my boy

I have a breather before my next and final college class begins in earnest.  My class is public speaking.  Yay!  (yes, that's sarcasm).  Actually, assuming that I live through it, I think this class will be benefitial for me. 
Anyway, back to the short break:  Today Elijah and I went for a quick bikeride, made even quicker by my having a nearly flat tire.  He wanted to race back to the house.  I told him that I couldn't because I was already tired from having to push extra hard from the flat tire. 

He asked, "Do you want to bump draft?" 

Champis - den vallande kaninen

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"The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor, my friend, and this alone that renders us invincible. These are the tactics we should study. If we lose these, we are conquered, fallen indeed...so long as our manners and principles remain sound, there is no danger." -- Patrick Henry
[A letter to Archibald Blair on January 8, 1789; Moses Coit Tyler, Patrick Henry ( New York: Houghton Mifflin Co; 1897), p.409.]

For Founding Father's Day at the best school in Pensacola, my boy is going to be Patrick Henry. 

11. Resolved, when I think of any theorem in divinity to be solved, immediately to do what I can towards solving it, if circumstances don’t hinder.
12. Resolved, if I take delight in it as a gratification of pride, or vanity, or on any such account, immediately to throw it by.
13. Resolved, to be endeavoring to find out fit objects of charity and liberality.

Edwards Resolutions 9, 10

9. Resolved, to think much on all occasions of my own dying, and of the common circumstances which attend death.

10. Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.

Edward's Resolutions - 7, 8

7. Resolved, never to do anything, which I should be afraid to do, if it were the last hour of my life.

8. Resolved, to act, in all respects, both speaking and doing, as if nobody had been so vile as I, and as if I had committed the same sins, or had the same infirmities or failings as others; and that I will let the knowledge of their failings promote nothing but shame in myself, and prove only an occasion of my confessing my own sins and misery to God

Resolutions 5, 6

5. Resolved, never to lose one moment of time; but improve it the most profitable way I possibly can.
6. Resolved, to live with all my might, while I do live.

Resolutions 3,4

3. Resolved, if ever I shall fall and grow dull, so as to neglect to keep any part of these Resolutions, to repent of all I can remember, when I come to myself again.

4. Resolved, never to do any manner of thing, whether in soul or body, less or more, but what tends to the glory of God; nor be, nor suffer it, if I can avoid it.

Jonathan Edwards Resolutions 1,2

I thought to post all of Jonathan Edward's Resolutions, but have decided to post just one or two at the time in the hopes that I'll  meditate on them further and make them my own.  I hope you enjoy as well.  To see them all, visit A Puritan's Mind.

Being sensible that I am unable to do anything without God’s help, I do humbly entreat him by his grace to enable me to keep these Resolutions, so far as they are agreeable to his will, for Christ’s sake.
Remember to read over these Resolutions once a week.

1. Resolved, that I will do whatsoever I think to be most to God’s glory, and my own good, profit and pleasure, in the whole of my duration, without any consideration of the time, whether now, or never so many myriad’s of ages hence. Resolved to do whatever I think to be my duty and most for the good and advantage of mankind in general. Resolved to do this, whatever difficulties I meet with, how many and how great soever.

2. Resolved, to be continually endeavoring to find out some new invention and contrivance to promote the aforementioned things.

Wishing you a *fruitful* new year...

Wishing you a *fruitful* new year...
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Figuring Life Out - One Thousand Gifts

Happy Hamsterdays!

Happy Hamsterdays!
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Veith's Blog has a great Christmas post.  Beautiful.

Wishing you a warm, fuzzy end to the year....

Wishing you a warm, fuzzy end to the year....
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Even So, Come Lord Jesus

Maker of the sun, He is made under the sun.
In the Father He remains, from His mother He goes forth.
Creator of heaven and earth, He was born on earth under heaven.
Unspeakable wise, He is wisely speechless.
Filling the world, He lies in a manger.
  Ruler of the stars, He nurses at His mother’s bosom.
He is both great in the nature of God, and small in the form of a servant.
Augustine