Call hith wife...

Ok... one more from my delightful 6 year old grandson!

This one was related to me by his mom (whom I find equally delightful)!

He asked to use her cell phone to call Papa (my husband... he's Papa, I'm Nana).

She got him all set up and Papa's cell phone was ringing. A few moments later mom notices he is sitting there, staring at the phone, deep in thought.

She asks him, "Well, did you talk to Papa?"

He pauses for a moment... still deep in thought... and says, "He thaid to call hith WIFE!?" Then a moment later he said, "I fink that'th Nana!"

Farmers Can't Do Nuffin'.

I enjoy spending time with my grandchildren. When I get to have one on one time with one of them, it is especially delightful!

The other day I had the opportunity to spend some time with the 6 yr. old grandson. He is particularly amusing to me because of his pronunciations - as you can imagine a 6 yr. old to use. I was driving him through the county farmland to meet his parents at a drop-off point. As we traveled through the farmland I pointed out all the corn in the fields and how tall it was. He decided to give me his 'take' on the farmers' responsibilities. (I'm attempting to share this in his vernacular... please bear with me in the spelling!)

He said, "Farmers can't do nuffin. All they can do is get up and eat breakfast and then go feed the cowth and clean up cow poop. Then they feed the chickenth and clean up chicken poop. Then they feed the pigth..."

To which I interjected, "... and they clean up pig poop?"

He said, "Yeah... then they feed the goatth and clean up goat poop. And feed the sheepth and clean up sheepth poop and then cut their hair and they are goatth."

I asked him, "So the sheep turn into goats when you cut their hair?"

He says, "No. Sheep ARE goatth when you cut their hair."

Stifling a giggle, I asked him, "So who taught you that?"

He said, "My dad... no [big brother's name]... no, dad told that to me and [big brother's name]."

This child was so very deep in thought as he related this information to me. I enjoy very much seeing the world through his eyes! Its a very interesting place!

I thought I'd share with you the actual lyrics to the song... most of us are quite familiar with the first verse... but did you know that there is more to the song? And it just gets better and better in my opinion!

The Star-Spangled Banner

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

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Food for Thought about Global Warming...

Ok, while I don't pretend to have all the answers and I'm sure its possible that I'll step on some toes, I'm going to just throw out a thought or two on the topic of 'global warming' ... please bear with me and if you don't agree, please bear with grace! Thanks, in advance!

Well, I have not jumped on the 'go green' bandwagon. Not because I'm against reducing, reusing, and recycling... because I'm all for being good stewards of His creation. I've not jumped on the 'go green' bandwagon because I don't believe all the 'global warming' propaganda/hype (sorry if those words offend... I don't mean them to be offensive, I'm just not sure what words to use if I don't ascribe to it).

Ever since the first time I heard the term 'global warming' and the subsequent warnings that the earth is getting hotter, the polar caps are melting, and WE MUST DO SOMETHNG TO STOP IT NOW (while we still have the chance!) I had a scripture "pop up in my spirit" and I haven't been able to get past it.

Then last week, during the midweek service at church, a comment was made that really struck me and I looked up that scripture that "pops up in my spirit" and was even more awestruck at the verse!

Let me share the comment... or, more accurately put, my paraphrase of the comment...

"For someone to think that 'we' (mere humans) have the power to destroy something that God created - or worse yet - think 'we' (mere humans) have the power to stop 'global warming' if it were true - is awfully arrogant!" I was struck by the truth of the comment... mankind has always had a weakness in that area, hasn't it? Thinking back to the Tower of Babel, or how about Abraham and Sarah and Hagar, or the Israelites wanting a human king, or the disciples wanting to overthrow the current authority and put Jesus in charge? (Or trying to usher in the Second Coming by moving Jews from all over the world back to Israel? But that's another topic... we won't "go there" today!)

So here we are in present day 'bible times' and mankind thinks it can 'fix' the problem of global warming or that mankind can actually destroy the creation that God spoke into existence! Wow... it just seems to me that present-day mankind is thinking more highly of themselves than they ought!

Oh, and what was the scripture that keeps "popping up in my spirit"?

"While the earth remains,
seedtime and harvest
cold and heat
winter and summer
and day and night
shall not cease." Genesis 8:22 NKJV

What I was even more awestruck by was reading the verses just before this one, I found that not only were these God's words, but He spoke them to Noah AFTER Noah came off the Ark and built an altar and offered burnt offerings to the Lord... and the Lord promised him that He would never again curse the ground or destroy every living thing! And the very next words recorded are "while the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, COLD AND HEAT, WINTER AND SUMMER, and day and night SHALL NOT CEASE!"

I hope that this offers you some food for thought today!