Fresh air and sunshine are two of the healthiest things I can think of, unless - you have allergies and are sun sensitive. My goal for today is at least get out and get some of that, which I don't have a problem with.
Get Faith
Psalm 40-5 "Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you." Today is Palm Sunday, a part of God's plan for his Son Jesus Christ. The writer on this study talks about how our plans can take years to come to fruition. If you have plans for retirement or even next years vacation you are way ahead of Jesus. He was 33 and the plan for him was to ride victorious into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and later in the week be crucified on a cross, die and be buried. And, He knew it. The only one that plan worked out well for was us.
To ponder came from Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix, I am a fan of her preaching. "How we feel about Jesus or how close we feel to God is meaningless next to how God acts upon us. How God indeed enters into our messy lives and loves us through them, whether we want God's help of not."
On this day
1979 - I have had bronchial problems since I was a child. At this time I was laid up at home with an pneumothorax condition - a hole in my lung. I had been home for weeks because the option was going into the hospital and I didn't want that. This day was also noted for a horrible ice storm that crippled traffic and caused many power outages. The roads were barely passable. And, then Adele had my niece Lindsey Ann. Today! is a beautiful day, sunshine and 70, a great day for a drive and Lindsey turns 38 with a new baby of her own. Another one of God's great plans.
0193 - In the Balkans, the distinguished soldier Septimius Seversus was proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. His name sounds like something out of a Harry Potter movie. Another point is the army proclaimed the emperor? Think about that in our time.
Anqing China
Jushi Mountain
One of my favourite places in Anqing - a rather nondescript town otherwise - definitely its saving grace and a pis aller when you feel you can't take Anqing anymore and it's making you go bananas and apemonkeyshit. Place blessed by tranquility, there aren't too many visitors - so as a foreigner, you don't get hounded, waylaid and accosted all at the same time, serpentine routes, quite a tiring climb to the peak - all in all, everything you want from going amature trekking. A word of advice: unless you're a hardened trekker, do buy a two-way ticket for the cable cars;) unsolicited advice.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Happy Birthday Lindsey & Julie!! Megan and Jim S too!
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