Hey everyone, I started a "101 in 1001" list, and I'm tracking the progress I make at http://amys101in1001.blogspot.com. Check it out! For more on the idea, here is where it originated: http://www.triplux.com/dayzero/
As soon as I finish the lists, I'll also have a page for the 101 books to read and 101 movies to watch.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Oh no she didn't
This past Sunday, a lady honked at me because she didn't yield as she was turning onto the street where I was driving, and I had to swerve to keep from plowing into her. For reals!
Hey lady, wherever you are - if you are turning right at a light onto a street where the speed limit is 50 mph, you best be yielding or you will get a face full of my Toyota Highlander! Especially if the lane you are turning into is ending and those cars will be busy merging. It is not my job to drive for you, no matter how loud you honk! Now pipe down and review the rules of merging in my handy-dandy blog from a few weeks ago.
Also, apologies to my own gender, but even though I didn't see for sure that it was a woman, I'd bet money on it. Men do a lot of ignorant things while driving, to be sure, but the sense of entitlement with which this driver pulled into traffic and the indignant staccato of the honking which followed definitely had a female air about it.
The rest of my weekend was great!
Hey lady, wherever you are - if you are turning right at a light onto a street where the speed limit is 50 mph, you best be yielding or you will get a face full of my Toyota Highlander! Especially if the lane you are turning into is ending and those cars will be busy merging. It is not my job to drive for you, no matter how loud you honk! Now pipe down and review the rules of merging in my handy-dandy blog from a few weeks ago.
Also, apologies to my own gender, but even though I didn't see for sure that it was a woman, I'd bet money on it. Men do a lot of ignorant things while driving, to be sure, but the sense of entitlement with which this driver pulled into traffic and the indignant staccato of the honking which followed definitely had a female air about it.
The rest of my weekend was great!
Monday, October 08, 2007
Rock of Ages
I love having a new appreciation for something old. I feel excited that I am able to connect to something - a song, a poem, a work of art, an idea - that has great meaning to past peoples and generations. I experienced this recently with the hymn "Rock of Ages."
Chris Rice recently released a hymns project with all the songs done very simply, just vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, and generally in a fairly traditional arrangement. I think the simplicity of his versions really helped reframe these songs I've heard a million times and made me more attentive to the words than ever before. As I listened to the song "Rock of Ages" - a song I haven't thought of in a rather long time - I was just moved to tears at how exquisitely the lyricist captured the truths of redemption and salvation.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure:
Save from wrath and make me pure
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy laws demands
Could my zeal no respite know
Could my tears forever flow
These for sin could not atone
Thou must save, and Thou alone
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to the cross I cling
Naked come to Thee for dress
Helpless look to Thee for grace
Foul, I to the fountain fly
Wash me Savior or I die
While I draw this fleeting breath
When my eyes are closed in death
When I rise to worlds unknown
And behold Thee on Thy throne
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee.
In the first verse, it speaks of Christ's death being the double cure. Chris (our pastor) spoke on this just last Sunday: we were saved not only from sin, but from God's wrath against that sin in us!
I also love the line that says, "Wash me Savior or I die." It is so stark and simple - outside of Christ there is only death.
Anyway, just wanted to share how that song had affected me recently. Hope you can see it in a new light, too!
Chris Rice recently released a hymns project with all the songs done very simply, just vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, and generally in a fairly traditional arrangement. I think the simplicity of his versions really helped reframe these songs I've heard a million times and made me more attentive to the words than ever before. As I listened to the song "Rock of Ages" - a song I haven't thought of in a rather long time - I was just moved to tears at how exquisitely the lyricist captured the truths of redemption and salvation.
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure:
Save from wrath and make me pure
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy laws demands
Could my zeal no respite know
Could my tears forever flow
These for sin could not atone
Thou must save, and Thou alone
Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to the cross I cling
Naked come to Thee for dress
Helpless look to Thee for grace
Foul, I to the fountain fly
Wash me Savior or I die
While I draw this fleeting breath
When my eyes are closed in death
When I rise to worlds unknown
And behold Thee on Thy throne
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee.
In the first verse, it speaks of Christ's death being the double cure. Chris (our pastor) spoke on this just last Sunday: we were saved not only from sin, but from God's wrath against that sin in us!
I also love the line that says, "Wash me Savior or I die." It is so stark and simple - outside of Christ there is only death.
Anyway, just wanted to share how that song had affected me recently. Hope you can see it in a new light, too!
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