I like to try new things. That doesn’t mean that change is easy!
So, off to a dirt drag and power pulling day at the races. I invited my daughter and her family.
RIGHT DECISION.
Read about the day in my article for our local social media – Kindersley Social.
I was an early adopter of the internet – back when it wasn’t even called the internet. Staying abreast of all that is happening . . . that’s another question. I am not a Luddite (check that out on Google). I am also not a naive fan.
As with any new technology, there is the good and the bad.
Most often we want to hear the bad first.
Like, being charged three times on a credit card for what should have been one transaction. For all the fixes that you can get from customer service and other service providers, the hacker is more than likely still loose.
Or, the blog posting software is being hacked across a number of platforms – yours is potentially one. So, a fix for the many interrupts the programming you had in place. Now you have to reprogram – after a bit of frustration trying to figure out the problem.
Or, the foreign gift offerings of millions of dollars if you will only give them access to your bank account.
Or, searching for an item on-line, and finding when you turn to your facebook account, an advertizement appears which would fulfil your previous search.
The good news?
While I struggle to discern when fake news arises, I now use Google to solve many immediate problems, or YouTube to give me directions. I can quickly contact someone. I can even send pictures of a recent event to interested parties.
What God has created, we get to manage and have dominion over.
My sister was in town – with her husband.
From Oregon.
Saturday night we joined with the “crazy aunties”, another sister and a cousin for an uproarious time. The talking filled all the space in the room for all the time we had together.
Then Sunday we had three sets of pastors, their spouses and some of their families for dinner. We talked about knowing yourself, church and God. As though they were not work related but rather life related!
And that was the weekend that was.
I’d do it over again in a heartbeat.
And yes, that type of weekend does make my heart beat!
I’m working on two sermons right now.
Being retired, I get to do many things which I love – or am coming to love!
Such diverse things as renovations, cooking meals, washing clothes, organizing things (OK, that’s been just plain fun since I was in grade school), and write. My sermons are just my way of writing what I’m thinking – except organized!
The first sermon stretches me – the topic is “What should I boast about?”. From Jeremiah 9:23-24.
Boast in knowing God and obeying God – not power, riches or wisdom. The last one is the hard one – I’ve always liked the thought, now that my hair is gone up top, that I still have something else up there that is worth it (whatever “it” is)!
The other comes from the narrative of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego found in the Old Testament Book of Daniel. When I read a story, I get all sorts of ideas.
Off the top, there are such topics as: Names they kept, food they ate, loyalty they demonstrated, friends they chose, God who rescues, place for everyone. Not a bad set of thoughts when you consider they were the oppressed/conquered ones.
Any other thoughts – feel free to comment!