Fickles and Fannie made it to Florida. Enjoying their morning walk together, Fannie says,”Did you pack your bathing suit? The camouflage one.”
Fickles: “Yes. I sure did”.
Fannie: “Well I didn’t see it when I unpacked”.
Fickles: “Well, duh. It’s camouflage”.
Having breakfast at our hotel on the way to Florida. There is a family group here that reminds me of years past. Grandad and grandmom are enjoying children and grandchildren. Appears to be 10-12 grandkids 10 and under, mostly under. They are making great memories.
The Crocketts shared family gifts this evening. The big surprise was tickets for all of their family to attend the Music City bowl this coming Sunday in Nashville. UK will play Clemson. Everyone also received UK apparel to wear to the game.
Happy Birthday Ryan
Today is Ryan’s 15th birthday. We were able to celebrate with him last evening.
He is a great grandson, a follower of Christ, a proud ROTC Marine, a wrestler, an avid hunter, fisherman, imaginative inventor, a hopeful romantic and a fountain of knowledge. He will be a fine man one day.
Semper Fi
Kenois – the spiritual act of pouring out oneself, of “emptying” the self of its prerogatives … the idea of relinquishment of authority, power or prerogative. Jesus stands as the supreme example of this generous act of humility.
Kenosis is achieved, not through some superhuman effort on our part, but rather in the opposite direction, in giving up and giving in to God.
Humbling oneself, forgiving others, renouncing one’s own inflated certainty (abandoning the fatal need to be right about everything), sharing our material goods, receiving criticism in humility, saying “I am sorry,” resisting our need to be first, renouncing our “rights,” our entitlements, and our prerogatives – we must practice such daily “deaths” of the self over and over again if we are to develop our pilgrim hearts.
The Pilgrim Heart – Darryl Tippens