Get Faith
John chapter 13 "(Jesus got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him." We do this tonight at church, just hand washing - the person ahead of you washes your hands and then you turn and wash the person behind you hands. It is a meaningful enactment of what Christ did on this day before the Crucifixion. He came to serve us, not to be our king, but one of us - as a servant to others. He asks that we do the same for others - serve. Remember Him on this day in communion and service.
On this day
1999 It was a Sunday and Sunday's were always busy around here. I was teaching Sunday School and Nicole seldom missed her Sunday School class in the youth room with Bruce. He was the best youth director a church could ask for. I was the Director of the board of youth at this time and had to go back later in the day for a Board of Youth meeting. Then back home to make dinner for Nicole and I, she was almost 14 and we were living alone at this time, but we seldom were alone. Jamie came over for dinner and probably hung around for awhile because I had to go back to church for Council meeting. I never had to worry about Nicole and her friends. Jamie lived in the next block and they spent a lot of time together. He is currently married and has 4 children. Maybe I should have worried.
1999 - Wayne Gretzky (New York Rangers) played his final game in the NHL. He retired as the NHL's all-time leading scorer and holder of 61 individual records. This explains it - Nicole and Jamie loved hockey they were probably watching the game.
Yemen
Yemen is a developing country[14] and the poorest country in the Middle East.[15] Under the rule of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen was described by critics as a kleptocracy.[16][17] According to the 2009 International Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, Yemen ranked 164 out of 182 countries surveyed.[18] In the absence of strong state institutions, elite politics in Yemen constituted a de facto form of collaborative governance, where competing tribal, regional, religious, and political interests agreed to hold themselves in check through tacit acceptance of the balance it produced.[19] The informal political settlement was held together by a power-sharing deal among three men: President Saleh, who controlled the state; major general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, who controlled the largest share of the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces; and Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, figurehead of the Islamist al-Islah party and Saudi Arabia's chosen broker of transnational patronage payments to various political players,[20] including tribal sheikhs.[21][22][23][24] The Saudi payments have been intended to facilitate the tribes' autonomy from the Yemeni government and to give the Saudi government a mechanism with which to weigh in on Yemen's political decision-making.[25]
Sounds like a country in turmoil - I guess the Muslims take care of their own?
Enjoy the day! Make it Memorable!
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