resting

So after a month at home, I find myself resting once more. A planned break - planned since last summer, before all the unscheduled interlude of these past weeks. It's nice to be in the warmth again.

In the grand scheme of things, this strange period of my life will pass, and I will look back at it with wonder. With gratitude for friends at home and away, with deep knowledge of the God who has held me through these days, with wonder that a body can take quite so much stress. And then forget it and live on.

So I sit in the sunshine, resting. And plot my first encounter with an iPad. And think about Biblical images and ideas that refuse to leave me alone. And begin to to be dimly aware that soon I must plan for what lies ahead...