Weekend summary

Good evening, my dear one!

I hope your weekend has been a pleasant one thus far. Thursday's rains have brought an unseasonably cool and dry weekend here. Friday morning I enjoyed a pleasant time of grocery shopping, and treated myself to a small bouquet of vividly-hued flowers which now sit on my dining room table.

I was almost giddy that afternoon as I dragged my folding camp-chair and a satchel of books to the common patio at my apartment complex. It felt so good to be outside... no pressing obligations, the birds singing merrily in the tall trees above, the cool wind and warm sun providing the perfect balance of comfort, words of encouragement leaping from the printed page as my pen underlined vigorously.

As the Friday sun was replaced by the large, bright moon, I sat at the open sliding door of my living room for a time of prayer, and the evening coolness breezing through the screen made me wish the afghan wrapped around my shoulders could be replaced by your arms.

This morning's conditions were perfect for a run on campus. The music on my iPod caused my heart to sing along:

"Complete in Thee--each want supplied,
And no good thing to me denied;
Since Thou my portion, Lord, wilt be,
I ask no more, complete in Thee."
(Aaron Wolfe)

I had finished, just last night, a book by English theologian Richard Sibbes, entitled The Soul's Conflict and Victory Over Itself by Faith, based upon David's words, "Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God" (Psalm 42:11). The text of the hymns on my iPod this morning echoed David's theme (and Sibbes' theme) and brought some needed cheer to my soul. 

I look forward to the day in the Lord's house tomorrow, especially the preaching of one of our former pastors who has since moved north. But I will again feel acutely the absence of a kindred spirit 800 miles away, one I once dared to dream could be you. 

Please hurry, my dear unknown one. I'm missing you terribly tonight.