John Piper, This Momentary Marriage pg. 168
Love this reminder.
The City of Friends.
I dreamed in a dream I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the whole of
the rest of the earth;
I dreamed that it was the new City of Friends;
Nothing was greater there than the quality of robust love—it led the rest;
It was seen every hour in the actions of the men of that city,
And in all their looks and words.
Walt Whitman
To my Bethany 2013 family.
How unexpectedly I found this City—how it will continue on!
“We did a screen test and so, they brought in cameras, and then there were four Jims and four Pams, and we got mix-and-matched. Every time I was matched with John, it was so easy and it just was so natural. On the second day, of auditions he leaned over to me and he said, ‘You’re my favorite Pam.’ And I said, ‘You’re my favorite Jim! Oh my gosh! I hope we both get it!’ So, when they called me and said that I got the role, I said, ‘Who’s Jim? Please say John Krasinski.’ They said, ‘Yes, it’s John Krasinski.’ And I knew. I started to cry and I knew that the two of us together… I couldn’t be Pam without him. He’s my Jim. He just is.”
I love Jim and Pam <3
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It’s unusual for me to be enjoying 1 Chronicles, I think. It’s mostly a list of names and numbers of people who were part of David’s army and supporters. Admittedly, the first part (ch 1-10) wasn’t that interesting to me, but as I go through ch 11 and 12, I am becoming excited and thrilled. It’s still mostly a list of names and numbers, but with a little more description on David’s Mighty Men and parts of each tribe defecting to him and bits of their achievements/abilities (crossing flooded banks, experienced with every type of weapon, fighting off raiding bands, etc.). However, it’s not a long drawn out description of each event, so it’s really not that epically episodic as a storyline. These descriptions are a few verses, max.
But, I find it so awesome and keep imagining all of it playing out. David is by himself in the beginning, running away from Saul, soon to overthrow the Kingdom to become King himself, and swarms of strong, experienced warriors keep coming to him by the tens of thousands. They swear undivided loyalty to him, they are determined to make him king, they risk their lives to get him a bucket of water from behind enemy lines (they really like this guy)…and I keep imagining what it must be like to be in David’s position, whilst simultaneously imagining every epic scene played out like the movie, 300 (one man killed 300 men with just his spear!—1 Chron. 11: 20).
David must feel overwhelmed…and completely undeserved. How can thousands upon thousands come to him each day swearing their lives to him? How must it feel to see a group of 50,000 men (that’s A LOT of people from only one tribe!) coming from one of the farthest parts of Israel (Zebulun) to go to battle with him? What has he done to deserve so much dedication?
The answer is: nothing.
Simply, God was with him. God chose him—to make him great, to use him, to bless him, to bless the people, to become the Great King of Israel. I’m sure David knew this as well. I can only imagine the awe he felt each day as he stood looking out and so clearly saw Yahweh creating the Army of God before his very eyes. And, I’m sure confidence was surging throughout his body. Not because of the number growing each day, but because this could have only been happening if God orchestrated it so.
God is so awesome! So powerful! So mighty! And, just as David praised God in that moment for the things He was doing, I praise God for revealing Himself to me now in what He did back then!
Thus, I end with this: God is so, so, soooo cool.
If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”
Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.
“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”
The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.
Galimberti said many of the subjects for the project were selected serendipitously, picked while he was working on a project about couch surfing that explored the global phenomenon of staying in other people’s houses. Since Galimberti never slept in hotels while working on the project, he was able to come into contact with people who introduced him to grandmothers in the area.
Galimberti acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.
From top to bottom:
Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).
Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.
Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.
The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.
Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).
Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).
Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).
Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).
Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.
[ I was going to post a long rant about some arrogant white yoga girl who insist people are ignorant for using olive oil to cook and should not eat fish or drink milk or eat cheese because of all sorts of problematic food issues, instead I said, let me focus on those who celebrate food. If you still want to see the link of the article she was waving on her Facebook, there you go. Privileged white people…ugh]So cool:)
the third set is calling my name. i’m calling my mama after work.
I wanna try ALL of them.
Pretty awesome.
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How did it already become 2:48AM?
How did it already become May 2nd?
How did so much time pass by…where did it go?
Sigh, mixed feelings tonight.
parenting. you’re doing it right.
Beyond cute omg
i thought it was cute and then i realised what was on the tv and i melted
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OMGGGGG <3
They’re so cute, you kind of want to collect them all.
Makes me kinda want a tattoo….:O
Like a tiny, tiny one…
