And Now All Was Well

These are finally the photos
That followed the delayed blog
That followed the Day Off
That followed the missing card reader
That followed the borrowed camera with leaking batteries
That followed the lost battery charger
That followed the drained batteries in my dead camera
That followed two shots at #2 son's gig
That followed the video tape left in the car
That followed the invitation to participate

I thought I was going to be sooooo clever. I wrote the walk in the park that Friday evening, and the final touch was going to have a link to the photos. Good idea, but one complication led to another and nothing was working the way I imagined. I was somewhat disappointed already because I didn't have my good camera for the Arboretum, but it's such a pretty place that the point-and-shoot worked just fine. It could have been special, instead it's almost a week later. Humph!

My prayer for the congregation?

Dear God, help us to be prepared to follow your call for our lives. We find ourselves falling behind as we chase bad leads, make wrong assumptions, and muddle in mediocrity. Sometimes we try to control the variables ourselves, and it only causes delays and frustrations. We should instead be filled with an innocence of details and an eagerness to accept your invitation to participate fully in your vison for our lives and for our congregation. Help us to recognize that in your care, all is well! Amen!

Copying is the highest form of compliment -
"A Fly Went By" by Mike McClintock

. . .The fly ran away in fear of the frog -
Who ran from the cat, who ran from the dog.
The dog ran away in fear of the pig
Who ran from the cow. She was so big!
The cow ran away from the fox,
who ran as fast as he could in fear of the man.
That man heard a thump, And away he ran!
It was just a sheep, with an old tin can!"
I looked at them all, and then I could tell
They all had no fear, and now all was well.
Random House - 1958