Dr. Manhattan:
"...But the world is so full of people, so crowded with these miracles that they become commonplace and we forget...I forget. We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away. Come...Dry your eyes, for you are life, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg..."Moore, Alan. Watchmen. Chapter IX, 27.
I don't know about you but I can't pray this Psalm, at least this verse, honestly:
"Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,
And I have trusted in the Lord without wavering..." Ps. 26:1
Without wavering, C'mon!
However, when I look a few verses later I find that I can pray this:
"...Redeem me, and be gracious to me." 26:11b
I love it. The warming of the globe is definitely occurring here today and tomorrow. For that I am thankful:
"REDWOOD COAST-MENDOCINO COAST-NORTH COAST INTERIOR- UPPER TRINITY RIVER- MENDOCINO INTERIOR- 256 PM PDT THU MAY 15 2008...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND...
A VERY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER 70S TO LOWER 80S AT THE COAST AND MID 90S TO 104 IN THE INLAND AREAS. A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN THIS WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO WEAKEN OVER THE REGION." (Text Source)
"Life is a mission, not a career." Stephen Covey
Amen.
(Source: p. 158, The Leader of the Future)
I am no longer a DPA employee. I said goodbye to my co-workers on Wednesday.
Even more shocking to some I am no longer a Hunan Village waiter.
Just in case you didn't know.
Merry Christmas!
Tonight my cousin came home. Now, for the first time in 8 years he's home.
His characteristic ear to ear smile was on full display this evening and it was matched and mingled with the smiles and laughs of friends and family.
Again, I laugh in the home of my Aunt and Uncle, but this time the laugh is complete because my cousin is laughing with us. The joy is complete because this time he is there.
Tonight I had the pleasure of introducing my wife to him for the first time. I experienced the joy of watching him laugh with my nieces whom he, aside from pictures, has never seen. I watched old friends and family just look at him, amazed and thankful that it actually, really was him in the living room. Tonight I'm thankful to God that my cousin came home.
I am also reminded that my joy should be full each and every day because I am free from the prison of sin. There is so much to be thankful for. So much grace and freedom in my life. I'm free because of Jesus. There is no greater joy than this. I don't always experience it because I don't really acknowledge what I've been set free from, if I really knew the state of my previous confinement my heart would consistently overflow with joy for my Deliverer.
God thank you for the mercy of bringing my cousin home, and thank you for showing me the mercy of Jesus my Deliverer from sin each and every day.
