Speak friend and enter.

It is amazing how reading the same verses will often reveal different truths. The last time I read over Psalm 1 I really didn’t get anything out of it. It seemed very black and white. Bad is bad, good is good, do good. This time it was different. In particular the last verse caught my attention, and in that verse one word. Psalm 1:6 “For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” Way… what is so special about that? Well, it strikes me that he’s not talking about people, or specifics, he doesn’t say, “the Lord watches over the righteous, but the wicked will perish”. So I looked up the Hebrew meaning of the word ‘way’. “A path, a route, a road, a journey, by extension: conduct, a way of life.” The point of this passage isn’t the demise of the wicked, but the demise of their way of life. We aren’t being promised that the present will be a bed of roses, but that the outcome of the challenges and difficulties we face now is certain. In a way it reminds me of the beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12). “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” I think in both passages God isn’t necessarily referring to our present comfort, fulfillment, and success, but to the ultimate success, His success. It is a promise that in the end good will triumph. One day God’s way will be the only way, and the mind blowing thing is that we can be a part of that today, He seeks us, loves us, and wants us to be with Him when that final day comes.

This is a more different shot of Kitten #2. Her likes are attacking her sister, milk, kitten treats, knocking things over, and attacking wires and cords. Dislikes are baths, fleas, and baths. 

These are my new kittens :-) The one on the bottom is Quilly, the one on the top needs a name, so far I have Fuzzbutt, and Lothara :-p Obviously I welcome suggestions. 

The trip was a blast, so many things to see. I'm still sorting through the pictures, but this is one of my favorites. We stayed the night in Durham town and I got to play with the light as the sun was going down by the Cathedral.