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