Random ramblings

Well, for the second consecutive year, there's a quarterback named Manning in the Super Bowl. So far, the Mannings have had limited success against Tom Brady and the Patriots, but who knows what could happen this year. It looks to be an exciting matchup, if Eli plays as well as he did against the Packers. The halftime show should be cool also, with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Finally, some music that I can relate to. Maybe next year, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band?

I've found a new toy, Facebook. So now all I have to do is figure out how to use all the little gizmos, doodads, and thingamajigs that come with it. Of course , by then it'll probably be obsolete and no longer cool. Left in the dust by the next BIG THING..

Oh well, thats the story of my life. ;)

Oh well..

Would you believe....one of my New Years Resolutions was...to make a blog entry every other day....so much for that, huh?
Things are looking up though..W2 forms are available online now, so hopefully I will have a nice tax refund check:) And I am making slow progress on getting out of debt. God is good, all the time!

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Happy 2008, everyone!

A New Year's Prayer, by Rubel Shelly


Holy God of Heaven and Earth,

I know that a thousand years are as a day to you, but we humans are
bound up in time. As a new year is beginning, please teach me to ...

* care more about people and less about money,

* enjoy my work but not let it enslave me,

* and laugh more easily than I did last year.

As I get ready for 2008, help me to remember things that are easy to
forget ...

* that it might well be my last year,

* that some people are counting on me,

* and that you have things for me to do.

Lord, with the things I have accumulated over the years, please let
me ...

* shake off the monotony of life,

* try some new things in this new year,

* and mend some broken fences.

And, Father of Mercies, please teach me in this new and unspoiled
year to ...

* lighten up and enjoy children, sunsets, reading, and long walks,

* avoid quarrels and work at being a peacemaker in this world,

* and start next year with fewer regrets than I bring to 2008.

May we live it for your glory!

I cannot know what this year will bring, and I am grateful for that!
But help me ...

* eat less junk food,

* exercise and take better care of my body,

* and learn to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.

Above all other things, Father, I want to be your instrument for ...

* easing somebody's too-heavy load,

* relieving some sad person's misery,

* and introducing some lost soul to Jesus.

Come what may in the year about to begin, may we live it for your
glory, within your will, and to your delight.

We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.