April 23, 2007

• 3 minutes

  I grew up in when the Apollo missions were going to the moon.  I followed all the missions from Apollo 11 to Apollo 17.  I was clued to the TV nearly throughout the entire time.  What stayed in my memory the clearest was the “3 minutes.”  The returning spacecraft entered a “blackout” space of time that lasted approximately 3 minutes.  During that time there was no communication with Mission Control. Walter Conkrite would talk really low explaining the reason for the 3 minutes.  We held our breaths wondering if the craft would make it through the atmosphere.  TV cameras would span the clouds looking.  Cheers would go up once the astronauts would reestablished contact with NASA and the cameras caught the parachutes. 

  I think of those clouds, the 3 minutes, and Jesus.  One day He will break the clouds and return. 

  The Arithetic of God – Number 3 -Resurrection
  The number 3 stands for resurrection in the Bible.  Here’s the evidence:
  “Destroy this temple, and in 3 days I will raise it up.” John 2:19
  Jesus raised 3 people from the dead.  (Interesting: 3 people were raised from the dead in the OT & 3 in the NT – Jesus was the 7th)
  When Jesus called Lazareth from the graves he used 3 words, “Lazareth come forth.”
  There are 3 records of the Sadducees asking Jesus about the resurrection of the 7 men who married the same woman.
  The 3rd time Peter’s name is mentioned in Act, Peter speaks of the ressurection.
  (The is just a few of the many occurances in the Bible with the number 3)
  
  Why God made Moms — BRILLIANT Answers given by 2nd grade school
  children to the following questions!!
  
  Why did God make mothers?
   1. She’s the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
   2. Mostly to clean the house.
  How did God make mothers?
   1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
   2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring
   3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger  parts.
   What ingredients are mothers made of?
   1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
   2. They had to get their start from men’s bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
  Why did God give you your mother & not some other mom?
   1. We’re related
   2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people’s moms like me.
  What kind of little girl was your mom?
   1. My mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
   2. I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
   3. They say she used to be nice.
  What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
   1. His last name.
   2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get
  drunk on beer?
   3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
  Why did your mom marry your dad?
   1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a
  lot.
   2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
   3. My grandma says that Mom didn’t have her thinking cap on.
  Who’s the boss at your house?
   1. Mom doesn’t want to be boss, but she has to because dad’s such a
  goof ball.
   2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
   3. I guess Mom is. But only because she has a lot more to do than  dad.
  What’s the difference between moms & dads?
   1. Moms work at work and work at home & dads just go to work at work.
   2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
   3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power  ’cause that’s who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your  friend’s.
   4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
  What does your mom do in her spare time?
   1. Mothers don’t do spare time.
   2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
  What would it take to make y our mom perfect?
   1. On the inside she’s already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
   2. Diet, you know, her hair. I’d diet, maybe blue.
  If you could change one thing about your Mom, what would it be?
   1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I’d get
  rid of that.
   2. I’d make my Mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
   3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the  back of her head.. 

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