Hearing God's Heart Sounds

(Icon photo from OrthodoxPhotos.com)

John 13:23:

"One of his disciples--the one whom Jesus loved--was reclining next to him."

Now, for whatever reason, many pieces of religious art--like this icon--tend to portray the beloved disciple with his head on Jesus' chest, although the verse specifically does not allude to it. We got to briefly discussing that in my EfM class tonight. Someone had mentioned liking the image of "hearing God's heartbeat."

My mind immediately took me back to my training days, when we medical students would strain to learn new heart murmurs. Learning these was nowhere near as high-tech as today's medical students get, with all sorts of simulators available. We had a few poor quality audio tapes and live patients, and that was about it. Woe betide the poor patient who showed up with a discernible murmur--it was a sure bet 15 or 20 medical students would line up to listen to it. Mercifully, most patients were pretty good sports about it, and some even liked the attention--to be a part of a young doctor's learning.

So without a doubt, pictures like the one above make me think of the art of listening to heart sounds.

I knew from the beginning that I was not destined for cardiology, because my ability to hear subtle heart murmurs was not exactly one of my strong suits. Yet I remember the process of trying to actually hear them. So many times, I had to close my eyes to hear them. Intuitively, that made no sense. You don't have to see someone's chest to hear through a stethoscope. Yet it seemed removing all distractions and hearing them in the dark space behind my eyelids helped more than all the practice tapes ever did. It's so easy to be distracted when trying to listen to God's heartbeat, isn't it?

Then the next thought that crossed my mind was that all those sounds I listened for in patients were pathologic sounds--the sounds of disease. What would it be like to hear a heartbeat so clean, so pure, it was perfection itself? Would we be in awe of its perfection, or would be only notice the "absence of disease?" What is the distinctive sound of the heart of God, beating in our ears?

Then I thought about those patients that enjoyed letting me hear their heart murmurs. I realize part of it was that they simply enjoyed being noticed, and being touched. They liked knowing that someone would walk out of the room, wiser for the session, and would go out and recognize it again in another patient, perhaps an undiagnosed one. How did Jesus feel, knowing he was contributing to the education of his disciple? How did he feel, knowing to some degree what lay ahead for him? Perhaps he was no different than those patients--it simply felt good to have hands laid upon him and feel the nearness of the disciples head to him. Perhaps he mused a nearly impossible question--how does a head understand a heart?

Finally, what changed for the beloved disciple after he heard God's heart in his ears? What changes for us when we hear God's heartbeat?

Oh, beloved disciple--if only we could hear what you got to hear!

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Temporary Tattoos - The New Fashion Accessory

Temporary tattoos may have started as a fashion thing, they were given a packet of bubble gum chips or to leave. However, the evolution over time, they have become a fully fledged fashion accessories. They found that adolescents and adults, but their reputation is not over yet most popular. Many adults also enjoy wearing them at the party, hen and stag nights, weddings and so on.

What type of temporary tattoo What?

Several types of removable tattoo there. One of the most common type is a water-skiing decals. In millions of U.S. manufacturing tens of thousands of daily water-skiing decals shipped around the world. These can range greatly in different designs. Common design of children, including animals, fairy or butterfly. More popular groups of young tribal pattern and decorative design tattoo flash. In addition, many companies as promotional items temporary tattoo. For these companies, the slogan printed on the tattoo design or tattoo. It is so common to the tattoo from promotions or promotional package as a gift. Some other types of tattoos and henna tattoos, including Mehindi.

How safe is a temporary tattoo?

Water-skiing has passed the U.S. FDA and the tattoo is considered very safe. If you have questions, you can check the safety instructions or ask the supplier of the back tattoo.

How long will last a tattoo?

With your first tattoo is a fake experience may be a long time ago that they are a very different quality. Primitive types are not always applied to the skin very easily peeled off. Now a days, tattoos are high quality and can produce skin bold, full-color design, which for several weeks.

Kalymnos 2010 - Trip Report 8 (Arhi, Summertime, Sybelgades)

You thought the trip reports were over? Nah, couple more weeks yet! Please explain? So our first climbing camp finished up a few days ago, and with one day of rest (aka madly editing video until the wee hours -- coming soon), our second group flew in bright eyed and ready to hit the rock.

But first, some introductions. We have Ronsley and Lena, both fairly new to the climbing game, and on the other end of the spectrum is Dave Reeve, who at 60 was climbing well before I was born. Dave's recently ticked his hardest route ever (7b/25) and he and his wife Ruth are both Upskill Kalymnos alumni having joined us on our 2008 trip. Andy is our fifth member and has been climbing 10 years or more. So - quite the mixed bag!

Flying in early gave us time to settle in, and perfect weather lent itself to a swim. A nice way to start the holiday.

Andy, Lena, Ronsley and Dave on day 1

Ruth on the sharp end at Arhi on day 1

After a good night's sleep the crew awakened to another crystal clear day. The discussion topic over breakfast was goal setting for the trip and the difference between process and outcome focus in climbing. We then jumped in the car (and two on a scooter) and headed to the left slabs of Arhi.

There we got stuck into a few of the typical grey slabs to get used to proper footwork and to blow out the cobwebs and have a gradual warmup. Centauro 5c, Ercole 5c and Pares 6a were the routes of choice. The sun then pounced like a street cat avoiding a Fiat Panda, so we bailed to Summertime to beat the heat.

Lena tripled her lifetime lead tally (of 1) with leads of Dorian and July. Dave didn't remember the sequence on the tough Macabi 6b+, but had no problems with it at all (stronger this time from all the core work at Coolum!). Ronsley's effort went into a clean TR of the classic bucket route Ammochohostos Vaselivousa 6a. A top first day.

Our second day dawned a hot one too with bugger all on the Beaufort (translation: no wind), so we made what ended up being a great call and headed to Sybelgades Rocks. And it does! A compact gully with limestone that looks like...well...I'll show you:

Yes, like that. Cool huh? Ghoulish. So, the classic easy(ish) route to do here is Phineus 5c, which is just the most featured and yet least sharp rock you could wish to imagine. Features, all covered in features, with these covered in micro-pockets. Holds galore. Andy onsighted, Lena toproped, Ronsley did both, Ruth flashed it, it was all happening. Dave blitzed up the long and ongoing Climber's Nest 6a with it's cool top overhang, what's more so did Ruth (on lead no less) after an early struggle on toprope.

Andy fell off the final moves of the roof and tech arete Homo Sapiens 6c, but fired it second go after ticking a few hidden holds. Dave got inspired and cruised to two thirds height before taking quite a big, off-balance fall due to a sudden onset of pump and subsequent loss of tension through to the feet in a sketchy section. I gave him a nice soft catch and he's a-ok.

Andy on Homo Sapiens 6c

Andy sunk his teeth into the crag testpiece Ermix, a tough 7a. This route is great, because it has only one shake out point, then it's game on for about 4-5 bolts to the anchors. True test of power endurance. Also ideal for working on our redpointing tactics (ticking holds, re-working sequences, sequence memory, body positions and maximum efficiency movement). No tick, but big learning, which is what this whole thing is about.

Effort of the day though has to go to Ronsley. The route was Carlo Juliani 6a, a near vertical wall route. He was about halfway up when the pump set in. You could see the mental battle that was going on. He called for a take, but the belayer (I forget who that was) refused and everyone yelled encouragement. He pushed through, got the next good hold and was able to clip the next bolt, made it a handful more moves before throwing, not latching the hold, and taking the whip. He came off trying. Nice soft catch. Big thumbs up. [He blogged about the experience] When everything in your head is screaming at you to take the soft option and have a sit, or grab the draw - NOT doing that, and actually giving it 100% and battling on - that is climbing. That is mental toughness. This is what we need to train. And you train it by doing it. As much as you can. I felt a lot of pride today.

Andy onsighting Phineus 5c

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Sexy Butterfly Tattoo Designs Are Among the Most Popular

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Butterfly Tattoo Designs - How to Find Butterfly Tattoo Design That Will Make You Sexier Than Ever

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The Stations of the Resurrection--Fourth Station--Jesus Appears on the Road to Emmaus

("The risen Christ appears to pilgrims on the road to Emmaus," one of a series of 26 mosaic panels illustrating the life of Christ in Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna)

The Fourth Station--Jesus Appears on the Road to Emmaus

Leader: O Risen Christ, Light of the world, we adore you;
People: You opened the eyes of the disciples on the road to Emmaus.

Two of the disciples were walking towards the village of Emmaus, discussing the events of the past few days. They wanted to talk about something else, but no matter how hard they tried to change the conversation, the topic always rolled around to the last few days of Jesus. They were so wound up in the details of it, and their fear, that they did not even recognize that the man they had met on the road was Jesus himself. In fact, they thought for a little while that he might have been the only person around who hadn't heard of Jesus!

But as they conversed, their eyes became more open, and so did their heart. They began to hear what he was teaching them about the risen Christ, and their confusion turned to certainty. There was something about this man that they recognized, but they could not quite put their finger on why that was. All the same, they listened and began to understand.

Leader: As the disciples talked to Jesus on the roadside,
People: Their conversation led to understanding.

Leader: Let us pray.
(a brief period of silence is observed.)

O God, translator of all things,
So often we do not understand the fullness of your glory.
But as we begin to talk to you, we start to understand.
As we start to understand, it is only then that you can teach us.
Give us courage to start the conversations,
Even if we don't have the story straight.
Open our ears to hear your words,
and open our minds to understand them.

People: Amen.

Leader: Alleluia! Christ is risen!
People: The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia!

The Hottest in Polynesian Tattoo Designs and Ideas

People are always exploring new fields and new ideas. Tattoo is no different and the people who push the envelope like the tattoo love. Therefore, they are always looking for new tattoo design and new ideas. Everyone wants something unique, different artistic beauty. Resulting in the tattoo designs in the world, many new trends. Of course, you might have seen, found that tribal tattoos a very popular trend. Therefore, the early start to define his early 90s, had just become popular. Some may say that it has completed or more than in the past. However, there are still tons of women and men were tribal tattoo design. What was more recently in the region to adjust and change the style of tribal tattoo art has become more irsh diverse. Instead, a new era of tribal tattoo design, is really a line does not return any tribe who is a more realistic design of a bunch of search ranking. Many who are tribal tattoo ink designed to access and search back to tribal roots. Polynesian tattoo designs such as this is the real tribal designs to more into light these days. People are looking for real, the history of tattoos, but put a modern twist.

The following are the more popular areas, these hot Polynesian tattoo design more and more popular, some of the most cutting-edge.

Animal

Of course, all local and tribal-based culture, a planet and animals on Earth, a deep connection with life. This goes all the way back to our hunting and gathering ancestors. The Lasco and by any person involved in the earliest animals to do some form of artistic expression cave paintings. In the tribal culture of the animals are regarded as among the gods or God into animals. This example we all know, from the totem animals in many Indian tribes. And animal worship and fascination can see all the tribal culture, which tattoo design is also reflected in many art forms, this type of animal worship. So if you are looking for a truly tribal tattoo design you may need to be considered an animal and a variety of animal totems or say or feel you closer to connect. For example, a tattoo of the strength of the design may be a burden. Living a carefree life of a turtle may be possible to design. These animals can easily adapt to, and with traditional Polynesian tribal tattoo design the most complete.

Mode

Another is the frequent use of the Polynesian tattoo tribe or people, whether theme. You see, almost all traditional arts and culture samples, whether tribal Navajo rug weaving patterns or patterns of Hawaiian clothing and textiles in their designs to see all the tribal culture is a popular theme this point. These often can be a great tattoo.

Different cultures

Please keep in mind when you talk about you get a tattoo tribe will carefully choose a tribe, said something to you or a village, save for you for some reason, meaning China. There are many different tribal tattoo design many of the traditional look very different, depending on the tribe. Therefore, you will want to select the first tribe. Then you can begin to select the design. Tattooed on the traditional culture has deep ties of some prominent example is the Maori, Hawaii, Samoa and culture just to name a few.