Curious Trivial Facts (5/14)

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This informative post will be posted on Saturday along with my usual writing.  We can all appreciate some of the lesser known facts from around the world.

Attendance at the Louvre rose from an average of 6 million visitors in 2000 to 7.5 million in 2005.  Museum officials are mum on the matter, but most in the art world call this “The Da Vinci Code Effect,” attributing the visitor increase (and interest) to the novel by Dan Brown that sold more than 61 million copies in 44 languages.

Vieux Boulogne, a soft cheese from Northern France, is–according to a panel of nineteen human taste tasters and one “electronic nose” (a machine equipped with sensors to detect different chemical aromas)–the smelliest cheese in the world.

These facts have been discovered in I NEVER KNEW THAT by David Hoffman (2009).

Jim Valvano Quotes

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There are 86,400 seconds in a day.  It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.

Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.

Jim Valvano (1946-1993) was an American college basketball coach.  Born in Queens, New York, he brought his indefatigable spirit wherever he went.  

Divine Intervention (Elfchen Series #100)

Acceptance

Embracing

His lead

Overcoming our resistance

Changed by God’s persistence

Prayer

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Steadfastness

Envisioning

Sharing hope

Acts of generosity

God’s works best revealed

Grace

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Purification

Rain’s

Early morning

Rinsing our souls

God calling us home

Forgiveness

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This series of poems (written in the German-inspired style of Elfchen or Elevenie) shares a total of eleven words in each poem, with a sequence by line of one, two, three, four, and one words.

Amy Collette Quote

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Gratitude is as powerful catalyst for happiness.  It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.

From Colossians 3:16-17:  “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.  And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”

Returning Home

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Retreating from urban scene

Tasting sweetest land of peace

Montana’s scenic prairie

Rejuvenating new lease

 

Returning home at long last

Embracing much simpler ways

Montana’s dry farming life

Waking to morning’s fresh praise

 

Laboring in nature’s soil

Farming begins at sunrise

Montana’s fields now planted

Waiting for harvest’s lush prize

 

Walking in tall grass so green

Unearthing life’s inner core

Montana’s rural anthem

Fielding life’s daily chores

 

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Anatole France Quotes

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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.

If the path is beautiful, let us ask where it leads.

Anatole France (1844-1924) was a renowned French poet, journalist, and novelist.  In 1921, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature for his lifetime of achievements.

Saving Grace

From Romans 5:1-2:  “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.”

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From ancient garden, crying out

Man’s sinful seeds scatter and sprout

 

Father’s wrath consumes with His fire

Suffering journey to hellfire

 

Spiritually dead from God

Lives walk in darkness, always flawed

 

Holy tablets proclaim God’s law

Sin’s frozen nature never thaws

 

Judgement follows life’s trespasses

Sticking like thickest molasses

 

Lord’s saving grace seeks better way

Messiah opens new causeway

 

Jesus steps into this abyss

Unselfish love shall never miss

 

Hopeless man’s eyes can’t turn away

Drawn to grim, cruel cross, Christ pays

 

Jesus offers Himself instead

Faith follows this new Living Bread

 

Father’s amazing grace enters

Salvation breathes life’s new center

 

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From Romans 5:18-19:  “Therefore just as one man’s trespass led to condemnation for all, so one man’s act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all.  For just as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.”

Smith Wigglesworth Quote

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To hunger and thirst after righteousness is when nothing in the world can fascinate us so much as being near God.

From Hebrews 11:1-3:  “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval.  By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.”

Medley of Verses (Haiku Series #177)

Under the Weather

Overcast morning

Gray covers forgotten sun—

Missing in action

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Lake’s Summer Harmony

Crystal clear waters

Canoe glides with rhythmic pace—

Perfect melody

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Stargazing’s New Reality

Galactic journey

Cosmic adventure comes true—

Man’s final frontier

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Arthur Ashe Quotes

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic.  It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Start where you are, use what you have.

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) was an American professional tennis player.  During his distinguished career, he won 76 tournament titles, including three Grand Slam tournaments.