I'm Back! More or Less
Sure, just when I get my 'Net connection back, events conspired to keep me from using it. First, I'm still very depressed about the loss of life in Asia and all around the Indian Ocean from the tsunami. My prayers go to the survivors and the responders. My Bible study group talked about this and I'm still at a loss. Yes, the disaster of 9/11/2001 was man-made, the result of sinners working within God's plan to give mankind free will. God could have prevented it, but made it clear to us long ago that the plan was not to live in Eden -- we lost that -- but we could have Heaven.
"So what about the tsunami disaster," I wondered. One friend (and the leader of the study in fact, if not in title) held forth that since the Fall, Man was not only given free will, but a flawed Earth. Well, that makes sense -- to a point. I still don't have to like it, though. It is something of a comfort that the innocent and those who chose Christ upon hearing His Word are in Heaven while the others "enjoy" the consequences of their choice between faith and none. I'll need some more time and prayer to fully come to grips with it, if I can.
Another thing that has kept me from Blogging was illness. Good thing I was off work Saturday because I was poopin', pukin', and sleepin' the day away. My tummy was able to keep things down Sunday without being happy about it, but I stayed home the rest of the work week because my solid wastes still aren't solid. I still don't enjoy food and I have some regurgitation issues. So I've used the last of my sick leave to sleep and read.
Reading is the third thing that has kept me busy. With a gift certificate I bought a great book about Legos; In His Image by James BeauSeigneur, a book much like the Left Behind series, but much better written; and Time's Eye by Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, a more traditional Science Fiction approach to the end of the world as we know it. Also for Christmas I received the Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson.
And speaking of Legos ... I watched a few movies while assembling a few sets that came my way. But now back to reading. In His Image is pretty good. Not exactly as thrilling as Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October, but something I don't easily enjoy putting down.
