I’ve been trying to figure out how to feed back our trip to India without throwing a lot of photos and words at you, and I haven’t really come up with anything. So I’m just going to write and see what comes out. Consider this the first of a number of blogs on the subject. Continue reading
A couple of months ago my Dell XPS M1330 died after four years of faithful service, and despite my best attempts with a screwdriver and soldering iron I’ve yet to manage a repair. While I still hold out hope that it can be fixed, it made much more sense for now to make use of the tax benefits of a one off larger purchase and replace it.
Most of you will know that in a week we will be heading off with Charis Bible College to Sikkim, India. Many of you will also know that we have been having issues getting Carol approved for a Visa to allow her enter the country. Today we finally got confirmation that she has been approved and we await her passport being returned to us in tomorrow’s post.
I wanted to share this for you folk over the pond who won’t get to see this on TV this Christmas. Beautifully done.
Thus sayeth a wise old dude with pointy ears. He must have been reading Mark 11:23 that morning, because in it Jesus said something similar:
“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.”
The problem most people have with this verse is that it goes against their understanding. Yoda tells Luke he “must unlearn what [he has] learned”. Although experience has taught him that he can’t do certain things, Yoda teaches him that he is limited only by his doubt.