Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. – 1 Peter 5:8

Please pray for our family, especially the children.  All goes well in England, but practically everyone in the US (those staying as well as those coming) are under spiritual attack.  Éowyn and Bryn both took vehicles in for maintenance last week, to a shop that has always been of very good quality for us, and both of them have experienced additional problems this week:  one was a different problem, one the same.  Carys in NC also took her car in last week, and this week it broke down the afternoon before a second job interview; it caused her to miss the interview and the employer was not willing to reschedule.  Tobyn has started having nightmares stemming from a recent outpatient labwork appointment, which is totally unlike him.

We know the Lord will work these all out, but it is so challenging for them when their whole world is going through this transformation.

Praise report

The good news:  Edye, Christyn, and Tobyn will be joining me this week in England, visas in hand.  We were able to move their tickets purchased with frequent flyer miles up from July 10 to June 17, with no extra fees:  total cost 90,000 frequent flyer miles + $15.  Thank you, Lord God!

Support status

Goal:                  $11,722

Received:            $  1,175                 10% of total

Long before man created Blu-rays and MP3 players, before DVDs and CDs, before digital cameras and audio recorders, before movie cameras and cassette tapes, before film cameras and vinyl records, before glass plates and wax cylinders … long before any of these, God created memory.

Memory.  The ability to relive moments from our past in vivid detail.  To revisit scenes so beautiful they fill our hearts with longing; to recall people so close they flood our eyes with tears; to remember love so pure it pierces our souls with pain.

Long before technology, God created in man the ability to experience so much more than just what happens to sit in front of him at the moment.  We have invented poor imitations of His creation, longing to defeat the inexorable decay that affects our memories as we age.  But our every attempt fails … because the value of the sights and sounds we capture in technology is totally dependent upon our memory – the one human, fallible link.  If we do not remember an event’s significance, all the memorabilia from that time and place will have no meaning.

O Lord, thank you for memories.  Thank you for all you have done for us.  May we especially keep alive the memory of those who’ve touched our lives such that we will never be the same.