Sunday, April 14, 2013

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 26

Day 26: What popular notion do you think the world has wrong?

Oh, boy! This is going to be an easy one for me!  I'll warn you, though.  My answer is NOT going to be "PC" or popular.  If you're easily offended, you might not want to read any further.

The popular notion that the world has COMPLETELY wrong is that we're all "good" people.  We are NOT good people.  We are all (myself included) dirty, rotten sinners.  Romans 3:10 says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  Isaiah 53:6, "All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way".  Most of us haven't murdered, but we've all lied, we've all "fudged" our taxes, driven over the speed limit, envied, etc, etc.  According to the Bible, these are all the same as murder in the eyes of God.  So, we are NOT good people.  The world has it ALL wrong!

I know why though.  The world does not want to admit that it needs God.  If we are all "good", we don't need God.  We're ok on our own.   Admitting that one is a sinner cuts to one's own pride.  Suddenly, we are the wretch in the song, we are one in need.  Not a comfortable place for most of us, myself included.  Praise God that He provided the way for us to be made, not just "good", but perfect and whole and restored to Him.  He sent His son, Jesus Christ, to be the perfect sacrifice.  If we admit that we're sinners and ask for forgiveness in Jesus, He will forgive us and we can spend eternity in heaven with Him.  It's just that simple.  Our God is just that loving!
John 3:16

Saturday, April 6, 2013

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 25

Day 25: If you could have dinner with anyone in history, who would it be and what would you eat?

Ok.  I'll be honest.  As a Christian, I kind of hate this question.  I always feel like the "right" answer is supposed to Jesus or Mary or one of the apostles or Moses or some other great biblical character.   Now, don't get me wrong.  If I could magically be transported back in time and have dinner with one of those people, I would do it in a heartbeat!  It would certainly be amazing to sit at any of those people's feet and just hear their stories and learn from them, but the way I see it is that I'm going to have eternity with them.  Eternity is a really long time.  I can't even fathom it in my little brain.  I've tried to.  So, I figure I can spend all that time with them.  If I only have one shot at dinner with someone, I'm going to pick someone else.

I thought about it and I would love to go back in time and meet my great-grandfather, Pliney Mallory Pratt.  Yes, that was his real name.  He died when my mother was about 9, so obviously I never met him.  From everything I've ever heard, he was a really wonderful man.  I would love to have some real memory of him more than just a picture and someone else's story.  That would be really special to me.  And I would love to tell him about all the grandchildren, great-grandchildren (one of whom is named Mallory after him), and now great-great grandchildren he has. Unfortunately, he didn't have any sons to carry his name on, but I hope he would be proud of the way his legacy has passed on.

So there's my choice.  It's no one world famous who did anything really great to change the world, but I wouldn't be here without him and it would be really cool for me!

Thanks for reading!
Some of Pliney's descendants. I hope we've made him proud!

Thursday, April 4, 2013

30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 24

Day 24 (the end is in sight!): Describe your first job.

My first job was at a doctor's office. I honestly don't remember what exactly I was hired to do.  It was supposed to be a temporary job doing something with old charts.  I just remember sitting in the employee kitchen with the charts.  I was making $5 an hour and my first paycheck was $55!  I thought I was rich!! LOL They must have liked me because I went from that to doing filing after school.  More and more responsibilities were added as time went on.  I graduated high school and a full time receptionist position opened up, so I took it.  I worked at different medical offices, with college classes thrown in, until I was 25 and quit to stay home with my kids.  So, I guess you could say my first job turned into a career of sorts.