August 30, 2005

• Good Morning,

  
  

  The sleepyheads are at it, I have showed, come downstairs for coffee, and figured I would check in. We drive home today, hopefully ahead of the hurricane rains which are predicted to reach here sometime today. The kids have held up well even though it wasn’t as fun for them as I would have liked. The pool was open at least!

  
  

  We went to a museum of invention, walked into the dark first floor and realized the museum was closed. We peeked at a few exhibits until middle son in his great brilliance decided to push an elevator button. We figured our presence would quickly be detected, so we left quickly. Sigh, buttons and kids! Then we went to a place called Quaker Square that had sweet knick-knacks, and we checked it out, it was in the old Quaker Oats factory, and they still had the mills turning, etc. Picked up a pie and left it at my husband’s company for the employees. But there is not that much to do in Akron for teens, but the most exciting thing for me was to walk into a magazine shop and the two employees were having a wonderful discussion about the Bible! You don’t get that in upstate New York, so much.

  
  

  Thank you for your prayers, I am concerned about the company, but in the stock market, things can switch from one day to another, if the company picks the right stocks. So I am praying for them to have clarity of mind, for it is not only our jobs, but also the people who trust their funds to the company that are affected.

  
  

  We drive home today, and I am praying for traveling mercies.

  
  

  Here are a few quotes from Yancey’s The Bible Jesus Read

  
  

  In talking about utopians and those who search through Exodus for a few choice nuggets to pull out, but avoid the rest of the Law in Deuteronomy.

  
  

  ” Often these utopians end up creating a political system more tyrannical than the one they sought liberation from. African colonies drive out the imperialists only to face new crises of tribalism and independence. Small countries escape the dark shadow of the Soviet Union only to disintegrate into civil war. The Old Testament should come with a warning: Don’t read Exodus without also reading Deuteronomy. It would save a lot of disillusionment for politicians and preachers both.

  
  

  Yancey claimed that he had a hard time with the book of Psalms for it was messy, happy Psalms followed by dirges, love of God followed by angry or disappointed expressions of God. he finally came to a realization that I was blessed to get from a Beth Moore study on David, that the Psalms represent a persons prayers in a particular situation.

  
  

  …”The book of Psalms comprises a sampling of spiritual journals, much like personal letters to God. I had lacked a lens through which to view the book.”

  
  

  “More than any other book in the Bible, Psalms reveals what a heartfelt, soul-starved, single-minded relationship with God looks like.”

  
  

  “I have come to see these psalms as calling for different kinds of faith, Psalm 23 models childlike faith, and Psalm 22 models fidelity, a deeper, more mysterious kind of faith. Life with God may include both.”

  
  

  “From Psalms I have learned that I can rightfully bring to God whatever I feel about him. I need not paper over my failures and try to clean up my own rottenness; far better to bring those weaknesses to God, who alone has the power to heal.”

  
  

  I am so glad I brought this book with me to feed my soul as I travel, it has helped me a lot.

  
  

  Have a blessed day.

  
  

  Heather

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