Good grief, haven’t I driven you people off yet? I see from my stats that there are still several hundred people who come here on purpose every day – not via a search engine – even though I haven’t been posting regularly. I’m honored. Seriously. And since you seem determined to show up anyway, I’ll try to make it worth your while.
I’ve been really out of sorts since L. died. When they closed the coffin, I kept my eyes on her the whole time – I can still see the lid coming down on her. Very sobering. There is no more clear reminder than death of what’s really important. Well, maybe one thing… I have a friend I love dearly, who has always been very tolerant of my faith. She thought I was a fool, of course… it was one of my major flaws, but she put up with me because I don’t proselytize. Several months ago she finally got curious, and after 35 years of not attending church, started attending church with me and started attending Alpha, a course my church conducts twice a year. Seek, and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you. I have always believed that an honest seeker cannot help but find God – because it’s God who gives us the impetus to seek in the first place.
For whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, for Him to be the First-born among many brothers. But whom He predestinated, these He also called; and whom He called, those He also justified. And whom He justified, these He also glorified. (Romans 8:29-30)
Now she’s not just my friend, but my sister in Christ. God is so good. And her salvation reminds me of the joy of my own, and how far He has brought me since then.
Things are very much in flux for me right now, and I have four posts that I just can’t seem to finish. Honestly, nothing seems worthwhile to write about – it’s all a vapor and a thousand years from now no one will care. Heck, a week from now by tomorrow, no one will care. I’m thinking that if I keep this blog up a change of direction is in order.
