How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it?

They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves [1] of their being in Christ,[2] of their sins and wants;[3] of the truth and measure of their knowledge,[4] faith,[5] repentance;[6] love to God and the brethren,[7] charity to all men,[8] forgiving those that have done them wrong;[9] of their desires after Christ,[10] and of their new obedience;[11] and by renewing the exercise of these graces,[12] by serious meditation,[13] and fervent prayer.[14]

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Round the Sphere Again

The midsummer light edition.

Missed Connections
Not sure why I find this blog interesting, but I do. Maybe for the same reason I like this one.

Dads of Girls
Can you relate? (168 hours)

Blue Ice
I used to  have homemade popsicles in the freezer all summer long, but I’ve never made these. Pity! (promptings)

Counting Down
the top 100 hymns (Semicolon):

• Leaning on the Everlasting Arms (59)
• Alas and Did My Saviour Bleed (58)
• Jesus, Lover of My Soul (57)
• Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (56)

Under the Tarp

Oops! I promised that yesterday I would tell you what that was tied to the top of the old Jimmy in the last old photo and then forgot about it. Sorry about that.

What is it? Well, a couple of the guesses were not far off. It’s a go-cart with a fiberglass Ford pick-up shell.

My husband bought it at a huge moving sale and brought it back to Whitehorse to use in his small engines class. Here’s how it worked: When a student’s small engine was put together and starting on the first try, they got to use it to run the go-cart around the school parking lot.

It was used that way for several years until a new principal got nervous about liability issues. The go-cart was rigged to only go 5 miles an hour, so it really wasn’t dangerous, but you know how school officials can be.