Sunday Service

1 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then [a] she went back home.
5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant." 6 So David sent this word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent him to David.
7 When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
8 Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
9 But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house.
10 When David was told, "Uriah did not go home," he asked him,"Haven't you just come from a distance? Why didn't you go
home?"
11 Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!"
12 Then David said to him, "Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
13 At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home.
14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
15 In it he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck
down and die."
-- 2 Samuel 11: 1-15

This was the 1st reading at church this morning. After a reading we all say, "Thanks be to God", which is what we did, however, there was a moment of collective hesitation. As if, we were unsure that we should be thankful. As the rest of the story, Uriah is killed, Bathsheba mourns, David marries Bathsheba and the Lord is displeased by what David had done.

Service was all over the map today. It was very chaotic and out of sorts, which came to a grand finally when we tried to sing Lord of the Dance. I say try because there was a mistake in the service leaflet that had us all turning to hymn 120, not 106. It was very amusing and had me laughing.

And then I went out for coffee with Catherine at Timmies and we talked for three hours.

Birds and Cats

Outside my apartment window there is a pine tree where a flock a sparrows live. (Is a group of sparrows a flock?) At least, I think they're sparrows. They're small, brown birds. Anyways, about four of them were sitting on the ledge outside the window, chirping away. Flint was on the inside, watching them. I hadn't openned the window cause I have visions of Flint just leaping from the second story window in some vain attempt to catch a bird. With good reason, because Flint did try to attack them... through the glass. Silly cat.

Telepathy

Somethings, I wonder if other people can read my thoughts. I can not read minds but that doesn't negate the possiblility that other people can. I worry about what they might find in my head. It can be a disturbing place for the uninitiated. My head is also very free, where few of my thoughts are censored. My mind is the place for my fantasies, whether good or bad, and I sometimes worry that people around me can eavesdrop. These are my thoughts but I am not merely thought. I am my actions as well.

In other news, a bird flew into my window this morning. It wasn't hurt, just stunned, and it sat on the window ledge before flying off.

Return to Blogging

Over six months ago, I started this blog with the intention of sending the address off to all my family and friends, as a means of keeping track of what's going on in my life, if they were intrested in such a thing. But it kinds died before it really got off the ground.

However, I'm thinking of starting this up again, especially since my family reunion is in about a month, so that will give me a chance to hand out the address to this blog. Also, for the first time in my life, my friends are moving great distances away from me... like Japan!

Anyways, if this works out, there will be many more posts. If not, well, there will be much fewer posts.