back to work... er.. if that's what you call it.

hi all.

it's been several weeks since my last post.

if you're a friend or family you know that this is mostly because of the recent death of my great-grandmother.

i spent the 4th of july scanning all of her photos at her house.

it was emotionally draining to say the least but fun to look at old pictures of my parents and the rest of my family.

i'll post a few here this weekend.

and now a funny story related to granny's memorial service.

because of my background in graphic design, i seem to get nominated for a lot of jobs that i may not necessarily want to be considered for.

case in point: granny's memorial service programs.

the funeral home wanted to charge a ridiculous amount for design, layout and printing so i was asked to step up to the plate on short notice.

i went to compusa and bought a new epson scanner/copier/print/bass-o-matic to serve the needs of this print job.

i stayed late at work a few days prior to the service and created a layout that i thought was suitably pretty and still respectable considering the somber occasion.

i was asked to include a picture with name and birth/death years on the cover, the obituary and program info inside and the lyrics to granny's favorite song for singing after the program.

i had a little space left inside for a personal thank you to all of the family's loved ones for their support during this time of grieving and i also wanted to highlight the Bible's hope of a resurrection for faithful Christians.

Rather than getting too preachy, I simply referenced the scriptures in italicized text - Revelation 21:3,4 and Matthew 5:28,29.

As I keyed in the scriptures, I thought to myself "Matthew 5:28,29??? That doesn't quite sound right. But I'm certain that it is. It's definitely 5:28,29."

Since I didn't have my Bible with me at work, I let it go. After all, I was fairly certain that I had it correct.

A day later at Bible Study group, it popped back into my head.

I thought that maybe I should double-check just to be 100% sure.

It turns out that I had the wrong Gospel entirely.

What I wanted was John 5:28,29.

Matthew 5:28,29 from the Sermon on the Mount says (paraphrasing) "Truly I say to you that whoever looks at a woman so as to have a passion for her has already committed fornication in his heart."

Thankfully, I hadn't printed them yet.

Though I giggled when I imagined the confusion that it would have caused at the memorial service.