No point in being pessimisstic. It wouldn't work anyway.

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Turns out Murphy works Thursdays, too.

I did a few tasks at Moore's this morning. One of the items on the list was to hang two sets of blinds in the master bedroom but tonight only one is up. The good folks at Lowe's made the other set 1/4" too wide to fit in the window opening.
I used a new tube of liquid nails to help install some brackets on the outside of those windows so the sun shades could go back up. (It gave the screws a little extra hold.) I couldn't understand why it was so hard to get the stuff to come out of the tube. I know my grip isn't very strong but squeezing with everything I had only got me a small bead. Then I looked at my pants leg and saw a HUGE glob of the stuff just above my knee.
The tube had a slit at the bottom and it was shooting out there VERY effectively.
They call it an adhesive for a very good reason. Cleaning it off my pants got it on my hands, which meant getting it on every tool I touched from then on.

I did some chores when I got home and then went for my run. A half mile out my left calf completely locked up. In the span of three strides it went from fine to so tight I could hardly walk home. Pain! Four hours later it's still cramped up and sore to the touch. Grrrrrrr!
Josh, my son in the medical field, responded to my email query by telling me the problem is probably inadequate hydration and my consumption of Diet Coke is a major contributing factor.

Coincidentally (?) there's one can of Diet Coke left in the house. I feel like a smoker with one cigarette left. Do I drink it now and be done with it, or savor it with lunch tomorrow? Because if this pain and the inability to run is attributable to Diet Coke I'm swearing off the stuff. That's how much this hurts. And it all but puts the final nail in the coffin of my plans to do a half marathon on March 6. I was already behind on the training schedule.

For males looking for a testosterone rush, this from the Discovery Channel:
Metal Storm

The President said he supports the development of nuclear powered generating plants. If the Republicans had half a brain they'd jump on that and introduce the appropriate legislation. There's an expenditure of stimulus money that makes sense; the gift that keeps on giving. Same with off-shore drilling.
I don't expect anything.

Big Brown delivered the cabinet hardware this afternoon. If I get my sermon done with enough time left over I'll install the knobs before the Burchs arrive about 1 p.m.

There may be many applications but there is only one interpretation. The interpreter's goal is to discover, "What did the author intend to say?" He wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Thus, the author's intended meaning is also the Author's intended meaning. Our goal is to get inside his head and discover what he wanted to communicate, the concept he wanted to get across.

The individual words the author used were the chosen under the Spirit's control, so a key part of discovering his intent is to examine those words and the way he used them carefully. Grammar and syntax. Exegesis.

In 1 Tim. 2:1 Paul uses four words to describe prayer. Are they synonyms? Shades of meaning?
God "wants all men to be saved." There are two Greek words Paul could have used for "wants." Does he intend "desires" or "wills" in this case? The latter is much stronger and directive; what God wills is always accomplished.

Any application - applying Scripture to contemporary life - has to be consistent with the interpretation. It's often tempting to reverse the process and allow a really great application to influence interpretation. We call that eisegesis (reading a particular meaning into the text) instead of exegesis (getting the meaning out of the text).

Exegesis - doing the careful work of study in the original languages, studying things like word order, the flow of thoughts, points of emphasis created through syntax - comes more easily to some than others. For some it's hard work and for others, almost recreation. But the high calling of preaching and the power of spot-on application requires it.