Resolutions + DNA + Climate Change + More

RESOLUTIONS UPDATE

• Not to read any partisan diatribes re:  the 2020 elections . . . MOSTLY KEPT
• Add to our list of National Park visits & cross something off our bucket list . . . WE LEAVE FOR TEDDY ROOSEVELT & GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS THIS WED 9/4
• Lose 10 lbs . . . ONLY 8 LBS TO GO
• Treat Sammy with more patience . . . MOSTLY KEPT
• Help put out all our Christmas decorations . . . WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER
• Work out at least 3X per week . . . I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS ONE
• Continue spending an hour or so in "quiet time" each day . . . MOSTLY KEPT
• Write a devotion book for the 2019 Orphan Grain Train Convention . . . DONE

TRENDING *

* Courtesy of The Drudge Report 8/31

• Just one night of poor sleep changes DNA behavior?
• Builders swapping cement for hemp to reduce pollution
• 1.3 billion tons of food being wasted each year. Can we stop it?

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

The first words of Genesis 1 boldly claim that we are not lost and wandering in a cosmic circle of time and chance. There is a story that emerges from the beginning, and we have a place within it. Similarly, the writer of Hebrews describes Jesus as the author and finisher of our faith, where ultimate significance is aptly defined as being written into the story of God. God’s Word places us in the timeline of a coherent history, delivering us from the deceptions of the enemy, telling us who we are, and where we came from, what is wrong with us, how we are made whole, and where we are going. We are placed within a story of which we know and celebrate the outcome, even as we wait for it through time and trial. In Christ, history’s outcome—its ultimate end—is revealed. Dark days may follow, but the ending is known. It is a story neither deficient, nor untrustworthy. --Jill Caratinni, Slice of Infinity

CLIMATE CHANGE

The most fervent devotees of climate change don’t really want science, no matter how often they invoke the word; they want drama and memorable images, believing they will catalyze action more than a properly modulated account of the best research. --Rich Lowry, National Review Online 8/31

WIT & WISDOM OF CAL THOMAS

The motivations behind Comey's actions and those in the media who fanned the flames of collusion are now being revealed and should not come as a surprise. If the FISA warrant is shown to have been based on wrong information and the federal judge who issued it is shown to have been lied to, will the liars be prosecuted? They should be, but in the Comey-Clinton "no intention of breaking the law" era, I'm not betting on it.  --Townhall 8/31