No one ever said summer will always be a routine.  Last week was the exception to the norm of the usual.  It was good to slip away for a few days even if it was on the hurried side.  One drawback is the difference in the air between Fort Worth and here.  Allergies tend to get unhappy when you are in a new place.  That is the only problem with the week.  My youngest and I had a good time riding around just doing our thing.  These are the few months when we are together almost constantly somehow.  Now you know why counting the days until school begins is common place for me.  Don't think of this as complaining.  I am lucky to get significant time with him.  Just realize it takes some juggling on occasion.


Part of that juggling happened this weekend while doing wedding duty.  Those can be fun but it also takes time to prepare.  He was patient enough while I went about the rehearsal and the ceremony.  He told me that "practice makes perfect."  Who knew he was such the philosopher?  My hope is the newlyweds will enjoy many years of happiness no matter what comes along.  You should also be aware that these events do cause a decent amount of stress.  I want to do the best job possible for the family.  Most of that is simple like just being sure you remember names and such.  Yet is is still probably that my mind will need some rest following the ceremony.  Saturday evening was one of those times.


I spent awhile just staring into space while unwinding from the service.  Some of my time was spent getting food for the two of us to eat.  Some of it was spent watching a rerun of a football game played last September.  I saw most of it when it aired live.  Those two teams played a game that took every second to complete.  Exciting doesn't begin to describe the contest.  The network showed another rerun of the game several weeks ago.  This would be the second time for me to watch.  Anticipation would not exist since the outcome was already known.  This made it a good game to watch while letting my brain rest.  Perhaps it was on the boring or routine side but that happens when you know the outcome.


Most people resist living by faith since there is no guarantee of the outcome.  We want to know all of the details before we take a risk with God.  Hebrews 11 tells us that being in the adventure of faith is following God into the unknown.  He is the one who determines the outcome.  Our failure is missing out on the journey because we don't have all of the answers.  Here is why our lives become monotonous without any real sense of joy.  No one knows everything about the future.  It may be more accurate to say no one can really make any promises but for God.  What is true is we can predict one future event if we fail to live by faith.  Tomorrow will just be a rerun of today.  That is about as tragic an outcome as we could ever have.


Bro. Trey