October 2009

The Thing About Unanswered Prayer (October 27 2009)

Overwhelmed with sorrow, Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, asking God to take the cup of death away from him (Matthew 26:39).

God did not answer Jesus’ prayer that night. In fact, almost immediately after Jesus was done praying, he was arrested, falsely accused, abandoned by his friends, beaten, and then crucified. Brutal.

God’s own Son knows how painful it is when our earnestly spoken prayers go unanswered

In the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was distressed. He asked God for a way out, but none was given.

Three Simple Ways to Deal with Change (October 20 2009)

Faced with overwhelming decisions to make in an uncertain economy, young adults are forced to deal with stress and change like no other age group.

First time homebuyer. University graduate. New parent.

These are labels attributed to young Canadians, who are transitioning from one stage of life to another. They are hopeful, proud words, indicating approval from older generations.

Meaning of Life in Eight Words or Less (October 13 2009)

If you type, “the answer to life, the universe and everything,” into Google calculator, it comes up with an answer.

Forty-two.

Google takes mere nanoseconds to calculate its result. This is substantially faster than the 7.5 million years it took Deep Thought, the second-largest computer ever made in Douglas Adam’ sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (H2G2), to calculate the answer to the Ultimate Question.

My Fleece has a Sense of Irony (October 6 2009)

Today, I only had the car until 11 a.m. and had a list of things I wanted to do in town such as buy credit for my mobile and mail a bunch of letters.

Unfortunately, I woke up on the wrong side of 10:30.

Around 1 p.m. I was feeling edgy because I really wanted to have my errands done but was stuck at the house. So I thought to myself: It’s a really nice, blustery autumn day. Why not take the dog for a walk, bring my camera to take pretty leafy photos and walk the three kilometres to the little post office in the next village?

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