My Old Friend Harlan And New Things Too
I don't have a lot of time...I'm running out for the evening with a friend to watch the Spurs versus Kobe Bryant and a handful of other guys dressed in purple - some folks still call them the Lakers. It will be time well spent...a great way to put a hectic work week behind me.
When I have little time and am pressed for blog fodder I can usually always count on my old friend Harlan with whom I've renewed a relationship that began and ended in junior high and didn't resume until he found my blog a year or two ago.
We communicate via email fairly regularly and besides correcting my punctuation, grammar, and spelling errors, he sends me thought provoking stuff on a regular basis.
I don't listen to NPR...I'm a commercial radio guy and NPR has never really intrigued me...I'm not a big fan of government subsidized competition, but that's a story for another day. My old friend Harlan, knowing that I don't listen to NPR yet also knowing I'm very into Lent sent me a link to this NPR story about a Priest who has a friend choose what he gives up for Lent each year.
I really enjoyed it, but that does not mean I like NPR.
My old friend Harlan also sent me these bumper stickers...which have nothing to do with anything.
One other note of a more serious nature: Lee walked in as I was writing this...she is home early. The reason: she lost her job today. It is not worth getting into, it was not her fault, but she was made to take the blame. Basically she was a scapegoat...she knows it but it is still difficult. She hides it well but I know she is feeling a little low, as anyone does when they get fired - I know I have been fired before too. She could use a little uplifting prayer.
It comes at a bad time when she is preparing to embark on a new independent life in a new apartment, but the job paid $6.50 an hour. I told her there are lots of $6.50 an hour jobs and God is going to take care of her...I think He has proven that aplenty already. However if you could say a prayer for patience, peace of mind and understanding...and maybe pile it on with an outright prayer that Lee find a new job quickly, I believe that would be time well spent indeed.
posted by Michael
©The Main Point by Michael Main
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2 Comments:
Prayers sent. Please let Lee know this happens to everyone. It's not right, and it's not fair and she'll be better off in the long run. But the short run is hard, and she's in my thoughts.
Prayers done. Thanks for sharing Harlan. I enjoyed the Priest story.
Peace Bro,
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