A conversation with my then 3 1/2 to 4 year old daughter:
Me: We're going to the library tomorrow.
Her: Right now?
Me: No, tomorrow.
Her: Isn't tomorrow today?
We had been discussing what the words "yesterday", "today", and "tomorrow" meant. Apparently there was still a gap in understanding.
:)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Eternity Scares Me
Perhaps scares isn’t quite the right word; overwhelms might be a better term. I’m not talking about heaven: the place – but eternity: the never ending measure of time. It’s something I can’t quite wrap my mind around. We live in a world of the finite – things will not always be the way they are. That can be a comfort when things are bad; a sadness when things are good. We even know that our lives here will eventually end. There is no frame of reference for time that is infinite.
Usually I can think of, or speak of, eternity just fine. It’s a familiar description of what happens in the hereafter. However, at other times that attempt to deeply comprehend the meaning of eternity – being somewhere for a truly unlimited time – sneaks in. It is like trying to picture what eternity will be like. I start to feel a tightness in my chest, a breathlessness – and try to think of something else immediately. Maybe it is just that eternity is something too vast for my limited thoughts to grasp.
It’s something I feel weird talking about – what if nobody else thinks like this? Or when I die, will God be offended that eternity makes me nervous? When it comes right down to it I don’t believe that. Apprehension of the unknown is natural – and eternity is perhaps the ultimate unknown. I trust that God understands even better than I that the unknown can make me nervous, and He won’t hold it against me.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Some Blog Navigation Tips, Part 2
NEW! Follow by Email. This was what I was originally hoping for in the “Come, Follow…” part: the ability for readers to sign up to get email notifications whenever I post. Apparently that did not previously exist, but recently has been created. So in the left hand side bar where it says “Mail Call!” you can submit your email address. Just type it in the box and click the “Submit” button. It brings up a box that tells you it is sending you a confirmation email: which you MUST read and respond to properly to be completely signed up. Thereafter you will get an email whenever I post, but never at any other time. So be forewarned, I tend to post two or three days in a row, then have none for three to four weeks (I am trying for at least one post per month).
About Previous Posts: If you would like to see what I have previously written, there is a section in the side bar on the left that says, “What Came Before.” It lists my posts by year with a left pointing arrow next to it. Click the arrow and it will point down and open a list of months with left pointing arrows next to them. Click those arrows and a list of post titles will open. Click on a title to read the post. You can also navigate with the words “Newer Post, Home, Older Post” at the very bottom of all the pages.
About Labels, which I renamed Related Topics: For each post I am allowed to add labels based on the content; each post may have several labels. In the left hand side bar under “Related Topics” is a list of all the labels I’ve used, organized alphabetically. The number next to each label shows how many posts I’ve used that label for. By clicking a particular label you will be shown all the posts that label is on.
Sorry if these posts were way too basic, but I’m not sure who knows what, so I wanted to do my best to help everyone. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me. If I don’t know the answer I will endeavor to find it. Thanks for reading along and sharing thoughts on my humble blog.
Some Blog Navigation Tips, Part 1
Some of you are as new, or newer, to blogging as I am. Though technically I’ve been here since 2009, I haven’t spent a lot of time on it, and I’m somewhat computer speak/blogging illiterate anyway. But I’ve explored some and with my husband’s help figured out a few tips that might help you out. If you are completely savvy on how to get around, feel free to skip these two posts (though if you have any additional tips to share, feel free to do that as well; I, and other newbies, will thank you for it :)
About Commenting: I greatly desire to hear what you have to say! To see what others have said, or add your own input, click under the post where it says “comments” (it is preceded by a number to show how many have been made).
You are more than welcome to post anonymously if you desire; however, I do enjoy knowing who I am talking to. Options for signing your name are: 1. to just write it in the comment you are making or
2. Just under the comment box it says “Comment as:” followed by a box and an arrow; click the arrow which will drop down a list; select “Name/URL”; in the box it brings up put your name in the “Name” box (you can ignore the “URL” box), then click “Continue.”
When you have finished your comment click the “Post Comment” button. You are then asked to type in some letters you see (this is to prevent spam). After typing the letters click the “Post Comment” button and it should show up on the blog.
About Following: I have as yet to figure out the purpose of “following” a blog, except that it shows your support of the blog, and I think you can send messages to each other. In my blog I list it as “Come, Follow…” in the left hand side bar. Click on the “Follow” button. It brings up a box where you may choose from following through accounts you already have in Google, Twitter, Yahoo!, AIM, Netlog, or OpenID. If you have none of these at the bottom it says: “Don’t have any of these? Create a new Google Account.” This is a free account and is for their Google Friend Connect service; you may do as much or as little with it as you like (or understand). Fill in the required boxes at the top (email address, password, Re-enter password.) In the bottom United States
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