{"id":7939,"date":"2016-02-19T13:14:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2016-02-19T13:34:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:34:28","slug":"5-friday-faves-syria-antonin-scalia-people-who-pray-alzheimers-family-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=7939","title":{"rendered":"5 Friday Faves – Syria, Antonin Scalia, People Who Pray, Alzheimer’s, & Family Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1) Syria – Before & After<\/strong> – In the Spring of 2011, seemingly as part of the “Arab Spring” political uprisings,\u00a0civil war erupted in Syria<\/a>.\u00a0News cycles are\u00a0not predictable. Sometimes the greatest suffering\u00a0in the world is overshadowed by a celebrity divorce or the debut of the\u00a0latest version electronic device.\u00a0What has happened in Syria over the last 5 years\u00a0should continue to haunt us and drive us to act on behalf of these war-weary, displaced people. A riveting one-minute video reminds us of the destruction – this, of\u00a0Homs, Syria<\/strong> – destruction via drone coverage<\/a>.\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: Global Info News<\/a><\/p>\n

2) Antonin Scalia – <\/strong>I was writing this weekend when Dave came in and told me that\u00a0Antonin Scalia had died. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016). Appointed\u00a0to the Court in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan, Scalia has been “characterized as the anchor of the court\u2019s conservative majority” (Biography.com<\/a>). His strong, sometimes biting,\u00a0opinions are part of our history now through the Supreme Court record. I didn’t always understand their decisions, but he taught me so much about the law and the workings of our government. As strong a conservative as he was, his closest friend on the Court was reportedly Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It reflects how he could separate the people from the opposing views they may have – an example of honoring others – which we could all learn from him.\"Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Quotes Giant<\/a><\/p>\n

Following are a few quotes of Justice Scalia (posted by the Breitbart News Agency<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cMore important than your obligation to follow your conscience, or at least prior to it, is your obligation to form your conscience correctly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

“A Constitution is not meant to facilitate change. It is meant to impede change, to make it difficult to change.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI attack ideas. I don\u2019t attack people. And some very good people have some very bad ideas. And if you can\u2019t separate the two, you gotta get another day job.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

“If you’re going to be a good and faithful judge, you have to resign yourself to the fact that you’re not always going to like the conclusions you reach. If you like them all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Finally, these quotes,\u00a0posted by\u00a0Politico<\/a>\u00a0from Justice Scalia’s speech for the Knights of Columbus:<\/p>\n

\u201cGod assumed from the beginning that the wise of the world would view Christians as fools … and he has not been disappointed<\/em>,\u201d Scalia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I have brought any message today, it is this: Have the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity<\/strong><\/em>,\u201d he added. \u201cBe fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Justice Scalia – you will be missed…at least, by some of us.<\/p>\n

3) People Who Pray<\/strong> – What a gift to know people pray for us! That God calls us to pray and moves in response to our prayers is such a beautiful mystery. This week two situations have brought this sharply to mind. For several weeks I have been undergoing an evaluation to determine whether or not an incidental finding was cancer. Yesterday, enough testing was completed to deliver a verdict of good news – for the time being, we just watch it. You can imagine how grateful I am for that, and for all those who prayed\u00a0and encouraged me over these many weeks. \"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: I Shine<\/a><\/p>\n

The other situation involves a young couple we know and love. The husband, and father of three littles, has been diagnosed for over a year now with a very aggressive cancer. He has courageously undergone multiple modalities of therapy – fighting for his life, for his own sake and for that of his sweet family. To this day, he continues to battle this terrible disease. We are so humbled by the journey of this family and how God is glorified in their courage, their love (for\u00a0Him, each other, and all those around them),\u00a0and the joy they display for each day’s gift, each day’s victory (however large or small). What a privilege to pray for these dear ones…and others all around us, in\u00a0the hard places! In those hard places, we see God work His grace\u00a0 into those situations that gives us hope for when we will live in the hard.\"BLog<\/a>Photo Credit: War Room – YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

4) Alzheimer’s<\/strong> – My dad has Alzheimer’s. This disease does not define him but, unfortunately, it has placed limits. Still, this week, Alzheimer’s does not win in my father’s life. He had the opportunity recently to move into a new, innovative memory care unit, very near to more family. Concern was expressed that the move might set him back – causing confusion and anxiety in a new and unfamiliar environment. I had the opportunity to be there to help with his transition. He did great. He doesn’t smile as often as he used to, but that smile makes the sun come out for all of us.\"Blog<\/a>\"Blog<\/a>[Dad, morning of the move, and first morning in his new home]<\/p>\n

5) Family Resources<\/strong> – This week I discovered this English mum of 4, Joanna May<\/a>,\u00a0who lives and writes internationally. Her website Mums.Kids.Jesus<\/a>\u00a0offers The Cultivate Love Challenge: 50+ Ideas and Resources to Help Your Family Grow in Love.<\/em><\/a> She is a great encourager of us moms who hope to infuse the love and wisdom of Christ in our lives and for our families and communities. May’s Pinterest page<\/a> includes these and other resources to help us moms of children of all ages – newborn to adult.<\/p>\n

\"Blog<\/a>Photo Credit: Mums.Kids.Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n

Before you launch into your weekend, I would love to\u00a0hear, in Comments below,\u00a0what your top experiences or discoveries have been this week. Hope your\u00a0Friday ends well and your weekend if joyful and refreshing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1) Syria – Before & After – In the Spring of 2011, seemingly as part of the “Arab Spring” political uprisings,\u00a0civil war erupted in Syria.\u00a0News cycles are\u00a0not predictable. Sometimes the greatest suffering\u00a0in the world is overshadowed by a celebrity divorce or the debut of the\u00a0latest version electronic device.\u00a0What has happened in Syria over the last … Continue reading 5 Friday Faves – Syria, Antonin Scalia, People Who Pray, Alzheimer’s, & Family Resources<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2763,957,690,1070,2126,1705,1820,2340,147,1801,1265,50,903,1267,2776,33,1262,1732,317,2611,1437,870,31,433],"tags":[958,2810,2815,2813,1802,2812,298,2816,2814,2811,2809,280],"class_list":["post-7939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimers-disease","category-babies-children","category-cancer","category-community","category-conversations","category-creativity","category-displaced-peoples","category-family-2","category-friday-faves","category-friends","category-god","category-grace","category-healing","category-hospitality","category-inspired","category-kindness-of-strangers","category-leadership","category-lessons-learned","category-love-your-neighbor","category-mothers","category-neighbors","category-parenting","category-pray","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-antonin-scalia","tag-family-resources","tag-family-who-prays","tag-friday-faves","tag-friends-who-pray","tag-leadership","tag-love-challenge","tag-memory-care","tag-supreme-court","tag-syria","tag-war"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pauPAB-243","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7939"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8023,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7939\/revisions\/8023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}