Living the Dream

~~~Day’s Verse:Give thanks to the LORD for He is good;His love endures forever.Psalm 107:1~~~
I burned my English muffin this morning. Fortunately not in the Oh my goodness, flames! sense, but a very large volume of smoke pouring from the toaster oven surprised me when I turned around to check on my breakfast. The kitchen fan [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?”“I do,” he said. “I am angry enough to die.”But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this vine, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. But Nineveh has [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:God is our refuge and strength,an ever-present help in trouble.Psalm 46:1~~~
Trying to archive some data, I got the following message:
Error: A severe error in the zipfile format was detected. Processing probably failed immediately
I like how it hedges its bets at the end there: It probably failed. Yet they also use severe error and immediately, [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,but he who hates correction is stupid.Proverbs 12:1~~~
Looking for local candidate voting information — which is disturbingly scarce, actually — I encountered this FAQ entry:
If I cannot read or write English, can I vote?
Yes, as long as you are registered. You may ask any person of your choice to help [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse: 12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Why are you so downcast, O my soul?Why so disturbed within me?Put your hope in God,for I will yet praise him,my Savior and my God.Psalm 42:11~~~
This morning was our first morning below freezing! When we left the house (late — 6:50, rather than 6:20 as usual, so it was probably a little warmer) our [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.James 1:2-4~~~
From Ulysses, by Alfred Lord Tennyson:
’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, sitting [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.1 Thessalonians 1:6~~~
We have purged culture from our house. This purge has taken the form of removing any number of classic works of literature, purchased and read under compulsion, [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;He is their strength in time of trouble.The LORD helps them and delivers them;He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,Because they take refuge in Him.Psalm 37:39-40~~~
Things are OK. That’s all on that for now. At some point in the future, when I feel [...]

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~~~Day’s Verse:Trust in the LORD and do good;dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.Delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart.Psalm 37:3-4~~~
Last night I got one of the most disappointing phone calls of my life so far. That is all for now.

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