Psalm 33:22 "May Your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in You." God loves his people. Today I think of those people trusting in God as they sat in the Temple worshiping Him in Pittsburgh. He was close and yet the devil entered in and killed those people. We can rejoice with those who have moved on to their place with God but, how do we account for the loss and sorrow those left behind are experiencing? Did God let this happen? For answers I suggest you read "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" by Rabbi Harold S. Kushner. He can offer up some possible answers for you. Our love still rests on the Lord and we STILL hope in Him.
Get Fit
I started the week with the resistance bands. After the 24+ years that I have been working out for 3 - 6 days a week, I can still feel my muscles responding when I am done. I have been trying to step up the reps I do and am rewarded with the knowledge that it is working. Do as much as you can and then do 2 more, that is what I tell myself.
On this day
1995 Nicole brought her friend Bill Bellaire home from church for the day. They were great friends and I was great friends with his Mom, Lynn. We taught Sunday School together and she had an amazing ability to create artwork etc for our plays and her classes. I was in awe of her. Her kids were very imaginative also and Nicole loved to spend time at their house. On this day I took Nicole and Bill to Memorial Park for their Halloween fest in the evening. If you want your kids to pick good friends - try taking them to Sunday School.
1995 - Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers became the NFL's career leader in receiving yards with 14,040 yards. Here is for you sports people - I just remember him from Dancing with the Stars.
Xenia Illinois
The third division is Southern Illinois, comprising the area south of U.S. Route 50, including Little Egypt, near the juncture of the Mississippi River and Ohio River. Southern Illinois is the site of the ancient city of Cahokia, as well as the site of the first state capital at Kaskaskia, which today is separated from the rest of the state by the Mississippi River.[26][48] This region has a somewhat warmer winter climate, different variety of crops (including some cotton farming in the past), more rugged topography (due to the area remaining unglaciated during the Illinoian Stage, unlike most of the rest of the state), as well as small-scale oil deposits and coal mining. The Illinois suburbs of St. Louis, such as East St. Louis, are located in this region, and collectively, they are known as the Metro-East. The other somewhat significant concentration of population in Southern Illinois is the Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area centered on Carbondale and Marion, a two-county area that is home to 123,272 residents.[26] A portion of southeastern Illinois is part of the extended Evansville, Indiana, Metro Area, locally referred to as the Tri-State with Indiana and Kentucky. Seven Illinois counties are in the area.
In addition to these three, largely latitudinally defined divisions, all of the region outside the Chicago Metropolitan area is often called "downstate" Illinois. This term is flexible, but is generally meant to mean everything outside the influence of the Chicago area. Thus, some cities in Northern Illinois, such as DeKalb, which is west of Chicago, and Rockford—which is actually north of Chicago—are considered to be "downstate".
If you think that Illinois is just Chicago - think again! This southern region seems pretty interesting.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Happy Birthday Barbara, Ashley, Jim and Katie!!
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