Pleasant Evening and Morning

I came home around 4:30, cleaned, organized and went out for a walk. I really like the area where I live. The small streets are peppered with small bookstores, thrift stores and restaurants. I'm looking forward to exploring San Diego. I live near Balboa Park where they have so many museums in one place! I think they have at least 10. Every Tuesday is free museum day. I believe the Museum of Photographic Arts is free today. I might go check it out today after work.

After I came back from my walk, I sat in the yellow chair in our living room for a while. I invite everyone to drop by and sit in this yellow chair; I guarantee it will make you smile.

I put on some jazz as I prepared dinner and the jazz continued throughout the evening and this morning. There's nothing like listening to John Coltrane's In A Sentimental Mood while eating dinner and reading. I ended the night with some Miles Davis.

I started this morning with Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald. I woke up earlier than I should have so I began the day with some prayer, had an extra cup of tea and read a little bit of God's Word in the one spot where the sunlight warms the room. Jeremiah is getting really interesting. It's scary to read about God's wrath and anger, but it's a good reality check and puts things in perspective.

At around 7:35 a.m., I walked outside and waited for JJ and Marianne to come by and pick me up for work. As I watched other cars drive by, I remembered being in Indonesia and praying for everyone who drove by and the people we drove by. Those prayers felt so necessary because we weren't sure when or how they would ever hear the gospel. I wondered why I didn't feel that sense of urgency here in the States. So I began to pray. Five minutes passed when JJ drove up, stopped the car and drove forward as I reached for the door handle. He thought he was pretty funny for a good 10 minutes after I got in the car.

Now I'm at work where I should be working because we have quite a few meetings today, but I wanted to think about the pleasant evening and morning. I smile.