Oh! My! I have a new computer. Thanks to my sweet Pop, I am the owner of my first Mac. It is so pretty, and learning it is easier than I thought. I’ve only tried to learn a few little things….’cause I know me. Put too many things out there for me to grasp…I just forget them all! So, I will go slow. Very s-l-o-w-l-y. And, hopefully, I can become proficient at this in a few years!
I had just used my Dell to death. The screen kept falling down, and the clicker places didn’t want to click anymore. So, it was more like a soft push than a click and often I would think I clicked…but I didn’t! ANYWAY, everyone I have talked to says that the Mac is so much better and easier to use. We’ll see.
So far, I haven’t gotten any of my pictures over here. Just my blog stuff. HA! I say that like I had something to do with it! I did nothing but watch as Alex worked his magic! I wouldn’t even attempt it without the boys to guide me!
Back to the pictures. I have all our family pics there. And, I like to collect pictures. I have all sorts of pictures…balloons, celebrations, animals, baby things, Bible verses, sayings I like, summer, winter, spring, fall, etc. I imagine that I have about quite a few…lots…way too many…289 folders, to be exact. I know! It’s ridiculous. Excess…I seem to always go overboard! But, this time it’s OK. Nothing to have to find a place to store…no money spent…no guilt about my collection. Plus, it just makes me happy to look at them from time to time. Since my friend, Just a Beach Kat, showed me how to ‘right click and save’ I’ve found too many pics that I just want to have. So, I do! And, I always have the picture I need when it’s time to add one.
My other big problem is really a tiny one. The words…they are so small, I can hardly read them. I have tried everything that I know to do, to make them bigger. No luck. I mean they are smaller than small. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I wear tri focals. Or the fact that my eyes are over 50 years old. All I know is that I want the letters bigger..BIGGER…even all caps is still too small. I’ll set the boys to work on it and they’ll figure it out. That’s what I keep them around for! 🙂
So, I’ll keep working away, learning things I didn’t even know I didn’t know. Bear with me now…I tend to go a little slow. But if you see me looking like this…
I suppose you would have to be living on an island, in the middle of the ocean…and not the good kind of island, either. I’m talking about a few trees and a strip of sand…and not a television or computer in sight…to not know that this week is the end of The Oprah Show. They have been talking about it since she announced it in 2009. She’s leaving Wednesday…..25 years she has been doing her television show. 25 years! That means I was only 23 years old when it started! OK…maybe it was 33.
There are many people who think many things about Oprah. Some think she hung the moon. Some think she is the greatest thing to ever happen to television. Some think she is too liberal. Some think she is a Christian. Some say she couldn’t possibly know the Lord. Some think she is beautiful. Some think she can not be beautiful because she is a different color than them. Some think she has helped countless number of people. Some think she has done it all for her own glory. Some think she has led many down the wrong path, others think she has shown the the only way. I can not say if any of these things are true or false. But, I can say what I think. So, here goes…
Monday and Tuesday there have been shows honoring Oprah and some of her accomplishments. They were held at the United Center in Chicago, a small, intimate theater that seats 30,000!!! And, from the looks of it, every seat was filled. The shows were filled with surprise guests that included the elite in the entertainment industry. She was very gracious to all and shed many tears…even going into the ‘ugly cry’ as she calls it. The talent was non stop, as if they were trying to get as many folks into the program as possible. There were the young and the old there to honor her. And, honor her they did!
It is true that she has led an extraordinary life. And, she is to be commended for all the good she has done. Being from a small town and a poor family, as she gained popularity, she quickly became a nation wide leader. Her passion has been education. I learned that because of her 64,688 people have been given an education…throughout the world. She has given 415 scholarships to Moorhouse College for black men. Her thought was if you’ take the underprivileged black man and see that he gets a good education…you change not only his life, but also the life of a whole family.’ It should be noted that among these men are doctors, lawyers, professors, astronauts,business men…and together, these 415 have given over $300,000 to the scholarship fund to see that even more young black men can take advantage of a better life. She has started schools in Africa, and several other countries. These young men and women now have the tools to change the life they have been born into. She has also started education opportunities for poor women in undeveloped countries. They then are able to provide for their families and help train others.
She single handedly started a new movement geared at reading. Her book club of 65 books through out the years, has opened the eyes of many who had not read in years. A recommendation from her could make or break a book. I personally read about 20 of the books she recommended. and I throughly enjoyed all but one. Her club consisted not onlynewly published books, but, some of the enduring classics of great literature.
She has built whole neighborhoods for victims of Katrina. She raised many more millions to build more.
She started the movement of ‘not texting while driving’. Many, many signed a pledge to forego this practice. Who knows how many lives this has saved?
People on the show were saying what they had learned from her shows through the years. Which got me to thinking. Have I learned anything from her ? I like to think of myself as having a brain that knows so much, there is no room for new things within. HA! I realize, the older I get, that I don’t have any idea just how much I don’t know! Nevertheless, these are some of the things I learned from her:
1. When you know better, you do better.
2. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
3. Trust your instincts.
4. As Mothers, we should always show excitement whenever we see our children.
5. Surround yourself only with those who lift you up and make you better.
6. Everyone has a story.
7. The weaknesses and the addictions we all have are due to the emotions, the beliefs, the habits and the patterns stored deep inside ourselves. Some of them are ours and some are adopted from our culture, family or friends. I have to unearth these for myself.
8. Bras, jeans, Spanx and poop.
So, it is now Thursday morn…I waited to post because I wanted to post about her last show. I was shocked, to say the least. In case you didn’t see. She was on stage alone and spent the whole time talking. No guests, though a few celebrities in the audience. She talked about what she had done, what she had learned, and what she was most proud of.
When she was asked how she had done the show and all it has entailed for 25 years she said– “My team, and Jesus. Because nothing but the hand of God has made this possible for me.” Anticipating questions about which god she was talking about, she continued, “I’m talking about the same one you’re talking about. I’m talking about alpha and omega, the omniscient, the omnipresent, the ultimate consciousness, the source, the force, the all of everything there is, the one and only G-O-D. I know I’ve never been alone, and you haven’t either,” she said. “And I know that that presence that flows, some people call it grace, is working in my life at every single turn, and yours too if you let it in.”
And then… “From Mississippi to this moment with you, I know what a miracle that is,” she said. “God is love, and God is life, and your life is always speaking to you,” she said. “First in whispers. … If you don’t pay attention to the whispers, it gets louder and louder and louder.… So I ask you: What are the whispers in your life right now?”
She talked more about the Lord on that one show than on all the others through the years. I wonder if that was planned. She had no trouble giving all the glory of the success of the show to the Lord. She said that we are here to learn how to be the person God intended us to be. Well..I actually think we are here to serve Him. But, if in serving Him, we learn who we are, that’s a good thing. She said that she prayed and waited on God’s leading to make all the decisions in her life. She went on to say that it was important to find a place to be quiet, so you can hear Him when He speaks.
One of my favorite quotes is this: “To show what kind of character a person really has…look at whether they do the right thing or the wrong thing when they know that no one else will ever know.” She spoke it a little different: “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that no-body’s going to know whether you did it or not.” Very close to the same thing. She also said, ” Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
With all the pretty words she has used through the years, I fault her most for spreading some of the ‘new age’ spiritualism. Since so many believed all she said, I’m sure they were swayed to her point of view. However, if she really believes in God and Jesus as she says, then why would she proclaim false teachings as truth? I must admit, this bothers me greatly. If we know the TRUTH, then we will be held responsible if we don’t share it. Or maybe she doesn’t know enough about the saving grace of Jesus to know the full story. I don’t know. But, it is quite disconcerting.
“There are no words to match this moment.”
So this was the final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. After 25 years and 4,561 episodes, Winfrey bid farewell to her daytime talk show . She presented her final episode as one last class. “It is no coincidence that I always wanted to be a teacher. I ended up with the greatest classroom in the world. And this, my friends, will be our last class for this stage,” she said. “I’ve talked to nearly 30,000 people on this show, and all 30,000 had one thing in common — they all wanted validation. … They want to know, do you hear me? Do you see me? Does what I say mean anything to you?” She said her fourth grade teacher showed her that she mattered and that has made all the difference in who she has become. The teacher was in her final audience.
And this I think, may be her greatest legacy. For the guests I agreed with, and those I didn’t. For those I thought were morally wrong, and for those I thought had a divine inspiration. For those I thought were ‘wierd and strange’, and for those I thought had great wisdom…she made it possible for us to hear both sides of the issue. She gave them a chance to be heard…and us a chance to hear. For those who showed us what to wear, and what to eat, and even what our poop should look like, she gave us a chance to learn how to live a better life. We now know that we need better bras, we need to wear Spanx, and how to get a pair of jeans that really fits. For those struggling with abuse, or diet, or crime, or drugs,or debt, and more…she allowed them to be seen and to be heard and by doing that, many of us got a first hand look at things we may never have known about. But, we were also presented with ways to help ourselves out of that situation. We were able to hear how it feels to be a victim…and how it feel to be the one who is victimizing others. It gave us a chance to look inside the minds of those we find reprehensible….and maybe understand…just a little…about why they are what they are. And, perhaps we learned that we are all so different………and we are all so alike. And it is but the grace of God that we are who we are.
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Now that the 21 st has come and gone…and no Rapture….we can put it behind us. Here are some things I ran across on the Internet today. And, yes, I am looking forward to the real Rapture !
The world did not end yesterday, It is just being rebooted. Please be sure your security software is up to date. Run a full scan of your life and remove any malicious files which may be damaging your joy, stealing your hope,or slowing down your blessings.If you should need more instructions, please refer to your User’s Manual, which should be readily available.or pur your hands together, bow your head and contact Tech Support! *1
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Matthew 24:36, “Regarding the date and time…only the Father knows.”
I know that by now you have heard the theory that the world is ending today. The time they have set for this is 6:00 pm. Let’s look at what THEY (the uninformed) say….and what GOD (the Creator) says.
May 21, 2011
*****THEY SAY*****
The first proof is based on Genesis 7:4, when God said to Noah: “Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”
When God referred to seven days, he meant both seven days and seven thousand years, because “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” The flood occurred in 4990 BC. Seven thousand years later is 2011.
*****GOD SAYS*****
“I publicly proclaim bold promises, I don’t whisper obscurities in some dark corner.” Isaiah 45:19 So, why did these men have to spend so much time figuring out the clues that led them to declare the end is near?
*****THEY SAY*****
The second proof looks at the significance of the number of days between the Crucifixion and May 21, 2011.
There are 722,500 days between these dates. 722,500 is a significant number because it is composed of the significant numbers 5x10x17x5x10x17. Five signifies redemption; ten signifies completion; and 17 signifies heaven. The numbers represent the day of redemption (5) and the end of the Christian era (10) and the ascent to heaven (17) — and these factors are doubled for added significance.
*****GOD SAYS*****
“Heaven and earth will pass away but my words never will. But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven nor the Son, but only the father.” (Matthew 24:35-36)
I believe God. I trust God. I know,“It is impossible for God to lie.” Hebrews 6:18. I believe that is true. Therefore, I feel safe and confident that when Jesus said of God inMatthew 24:36, “Regarding the date and time…only the Father knows.”He also said inActs 1:7,when asked when the world would end, “…it is not for you to know.”Now, tome, that is as plain and simple as it gets. No hidden or coded messages. No revealing such dates to one man and not another. BTW…this man also predicted that the world would end on September 6, 1944. Hmmmmm.
God can not lie. It is in the very core of who He is. Either all He said was true, or all He said was false. Either I believe that He does what He says He will do…or I believe He can do nothing. Either He is right, or He is wrong. Friend, I have seen Him be right about too many things in my short life not to believe He’s right. I gave my life to Him and I trust that He will come and get me one day to go and live with Him.
Yes, this world will end. But, not today. It will be at a time of God’s own choosing. He does not want us to know when it will be or He would have told us. He told us everything we need to know about His coming back, and how to be certain we would go with Him. He told us how we can continue to live forever with Him. He told us how we can be reunited with our loved ones who believed in him.
There are those who take the Bible and twist it and turn it and change it to make it more to their liking. Or to say what they wish it said.The Bible is true…just like it is. I believe everything it says is true. In fact, I stake my life on it!
I am a Christian woman who has survived many years on the planet. God has blessed me with a wonderful family: husband, 3 sons, a dear DIL, and a precious grandson. I also have dear friends to keep me inspired. I am an artist of sorts and am finding my way through the great blessing of retirement. I recently retired after 20 years as a music teacher. Life is good!
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Hello, my name is Everly. I am a blogger living in New York. This is my blog, where I post about interior design and decoration. Never miss out on new stuff.