Sure wouldn't want to hear this hymn sung at my church!

God of earth and outer space,
God of love and God of grace,
Bless the astronauts who fly
As they soar beyond the sky.
God who flung the stars in space,
God who set the sun ablaze,
Fling the spacecraft through the air,
Let man know your presence there.

God of atmosphere and air,
God of life and planets bare,
Use man’s courage and his skill
As he seeks your holy will.
God of depth and God of height,
God of darkness, God of light,
As man walks in outer space
Teach him how to walk in grace. . . .

Quotes just for Easter!

Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won't stay there. ~Clarence W. Hall


It is the hour to rend thy chains,
The blossom time of souls. ~Katherine Lee Bates


The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. ~Henry Knox Sherrill


Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless. ~Charles M. Crowe


Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right...
~Phillips Brooks, "An Easter Carol"

Gotta wonder what it was all about . . .

So, the president has finally released copies of his birth certificate. He said in a news report that it has been distracting to the running of the country and has taken the focus off of what is important. Okay, true enough but why has he taken over two years to produce it? What was in it for him to put off proving his citizenship until now? If anyone contributed to the distraction, it was his refusal to come forth with it when people made it a source of concern. Presidents should be upfront on such things and you have to wonder why he so enjoyed taking everyone for a ride.

I have never been one of the 'birthers' but did find it odd that something so simple as proving one's birth took so long to be done. I think the politicians should take some time off from figuring out how to tax more and more of our hard-earned income and make a law that ALL presidential candidates have to provide their birth certificate BEFORE they get a nomination. I know, I know, that is too easy and makes sense. It won't happen!

The last quote answers MY question!

"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster

"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
-- Benjamin Franklin

"We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them."
-- Charles Caleb Colton

"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
-- Scott Adams

Visiting with Abraham Lincoln!

In February, my husband and I were waiting for a seat at a restaurant. I glanced around when I felt someone approach and it was . . . Abraham Lincoln! Okay, it was a gentlemen dressed exactly like Mr. Lincoln complete with hat, carpet bag and beard. I smiled and joked that he should have sent his secret service ahead to clear the way for him. He immediately gave me an interesting history lesson on how the secret service in HIS day guarded the treasury while the sheriff watched out for him. We talked while we waited to be seated and then asked if he'd like to join us for lunch. He did and we had the most interesting hour and a half lunch ever. The food at the restaurant was awful and my husband remarked to me later that it was the worst lunch he ever enjoyed so much given the company.

This gentleman is a Lincoln presenter and has been doing this for over 30 years. He was so genuine that I hesitated to bring up the assassination lest I bring up bad memories! He gave us his card and my husband decided to see if he could arrange to have him come for an event at his place of employement - the library. My husband is in charge of arranging programs.

So, this coming weekend, Mr. Lincoln WILL be there and I'm looking forward to seeing him again AND his presentation. To make it an even better day, two friends and their children are coming along. To sweeten the deal, we hope to have some frozen yogurt afterwards!

You never know how the world presents itself from a chance meeting in a restaurant line!

Great reminder for Easter!

“I tell you that you have less to suffer in following the Cross than in serving the world and its pleasures.” ~St. John Vianney