I have come to see the stories of The Fall and The Temptations not as stories of personal testing/trial and personal success/failure, but as a word that there is evil in the world, even in Eden, still in Jesus' day, and still again in our own, and that encountering evil leads to suffering, for you and/or for others -

So -
Always and Everywhere God,
I feel badly for Adam and Eve,
exploring their world,
(testing and pushing boundaries)
encountering evil,
and experiencing the consequences.
I feel badly for our world today,
where evil is present still
and when some push past boundaries
others (we all?) experience consequences.
I am so proud of Jesus
who stayed fully in each moment and met them faithfully.
I wish I could do the same.

Glides, jumps, spins, throws, lifts -

Exhibition Gala Skate!

          That's all - till next time. 

Egg salad sandwich,

apple, root beer, and pop corn -

       lunch, movie, The Pete.

(i.e. - lunch at the movie at the Peter White Public Library. It was "Fallen Leaves" - a Finnish comedy.) 

          

 

Brownies, heart cookies,

Valentine goodies all gone -

        three weeks til pi day! 

                    Or

Watching women skate,

wanting to "haiku describe" -

         Can't even come close! 

Snow falling gently,

quietly covering all -

       frosting on our world.

 

Last chance before lent -

Laissez les bons temps roulez -

        beignets for breakfast!

 

So do you have to stop eating mest/fried/sweet/chocolate tonight, or can you keep eating until the Ash Wed service tomorrow? Inquiring minds want to know! 

The sun sets golden.

Above the clear horizon -

    a new moon, new me? 

              Or

The sun sets golden

below horizon above

      rises new moon the.