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Friday, 25 July 2008

Seeing the world through Gospel lenses

Spoiler warning for those who have not yet seen The Dark Knight.

I've seen The Dark Knight twice thus far. Both times I've come away reminded of the Gospel. The second time I saw it, one scene in particular caught my attention. At the end of the movie, Batman decides to take the blame for the murders that Two-Face had committed. He begins to run away from the cops as Gordon and Gordon's son watch. The son then asks his dad "Why is he running? He didn't do anything wrong." As I sat there, that concept of substitution flabbergasted me. That line made me think of Jesus.

"Why is He being flogged, beaten, spit upon, mocked? Why is He up on a cross? Why is He dying? He didn't do anything wrong." No. He didn't.

I did.

And He took the blame.

Thursday, 05 June 2008

God has a great sense of humor

It was a gray day out. Rather foggy and kind of damp and really just pretty "blah". I was driving down 495S on my way home from a doctor's appointment. As I drove along, the orange cones that signal the beginning of road construction and thus slowing traffic and impatient drivers.

So there I was. Going exactly 0 miles per hour in the right lane, when all of a sudden, a car whizzes past me in the breakdown lane. Now, you must know, there are a few things about other drivers that really bother me when I'm driving. The first thing is when their directional is blinking and continues blinking for the 2.7 miles that I'm traveling behind them while they are blissfully unaware of how ridiculous they look. The second thing is when people pass me illegally i.e. in the breakdown lane. So back to our story. Well, I thought. It was a Rhode Island driver so that explains it. (I'm not a fan of much of anything Rhode Island. Especially their drivers.) But then all the Massachusetts drivers behind me started pulling into the breakdown lane as well. Oh, my gosh. This is ridiculous. I know I have to get off at the next exit but clearly traveling in the breakdown lane is wrong and so I'm going to have to fight my way through these stupid people in this non-travel lane in order to get to my exit. Gah!! I hate driving on the road with such selfish, impatient, stupid people! I actually had a whole blog post in my brain about how clearly I was one of the best drivers on the road because I was not using the breakdown lane and I was being patient and ooh, boy, wasn't God just mad at those other drivers for being so sinful. My self-righteous anger continued to build and build. How dare these people do this? Don't they know that this is illegal??

And then I saw it. The sign. The sign that proves God has such a wonderful sense of humor. It wasn't colorful or flashy. It was simple and plain and black and white. It said "Travel in breakdown lane permitted in work zone."

Yep, folks. God has a really good sense of humor.

Wednesday, 16 April 2008

I had just two footprints today (up 200% from yesterday)...

...and somehow I don't even care. Those two people (yep, the Australian and the one from Massachusetts) have way better things to do with their time anyway.

Part 2 of the Kelsey Quote series coming when I'm feeling inspired enough to get up and walk over to Mom's desk and get the sacred book of quotations.

Here's one to whet your appetite.

March 2008
On a Thursday, while talking about how excited she was about our family night activity planned for the next night (watching Enchanted ): "I made the right choice to be in this family because of tomorrow night."

Friday, 14 March 2008

The Kelsey Quotes Series - Part 1

*inspired by conversation with Marc and Bry last night...thanks for the idea, guys!!
*all quotes true and direct from the mouth of my little sister who just turned 5

July '06
Upon seeing the half moon: "I love the moon! I've always wanted to see it!...(pause)...it's a little broken."
While wearing two bracelets and a necklace: "Mommy, look how beautiful I am! Connor, look how beautiful I am! People, look how beautiful I am!"
Responding to the question "Are you hungry?": "Chocolate. Chocolate will make me better."
A conversation with Bailey
Bailey: "Kelsey, if you want a fruit snack, go look in the pantry and if you can't fin any, I'll look downstairs for some."
2 minutes later
Kelsey: "I couldn't find one so I had an Oreo."

August '06
Regarding her "baby": "My baby is making me nuts!"

July '07
A conversation with Mrs. Aiduk
Kelsey: "I wanted to live in the Walden's house but since those people live there, I figured it out. You can buy my children's beds and my husband and I will sleep on the croutons (her pronunciation of "futons") and live here."
Mrs. Aiduk: "Who will your husband be?"
Kelsey: "The church guy."