Archive for July, 2008
31 July 2008 | 07:07 AM
Another Organized Ride, and a Disorganized Blog Post
~~~Day’s Verse:Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me.Psalm 19:13~~~
I admit it. I’ve been bitten by the the long-distance bike ride bug, and I can’t stop going on long rides! Because I raised so much money for the Cape Cod Getaway, the MS Society let me register for free for [...]
29 July 2008 | 05:21 AM
Junk Mail
~~~Day’s Verse:May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.Psalm 19:14~~~
I hate junk mail. Probably 80% of the mail Ian and I receive at this point is junk mail; bills comprise another 15%; and the last 5% is actual mail [...]
24 July 2008 | 07:25 AM
Having Weather
~~~Day’s Verse:God continued, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I’m putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth [...]
20 July 2008 | 05:04 AM
Ants and Granola
~~~Day’?s Verse:Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!Proverbs 6:6~~~
Hey, this is pretty cool. Pledge to ride your bike more, and you could win a new Trek 7.2 through August 31.
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Yesterday I ate a yogurt, fruit, and granola parfait outside. One granola bit fell on the ground. Almost immediately, a [...]
19 July 2008 | 12:53 PM
Rummaging Through the Drawer
~~~Day’s Verse:By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Genesis 2:2~~~
These deep summer days feel almost unrelentingly soporific. You want to do nothing more strenuous than sit on the couch, although ideally you’d lie on the [...]
16 July 2008 | 08:26 AM
STP Ride Report – Yes, it is Long
~~~Day’s Verse:Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up.Ecclesiastes 4:9-10~~~
I’m sure you’re all dying to hear how the STP went, [...]
9 July 2008 | 05:02 PM
Pre-Flight Shakedown
~~~Day’?s Verse:Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.Matthew 6:34~~~
In almost exactly 12 hours I wing my way back to cool, temperate Washington to [...]
5 July 2008 | 12:15 PM
Directionally Inhibited
~~~Day’s Verse:Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Luke 12:33-34~~~
Today I went on a nice 50-mile ride. [...]
4 July 2008 | 10:55 AM
The Everything Drawer
~~~Day’s Verse:How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart?Cleanse me from these hidden faults.Keep your servant from deliberate sins!Don’t let them control me.Then I will be free of guiltand innocent of great sin.
May the words of my mouthand the meditation of my heartbe pleasing to you,O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.Psalm [...]
3 July 2008 | 02:50 PM
A Golden Rule Moment
~~~Day’s Verse:In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets.Matthew 7:12~~~
I got to be a Good Samaritan today. I was within a half-mile of our apartment when I came upon a guy walking his road bike along on the side walk. A [...]
