"It was a hot summer night..."

Title quoted from "You Took the Words Right Out of my Mouth", by Meatloaf!

Well, today was our last cool day of Spring before the Summer- a nice, breezy 97 degrees!!!

On a day like today, when it is 97 degrees [feels like a humid 110], I am thankful for my office job! Except... oh wait... our AIR CONDITIONING was BROKEN! Hot, sticky, work environment of MADNESS!

But do not fret, my dear bloggers. I, ever the capable supervisor, maintained my professionalism. Why? Because I am a rock; because I was born to sweat!; and because it was a perfect opportunity for me to take place in my first involuntary wet t-shirt contest!

Quite honestly though- it's a good thing I wore brown today. We were soaking our shirts from the skin outward! Nice to know that summer starts tomorrow... sigh.

But all is well! It certainly afforded some great laughs.

To all my beloved work friends- today, was a growing day. And I shall always think of you thus:

Content as a I may be

Wow. I hope that you can feel as deeply contented as I feel at this moment. I don't know where to go first- to talk about how much freedom there is in resting, or to talk about the Lord, and how He is the only One and only thing in existence who could ever satisfy fully.

I will suffice with the latter. It is, after all, where any of my rest is found.

I have been reading the monologue of Solomon. This man is so real. Truly, I feel I am in his mind and in his heart as he writes these words out, considering each thought as he pens it:

"Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity!...
  The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
  What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done,
  And there is nothing new under the sun...
  I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after    wind."
          - Solomon 1:2,8b,9,14

He harnessed his wisdom, and directed all energy towards finding fulfillment in life under the sun. He snapped his reigns in every direction in search of purpose. And found nothing under the sun that would satisfy. What has been is what will be, and everything is but a striving after wind.

What is there, then, to satisfy? Where can man find his satisfaction?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
          - John 1:1-5

Before the earth was created- before it was afforded its many pleasures- be them mountains, be them the depths of the ocean, there was only Him. He alone was the source of any pleasure. There was only One Place to seek fulfillment.

Only him.

All else is darkness compared to him. And in him, the darkness is as light. Existence, with no earth and with no sun, is as light with him.

I hardly notice if I have anything else, for He was my only satisfaction from the beginning.

Favorite Moment of the Day

While visiting a friend, I began reading bullet points out of a dating book retrieved from her bookshelf. I took the liberty of adding a brief commentary to each point. After a minute or two of reading, I finally arrived at this:

• Rework your ideal and have it be a real person and not a fantasy. "working on it."
• Rework distortions in the way you evaluate yourself. "GOD is working on it, because I SUCK at it!"
• Monitor the way you talk to yourself about your imperfections. [... commence throwing book down and yelling in a dramatic way while friend laughs!]

Called out? I think so. Ladies and gents- I have officially been Jesus slapped!