This has been a very good day, and it's not done yet. The Lakers are about to put another beat-down on the Magic. By the time I head to bed today may rate as a 9.5.
Pathway is going very well. God has seen fit to bless what we're doing, and we're having a lot of fun in the doing thereof. We need more chairs. Good morning!
I like Roger Federer and was very pleased that he finally got his French Open win, giving him a career grand slam. I watched the first set and the beginning of the second before I had to leave this morning - just past the part where the idiot came out of the stands and ran toward Federer. Scary, but he obviously shook that off and won in straight sets. The guy is a class act. And, BTW, so is Pete Sampras, whose record for Grand Slam victories (14) Federer just tied. In a phone interview Sampras said Federer is the greatest tennis player ever. He's probably right, but he's a man for saying that.
Tiger Woods? The guy is not human. He goes into the final round 4 shots off the lead and wins the tourney, finishing with birdies on 17 and 18. His shot into the green on 18 landed 14" from the hole. They replayed it from several angles, but the one that impressed me the most was the one that just focused on his swing and his stance as he watched it land next to the cup. I was impressed becuase that guy is built! Small waist, broad shoulders, no body fat... And as someone who is completely ripped myself I can tell you that you don't get that kind of body sitting around eating donuts!
After watching that I was so pumped that I went for a bike ride. I am usually in a near vegetative state on Sunday afternoons but we're getting a couple of days with temps about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. So 97 degrees at 3 p.m. needs a brisk 15-mile ride. (97 here is like 80 where you live 'cause this is a dry heat.)
In church this morning we were in the second half of 1 Cor. 12 where Paul talks about the functions of and relationships between various members of the Body of Christ as we all use our gifts to serve Him. I began by talking about kinesthesia, what we would call "body awareness." Great athletes all have an acute sense of where each part of their body is in relationship to all the other parts. That's why they can get their bodies to move in perfect coordination. Same with dancers.
(People who, as kids, played the cello generally lack any developed kinesthesia.)
Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant...excellent kinesthesia.
These guys, not so much.
Skate FAIL
My favorite is the guy going off the bridge. How did he expect that to turn out??
We talked at lunch about some of the coverage we've read/seen/heard on the anniversary of D-Day. Some good pictures over at Slate.
I heard someone on the radio say that the Allies had no exit strategy for that invasion, no way to back out if things didn't go well. Once they began the invation they were irrevocably committed to seeing it through regardless of how it turned out, how disastrous it went.
Another sermon illustration!
I was scheduled to install a security door in town tomorrow but it looks like that isn't going to happen. The tenant won't be home and doesn't want me working there when his wife is home with the kids. (I'm pretty scary.)
Time to go do the sound edit on this morning's message so it can be posted to our site. Then Al and I will have dinner while we watch the game (Pam's working a 1/2 shift). Al's a Lakers fan, too.
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