism-2a-of-2/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Th’eternal Promise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers a three-part article on Christianity vs Calvinism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.worr.org/wp-content/uploads/2-10REFORMATION2.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Ron Man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; in his worship notes (PDF) says that Reformation Sunday is not just for Lutherans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gairneybridge.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/the-audacity-of-pope/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Gairney Bridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about the audacity of the pope.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://truefollower.blogspot.com/2008/10/1517-2008-reformation-continues.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Justin Pearson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; says that the Reformation continues, even in 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inlightofthegospel.org/?p=2410&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;James Grant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; looks at “The Beginnings of the Reformed Tradition: Calvin, Bucer, Vermigli, &amp;amp; Bullinger.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://possumbane.livejournal.com/429815.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Dispatches from the Valley of the Shadow of Death&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; shares his Reformation Day address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nitw.blogspot.com/2008/10/luther-and-prayer.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Ray Rhodes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about Luther and prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stayathomemyheart.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/reformation-day-party-ideas/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Stay, Stay at Home My Heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; shares her idea for a Reformation Day party.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://against-heresies.blogspot.com/2008/10/reformation-day-challenge.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Martin Downes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers a Reformation Day challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vizaviz.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/a-world-without-luther/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Then Face to Face&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; images a world without Luther.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com/2008/10/semper-reformada-five-solas-for.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Jared Wilson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers five solas for evangelicalism today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://strengthenedbygrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/reformation-day-christ-alone-solus-christos/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Strengthened by Grace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; celebrates with a look at solus christus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://garyboalnireland.blogspot.com/2008/10/reformation-day.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Boaly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; asks for ideas for celebrating Reformation Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://crcpastorchad.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/what-god-has-done-for-us/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Listening to the Wind&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; reflects on what God has done for us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://relentlessgrace.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/celebrating-reformation-day/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Relentless Grace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about a love for reformational theology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://theologynetwork.org/merrie-theologiane/2008-10/indulging-a-laugh&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;The Merrie Theologian&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; takes a light-hearted look at a few of Luther’s lesser-known resolutions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://danhames.blogspot.com/2008/10/dangerous-thing-about-faith.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Daniel Hames&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about “the dangerous thing about faith.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://biblicalthought.com/blog/happy-reformation-day-2008/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Stephen Macasil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; gives “Analysis of John Knox’s Argument That the RC Mass is Idolatry Before the Bishop of Durham (1550).”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rebecca-writes.com/rebeccawrites/2008/10/31/it-was-all-about-the-gospel.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Rebecca Stark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; says that the Reformation was all about the gospel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://asecondreformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/reformatin-day-small-mission-church.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;A Second Reformation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes, “Here in Québec city we are celebrating the 20th bay of the Église réformée du Québec (The Reformed Church of Québec)this year and tomorrow my little local church is hosting a big party for the entire province.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://synerjack.com/2008/10/31/roger-williams-american-reformer/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;SynerJACK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; writes about Roger Williams, the American Reformer and looks at one of the many social extensions of the Reformation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gospelcenteredmusings.com/2008/10/31/reformation-day-article-velvet-elvis-compared-to-the-wild-boar/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Gospel Centered Musings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; compares Rob Bell to the Wild Boar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sola5guy.blogspot.com/2008/10/post-tenebras-lux.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;D.J. Williams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; warns against the temptation to take our Bibles for granted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dashhouse.com/darryl/2008/10/all_of_life_is_repentance.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Darryl Dash&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; follows Luther in saying “the whole life of believers should be repentance.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://glorygazer.blogspot.com/2008/10/sola-scriptura-and-service-planning.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Doug Smith&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; looks at the implications of sola scriptura in planning worship services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://detoursanddevotions.blogspot.com/2008/10/reformation-day.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Detours and Devotions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; thanks God for continued reformation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nephos.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/reformation-day-james-guthrie/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Nephos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; takes a brief look at the story of James Guthrie, a Reformation martyr.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bostonbiblegeeks.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/rotm-â€œthe-reformersâ€-part-i-how-much-for-that-bible/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Boston Bible Geeks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; looks at the Reformation’s impact on the Bible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ligonier.org/blog/2008/10/profiles-of-the-reformation.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Ligonier Ministries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; looks to some of the Reformation heroes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://crosswaylife.wordpress.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Crossway Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; has written a whole series on the Reformation solas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://168hrs.blogspot.com/2008/10/marie-durand.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;168 Hours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers a profile of the Huguenot Marie Durand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://onlyonehope.blogspot.com/2008/10/thoughts-on-reformation-day.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Writings of a Woman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; offers a few of her thoughts on Reformation Day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Here is also a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theopedia.com/95_Theses&quot;&gt;95 Theses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://prayerfoundation.org/luther2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 480px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 822px&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://prayerfoundation.org/luther2.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Happy Reformation Day, everyone! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;br /&gt;Sola Scriptura!&lt;br /&gt;Sola Fide!&lt;br /&gt;Sola Gracia!&lt;br /&gt;Sola Christus!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/10/celebrate-reformation-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-2203710743039240508</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T17:47:03.610-04:00</atom:updated><title>Oh, Boy....We&#39;ve Done It Now!</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Hi, everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                       Remember that sweet little kitty I told you about in August?  Well, my family and I have done it now.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                       We fed her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                       That&#39;s right.  We fed her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                        Now she&#39;ll never leave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                       I don&#39;t really mind.  I like it when she hangs out in the morning, meowing at us to feed her and give her water.  It was two weeks ago, when we realized that it was getting colder, and our furry friend might be getting chilly.  We&#39;ve never seen her go into her owners&#39; house, so we were worried that she might be out all night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     So........&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     My dad and brother built her a cat palace.  It&#39;s a box with all the sides taped together.  We put blankets on the bottom and put the box on top.  Then we put a thermal blanket on top of the box for extra warmth.  Now we&#39;ve put a trash bag on top to secure the box from the rain.  Now that cat has a nice warm place to stay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     But the night my dad and brother were building the kitty bed, my mom suddenly got out our own cat&#39;s food bag and dipped up some cat food into a plastic container.  She started heading for the door.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     Uh oh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                    &quot;Mom!&quot; I said, &quot;Are you sure we should?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     &quot;Yes,&quot; she said, &quot;I&#39;m not going to let that cat go hungry.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                    So she put the food bowl out there, which Dicey, the cat, eagerly started sticking her little nose in and chomping up the food.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                     She ate for five minutes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;                     &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Cats don&#39;t do that when they&#39;re not starving.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                    So now, Dicey has become an unofficial member of the Brown household.  She cries for her food and water, like all our other cats (who are indoors) do.  She bids us good morning and sees us off to school, and she waits for us until we get home.  Just like a dog.  She&#39;s become our friend for life, ever since that first bowl of food, and even before that.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                   Who woulda thunk?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;God bless,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;                   Lauren&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/10/oh-boyweve-done-it-now.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-1749877546445834977</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-27T21:46:16.653-04:00</atom:updated><title>Don&#39;t Waste Your Tastebuds</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;For twelve years, my family and I thought that I was allergic to seafood. This was pretty ironic, since I&#39;m a Marylander, and Maryland is well known for its&#39; crab cakes. Yesterday, however, I was surprised to learn that that was a big fat lie. I never &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt;! It&#39;s kind of weird living your whole life thinking of a certain food as hands-off and then suddenly being allowed to eat it. Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that Mom and I went out to Burger King that night for a fried fish sandwich! It was &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;But I digress....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;The thing is, many of us take things for granted. In this case, it&#39;s food. Most of us sit down at the table in the morning, ready to chomp on some wheaties, not realizing how God has blessed us in giving us the tastebuds we have to taste the yummy treats we like to snack on. Most of you have probably eaten fish, and think it&#39;s no big deal. I bet though, you never thought about how a person who was allergic their whole life (or thought they were allergic their whole life) to fish would be happy to be able to taste fish without worrying about bursting into hives or having their throats close up. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;That, my friends, is where we need to be thankful to Christ for all that He has given us.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Including our tastebuds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Because there are many who don&#39;t have that wonderful blessing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;As for me, I&#39;m going to take advantage of my living in Maryland and see what a crab cake tastes like. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;And I&#39;ll thank God before I do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/images/crab_cakes.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/images/crab_cakes.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/08/dont-waste-your-tastebuds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-8226978342615516874</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-08T08:42:16.373-04:00</atom:updated><title>Friday Funnies</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Crazy cat pictures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/3/20080806-Rusty.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/3/20080806-Rusty.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080806-Diego.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080806-Diego.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080804-Rex.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080804-Rex.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080805-Killian.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.stuffonmycat.com/media/2/20080805-Killian.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/08/friday-funnies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-6407232576347245705</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-08-07T09:36:15.897-04:00</atom:updated><title>My Feline Friend</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;Earlier this summer, our new neighbors in the back moved in.  They have two cats, a male and a female.  The female is named Dicey and the male is named Marley (think Jacob Marley).  Marley looks remarkably like my cat, Heather (she&#39;s a tabby....I think....) and Dicey is sort of a tuxedo cat (she is black and white).  She sort of looks like this one:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_uU30OGsKzRQ/RtkOJTxP0HI/AAAAAAAAAI8/cVHp5w1pDxo/s320/Black_white_cat_on_fence.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;The little darling comes back and forth through an opening in our neighbor&#39;s fence and wanders through our yard (and other yards).  I&#39;ve made friends with her, and she&#39;ll let me pet her while she rubs against my back, purring happily.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Last night, I had finished the ritual and started to go up our hill to go back inside.  I happened to look behind me, and lo and behold, a certain somebody was following me up the hill!  I kept walking and she followed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;She went under two of our vehicles and then came out to where the sidewalk met the driveway.  She looked at me, and as I walked up the sidewalk, what did she do?  Came walking right after me like  duckling.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Uh oh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;I stepped up onto the front step and she stopped.  I carefully opened the storm and front door and closed it behind me, slightly afraid that she was going to come in.  She had hopped onto the front step and waited there, like she was going to be let in.  My mom, brother and I looked through the screen door at her.  It was like she thought I was her owner or something.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;At last, my brother and I decided that we needed to get her back home.  She had owners after all. So I stepped outside and just as I expected, she immediately followed me back down the hill, although she was slightly wary of the tall broad-shouldered boy that was following us.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;We led her back down the hill and to the opening in the fence.  One problem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;She didn&#39;t want to go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;And the owners were in their backyard, sitting at a table and chatting with each other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Uh oh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;After repeatedly whispering for her to go home, we finally managed to coax her into slipping her little furry body under the slot and into her own backyard.  Mission accomplished.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;You can tell how much excitement we get around here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Kidding.  Everybody has more than one exciting moment in their life!  What?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 51, 204); font-family: arial;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-feline-friend.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_uU30OGsKzRQ/RtkOJTxP0HI/AAAAAAAAAI8/cVHp5w1pDxo/s72-c/Black_white_cat_on_fence.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-4240873234229826262</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-30T17:34:35.707-04:00</atom:updated><title>Works For Me Wednesday</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;For this Wednesday, I decided to do a WFMW, because I had something that,well, worked for me! *Grins* &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Seriously though, it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; work for you.....it&#39;s a recipe from Alton Brown for peanut butter fudge &lt;em&gt;that you make in the microwave!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s right, folks. No boiling ingredients in pots and pans or candy thermometers. All you need is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1 cup butter, plus more for greasing pan &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1 cup peanut butter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1 teaspoon vanilla &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1 pound powdered sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;1 microwave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Directions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Microwave butter and peanut butter for 2 minutes on high. Stir and microwave on high for 2 more minutes. Add vanilla and powdered sugar to peanut butter mixture and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Pour into a buttered 8 by 8-inch pan lined with waxed paper. Place a second piece of waxed paper on the surface of the fudge and refrigerate until cool. Cut into 1-inch pieces and store in an airtight container for up to a week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;And look what you get in the end!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228921741146271570&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SJDcnptXL1I/AAAAAAAAARw/vas3yLFUWGk/s320/2260929963_08774c1425%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;(In a note of trivia, this is actually a photo of the Alton Brown fudge that somebody else made and &quot;flickred.&quot;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Have fun and bon apetit! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/07/works-for-me-wednesday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SJDcnptXL1I/AAAAAAAAARw/vas3yLFUWGk/s72-c/2260929963_08774c1425%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-5071992182697622057</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-28T17:42:00.693-04:00</atom:updated><title>Pics From The Rebelution</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://bp3.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SI48DL3n_yI/AAAAAAAAARo/Ex9ChmpGHFc/s1600-h/2710596436_36b4c2257f[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228182242847096610&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp2.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SI45HdkFbCI/AAAAAAAAAQA/58nWclc17rc/s320/2710597646_62895f6e6f%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SI44-83uWOI/AAAAAAAAAP4/6ot3O8Vj7bk/s1600-h/2709783361_603da04910[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228178871566620898&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SI44-83uWOI/AAAAAAAAAP4/6ot3O8Vj7bk/s320/2709783361_603da04910%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/07/pic-from-rebelution.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp3.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SI48DL3n_yI/AAAAAAAAARo/Ex9ChmpGHFc/s72-c/2710596436_36b4c2257f%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-3454152543852691775</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-28T07:31:49.155-04:00</atom:updated><title>A Google Poem</title><description>&lt;img style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://library2go.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/google.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Googled (2.0) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;by Douglas Groothius&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;No books or bookstores,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;just Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;No libraries or librarians,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;just Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;No articles to clip and file,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;just Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;No academic search engines,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;just Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;No conversations,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;just Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It ranks, rates,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;never hesitates:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;It tells what is real,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;tells us how to feel:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I googled Google,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;and got Google.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;I googled myself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;and found myself&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Googled.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/07/google-poem.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5564932666848676649.post-4366148029590635296</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-11T21:35:23.154-04:00</atom:updated><title>Friday Funnies</title><description>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SHgJkL67WyI/AAAAAAAAAPw/9ZjysdQW59w/s1600-h/2496949649_08d0c459b6_o[1].jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221934285215980322&quot; style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://bp1.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SHgJkL67WyI/AAAAAAAAAPw/9ZjysdQW59w/s320/2496949649_08d0c459b6_o%5B1%5D.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Pardon me, would you have any Grey Poupon?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/pioneerwoman/2496949649/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;color:#cc33cc;&quot;&gt;Soli Deo Gloria!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;justify&quot;&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://maidenofgod.blogspot.com/2008/07/friday-funnies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Lauren)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://bp1.blogger.com/_Gvncwy9I_lY/SHgJkL67WyI/AAAAAAAAAPw/9ZjysdQW59w/s72-c/2496949649_08d0c459b6_o%5B1%5D.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>