Splash and Isaiah 41

I thought I would profile one of my cats for you. His internet name is Splashmeister (Splash for short). He is so dubbed because he loves to play with water. Splash always makes such a mess that we had to buy a heavy-weighted, dog dish for him to drink out of since he often turns the water bowls over (big mess, oh man). Splash is a large cat. I like to joke that he is part puppy (one quarter puppy). He really isn’t, of course, but he is so loyal, frisky, and he follows you around. When you’re inside a room doing something, he will come and sit by the door, waiting for you to come out again. Splash is a bit like Lassie the dog too. He will try to get your attention with meows, and when you look at him to see what he wants, he leads you to his cat-food dishes, because he loves to be petted by you, especially when he eats! ^_^

Splash also sits at the table using a chair like a human does. It’s so funny to see his little face gazing across the table at everyone. He looks like a little person sitting there – haha, a little furry child! :D He uses his paws like hands to lift dry, cat food up to his mouth to eat! But we don’t let him eat at the table with us. ;) He sometimes drinks the same way, bringing up water in his paw to his mouth. This is the cat that will “talk” with you that I posted about last time. He’s the closest thing I’ve ever seen to a Narnian talking beast! Lol.

Splash could also be called “the investigator” as he routinely and slowly sniffs out and examines every square inch of a room, as if he were memorizing every detail with great precision. After his examination is complete, he will then rest and make himself comfortable in the room. At this point, he’s not above playing tug-of-war with you with sheets and towels! :) Splash would also make a good outfielder. When you throw a piece of dry, cat food up into the air, he stands on his hind legs and catches it in midair between his two, front paws! Then he eats it. He does the same thing with flies that come into the house. They’re about the same size as dry, cat food, ehhehehe. He catches them between his paws when they’re flying around. And, ugh, he eats them too! Pooh!

Heehee. I love Splash! He’s such a cool cat.



When life gets tough and your courage is waning, do not forget the awesome promises of our Lord God. :D! Here are some good verses to read and meditate upon:

From Isaiah 41:10-13:

God said, 10 "Do not be afraid—I am with you! I am your God—let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you. 11 Those who are angry with you will know the shame of defeat. Those who fight against you will die 12 and will disappear from the earth. 13 I am the Lord your God; I strengthen you and tell you, Do not be afraid; I will help you."

This is very interesting! Check it out!

Later...

I have been tagged by Aly! Five subjects that I'm studying:

1. General Chemistry - this is fun!
2. Physical Chemistry - very interesting!
3. Quantum Mechanics - really tough, and it has some issues with weak evidence like the theory of evolution has. QM just doesn't do a great job explaining/predicting many things with good answers. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, and Einstein didn't like parts of QM either. I'm in Einstein's Camp! :)
4. Statistical Thermodynamics - I'm sure this will be interesting later, lol.
5. Vibrational Analysis/Spectroscopy - this is fun too!

Please pray for me. This stuff is pretty tough. :P! I have a mountain of work to do -- so much to learn and understand...

Musical Surprise, CSL, and Mark Ch. 8

My dad was working on the computer and playing music in the background from the PC when all of a sudden this lady starts singing to him in Japanese! Hahahaha! That was so funny. *snicker* Somehow, one of the songs that I had marked as a favorite ended up in his “music library” on the computer, lol. He said he was very surprised. (And of course he requested that I try to keep my music separate from his). Heehee.

I am playing the song for you now on my blog. It’s called Itsumo Nando Demo, and it is from the movie Spirited Away. You can hear that the lady is a professional, classically-trained artist, and the harp playing is simply divine! Isn’t the song gorgeous?


K. Remember that bank that tried to take advantage of me a few months back? Well, I wrote them a letter, and prayed that they would do the right thing -- and they did! They refunded my money. Praise God! I was so upset at the time. Lesson learned: Once I’ve done all I can with something, I should give it to God and let go of it, trusting Him to handle it however He will. “Letting go and letting God”, as some say.

Walter Hooper writes this, regarding C. S. Lewis: “But having done all in his power to solve them (CSL’s worries), he left the matter to God and got on with his work and pleasures.” C. S. Lewis is such an example to us all, and (as I continue to read about him, which I just started to do in earnest about a week ago) I’m finding, not just from his writings, but also in the way he lived his life! (Of course, Jesus is our perfect example to follow).


Jesus says “Duh!” to his disciples. Lol. From Mark chapter Eight:
17 Jesus knew what they were saying, so He asked them, "Why are you discussing about not having any bread? Don't you know or understand yet? Are your minds so dull? 18 You have eyes—can't you see? You have ears—can't you hear? Don't you remember 19 when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand people? How many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?"

"Twelve," they answered. 20 "And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand people," asked Jesus, "how many baskets full of leftover pieces did you take up?"

"Seven," they answered. 21 "And you still don't understand?" He asked them.

Whenever they were short on food, God always made what they had stretch, and it was always more than enough! Will He not also do the same for us, not only with our nourishment, but also in every other area of our lives as well? God is sufficient!

From the Hebrew, one of God’s names is El Shaddai, or All Sufficient One!!! :D!




LATER...

I have been tagged by Blondie and Peach! Let’s see, five weird habits that I have.

1. I’m very frugal and always mindful of wasting energy and money. I always go around the house turning off appliances that aren't being used and extra lights that we don’t need on. Trouble is, if you overdo this, you sometimes bump into things in the dark, or accidentally step on your cats... LOL. Poor dears.

2. I’m such a night owl. My bedtime can be as late as 4:00 AM! And I actually hear tales about some people getting up at 6:00 AM or earlier to start their day! *gasp* How do these people get up at such an ungodly hour? (>_<)

3. When it’s time to say goodbye to friends, I feel like an Ent. We take forever when saying our goodbyes. Probably because none of us really wants to leave the other’s company! ^_^

4. I took one of those Quizilla-type quizzes to determine how weird I was. Well, if you can believe such tests, I scored “super normal”. Compared to me, most everyone else is a weirdo! Hahahaha! Lol. But come to think about it, since so very few people actually scored “super normal”, maybe we’re the ones who are weird… Heehee.

5. I talk to my cats a lot! And one of my cats actually talks back to me a lot! I say things to him, and then he responds with various meows and trills, looking so intently into my eyes as we “talk”. I haven’t the foggiest as to what he’s trying to communicate, and I doubt that he understands everything I’m saying. The longest “conversation” I’ve ever had with him was about ten minutes! :D