BREAKING NEWS: Shivonne stood for the first time.
Yesterday afternoon M drove me to pick up the car from the shop, so I was able to drive it to the game. Walked almost a mile and a half up to the gate, and waited out in the sun. Pretty draining. After meeting up with some friends and walking around the ballpark I settled into my seat in the upper deck, in the shade. I was woen out, but there was a nice breeze. Snapped some photos. Later I realized my friend Rob and his daughter were two rows in front of me. We had a nice – but short – chat. Later when I got home I looked and realized Rob was in the photo.
Was up later than usual last night but still went to the gym this morning to lift weights. Worked from home today. Got home from the gym and went to sit at my laptop at the kitchen table, after greeting C and Winnie. There was something dark on my chair – M’s cat was “trapped” downstairs and was hiding from Winnie, who had no idea the cat was nearby. I held onto Winnie while M came to collect his cat. High drama.
Lunch today with Reid W at Waffle House.
My Twitter “friend” Elizabeth Prata writes about social media in her End Time blog.
A pastor recounts what he did to get kicked off Twitter permanently: detail Romans 6:23 – “The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
DENISON: the James Webb Space Telescope is the largest and most powerful space observatory ever launched. Yesterday, NASA unveiled a series of high-resolution color images. NASA administrator Bill Nelson described the significance: "Put simply, Webb will give humanity a new view of space and fundamentally alter our understanding of the universe." The more we learn about the vastness and complexity of creation, the more we learn about the vastness and complexity of the Creator. Rather than disproving or rendering irrelevant the biblical worldview, scientific discoveries continue to show the genius of the One whose work they study. NASA scientist Robert Jastrow famously wrote in God and the Astronomers, "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance, he is about to conquer the highest peak; and as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries."
DENISON: as a theologian, I would respond (to covid) by noting that our world "fell" in the "Fall" (Romans 8:22), producing diseases and disasters that were not in the garden of Eden. Such consequences of sin are not the fault of our sinless Lord. Scientists estimate there are two hundred billion trillion stars in the universe. And yet, our Father "determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names" (Psalm 147:4). Charles Spurgeon observed, "He who counts the stars and calls them by their names is in no danger of forgetting his own children. He knows your case as thoroughly as if you were the only creature he ever made or the only saint he ever loved." Paul agreed: "Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up" (Galatians 6:9).
ME: I love how the guy at NASA important enough to comment on the telescope is simply an “administrator”. This weekend I stumbled across a guy with the title of “Executive Director”. What does that mean?
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