Running Late

Cool of the morning and ultramarine, the Palo Verde has survived.
Presents an iterated function I gather; fun with fractals.
Not so dysfunctional after all, eh? Do the math? Show your work!
Meanwhile, late for Bible study, caught up in the real world.

Got there and Dawn was waiting again.
Told her I was held up processing; was I ever.
Will have to get to Fibonacci later still, if ever.

Hairs on heads numbered too.

Guest preacher, a medical missionary from Thailand, spoke on Acts 17:26-27. Another aspect of divine determination. God is there; seek Him; Jesus said you will find Him. Indeed. I do believe this but am too much of a pagan to live it.

O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
my body longs for you,
in a dry and weary land
where there is no water.

I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.

My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I sing in the shadow of your wings.

My soul clings to you;
your right hand upholds me.
They who seek my life will be destroyed;
they will go down to the depths of the earth.
They will be given over to the sword
and become food for jackals.

But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by God’s name will praise him,
while the mouths of liars will be silenced.

Psalm 63. And he mentioned Hosea.
But there was a problem.

The doctor grieved that people who did not know God were going to hell. He was speaking of the Thai people, nominal Buddhists for whom there is no "God" and much ignorance even with regard to Siddhartha. I couldn't see that, preferring to think that those who do more exactly know of Jehovah and Jesus and reject out of hand are those spoken of in such as Luke 16:19-31. Just sort of stuck with the contention.

Been in a coffee place all afternoon thinking about that and all the stories in the papers. No one to talk about them with. Stunning stultification! But par for the course; someone in mind.

Will be going on a visit to a nursing home in a while.
What can I do? What can I do? What can I do?
Well, I won't be late. I can read. I can sing. I will be there.