Here and Now

Justifying Grace: Redeeming Grace - The SON Here's the dictionary definition for Justify: jus·ti·fy (jst-f) v. jus·ti·fied, jus·ti·fy·ing, jus·ti·fies v. tr. To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid: justified each budgetary expense as necessary; anger that is justified by the circumstances. To declare free of blame; absolve. To free (a human) of the guilt and penalty attached to grievous sin. Used of God. Law. To demonstrate sufficient legal reason for (an action taken). To prove to be qualified as a bondsman. 5. Printing. To adjust the spacing within (lines in a document, for example), so that the lines end evenly at a straight margin. v. intr. Printing To be adjusted in spacing so as to end evenly at the margin. [Middle English justifien, from Old French justifier, from Late Latin istificre, from Latin, to act justly toward : istus, just; see just1 + -ficre, -fy.] Synonyms: justify, warrant These verbs mean to be a proper or sufficient reason for: an outburst justifie...

Okay - I KNOW it's been a looooooooooooooooong time between posts. But I was on vacation. No, really. We went to Idlewild (twice), the Pittsburgh zoo, the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh (um, not that great, really...and WAY too expensive), shopping (not my favorite activity, but we had fun) and caught the movie Cars which was GREAT!! Also got to rent a half dozen "grown-up" movies which we almost never do at home ( Capote was pretty good, {proof} was WAY better than I thought it would be, Firewall was about as good as I thought it would be, 11:14 was probably not worth the two hours we spent watching it, The Producers [the musical] was really, really, really...not that good, Munich was good, but not [in my opinion] Oscar material...). So, that was my week off. It was a very good week... So, Grace. Prevenient Grace. Not sure if this qualifies, but one thing that struck me about last week was that when we were driving down to Blairsville, I said to Lori, "N...