It was exactly 40 years ago today on the 20TH of July in 1969 that Man set foot on the Moon for the first time ever courtesy of NASA‘s Apollo 11.
Here’s a short 96-second video from CBS News that remembers that momentous day with the late great anchorman Walter Cronkite at the helm. The entire world was watching as Mr. Cronkite delivered the amazing news. His LIVE reaction is one of the most legendary moments in television broadcasting history.
WALTER CRONKITE: 1916-2009
Here are my takeaways from my Life Pointe Church experience this morning:
– Ask not what your church can do for you.
– Ask what you can do for Jesus Christ !
– Through the bad times and the good times – never give up on God.
– He is in the business of restoring and redeeming lives.
– He is never too far away – no matter how dark and evil you may be.
– Amazing Grace – how sweet the sound – that saved a wretch like me.
– I once was lost – but now am found – was blind but now I see.
– We must admit our sins and repent.
– Repentance heals our heart and soul.
– Can others see the Glory of God working in us via our heart and soul ?
– We must follow and obey God at all times – and use words if necessary.
– This week’s message was based on the following Books out of the Truth:
– Joel 2:12-17
– 2 Chronicles 7:13-14
2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (NLT, 2ND Ed.)
13 At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you.
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Back during the Spring of 1996 I visited my Mom, Dad, Brother, and two cats in the Washington D.C. area for the final time. (About 6 months later that year they all moved southward to Jacksonville Florida.) It marked the end of a 27-year homestead (1969-1996) within the D.C. area for my family (55 years for my Dad going back to his birth).
During that final visit my Brother and I drove down I-95 early one chilly foggy drizzly morning to spend the day at Kings Dominion. We had free tickets to the amusement park because my brother won a prize package on DC-101 (heritage rock radio station) related to the world premiere of the first “Mission: Impossible” movie that was a week or two away.
This song in history – although it reminds my brother of a particularly bad relationship with a former girlfriend at the time – reminds me of those good times that we shared when we went on that short road trip for a day to have some fun.
Here’s the MTV award-winning music video for “Glycerine” from Bush. It’s one of my favourite songs of all-time:
This morning I visited the often-rumoured-to-go-out-of-business Lowe’s in Homestead for the first time ever, and I took a nearly hour-long grande tour-de-farce of the not-so-jumpin’ joint. It was essentially me walking around the warehouse and spending money in my mind on various home improvements. In my mind I had all-new bathroom sink faucets purchased and professionally installed as well as a couple of ceiling fans. I even had a new front door ! Maybe some day in the not too distant future I’ll actually do that for real !
(I actually did buy nearly $60 in merchandise including sales tax.)
This week’s Shenanigan of note actually occurred early yesterday afternoon when my longtime plumber (company) arrived to remove and replace my 10-year-old kitchen sink garbage disposal that totally stopped working and made no sound whatsoever for the past couple of months. He also came to bring my longtime malfunctioning guest toilet back to life. The toilet – he actually fixed that genuine problem. It works fine now, and I’m using it on a regular basis.
But before he did that he repaired my non-working garbage disposal – by dumping and jamming a whole bunch of ice cubes in it ! He had it working again in less than 60 seconds ! He said that it was simply jammed up, and that ice cubes generally does the trick. I felt stupid that he was able to bring a non-working garbage disposal with no sound back to life louder and prouder than ever before within a mere New York minute !
Now THAT’S what I call a true Shenanigan ! Be sure to check back here on future Saturday mornings as I reveal how dumb I really am when it comes to fixin’ things.
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