Sarayu

So I finished "The Shack" and I must say that it is a life changing read. I want to read it again because it is such an intense book and I am certain I didn't catch all of the important stuff the first time around. One of my favorite parts of the book, without giving too much away, is that the Holy Spirit is named Sarayu in the book. I did a little research on this name and found that the Greek word for spirit in the New Testament is "pneuma," which can also be translated "wind" or "breath." "Sarayu," also meaning "wind," is therefore used as the name for the Holy Spirit in the book. I think that my perception of the Trinity is a fairly common one - God the Father is the one "in charge" and greatly resembles Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings:



Jesus is the one whom we can relate to the most:



The Holy Spirit...well......hmmmmm. I never really understood The Holy Spirit that much and never really gave a great deal of thought to it. One of the life changing effects of this book is how you view God and the character of each of the three in the Trinity. I so much enjoyed Sarayu in this book and realized that you can indeed have a relationship with The Holy Spirit and that The Spirit loves you as much as The Father and Jesus does! Each in the Trinity has a profound love of each person on this Earth and even the Holy Spirit has a beautiful personality. You must read this book! Seriously....go to the store immediately and buy it!!!

PS - I'm not sure it's appropriate to have a picture of Jesus and Dr. Evil on the same page!

PSS - My chore at work tonight was cleaning the bathrooms and, yes, I remembered to clean the mens' room this time!!!

You like WHAT song?!?!

I've been tagged by my mommy dear to complete the following meme!

5 songs that I am embarrassed to like:

1. "Hot in Herre" by Nelly (Best song line ever - "I think my butt gettin big!")
2. "Whine Up" by Kat DeLuna featuring Elephant Man
3. "I'm a B**ch I'm a Lover" by Alanis Morissette
4. "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith (Will Smith was recently named the 8th worst rapper of all time - I'm highly offended.)
5. "Miami" by Will Smith


Mwwwwhaaaaaa!!!!!!

For a limited time only, these songs will be on my playlist (Not long, since I'm supposed to be embarrassed to like them - well, maybe I'll leave some of them. He He!)

I only have one close friend who blogs, so I tag my friend Cheryl!

"The Shack"

OK, so I just received the book "The Shack" for my birthday from my parents. I have wanted this book forever and have already read about 1/4 of it! Here is the book description:

"Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment, he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever."

I have just gotten to the place when Mack arrives back at the shack and I have to say that at first I thought that what he "found" was a little strange and hard to wrap my mind around. But the more I read, the more I understand the point of view the author decided to use. This book is also a challenging read. It makes your mind really work (or perhaps it's because I am now only used to reading Curious George books!). I am still withholding my final review of this book, but I think everyone would enjoy it from what I have read so far!

Oops...

So, in May, I started a new part time job that I absolutely love as a gymnastics coach. I teach twice a week and after you are done with your classes, you have a short 15 minute chore to complete. For this entire 6 week session, my chore was cleaning the bathroom. At first, I hated the thought, but it turned out to be a quick and easy chore. Today (after six weeks) I said to the receptionist (who is the preschool director's mother) "Yay, I'm about to do my last bathroom cleaning!" So she says "Oh, you mean you already cleaned one bathroom and you are going to clean the other one?" At that moment, my heart felt like it fell down to my feet - the entire semester, I'd only been cleaning the WOMEN'S bathroom - I had completely forgotten that there even IS a men's room since it is in an area away from the women's room that I never go to!!! Luckily, I covered myself pretty well and scurried into the men's room to scrub like a maniac! What a total blonde I am! At least someone else had been cleaning bathrooms on the four days a week I don't teach. Geesh!

Beauty For Ashes

I saw this video on another blog that I frequent. This song was written and performed by a man with terminal cancer. It is so beautiful! If you would like to listen to it, go down and press pause on my playlist first so there aren't two songs playing at the same time!