The Most Wonderful Time

It can be the most wonderful time of the year if you are securely anchored in the middle of God's arms. I think I used two metaphors there... 

God moved into our neighborhood the day Jesus was born. You can mess with that story with your philosophy and revisionist history and skeptical religiosity, but the fact remains that God came to earth on a rescue mission. 

From that day forward he's been rescuing people and hanging out with those who believe. The world is still going to hell and yes, there won't be any bail out clause in the end. It isn't a message of hate but one of compassionate mercy and love that God would care so much to show up at your door. He just wants to hang out and be with you and allow his life to transform you.

Yah, I'm rambling again. But I know this God. He's in my house. He's with me daily and he has access to the deeper rooms of my house. From time to time I screw up because I try to live without him. Try that out with your spouse. You'll see what happens. You both get miserable. But I'm on the road. I'm journeying with God throughout the rest of my days on this planet. And that makes this the most wonderful time...

For Starters

Not necessarily in a blogging mood, but think I should start something. And if it is possible to post from anywhere without the massive overhead of an iWeb upload, this will be great. One more thing to test is the google calendar feature. Maybe google will be our hub vs .mac. Not sure.

Glad to try this out.

Today is my first official "day off" and I've been downloading chinese language podcasts via iTunes. Free of course. What is the likelihood of learning Mandarin? And is it the gateway to justifying an ipod video. Still waiting for that elusive video ipod that us old types can actually see! What's the point of a 2 1/2 screen to watch tv on...maybe an iphone will be worth the price of admission just to see video in a 3 1/2 inch format. I still long for the virtual screen that sort of rises from the ipod in 3d array. I saw it on Bones - why not from Apple??? ;-)

And today, as a day off/time out day, should also be a time to catch God's word for Living Hope for this Sunday. Praying, sort of. But I do want to hear from God each week and what better way to hear than by listening, with brain uncluttered - cluttered today though! Chinese? Mission Peak? Stuff at work... and listening to Anberlin: Dance, Dance, Christa Paffgen! What's that supposed to mean?