Status Report: August

Sitting…on the couch in the living room. I’d like to be outside, but it’s too hot for me there. We don’t get too hot very often, so I’m not complaining.

Drinking…water. Lots of water.

Trying…to get my life organized again after the wedding and company and days full of activity. Trying to get back to blogging, too. I did manage to do some reading during my vacation. Maybe I should work on a book review first.

Picking…fresh lettuce, tomatoes and brocolli from the garden. Starting to pick the raspberries, too. I love this time of year because I can  walk out right before supper and harvest a salad.

Wishing…there were no mosquitoes or wasps. Don’t like ‘em at all.

Remembering…what fun the wedding was. Serious where a wedding should be serious, and fun where a wedding should be fun. And always joyful.

Deciding…what to do with all the household stuff my now married son is returning to me. Should I just pack it up and donate it to the Salvation Army? After all, I didn’t miss it when he was using it. Or should I store it  all in the basement in case another of my kids needs it?

Anticipating…youngest daughter’s return home after an overnight in Vancouver. She should be here in a few minutes unless the plane is late.

Reading…40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible by Robert Plummer. I’m not reading the questions and answers in order, but jumping back and forth as the mood strikes and feeling a little naughty.

Listening…to these audio talks from D. A. Carson and thinking he must be a presuppositionalist. Also listening to the pup make an extended racket with a squealing rubber ball. He’s outside, but it still is annoyingly loud. Who gave him that thing, anyway?

Hoping…that youngest daughter, who just arrived home, is not getting sick, but is just really, really tired from a too-heavy work schedule.

Thanking…God for family, for hot weather, for our funny pup.

Sunday Hymn

Fill Thou My Life

Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God,
In every part with praise,
That my whole being may proclaim
Thy being and Thy ways.
Not for the lip of praise alone,
Nor e’en the praising heart
I ask, but for a life made up
Of praise in every part!

Praise in the common words I speak,
Life’s common looks and tones,
In fellowship in hearth and board
With my belovèd ones;
Not in the temple crowd alone
Where holy voices chime,
But in the silent paths of earth,
The quiet rooms of time.

Fill every part of me with praise;
Let all my being speak
Of Thee and of Thy love, O Lord,
Poor though I be, and weak.
So shalt Thou, Lord, from me, e’en me,
Receive the glory due;
And so shall I begin on earth
The song forever new.

So shall each fear, each fret, each care
Be turned into a song,
And every winding of the way
The echo shall prolong;
So shall no part of day or night
From sacredness be free;
But all my life, in every step
Be fellowship with Thee.

—Horatius Bonar

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Lord’s Day 31, 2010 at The Thirsty Theologian
• All Hail the Power of Jesus Name at Whatever Is Good
• Amazing Grace at Field Stone Cottage
• Father of Heav’n at Hiraeth
• The Golden Morn is Breaking at Conjubilant with Song

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

My Place 10

Andrew and Jenny, July 24, 2010

I’m not quite ready to resume blogging, but here’s a photo from my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding reception, which was a casual barbecue (a proper Yukon summer reception, really) at a very lovely cabin on a lake 45 minutes from town. Here, the bride and groom prepare to cut their cake, which was made for them by the bride’s aunt. The venue was generously provided by the bride’s grandparents.

Entertaining the Children

I should have photos from the ceremony later. I know you want to see the bride in her dress.