God is the perfect Father. This means, among other things, that He is ridiculously easy to please, and impossibly difficult to satisfy. He is here with us today, and He rejoices with us. He is delighted with us. [O]ur hearts are full and overflowing, and that is how He designed it to work.

Wedding exhortation to Caleb and Katie, Douglas Wilson

I got a God-fearing woman
One I can easily afford
I got a God-fearing woman
One I can easily afford
She can do the Georgia crawl
She can walk in the spirit of the Lord.

Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking, Bob Dylan

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65F5CC20100616

Warren Buffet and Bill Gates have started a campaign - the Giving Pledge - calling the world’s richest to commit to giving away at least half of their fortunes to philanthropy.

It reminds me of J.C. Penney - http://www.nndb.com/people/656/000160176/

Children ‘more likely to own a mobile phone than a book’.

A recent study in the U.K. surveyed over 17,000 children ages 7-16 and finds that 85.5 per cent of pupils had their own mobile phone, compared with 72.6 per cent who had their own books.

“Often guys will say, ‘I love Susie.’ This does not necessarily mean they are interested in Susie’s best interest, but rather, ‘I really like the sensations which occur in me whenever Susie is around.’ When a boy says, ‘I love ice cream’ he is not seeking the ice cream’s best interest. He loves the sensation ice cream gives him. In short, he loves himself…

So the time a person spends when he is single should be time spent in preparation for marriage. This is important even if he never gets married. This is because biblical preparation for marriage is nothing more than learning to follow Jesus Christ and to love one’s neighbor. In other words, preparation for Christian marriage is basically the same as preparation for Christian living. Christians are to prepare for marriage by learning self-denial, subduing their pride, and putting their neighbor first. Once they learn to love God and love their neighbor, they are prepared to enter into the covenant of marriage with one of their neighbors. These are issues which should be in the forefront of every parent’s mind as their children approach the age when they may court and marry.“ (Her Hand in Marriage: Biblical Courtship in the Modern World, pp. 83-85).