The "Spring Cleaning" AngelWritten by Dot McGinnis
The "Spring Cleaning" Angel decided it was time to come to my house, other day. For weeks, I knew that it was time for her arrival. But, I tried not to think about it. Finally, one morning, I was able to, reluctantly, pry my mouse from my fingers (not an easy thing to do when you are online as much as I am) and replace it with a bucket, scrub rags, and wall cleaner. I really don't mind spring-cleaning. It’s just getting started thing that’s really hard for me. I had no problem, at all, with walls in room I was doing; until I came to doorway. There it was, a little brown, faded, haloed, spot above doorframe. As hard as I tried, with all my might, to scrub it off I could not remove it. "Hmm. Wait a minute. What is going on here?" I asked myself. I tried everything (every kind of detergent, oil soap, all-purpose cleaner I could find) but nothing, absolutely nothing, would work. Oh, well, I'll just have to paint over it, I guess. It wasn't like it was whole wall or anything. It was only a little brown spot, above door, that stood mocking me. So, I went on, about my way, scrubbing walls until I happened to glance up at next-door frame and there it was, again; that same curious, little, brown, faded, haloed, spot! This was really beginning to get weird, now. What on earth was going on? Why would dust fairy leave her calling card just above my doorway and nowhere else? And why, for life of me, can’t I get it off? Ahhh! Wait a minute. I know what that is! That’s not dust fairy that left that there, I laughed to myself. That’s anointing oil! I looked all over house and, sure enough, there it was (over every doorway); same silly, little, brown, spot stood guard ~ a remnant of my going, from room to room, asking God's blessing and protection on our humble abode.
| | Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2005, next 2023Written by Terry Dashner
Hybrid Solar Eclipse 2005, next 2023…Terry Dashner…………………..Faith Fellowship Church PO Box 1586 Broken Arrow, OK 74013 Not long ago, I told you that I was “looking to heavens” for guidance. No I’m not an astrologist, and I do not set course of my life by zodiac; however, I do read Matthew 24: 29, often. It says, “Immediately after tribulation of those days, sun will be darkened, and moon will not give its light, and stars will fall from sky, and powers of heavens will be shaken.” That’s interesting, is it not? Unless you live on Mars, you know that tomorrow April 8, 2005, Pope John Paul II will be laid to rest. He, no doubt, was a powerful statesman, pontiff, and godly man while he lived. His legacy will live throughout history of man. I bless his memory and look forward to his successor leading Roman Catholic Church further into twenty-first millennium. I believe God is doing a wonderful work through Roman Catholic Church. Moreover, there is another significant thing happening tomorrow. Says Fred Espenak, NASA’s GSFC, “On Friday, 2005 April 08, a hybrid eclipse of Sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor which traverses far Southern Hemisphere. The path of Moon’s shadow begins southeast of New Zealand and stretches across Pacific Ocean to Panama, Colombia and Venezuela…” Fred Espenak’s web page records these words, “A hybrid eclipse is a unique type of central eclipse where parts of path are annular while other parts are total. This duality comes about when vertex of Moon’s umbral shadow pierces Earth’s surface at some points, but falls short of planet along other portions of eclipse path. The curvature of Earth’s surface brings some geographic locations along path into umbral while other positions are more distant and enter antumbral rather than umbral shadow. In most cases (like in 2005), hybrid eclipse begins annular, changes to total for central portion of path, and then converts back to annular towards end of path. However, some hybrid eclipses may be annular only at beginning (e.g. – 2013 Nov 03) and at end (e.g. – 2386 Apr 29) of path.”
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