Today

So I am posting tonight instead of tomorrow morning for a change.

I finally slept in to about 8:15. I think my body is finally adjusted to the four hour difference. I bought a puzzle at a thrift shop a couple days ago. it is a thousand piece sketched map of Anchorage. Sara and Celesta (Seths mom) love puzzles. So we will be working on it.

Seth and I hiked our first mountain of the year. It was a cloudy day. Flat Top Mountain is on the east side of Anchorage. There is a path up, but naturally, Seth made his own way through the bush. It was a beautiful hike. We got to the top and it was still cloudy. Then something amazing happened.

Recently, I have been asking the Lord to increase my faith. I have felt many times in my life, I live with a lack of faith. The bible says to walk by faith and not by sight. I do a lot of sight walking. So when I saw the clouds, I just sorta started to talk to God. I asked Him to move the clouds so I could see the view. About 30 seconds later, the wind picked up and the clouds blew away. The view of the valley was clear as well as the adjacent mountains. Yeah... it happened just like that. I asked Seth "Do you pray for stuff like that a lot?" He told me he does all the time.
I gotta start doing that more.

We ran down most of the mountain. I love running down mountains. It is one of the most exhilarating experiences I have ever had. I was thinking my theological thought of the day as I was running down. I think God created humans to be able to fly, but we lost that privilege because of sin and the fall. I think we will be able to fly again in the new heaven and new earth.

When we came home, Seths good friend Michael came over. Michael, Seth myself, and Seth's sisters had a tea party and watched Pride and Prejudice. I forgot how great a movie it is. It is right up there with the Notebook for best love stories ever. Elizabeth made some pretty awesome scones. Michael brought a ginormosly fantastical cinnamon roll. We all fought over the middle. Elisabeth was selfish and ate it.

Well, it is about that time. The clock says 12:18. Today was a great day. God is so good. Even when we don't deserve it. He is showing me how I don't deserve anything, yet His grace is abundant. Thank you Jesus.


Goodnight (and good morning to the lower 48)



JN