Walk It Out

There is a car part that reaches between the front and rear axles.


That part no longer reaches the front axle.

Therefore, we will not be driving for the time being. The fix should not take too long, once we call the peeps to fix it, and once they get to the house, and once they have their proper tools. The End.

What happened, you ask? I ask it, too.


I went jogging again earlier today. Earlier, as in earlier than last week's jogging, as in at 3:45 rather than 4:45 ante meridian, I left the house to walk a mile so that I could jog more than a mile with a group of Youth from the Global Evangelical Church. Yippee. We went farther this week than last week, and I was in pace setting line this time. We travelled quite a ways ('quite a ways'; is that the way you say it?), and after the cooldown we went to eat breakfast...because we finished before 8 a. m. Breakfast was quite heavy, but tasty, after which we walked back to my house to chill for a little while and get out of the heat.

Also today, the first session of Youth leader teaching took place. Out of the three leaders who agreed to come, one made it. We talked about observation as a biblical study tool. Observation in this context is surface-level sight. It is studying that begins and ends with the gramatical aspects of verses, passages, and whole books. Repititions, connecting words, writing genres, and transitions all help us to understand the way the Bible flows, even before getting to the interpretation of the texts.


Here is the deal: I am writing this a few hours before I normally go to sleep, and yet I am as tired as...a very tired person who woke up at ZERO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

On that note, I will take my leave.

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Life's Aul

Haven't we been changed by the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ? What is there to be said concerning the presence, power, and promises of God Almighty? Are they ineffectual? Is the Divine Love in vain? Where is the change in my life? In yours?

Or is it the appropriation of this God's life onto, into, around, through our own existence? Is it propositional knowledge, or is it relationship? The difference between the two is worth noting. On the one hand, the intellect reigns, without solid footing; mindless speculation abounds, leading to high-sonding nonsense and "ownership" of the infinite. On the other, intellect is fed by experience; hope is not seen, but the evidence of said unseen awaits to enwrap us all in an unforseen-yet-expected. A serendipitous embrace. O, that I might attain unto the loftiness of the plans for me by my Infinite Benevolent.

Today, we worked. I would upload a photo of our progress but, alas and alack, I reside in Nkwanta, Ghana, where picutres swallow bandwidths whole. Perhaps you could keep up with the progress by clicking on the picture of the sky at the top of the page. To keep you updated, we have begun to fill the first part of the Nkwanta Leasership Empowerment Center. Jeremy, David (my cousin), Evans, and I all worked together to shovel sand into the first of many holes, and mark the beginning of the foundation-filling journey. Worked about 5 hours, and I've actually just woken up from a nap [that I will be resuming soon enough, and with great pleasure] to fill you in (get it?) on what's happening with WorldVenture Ghana. To add the cherry ont top of an already sumptuous pretty please, we have our own truck! I know, you're like, "Yay," in that uncertain-of-what's-going-on kind of way. With the truck, we can cut down on the cost of transporting goods (eggs en masse, dirt, etc), which means that we can put more money directly towards the ministry with less heartache! God has provided yet again; feel free to get in on the action if you aren't in already. How? Click on that big picture at the top of the screen. It is so cool.

I have also been given the privilege of teaching one of the local Youth groups tomorrow evening. The topic is "The Renewal of the Mind," Which spans passages in Philippians chapter 2, Ephesians 2 and 4, and Romans chapter 12. I'm always excited to speak to Youth, and this is another time when I will get to incorporate my passion, Identity in Christ, into the lesson. I plan to teach no longer than 30 minutes, and then to field questions, as per the pastor's request. I hope and pray that all goes well, and that I treat the Word of God appropriately.

Keep answering those questions put forth in the "To Begin" blog and following. Who are you? Why does it matter? What does it mean? Write down the reason that God has placed you on this planet. Take your time. Pray. Again. and Again. Live in Love.

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Psalm 119:35

Make me walk along the path of your commands, for that is where my happiness is found.

-- Psalm 119:35

…for that is where my happiness is found.

Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

--John 4:34

O, would that the sustenance of my soul were to do the will of the Father.  Rather, I wish this truth to be ever present upon my conscience.  Indeed, the word of the Lord does satisfy, as water in a dry, weary land.  True, also, that I hide that word in my heart so as to continually appropriate my acceptability before God.  Yet, I find myself along other paths—though all my heart groans for rightness.  I need not search for alternative places of respite from the evil within and without.  That Way is the one of my inclination; I would be well pleased should I traverse its ground.  As arithmetic brings self-evident truths, so here, my happiness is most assuredly found along the path of your commands.  I would find myself fulfilled even as the Lord is fulfilled: completely, totally, certainly, utterly, eternally, sufficiently.