i cannot express today the feeling i have. this picture that i found sort of expresses it but not really. for the last ten years i have poured myself into this vocation, daring to believe that God, the very God of all creation, has called me, even me, to this work. along the way many have affirmed me in this journey, but i have continued to work for the ultimate affirmation, ordination as an elder in the united methodist church. and now i have it. after two grueling (and i mean grueling in every possible sense, really) days i recieved the call today that the board voted to recommend me to the annual conference for ordination as an elder. and as i have already said, i cannot even begin to express the emotion i feel with words like relief, joy and satisfaction. there will be plenty of time for me to reflect on this and i will have more to say about it as i do that reflecting, but today is really a day for celebrating for me, and for thanking those who have journeyed with me and s...
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I'm thinking something along these lines:
Dad came back into the house puzzled, perplexed.
"What is it I asked?"
"Well," he said, "I was out back practicing my stroke and my divet was a bit larger than normal."
"wow, dad!" Sounds like you were hittin' 'em really hard?"
"Yeah, you could say that. I hit the whole side of the mountain right off the back of our yard!"
oh dear.
well, that is what you get when i check into your blog too late at night after a very long day on little sleep.
please. someone save that caption from my awful story.
is that funny? Because that photo is awesome and would definitely scare the pants off me. I would drive under it. But I might pose several feet in front of it for mock rock lifting photos!