Notas del dia

I say, the weather sure has been nice. I love being outdoors.
I left my boss’ cat out all day.
I likened my body unto a tree today, because that’s just the way it is and that’s what occurred to me.
I feel like trading my truck in for a go-cart due to economics and guilt.
My heart is fat and swollen.
Anything else is just details.

Scriptural thing sticking in my head for about two weeks now:

I prepare you against these things; for ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come. ****Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light when ye are swallowed up in the depths of the sea?****

Remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.

Mother nature furiosity- elements of earth follow an order, make us subject to mortal and spiritual life/death obstacles. Elements are subject to the power of the adversary, but are infinitely controlled by the Creator. They were ordered by him from the get go. So that in and of itself means we can face the fury. But wait, there’s more. What would you have Him prepare for you in this? Not just to survive, but to have light in the midst of it?

I can think of some things, please: love, comfort, added strength, a better version of myself than I’ve hitherto been. Basically, it’s light that I need. The kind of light everyone can receive. The kind he gave the people, though first through the brother of Jared, because he had unwavering faith and acted on it every time. He cried to God all the time and was so humble. They all went to the brother J in order to get to God… in order to receive such serious direction on such serious matters. Sparing the friends and family of Jared from tower of babel atrocities, including the curse of not being able to understand anyone, including family. (Given there are still communication problems when you can speak their language but shoot, at least you can understand eachother’s language). Direction out, through the wilderness. Direction over a major ocean, spanning over 300 days….

My times in the wilderness, my deep, my winds, whatever you want to call it, I know what to do, I know how to see. I need to remember, remember. I can’t help but think being sealed up in a barge, crossing an ocean for over a year doesn’t even compare to what I deal with. But if I ever had to, I want to be like Jared or the brother of Jared or actually maybe a sister of the brother of Jared who had the faith, and lived in a way where she could brave the deep and live for the light.