We attended a church staff/spouse retreat last week in the mountains east of Salt Lake City. It was a relaxing time. I even convinced Jen to join me for a round of golf. She shot a 49 on 9 holes. Of course we played 18 and she only counted the nine she did acceptably well on. Those were the only holes she put on the scorecard. The rest of the holes she just recorded a smiley face. (
The main speaker at the conference was a Pastor from Georgia, Frank Cox. His topic, “Trusting God’s Heart.” The sub topic, “When you cannot trace God’s hand, trust His heart.” That comes from a quote by Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
“God is too good to be unkind,
He is too wise to be mistaken.
When you cannot trace His hand,
You can always trust His heart.
That is a terrific statement of faith and hope. If you are interested in his story, he has written a book. It is called, Trusting God’s Heart, Finding Peace in Times of Sorrow. I recommend it.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Monday, July 03, 2006
Independence Day Greetings
A long weekend every once in a while is really nice. Today, Monday July 3, 2006, I didn’t go in to the office so I could spend the day with Jen doing some of the chores around the house that pile up. Actually I tried to finish the deck I have been building, but alas, there is still more to do.
When Jen works Holidays, and she seems to work most of them, it isn’t much fun celebrating by myself. Instead, I plan to use tomorrow to get several days study and planning done. Everyone else will be busy so I should have the day to myself. Unless I go play golf, or work on the deck some more, or go see some fireworks, or take a hike in the mountains, or . . . well you get the idea. There are always a million things to do.
Tonight some friends invited us over for an American Revolutionary Period Dinner. All of the foods were from recipes from the Revolutionary period. At my plate I used a fork and knife from that period. The fork was like a serving fork, two tines, very sharp. It was like the fork you use to hold the turkey still while you carve it, only it was personal size, not serving size. It had an antler handle, a real antique. The knife was like a regular butter knife except the blade was about 3 times as wide and very thin. I enjoyed the experience.
Happy 4th of July. (BIG BOOM)
When Jen works Holidays, and she seems to work most of them, it isn’t much fun celebrating by myself. Instead, I plan to use tomorrow to get several days study and planning done. Everyone else will be busy so I should have the day to myself. Unless I go play golf, or work on the deck some more, or go see some fireworks, or take a hike in the mountains, or . . . well you get the idea. There are always a million things to do.
Tonight some friends invited us over for an American Revolutionary Period Dinner. All of the foods were from recipes from the Revolutionary period. At my plate I used a fork and knife from that period. The fork was like a serving fork, two tines, very sharp. It was like the fork you use to hold the turkey still while you carve it, only it was personal size, not serving size. It had an antler handle, a real antique. The knife was like a regular butter knife except the blade was about 3 times as wide and very thin. I enjoyed the experience.
Happy 4th of July. (BIG BOOM)
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