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August 24, 2003
will you come with me?
the dusk settles. the warmth of the day has kept me from my run until late. the gym has been closed all day due to an annoying craft show. yes, craft show. don't ask me, but it has put a kink in my work out schedule. oh well, we make do.
creation is beautiful - God's and man's. (though, isn't God ultimately responsible for man's ability to create?) yesterday i watched in complete awe as a chick emerged from its egg. it was amazing. today i ran out along the beach in my neighborhood. (my hip would like to take a moment to complain about the sand. some how the movement in the sand annoys my hip.) good thing there was a nice path for the majority of the run. i ran along the blue water and back and then out on the pier and paused to admire the beautiful view of downtown i never knew i had. i admit, that i have lived here almost a year and hadn't made it out to my beach. families, groups, and couples spotted the sand, the grass, and the benches.
this morning on the way to church, i drove along the bike leg of a triathlon. (they had half of lakeshore drive blocked off. bikes on the inner two lanes, cars on the outer two lanes.) people in swimsuits rode along aside me - including a guy biking in a speedo. it was a sight. but mostly i was amazed at all these people up at 9:30 in the morning doing something grueling like a triatholon. yay for them! i wanted to roll down my window and cheer. on my way back from church, i did see two random people that looking like they just randomly stood on the middle median and where cheering on those that were still biking. it was sweet.
the homily at church today was really good. i wish i had a copy. i didn't do a good job summarizing it earlier, but the gist was that the current version of the bible that we use is a conglomerate of lots and lots of sources - some that conflict with each other. It is dangerous to take a verse at face value without exploring the context - both of the words around it, of the time period it was written in, who it was written to, and who might have written it - and without reflecting on it ourselves. it was really interesting.
my cat, since i have gotten her, wouldn't eat anything but her cat food. she wasn't interested in the kitty treats i got her nor the tuna fish i put down. today, randomly, i'm talking on the phone eating a banana nut muffin, when she quasi climbs on me (which she really doesn't do either). i let her sniff the muffin, she has done this in the past with other things, but instead of turning away like she usually does, she takes a bite of the muffin. i was just amazed. and amused.
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Posted by christina at August 24, 2003 8:59 PM