Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
What is your mission?
So, somebody started “bloganuary” a series of prompts to encourage blogging and here is the first one I’ve seen. A simple question “What is your mission?” Do I have a mission, should I have one? What would it be? It’s a pretty big and open question for sure.
Perhaps right now it’s “Survival”. There have been a number of health challenges over the last few years and they seem to be piling up a bit. I’m not ready to be done. With long life He will satisfy me. Psalm 91:16
On December 20, 2023 Shirley and I attended Easton and Clark’s school Christmas Concert at St. John Brebeuf School.
The concert was an excellent Christ centred production that involved K-6 and told the traditional Christmas story in a fun kid friendly way with some contemporary twists. Our seats were in the centre of the sanctuary which provided a good view of the production but was a little far back for my camera and len. I cropped all the photos to emphasis the stage and performers which resulted in photographs like this.
I put all the concert photos over on my flickr site at Easton & Clark Christmas Concert 2023.
Of course we were there primarily to see Easton and Clark who were buried in with all their classmates. Here is Easton’s group. That’s him just to the left of the Rosenthal’s sign in the back row.
Easton in the centre with the green head band.
Similarly, Clark’s in a large group with his class.
The good looking guy in the centre. ?
And then there is the grand finale with everyone on stage and spilling off on both sides.
Hydro is upgrading the electrical service in our area and today the power is off while they replace a nearby hydro pole.
At about 9:30am the power goes off and the process begins. They go from this…
… to this.
Four houses are directly connected to this pole. Their connections were cut off and a ground crew attached extensions to these connections for re-attachment later in the day. While this was happening the person in the aerial bucket disconnected all the wires from the pole and removed all the various attachments like the transformer and cross bars.
Once everything was disconnected from the pole it was cut into several pieces and lowered to the ground. All this happened while the boom truck was wedged between two garages.
A different boom truck was brought in to place the new pole and a vacuum truck prepped the hole and suctioned away the debris. With the new pole carefully put in place a new transformer is attached and all the lines are re-attached. These lines are all “live” and the one at the top of the pole is the main power wire. I have no idea what the voltage is but it’s a lot. The guy is very careful to keep everything insulated and isolated during the process.
As promised the power went back on shortly after 4pm. the house was starting to get a little cool so we’re very thankful to have everything up and running again. Quite an eye opener to realize just how dependent we are on electricity and how much we just take it for granted. There were so many times we tried to flip on a light switch or were surprises why the fridge was so dark and that we can’t warm up some lunch in the microwave. We had flashlights and of course the phones but the flashlight batteries could use a refresh as they were quite dim.
Sunset was 4:36pm and they did continue working for a while in the twilight. An excellent job and you could tell they were really hustling towards the end to make the 4pm deadline.
Two days later the boom truck is back and it seems like they are re-tensioning all the bolts connecting various parts to the pole. In about an hour they are gone and the job seems complete.
Come…
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or exhausted, come.
If you’re feeling grateful or expectant, come.
If you’re feeling joyful or grievous, confident or doubtful, encouraged or frustrated, come.“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!”
Psalm 95:6There’s something about falling on our faces before the One who created us—and everything that exists—that reminds us of who He is and who we are not.
When was the last time you stopped—in your car, in your kitchen, in your rushing, in your humanness—to simply come to God?
When you notice a gorgeous sunset, come.
When you can’t see through your tears, come.
When you’re captivated by a child’s smile, come.
When you’re overwhelmed by bad news, come.
When you’re motivated to make an impact, come.
When you’re deflated beyond words, come.Come to the Lord, your Maker.
He has already come to you.
Wow, God is listening to me.
I saved the verse image and I’m sure I had some more profound insight and thoughts. I should have added my thoughts right then and there. Note to self ?
Waiting seems to be a big theme in a lot of the Bible. The challenge I think is to wait confidently
Surrendering our lives to Jesus is not an oath of perfection; it’s a statement of allegiance. It’s not just one moment in our lives. It’s a reorientation and alignment of our hearts to bring our minds, emotions, and wills into daily submission to his plan and purpose for us. Life is a journey in relationship with Jesus, following him each step of the way. We experience a life of freedom and fruitfulness through a succession of individual days of following him.
Go Do Say Give: The Freedom Of Surrender To Jesus: Day 7 • Devotional
I was surprised and very pleased that one of my photographs on Instagram …
… was an inspiration for a wonderful piece of art!
I’ve taken to calling these trees the Three Sisters.
“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, the good news of peace and salvation, the news that the God of Israel reigns!”
Isaiah 52:7 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/isa.52.7.NLT
“And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!””
Romans 10:15 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/rom.10.15.NLT
Connecting OT and NT with a revelation, for me anyways. ?
