1 Corinthians 6:20 "For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's." So, if you were God's in the first place, why did he have to buy you back? Well He didn't, he could have left you in the sin and confusion you had decided to live your life in. He could have written you off as a lost cause. But He didn't. He purchased you back with the blood of his only son Jesus the Christ, who paid for our sins with His innocent suffering and death, because God so Loved the world that he gave His only Son to die for you so that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. How expensive do you think that makes you? At what price were you worth to God? Thank Him today for your life and everything you have.
Get Fit
Woke up feeling sluggish and had to talk myself into doing some exercise. Are you like that some days? If you sink into that, it is harder to get back on your feet and you might end up being that person who has resolved themselves to being old and incapable of moving anymore. Nobody wants that. Do what you can and then push yourself to do more!
On this day
1984 Mark and I had married in April of this year and proceeded to boat race, party and entertain through the year with help from lots of friends and family. We were having a pretty good time. On this day Mark and I were cleaning and doing yard work and I made calls to a number of people to come over for a party the upcoming weekend. We were either planning or cleaning up from one to another weekend. Life was good.
1787 - At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia debate began on the first draft of the U.S. Constitution. Is it still relevant? Should it be revamped? Should we adhere to the wise words of our forefathers? Times change as does our Constitution. For the people - all of them.
Vietnam
French Indochina
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Vietnam's independence was gradually eroded by France – aided by large Catholic militias – in a series of military conquests between 1859 and 1885. In 1862, the southern third of the country became the French colony of Cochinchina. By 1884, the entire country had come under French rule, with the Central and Northern parts of Vietnam separated in the two protectorates of Annam and Tonkin. The three Vietnameses entities were formally integrated into the union of French Indochina in 1887. The French administration imposed significant political and cultural changes on Vietnamese society. A Western-style system of modern education was developed, and Roman Catholicism was propagated widely. Most French settlers in Indochina were concentrated in Cochinchina, particularly in the region of Saigon.[35] The royalist Cần Vương movement rebelled against French rule and was defeated in the 1890s after a decade of resistance. Guerrillas of the Cần Vương movement murdered around a third of Vietnam's Christian population during this period.[36]
Developing a plantation economy to promote the export of tobacco, indigo, tea and coffee, the French largely ignored increasing calls for Vietnamese self-government and civil rights. A nationalist political movement soon emerged, with leaders such as Phan Bội Châu, Phan Chu Trinh, Phan Đình Phùng, Emperor Hàm Nghi, and Ho Chi Minh fighting or calling for independence. However, the 1930 Yên Bái mutiny of the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảngwas suppressed easily.[37] The French maintained full control of their colonies until World War II, when the war in the Pacific led to the Japanese invasion of French Indochina in 1940. Afterwards, the Japanese Empire was allowed to station its troops in Vietnam while permitting the pro-Vichy French colonial administration to continue. Japan exploited Vietnam's natural resources to support its military campaigns, culminating in a full-scale takeover of the country in March 1945 and the Vietnamese Famine of 1945, which caused up to two million deaths.[38]
I am pretty sure it is impossible for us to live in peace and harmony.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable!
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