“And the Lord said to him (Ananias), ‘Rise and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas look for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying’…”
~Acts 9:11~

Zorro and I went for a walk this morning. The boys were still asleep and I thought I’d give them a break from their responsibilities. Dad was in Arensville for chapel, though I was up before him this time so I could get to work on my panel handouts. I had my presentation this afternoon and passed. I felt slightly disappointed afterward that I hadn’t really tried to choose a video that was more exciting.

“It was nice to see your work”, said the teacher I had this summer. The word work made it feel so serious, like I should’ve taken this more seriously and made the afternoon less boring for them. But it’s over now and it is what is. You only have to do the panel once, so I don’t know if I’ll ever see this particular teacher again. I liked him a lot and he made the transition to a different place less formidable.

It was my birthday so naturally I’ve been thinking about life and death, mostly the latter. If I ever die I just want you to know that anything I say here is completely usable. There is no copyright on my words because they were a gift to me in the first place, and hopefully at some point, a gift to you. I’ve wanted to say that several times but at no point could ever bring myself to type it out. It was too much.

Too much to be at peace with and say. In Acts 9 and 10 there are two noted instances where God is working out details in tandem. The first is with Saul and Ananias. God confronts Saul on the road to Damascus and tells him next what he is to do. Then he makes himself known to Ananias who is now supposed to go looking for Saul, or more precisely, he tells him exactly where Saul is at. Ananias finds him.

The second instance happens between the centurion and Peter. God tells the centurion where to find Peter, and at the same time in his own way, God sets the stage with Peter for the centurion’s men who are coming. So it is in our lives where God is working behind the scenes, in ways he tells us and ways he doesn’t, but may have told someone else. And then the scenes come together to form the fuller story.