Along the path...

Pondering time...

There’s been way too much space between the last post and this one.  For that Snavely and I apologize.  Part of the issue is that we have not followed the advice of A.W. Tozer that we posted in the last missive.  We’ve been busy “doing” with very little time “being.”  

I’m not sure whether it falls under “doing” or “being,” but I love to read…and to share what I’m reading with others.  I’m usually reading two or three books at one time, which, up until recently, has been a challenge because one or more of my “reading” books gets put away by a helpful person.  I say “recently, “ because I’ve just become the owner of an Amazon Kindle Reader – an amazing little device that allows me to download books – hundreds of them – and keeps track of where I am in each book!  It coordinates over the internet with my laptop and my desktop computers, so I can read wherever I am…never losing my place.  And the battery lasts up to 30 days.  This amazing little machine has encouraged me to spend more time “being.”  I am able to read from some of the best Christian and secular authors, as well as the new NET Bible, with just a flick of my thumb.  And then I spend time just “being,” absorbing and experiencing what I’ve read.  And Father helps me with the absorbing and experiencing – bringing people, events, times, places, and experiences into my mind to ponder, appreciate and understand, from an entirely new perspective – his.  They are good times. 

So, as summer begins where you are…and the rainy season begins where I am…I wish you much time to ponder with Father…he knows us very well.  He wants us to know more about him. He’s one of the most interesting people we’ll ever meet, especially when we give ourselves time to really know him.  So, until next time, happy pondering.