Be Kind To A Blogger Day

Hi everyone,

This will be a short post, but I'm declaring tomorrow to officially be, "Be Kind To A Blogger Day." This means that all of you in the blogsphere must go out to a blog that you frequent and post a kind comment to a blogger. For example, if you go to Rocks In My Dryer, post a comment like, "That was a very nice post."

You can also go to http://www.actsofkindness.org/ to get ideas for random acts of kindness.

Have a nice day! : )

For the Gospel!

Aprons

Hi everyone,

Recently, my mom and I were looking for some pretty, feminine aprons, so we hopped into our chairs, revved up the computer, and began our quest. After a bit of searching (we found some nice apron sites on the way), my mom found a wonderful site called kitchenwears.com. The company sells what looks to me like Amish-style aprons with beautiful patterns and colors. Here are a few pictures:

Aren't they adorable? The prices are very fair too, ranging between $16.00 - $24.00 for women. They also have prices for little girls, too. One size fits all, and they're well made. My mom has already ordered for two or more aprons.

Yes! An apron that looks cute and feminine! Whoo hoo!

Happy weekend, everyone!

For the Gospel!

This is COOL!!!!!!!!

This is so cool! If you go to Google and click on "Language tools," you can translate your website into a number of foreign languages! I've already translated my site into Dutch. It's interesting to see how the words, "For the Gospel," look in another language. Isn't worldwide Christianity so cool??

Anyway, this is what my site looks like in French, Dutch, Greek, German, and Korean:

Dutch: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F2Fmaidenofgod.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cnl&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Greek: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaidenofgod.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cel&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

French: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaidenofgod.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cfr&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

German: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaidenofgod.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cde&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Korean: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmaidenofgod.blogspot.com&langpair=en%7Cko&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Try it for your own websites.......just go to language tools, go to "Translate web page," type in your address, click the language you'd like to translate to, and click, "Translate"!

For the Gospel!

Friday Funnies

Hi everyone,

WHOO! What a nice Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a happy one. Here is a post-Thanksgiving video that I'm sure will tickle the funny bones of those who made the turkey!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YZOD2YAMMec

For more on Thanksgiving, read the Psalms that David wrote.........that guy came up with Thanksgiving before the Pilgrims put their buckled feet on the good old U.S.A.!!!!!!!


For the Gospel!

Huckabee Ahead In The Primaries

Hi everyone,

Mike Huckabee, Christian conservative presidential candidate, has tied for first place in the Republican nominee primaries. I had to admit, I doubted that such a godly man would get so far, but I guess I was putting the cart before the horse, or something like that. But it's so wonderful that Mr. Huckabee has gone so far! Whoo hoo!!!!!!!! : )

To read more about it, go to this address: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2007/11/20/ST2007112002497.html?hpid=topnews

or go to http://www.drudgereport.com.



Keep praying for Huck, everyone!

For the Gospel!

Thanksgiving

Hi everyone,

As we sit down this Thursday to a delicious Thanksgiving turkey, let's remember and pray for the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who are fighting for those countries' liberties. We are fortunate to be in a country where we're free from want, free from fear, free to worship, and freedom of speech. Let's pray that not only will the people of Iraq, Afghanistan, and the rest of the enslaved world will not only receive these freedoms, but Jesus Christ as well.

For the Gospel!

Friday Funnies

Hi everyone,

I haven't been blogging in quite a while. Don't worry, though. I'll try to get back to that. In the mean time, there's a list of books on the Girl Talk blog that's recommended by C.J. Mahaney, Mike Bradshaw, and Steve Whitacre for men, kids, and teens, respectively. (For those of you who don't know, these men are all pastors at Sovereign Grace churches). Git on over there and check 'em out!!!!!

http://www.girltalk.blogs.com

Now for the Friday Funny -

This is a skit in which Bob Newhart plays a psychiatrist to a troubled patient. Enjoy!

http://solofemininity.blogs.com/posts/2007/11/stop-it.html

Happy weekend, everybody!

For the Gospel!

Friday Funnies

Hi, everyone,

Today, we will go international in jokes. I have a great Irish joke and a great German joke.

I got the Irish joke from my dad (who actually got it from a contruction worker from Georgia - go figure) and this is how it goes:

Three Irish guys are walking along and presently go through a cemetery. They're looking at the headmarkers, when one of them says, "Hey, this man here died at the age of 87 - that's a long time! His name was Patrick McDonald."

The second guy says, "Yeah, but this guy lived to be 103 years old! His name was Gregory O'Hara."

Then the last guy says, "Oh, yeah? Well THIS guy lived to be 189 years old!"

"What was his name?" asked the others.

"Miles to Dublin," replied the guy.


Now for the German joke:

There's an army private who is posted with his regiment at a barracks. He keeps walking around and picks up pieces of paper. Every time he picks a piece of paper up, he says, "That's not it," and keeps going.

Finally, the private's sergeant worries about him and has him evaluated. The doctor determines him to be crazy and tells the sergeant to release the private.

The sergeant hands the private the resignation notice and the private looks at it, smiles and says, "That's it!"

Happy Friday, everyone.

Friday Funnies

Hi everyone,

Here's another joke about crazy people (that would be me.........just kidding!)

There was this man in a mental hospital. All day he would put his ear to the wall and listen. The doctor would watch this guy do this day after day. The doctor finally decided to see what the guy was listening to, so he put his ear up to the wall and listened. He heard nothing. He turned to the mental patient and said, "I don't hear anything." The mental patient said, "Yeah, I know. It's been like that for months!"


Happy weekend, everybody!

For the Gospel!

Check out this.........

Hi everyone,

This is part of an e-mail that was sent by my grandpa. It's a thought-provoking message, and helps identify some of the problems we face with politics, gun-control, and Christianity. Enjoy!

DARRELL SCOTT TESTIMONY:

On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful. They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness. The following is a portion of the transcript:

"Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers. "The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out>in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. ..neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain's heart. "In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don't believe that they are responsible for my daughter's death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel's murder I would be their strongest opponent. I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy -- it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best. This was written way before I knew I would be speaking here today.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air. You've stripped away our heritage, You've outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere And ask the question "Why?" You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need!

Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation's history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence and when something as terrible as Columbine's tragedy occurs politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts. "As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point ! your finger at the NRA -- I give to you a sincere challenge. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone! My daughter's death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!"

Please send this out to everyone you can.

For the Gospel!