Kate and I ducked out to our home-to-be this afternoon (our college-house for next year, that is). It got me really looking forward to next year for a bunch of reasons:
- Herbs. Isn't it about time we stopped buying our herbs? A teensy, sunny backyard should be all we need to see Jamie's dream realised.
- Vege Garden. Now, I didn't actually see it; but there's supposed to be a vege garden that we can get horticulturally-busy in.
- Light. They have it inside their house. Miraculous.
- Quiet. Ahhhhhh.
- More exams are on the way. (Both Hebrew and Greek went well, by the way). I'm in a fantastic study group - we call ourselves 'The Brains Trust' - which is making exams much less intimidating.
- At home, we're in the middle of a white-goods war. This time it's the washing machine that's kaput. (Last week it was the fridge).
- I bought Calvin's Institutes today. The first 400-ish pages are prescribed Summer reading for college.
- Jason and Amy stayed with us on the Sydney (and coffee) leg of their travels.
- The Pleasures of God (by John Piper) is back on the book shelf. That is a fantastic book. It was some of the most spiritually-nurturing stuff I've read this year.
- My prayer-triplet finished in the last week of term. Throughout the year I met with Clive and Dave once a week to pray. It's been one of the highlights of each week. (College organises a bunch of cool stuff like that: prayer triplets, chaplaincy groups, etc.)
2 comments:
Gardening would be wonderful... I have a friend who truly believes that the beginning and end of God's plan including a garden being more than symbolism. Unfortunately I have one pot plant in my chappo room :)
Pleasures of God is the book I return to when I need encouraging and stimulating thought. It changed my world of thinking about God's gospel of Jesus.
glad you've found a nice new house. you're so right about the herbs. looking forward to seeing you soon.
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