The snow is being blown by a Klipper wind. I’ve shovelled three walks already today, and will do a second shift later today.
The wind blows north from Alberta, diagonally through Saskatchewan and onward from there.
I’ve never heard of this wind before, but I guess it has been around. Our local hockey team is called the Klippers. I guess the idea was that they would skate like the wind! At least this weekend they got a point or two!!
He’s gone.
He came in the night.
She let him in – he needed a place to stay.
Then, he departed to his old haunts. To take care of business. To find himself.
Not many days later, he was back. With his same habits, and hauntings.
She took him in again. He didn’t fit. He needed to go.
In the morning, at 1:10 am, he boarded the bus.
To another city, another province. And maybe eternity.
His life span will be short at the present rate.
He’s heard truth. He’s seen truth. But will he grip The Truth?
I’m giving the opening prayer at the local Remembrance Day service. Here is what I will be praying:
God, we are not here to start another war. If anything, that wars would cease and peace would reign, is our opening prayer.
At the same time we recognize the sacrifices given for us. Where evil has reigned we have desired good to triumph. Over the years this task, passed from generation to generation, has been sacrificial, even to the shedding of blood.
We give thanks for lives given and freedom obtained. In sorrow we grieve unfulfilled dreams, shattered hopes and blood spilt.
Grant us in these moments, your comfort, counsel and wisdom – as we pray in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. AMEN.
I’m reading Erwin McManus’ The Barbarian Way. Small book but good thoughts.
From page 53:
“Just do whatever God calls you to do the moment it is clear to you. Do not procrastinate; do not hesitate; do not deviate from whatever course of action He calls you to. But I want to warn you, the closer you walk with Christ, the greater the faith required. The more you trust Him, the more you’ll risk on HIs behalf. The more you love Him, the more you will love others. If you genuinely embrace His sacrifice, you will joyfully embrace a sacrificial life.”
More on the committed life in my theology blog for November 10, 2005