Progress....

Best 5k time =
50:39 (Panther Creek State Park, Morristown, TN)
50:25 (Spanish Springs, NV)
47:16 (Knoxville, TN - Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis, 12/11/10)
46:29 (Knoxville Track Club, New Year's Day Run, 2011)

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Total number of miles on first bike trip = 3,550
Visited: Morristown, TN; Chicago, IL; Thunder Bay, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Williston, ND; Billings, MT; West Yellowstone, MT; Ashley, ID; Jackson Hole, WY; Cokeville, WY; Ogden, UT; Draper, UT; Elko, NV; Spanish Springs, NV.

Weight lost since September 14, 2011: 8.0 pounds

Current trip: 310 miles
Neah Bay, WA; Beaver, OR.

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Dream

A good friend of mine told me about a dream he had and sort of expressed frustration at not knowing whether it came from God or late night pizza. If from God, then what did it mean?

I don't know.

But I DO know this about dreams: whether they are from God or not, we often can learn from them. I will assume that, unless it's about me being at work naked and hoping nobody notices, then perhaps it IS from God.

His dream was about being in a tent, surrounded by bears. He was scared but didn't know what to do. I told him what I learned from it.

The tent is the church. The bears the wickedness of the world. As long as we stay faithfully in the tent (church), the bears won't know we are here. We will be safe.

Obviously, if a bear really wanted to, he could rip the tent apart. But many have tried, and still do try, to rip apart the church and kingdom of God, and they fail. They bloody themselves on the Rock of Zion. We are safe.

3 comments:

Cynthia said...

I do not know if I can agree with this. I want to...you have no idea how badly I want to...but I am caught up in a couple of situations where there are bears among us, right here in the tent and so we are not safe. And I hate the fear that I am now feeling as I come to recognize the bears inside the tent. And I don't even care about me, but there are so many others that I want to make safe and I don't know if I can. Quite overwhelming.

Boppa Poopy said...

Then it's not for you. It was meant for me. It's what I learned from it. Each person has to seek his own inspiration from God.

Cynthia said...

Okay. That makes perfect sense. Thank you.