Air Prayer

As unto the bow the chord is,
So unto the man the woman.
Though she bends him,
She obeys him.
Though she draws him out,
Yet she follows.
Useless each without the other.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Took my wife and kids (and the dog) boating today. We rented a 20′ Four Winns up at Lake Don Pedro. What a blast! The kids really enjoyed themselves. My wife really dug being out on the water once it warmed up a little. At one point we shut off the motor and just drifted for about an hour in a big bay. We ate lunch and just lazed around on the boat. A lifestyle I could get used to. One we could all get used to! After about 4 hours the kids were done. That’s when we started cruising the lake to see the sights. My youngest zonked out, the dog thew up, but my wife and I had a great time sightseeing.

I’ve been browsing some of the blogs here on Blogger. Many of them are just plain stupid. Not content-wise, people can say whatever they want, but you people that fancy yourselves web designers, uh, please stop. Some of these blogs are just plain painful to look at. They might have great content but I’ll never know. Others are just wierd. Either they are kids after a first-time experimentation with alcohol or they are just picking words out at random. Not quite poetry. Still others are kind of like my blog: some boring person blathering their experiences, opinions, and what-have-you on the Internet.

Interesting day here in the Central Valley. Thunderstorms pushed in all the way from the country’s mid section by Hurricane Rita. Not here in Modesto but all around us. I went flying this morning to look at the clouds. There was a lot of wind shear within 5 miles of the airport so I thought it prudent not to venture too far away. Shot a couple of landings and then headed off to work. Finally got my intercom problems wrung out too. Looks like I can give rides on Saturday after all.

“And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. ”

Mark 11:25

Okay. I’m dropping the whole car parking thing. I’ve given that up to God. It was starting to eat me up inside. It’s just a car, it’s not hurting anyone. Foolish pride and selfishness. I’ve resolved to forgive my neighbor in my heart. It’s much easier that harboring resentment. Of imaginging all the devious things I could do. Easier to let God fight the battles. He always wins. I am (yet again) your HUMBLE servant, Lord. Use me as you will.

Every time I think I can’t take any more and am about to give in God simply turns the tide. I pray to Him earnestly, literally cry out to Him, and He makes things better for me. More on this later.