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Well, there are days when you feel that life is drifting.  Not in a bad sense.  But in the sense of slowing down to make way for regeneration. 

After a year of activity, uncertainty and hope this lull is just what is needed.  Not that a lull means less work time!  Just a lift in intensity. 

Two weeks from now we are hoping to be at a cabin in northern Saskatchewan.  There is no TV, no computer hookup, and no lack of time to relax.  Until then, there are  few things to care for and activities to work on.

Thankfully, summer is here!  I feel a song coming on .  .  . Summertime, and the livin’ is easy . . .

My daughter and her kids enjoyed another day with us. 

Hannah (3 months) continues to have great smiles and deep cries.  Feeding times are regular and sleeps happen just as regularly. 

Christopher (3 years) loves to try new things, but also has his own mind.  We’ve had a good ride to do an errand, and tried to encourage eating a whole hamburger.

When all is said and done, and as the day winds down, I’m glad they’ve been able to join us.  Living hours apart means these times are the link.  I’m always glad when you can sense they know who you are.  Too bad that the times together are spread apart by months at a time. 

So, one more sleep over and then they plan on heading back.  Thanks for a good time together and we look forward to the next time.

Within the past month I have touched base with at least seven people who  have moved within our town.  Some are moving from a rental to an owned home.  Others are going from a detached home to a condominium.   Others from one rental to another.  Perhaps the most fun to watch is those who are going from a fair sized home to a downsized rental.

I’ve prayed for strength for those who are moving, in the midst of tensions that arise.  For the younger people who move, the tension is more on the side of expectation of hope.  For those older, the tension tends to come with expectation of uncertainty. 

In tests of stress, a move  places  you on the scale right up there with a loved one dying.  You can see some of that as you walk amongst the “moved ones”.  One told me to not become a collector.  Another hopes this is the last move.

To lump these location changers all together is a mistake.  Moving can be a sign of deterioration or of expansion.  The change of abode can mean new and exciting surroundings or leaving behind the familiar and the certain.

So, if you are wandering the streets of Kindersley or are out for coffee, don’t be surprised if the conversation turns to the drought, the price of oil and what it’s like to move!!

As I head into preaching for the summer, I’m looking at taking some of the common Psalms and speaking on them.  Many of us know the 23rd Psalm (Shepherd Psalm), or the 51st Psalm (where David pours out his anguish over his immorality and murder).

As I’ve been researching, I find it interesting that the Psalms are divided into 5 parts, the same as the Torah (first five books of the Bible called the books of the law).

There is every reason to believe that when the first Psalm talks of those who meditate on the law of God, this refers to the Torah but also in some way to the Psalms themselves, which are structured the same as the Torah.

As one writer says, “Regardless of the fact that the Psalms originated as the response of faithful persons to God, they are now to be understood also as God’s Word to the faithful.”

With that in mind (and just starting to germinated in my mind!), I look forward to this summer adventure.