This afternoon has been so calm. Im on my front porch in the shade with the breeze – the sun shifting around the brick pillar towards my foot as it moves through the sky, my best friend (Amy of course) and these two little paperbacks.

Life is good.

Travis

Travis

Read this today, thought I’d share it:

6 But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day 7 and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the LORD’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?”

8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

9 Then the LORD said to Moses, 10 “Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they may still celebrate the LORD’s Passover. 11 They are to celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.

The people had a very legitimate concern, valid questions about how God’s law applied to them so they came to Moses.  Moses said to wait until we hear what God thinks about it.

If only we took this approach more often – if only I took this approach more often.  Today let’s start again hearing from God before we decide on what our next decision should be.

Travis

“The end is not the end.”
From the band House of Heroes – and a billion other poets over the ages.

This reminder brings me to reflect on my so often temporary view of things.

Does the thought change anything for you?

Travis

What if we were named for what we did? For starters, if we were named for what we did then three year olds could name everyone.

Tonight my three year old came in the kitchen while I was washing dishes and said, “Daddy, we should call her “pottie” (her being Sophie, our puppy). Because that is all she does anyways.”

Simple. Genius.

So, what would people call you?

Travis