Hello 2010

Dear Friends,

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas celebration with your families and friends! I wish you a happy new year!

As I bid farewell to 2009 and welcome 2010, I want to thank you for your support in getting me this far. Let us remember that every passing moment in our lives is a blessing from the Lord.

Love,
Christina

No News is Good News

I simply cannot watch a newscast without my heart breaking a little each time. I wish I were exaggerating. Crimes are becoming more outrageous and headlines are becoming more ridiculous. Story after story of tragedies and scams bombard my mind. The weather is often the most light-hearted part of the 30-minute segments.

The news leaves me wanting to cry over the sad state of this broken world. The end of the newscast leave you with no hope other than the fact that you can watch it again tomorrow at the same time. The anchors close the show with smiles painted on their face, smiles so deceiving that they almost seem genuine. But how can you genuinely smile after you've just spent the last 30 minutes recounting the worst headlines of the day?

I cannot imagine what it is like to sit there and watch the news without the hope of a future redemption. The truth is that I do not know the meaning of hopeless. After watching the news, that is one thing I can be thankful for.

"Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Hebrews 11:1


*Note that the Biblical meaning of the word hope is not the same as the meaning we ascribe to it today. Check this out--> What is Hope?

Random Tandem

I've been feeling under the weather for almost a week with no progress. Bleh.

Here's a treat for your knowledge and mine from idiomsite.com: "under the weather" is an old sailor phrase. When men were sick, they would rest below deck and thus were literally "under" the weather on deck.

goenglish.com: Being "under the weather" reminds us that a quick change in the weather can affect our health and the way we feel.