first snow!

I am so glad to report that we have had our first snow here - not in Albuquerque, but up in the East Mountains. I led our 4th Women's Bible Study last night and after that, drove over to my boyfriend's house and as he and I stood there looking out the window, it started to snow! It didn't accumulate unfortunately but it was definitely something that gets me in the mood for winter!

In the meantime, I have continued to search for jobs, watch a fair bit of daytime TV, knit stuff, and conduct my Bible studies. I have also been with the kitties a lot more than usual because I have been out of work for so long. Misty has become particularly michievous lately, having actually found her way onto the kitchen counter and into the top shelf of dishes! Oh my gosh. That might explain why I found small chips of my Pfalzgraff plates on the shelf inside. I found these little chips of plates inside the shelf and was completely confused earlier this week. She has also found a convenient way to roost on top of the refrigerator now. The other day when making cookies I turned around and found myself eye to eye, a little bit startled by her. She was just lazing over the corner of the fridge, her flippy-floppy tail doing its little dance. I think she likes to keep me on my toes.

So this shed is getting furrier. Don't worry, if you ever came to my house for dinner, I will wash all the dishes right before using them. I promise. I'm a bit overly-careful to prevent cat-hair-ingestion.

My sermon is this Sunday. I am preaching from Exodus 33, in which Moses intercedes for the Israelites to God after they refuse to continue on their journey to the Promised Land. Moses really stands up for them with demands for reassurance that God will continue to have favor for them and that he will go with them on this journey. But his demands are center stage, sharing center stage also the promises that God does give him, in kind of an elliptical form. God's response to Moses is one in wich He "draws the line" somewhere along the lines of, "yes, I will always be with you," but "no, you cannot know me thoroughly..." The story wraps up with God placing Moses into the cleft of rock, a little sheltered spot, and God then moves forward ahead of Moses in such a way that Moses is shielded from God's face. This is almost as if to say, "this is how I shall do it, going ahead of you."

I have been thinking my focus will be the fact we don't know everything there is to know about God and that this is okay, if we can be reassured of God's permanant presence in our lives, and God's faithfulness to His covenant with us. That's about all I have now. Tomorrow I hope to get back to it early in the day. Peace out. Amy