It's 4:18 am... and i sit here, having nearly completed my night shift - a few hours to go before i can hit my pillow and dive into dreamland for a few precious hours of revitalizing snoozing... oh, how i love my bed.. maybe i'm even addicted to it - aaahhh... i seem to love to sleep - as a dear friend of mine loves to rib me about - you know who you are! I'll sleep anywhere - in my bed, on my couch, at my desk, on the floor, you name it... i'd probably even be able to sleep in the midst of a raging hurricane... there are times when i think there's something wrong with me for being able to do that (thyroid problems, slow metabolism - well, to be sure, those might be the case, but maybe i've just inherited all the sleep genes from my parents - stole some from my middle sister probably, much to her chagrin). Funny how math is definitely not my strong subject, but i seem to be quite adept at counting sheep.
Anyhow, enough with the wooly creatures and let's see what else is lurking around the dusty, cobwebby corners of my mind at this crazy hour - hmm, soon i get to bundle up and walk home in a semi-awake state, looking for all the world like a yeti, ready to brave the icy winds and miss all the sidewalk cracks on the way - some days this is very necessary and other days i'm too tired to care - is this a little obsessive or not? Someone please reassure me. Well, at least missing the cracks ensures i have nice long strides and stretch all those poor muscles in my legs. And what a joy to have literature to accompany me - i've just started using the Plug In books from the library - what a handy thing - nice and small to fit in my pocket - and each day i can plow through another few chapters of whatever classic happens to be on my list at the time - currently Gulliver's Travels - interesting to be sure...
It's now time to get up and start doing vitals and bloodwork - yep, it's an awful time to start such endeavours but it must be done - so have a lovely weekend and i'll see you after i've thawed out after my walk... cheers
Friday, January 29, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Prayer meeting for Haiti
Prayer Meeting - January 17th, 2010
Tomorrow evening, January 17, 2010, you are invited to join with the board and staff of CDIA in a time of prayer and fellowship, in the wake of the terrible earthquake which has devastated the nation of Haiti this past Tuesday. We come before the Lord with our reasons for praise and thanksgiving but also with hearts burdened down with grief for all the loss and tragedy which has occured and with concern for Randy Lodder and the staff of Adoration School who remain in Haiti. This prayer meeting will be held at Cornerstone Canadian Reformed Church in Hamilton at 7:30 pm, with refreshments and a time of fellowship to follow. Come and join with us as we spend time in song and prayer, worshiping our great God and praying for His grace on a troubled nation.
Cornerstone Canadian Reformed Church is located at 353 Stone Church Road East, Hamilton, ON.
Tomorrow evening, January 17, 2010, you are invited to join with the board and staff of CDIA in a time of prayer and fellowship, in the wake of the terrible earthquake which has devastated the nation of Haiti this past Tuesday. We come before the Lord with our reasons for praise and thanksgiving but also with hearts burdened down with grief for all the loss and tragedy which has occured and with concern for Randy Lodder and the staff of Adoration School who remain in Haiti. This prayer meeting will be held at Cornerstone Canadian Reformed Church in Hamilton at 7:30 pm, with refreshments and a time of fellowship to follow. Come and join with us as we spend time in song and prayer, worshiping our great God and praying for His grace on a troubled nation.
Cornerstone Canadian Reformed Church is located at 353 Stone Church Road East, Hamilton, ON.
Haiti
Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters road and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.
"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
May this be our prayer, our comfort, our song, in the midst of grief and sorrow about the plight of the people of Haiti. May God truly be a refuge and a fortress for our friends who are in Haiti, facing many obstacles and fears. It is good to know that we have an Almighty God who has each of us in the palm of His loving hand, that all that happens is in His plans, whether we humans understand His purposes or not. A time of renewing faith in Him, and calling upon Him for mercy upon a suffering land.
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters road and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire.
"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."
The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
May this be our prayer, our comfort, our song, in the midst of grief and sorrow about the plight of the people of Haiti. May God truly be a refuge and a fortress for our friends who are in Haiti, facing many obstacles and fears. It is good to know that we have an Almighty God who has each of us in the palm of His loving hand, that all that happens is in His plans, whether we humans understand His purposes or not. A time of renewing faith in Him, and calling upon Him for mercy upon a suffering land.
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