thus far today we caught a total of 0 fish and had the best time ever doing it. we hung out with mr. art bircham and he showed us the best time. the air was cool and the clouds were in. he has a sweet "man house" in his backyard that is stocked full of fishing rods, reels, nets and knowledge. he even has old bamboo rods with more flex than you'd believe. did you know you can bend wooden rods using steam from boiling water??? i know...i'm a nerd. i learned so much in just a morning! he's a pastor too. he's the kind of guy that you know has way more knowledge than you could ever dream of, but is humble enough to let you in his brain. i think i asked a thousand questions. and it was almost as if he couldn't wait to answer. at one point i was on the dock and dad said he was going to go ask mr. art where the worms were. thirty minutes or more later, they hadn't come back. so i went looking. i found them. in the man house. talking and talking and talking. after i asked a couple more questions we all went back out. 'twas magic. just to be still and know. to slow down and breathe super deep. the Lord reminded me of how i've got to slow down and think about Him more. in all things.
well, after that dad had to go to the grocery and i "had" to go to rei. what a store. i didn't buy a thing. if you know me, that's kind of a big deal! but i wanted to! and then we went to the Lord's restaurant and then I heard that my family's church had built a brand new chapel on the end of the building, so we went to see it. it's brilliant. God is all over that place and the people in it and I'm so joyed the rents and sis gather there. their pastor is mike glenn and he loves Jesus a lot. he posted an interesting thought on his twitter last week and i thought i'd leave it with you...
"Greek philosophy taught the gods could not feel human pain. The good news of Christ is that He not only feels our pain, He bears it."
love it. love Him.
g
ps...dad got reese's peanut butter cups for smores tonight. watch out.
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