Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 01:04PM 
What a beautiful fall day! It's 64 degrees and sunny, the leaves are just beginning to turn, and there's a light breeze bringing the smells of autumn. Here are a couple of pictures I took in the yard. The tree isn't really at peak yet, but I'll post a picture of it when it is. . .
Isn't our Vizsla, Ivy, gorgeous?
You can really see the effects of this summer's drought in this picture.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 11:09AM 
Here's a link to an amazing video clip of Tyson the skateboarding dog. Take a few minutes to view all three of the video clips. They'll make you smile.
(here you go, Ann Marie!)
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 07:57AM 
October 18
The prayer of the upright is His delight.--Proverbs 15:8
LORD, teach us how to pray; for we know not how to pray as we ought. Thou hast bidden us in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, to make our requests known unto Thee. Thous hast given us so many wonderful promises in respect of prayer that we cannot but believe that prayer is the open way between us and Thee.
Thou art our Father, and we trust Thee and know that Thou canst never contradict Thy love for us as manifested in the coming and living and dying of our Lord Jesus Christ. How shalt Thou not with Him freely give us all things? No withholding or even denial of our requests can make us doubt Thee. And then we remember that Thy "No" is just as real an answer to prayer as Thy "Yes," as when Thou didst say to Moses and Paul "No"; and yet, later, how wonderfully Thou didst answer those seemingly unanswered prayers.
Be Thou our light in darkness; our comfort in sorrow; our wisdom when we are perplexed; our strength when we are in weakness. Our desire is to be used of Thee. We do not want to be idle or unfruitful in Thy service, even when limited in our opportunities. Grant this our prayer, O Father, for Jesus' sake.
Amen.
George F. Pentecost, D.D., LL.D.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Dan Edelen at Cerulean Sanctum has an interesting entry on prayer. You can find it here.
Monday, October 17, 2005 at 04:24PM 
Tuning In
by Rev. Lawrence Keister
How wise it is to pray at night,
When silence reigns serenely;
When roving thoughts are gathered in,
And conscience reigns supremely.
No voice is heard except the one,
The mind and heart appealing;
And then the one that answers this
In deepest thought and feeling.
How happy is is the man who prays
When darkness settles o'er him,
And God Himself responds to faith
And lights the way before him.
Monday, October 17, 2005 at 01:58PM Rebecca of Rebecca Writes has declared October "Charles Spurgeon Quote" Month. Here's one of my favorite Spurgeon quotes. It is particularly appropriate in our present age.
"If ever there should come a wretched day when all our pulpits be full of modern thought, and the old doctrine of substitutionary sacrifice shall be exploded, then there will remain no word of comfort for the guilty or hope for the despairing."
C.H. Spurgeon