Got a decent amount done this weekend, but could’ve done twice as much. Worked late Friday evening, past 6 pm. Stopped by Kroger for some items C needed. Supper was chicken tortilla soup, and a chicken quesadilla.
Saturday: Housework. Toast for breakfast. Chicken quesadilla for lunch. Took a drive in the Jeep, then posted it for sale. I listed its faults: needed an alternator. Transmission iffy. Passenger door doesn’t open from the outside. Driver’s seat is wobbly. Automatic locks only work when the car is in drive. Hood and back gate don’t stay open without props. Back windshield wiper doesn’t work. Radio doesn’t work. Electric window motors are burned out. Engine runs well, but at best gets 17 mpg. Not bad for a 21 year old vehicle, huh?
Took a nap. Later on I picked up a load of pinestraw. Went over to Lee and Nancy’s for supper: burgers on the grill. Also red velvet cake.
Sunday morning: listened on my phone while cleaning upstairs. Laundry. Bacon & cheese sandwich. Snapped photos of several pairs of shoes I need to sell. Took a nap. Watched three movies while folding clothes.
Watched some of the Braves win. How many players are out hurt? Acuna. Ender. Pache. Albies. Fried. Soroka. Newcomb. Smylie. Three of the five starting pitchers. Still only 2-1/2 games back, or less. This week they play a team in the Bronx.
Monday: went out for my first work lunch in over a year, to Duluth Diner. Had the chicken philly cheese sandwich.
Posted the Jeep for sale on Saturday. Left work early Monday to meet up with a guy. He bought it. Saves me $40/month in insurance. Check one thing off the list.
Drove to church for small group. Got a message that Ron couldn’t make it. Forgot that Rob was in Florida, so it was just me and John. We chatted the entire time. Didn’t leave until 8 pm. A great time. He used to eat lunch at the GT BSU, but I don’t think we ever crossed paths.
Making a little headway at work, but still have several time-consuming projects on my plate. HR manager thinks we might pull in all the remote employees back to the office by Labor Day. Several won’t like it.
Friday night is David Platt’s Secret Church. Usually our Sunday School gathers together to watch, but we’re going to a couple’s house with one other couple, to keep it small. If it runs late I gotta be sure to not fall asleep (I won’t).
Denison: justice is an elusive concept. Rarely will multiple people look at the same event and come away with a unanimous understanding of what a just response would look like. There are many reasons for this—varying degrees of personal proximity to the issue, differing views on the need for grace versus accountability, etc. The chief factor is that God's justice is measured out according to a fair and accurate understanding of our sins. As fallen humans, we lack that ability. Think back to the last time you were hurt or witnessed an event that filled you with anger and the desire to see justice done. Were you able to respond as the Lord did, administering discipline in accordance with the sin committed? Or did your reaction cross that boundary and come from a place of anger or resentment rather than holiness and the desire for redemption? If so, the reason is most likely that when anger leads us to action, the result is often akin to a volcano that has been building toward eruption over a long period of time. Whomever it is that finally leads us to action is likely to receive more than their fair share of our wrath. Dallas Willard remarked, "The explosion of anger never comes from the incident. Most people carry a supply of anger around with them." It is next to impossible for us to justly judge. Owning those limitations enables us to better understand why we need the Holy Spirit to help us seek God's justice for a situation rather than rely on our own. Embracing that reality will be essential to justice being done.
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