u. funny. thx.

I sent you an email message. Sorry. I had no idea what you were talking about, and 5 consecutive comments started to take on the look of a staccato monologue.

It's gotta be 5 o'clock some where. yikes.

(If you'd like to try again in a condensed version (1 post) I'll be happy to keep it, and trash the others.)

Sorry for the mix-up.

Thanks for visiting.

Really enjoyable read, Jon. Nice meditation for me to dwell on today.

That stuff kills me too when it happens to my kids. The world can be so harsh. Jesus is a safe place to fall. Thank you.
-Lisa
P.S.
I want to confess,
On serious Wednesdays (WHICH I LOVE, and read EVERY time) I was feeling "out of whack" for a few months.

Like I missed a snack, but later got a meal, but still missed that snack. THEN I realized it was because there was a imbalance of funny for that day b/c of serious Wednesday.

Like a scientist trying to find a vaccine for swine flu at the cusp of the outbreak, I set to work to remedy this-somehow, and against the odds.

What I came up with was penning (and by that I mean typing) a Whacky Wednesday style post each week to offset to the seriousness of serious Wednesday (WHICH I LOVE, and read EVERY time).

Serious is good. But as important as it is, seriousness isn't a fruit of the spirit.
AND I found out, neither is Intensity. I'm as surprised as you.

I'll be looking into this more if my grant money comes through from the government department of funniness, but so far I've found 12, yes 12, Fruits of the Spirit, that have *not* made the cut.

I hope you (or our siblings in Christ, reading here) can contribute one of your/their own, if you know of others. thanks, again. http://wp.me/pri9O-XP

worst place: A shot glass. "Whatever you do, do it with all your might" or something heretical, or ill-fitting.

Caption: "Stuff you wish you give your dad's mistress–again"

new -humor- post:
12 Fruit of the Spirit that didn't make the cut http://wp.me/pri9O-XP
(plus taking your submissions)

SO EPIC. Sounds just like that'd happen to us. LOVED that.

Jon, I say blame the stomach flu. Or parking meters.

no worries.

My son yelled a cautious and loud "oh my GOODness" into the stillness and quiet of a wedding once, as my brother and his wife lit a unity candle. He was thinking about safety concerns.

I have left a service if I wasn't feeling well.

The archangel Gabrielle, or something very shinny, told me to whistle along with your book, and its corresponding song, as I read it.

I have a similar knee jerk reaction sometimes to thinking of God as sort of "mean" or maybe somewhat malicious, especially if something horrible happens. And horrible things really have happened that seem to make ZERO sense.

Thankfully, this area of great weakness, has gotten far healthier by reading and studying the Bible in context.

The book "How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth" was immensely helpful in this journey. I even buy the book @ Ollies Bargain Outlet and give it out to people.

so !!!!
If any of you need break or laugh in your day, stop by to see this Star-Spangled Mustache: http://bit.ly/9fn0NE

Happy mid-week day to you! (aka humpday)

-Lisa

Love reading when you write here.

The haters will always be there, like flies to honey. Or ants at a picnic. Or maggots...okay, nevermind.

SO many ppl are bored or bitter, or both, and have WAY too much idle time on their hands. It gets easy to be mean, and hard to behave.

hang in there.

HAHAHAHahahahahahaaaa. I <3 Jon.