One of my favourite definitions of defiance is insisting that Thursday is the best day of the week even if you have a Thursday that was … shall we say less than desirable.
The thing about having Thursday as the favourite day of the week is that it heightens the capacity to look for the good and reasons for thanksgiving more than ever. So it is great that this Thursday happens to fall on the first day of a new month. February is beautiful because it’s such a short month. I like that. I like the fact that it’s a pleasantly compact four weeks and to a large degree once it’s done, it’s the endgame for winter. Hey you know I don’t mind winter at all, but there’s only so much of it to take before there’s time for a change.
Writing about change brings us neatly to the reason for the title of the blog. But first, as it is a Thursday I will present things in as positive and as a constructive a light as possible.
The family are very well, sure my wife has been in the wars with her health – which must because of the geezer she sleeps with, but she’s over the worse. The children are dynamic and vibrant and that’s something I’m very grateful for.
I am still in full-time employment with gives payment at the end of the month. I give God thanks for that. In it I endeavour to converse with God more often than I have before and that helps significantly to focus on the tasks at hand.
Where church is concerned I am looking forward to the relationships developing this month across a range of age groups. There was an activity I took part in regarding community connection towards the end of last year. I took a break for hibernation over the winter, but I’m hoping to pick that up again later this month and enjoy what emerges from that. There are one or two projects emerging to make a difference in the lives of people which I’m looking forward to working on more in the month ahead and are possible because of the burgeoning relationships and conversations that have intensified in January.
It was by no means the ideal start of the year to spend almost ten days of it out sick, but even that is something I’m grateful for. It got something through my system and out of it and to be alive and well on the road to full recovery is much credit to God for His grace.
At this particular juncture, however, there are a few matters that I’m wrangling over with God whether to stay at something, or just move on from it. Those involve some important relationships and responsibilities. Things happen and I’m very keen to work out whether it’s hint to move on or a cause to redouble my efforts and stick to it. The next few weeks will certainly help to map out which path to take on a number of those issues. In the same way that I’ve dedicated other matters to God, I’m certainly committing these issues into His hand to hope He will indeed make the path straight.
In the meantime I’ll keep you updated with how things develop as well as continue to put down here whatever I believe is worth noting on here. I definitely still love blogging. I definitely still love reading. I definitely still love learning. I hope this will stand me in good stead as I work out what is to be discerned on sticking or twisting.
Your prayers, however, are more than welcome.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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