Buildings tumble, bridges fall. Lord, keep me and my ways in Yours.
Place in my path fruit that produces patience, and patience which builds my faith,
And faith which yields not to man's corruption and guileness.
Father, as this sojourner persists every dawn and dusk,
May he be a soldier, a nightwatchman, readying himself in the Word
In order that he may be steadfast and worthy and unashamed of You.
"Trust in the Lord forever: for in YAH, the Lord, is everlasting strength,"
Indeed the prophet wrote, and indeed help me to draw courage,
Courage of the Spirit. God be my shield and my sword forever. Amen.
Time for me to saddle up and remember my goal, to run the race, to search out the matters of God, and to exemplify Him. I do not always remember these things and so I suffer amazingly for it; alas, Christ healed me and saved me, and for that I walk in comfort in that knowledge. Summer is close: it's on next month's agenda. I've realized how great of a job God did in creating Woman. This past week I've noticed, I suppose as I have always noticed, this, that they are beautiful creatures, made after man and in the image of God. With that last clause I must strengthen myself in prayer to keep my way pure and see these gals as delticate creations. Delicate, yes, but with a little karate action they can be quite lethal. Ah, so prayer continues!
Work will go on for me here in the Puget Sound, with Milgard, with no summer breaks or recess of the sort which includes dodge ball or monkey bars. At midnight we will actually close down the production lines in light of Memorial Day, and so with ours hats off we will commemorate the holiday by cleaning the factory until 6 AM.
Once I become more settled into my apartment I will take some time to write more often here, and to others by way of snail mail I will hopefully correspond with. I ought to get my coffee made and be on my way a few minutes, so here comes to the end of my entry.
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weigh, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us" (Hebrews 12:1).
