Terrapin Station

Litany of Humility

My mother sent this to me.  Wow.  This is going to take some real thinking about. 

O Jesus, meek and humble of heart, hear me.

From the desire of being esteemed, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being loved, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being extolled, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being honored, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being praised, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being preferred to others, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being consulted, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the desire of being approved, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being humiliated, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being despised, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of suffering rebukes, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being calumniated, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being forgotten, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being ridiculed, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being wronged, deliver me, O Jesus.

From the fear of being suspected, deliver me, O Jesus.

That others may be loved more than I - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be esteemed more than I - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That in the opinion of the world, others may increase and I may decrease - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be praised and I unnoticed - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may be preferred to me in everything - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

That others may become holier than I, provided that I may become as holy as I should - Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it.

Searching

My boss is retiring, and I'm on the search committee to hire the new person.  It's great to have input into the process, but on the whole I don't deal well with change.  (Who does!?) 

Friday is his last day.  We will have an interim director for a while, as the search committee just met for the first time yesterday.

Breathing...

Blah

I have said for years that my hungry is broken.  Damn, it's true.  I have a hunger response to any type of stressful situation. 

Not that I don't eat WITHOUT being hungry, when I'm stressed out, too. 

I haven't been working out for one reason or another, and I just. have. to. do. it!  See you at the gym this noon.

Feeling blobby,

mb

Bossy

Okay, so I need to think out loud (or on the computer) about the "bossy" thing I mentioned the other day.

I was looking at my Yahoo! horoscope the other day (Mr. P and I were both at our computers in the office).  I was amused by something it said, that seemed right on to me.  I thought that was unusual and funny, because I am an Aries and they are supposed to be headstrong, bossy, impulsive, etc., and I definitely do not see myself that way.  I'm an INFP for goodness sakes! 

Church Model

You scored as Servant Model. Your model of the church is Servant. The mission of the church is to serve others, to challenge unjust structures, and to live the preferential option for the poor. This model could be complemented by other models that focus more on the unique person of Jesus Christ. Servant Model 78% Mystical Communion Model 72% Sacrament model 67% Institutional Model 22% Herald Model 22% What is your model of the church? [Dulles] created with QuizFarm.com

Random

Friday was Tom's farewell party (at UNT) and also at Olga's house afterward.  It was great fun. 

Ken says I am bossy.  That bothers me all out of account. 

The Wedding Chasers movie

Back to the Movie Tavern last night to see this and have dinner.  Dinner was ok, the movie was pretty stupid.  Seemed to have an awful lot of gratuitous swearing, and of course it was all about casual sex. 

But it was a break from reality for a few hours. 

Lord Hits Woman Between Eyes, Part II

So I was at the Thursday night Eucharist last week.  Just after the Peace and before the Communion part of the service, the priest says a line of scripture that I believe the 1928 BCP called the "comfortable words." 

Usually it's something like, "Come unto me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."  My brain is so used to hearing them that I guess I don't always hear them (hmm!)

But on Thursday, Fr. David said this:

Movie Tavern

Sunday we went to a matinee at the new Movie Tavern.  It rocks!  Tickets were $4 each, and they have a full menu along with beer & wine. 

Fat Tire Ale on draft!

We saw Willy Wonka which was so cool.  And Brandon went with us.  A great time.

Nurse

I'm at Sarah's (my older sister).  She had ACL surgery today and she is walking on it tonight (with braces and drugs, of course. 

:)