Exhausted!

This is about how I feel this week! It is the last week of the semester. Next week is final exams. I feel like I've been caught in a whirl-wind. It wasn't this bad last semester, nearing Christmas break. To add insult to injury, I now have to deal with an incident of academic dishonesty.

Sigh...

Almost there!

On a much happier note, our manuscript is in the final stages of publication... editor's proofs, etc. This encompasses FIVE years of work!

Innocence

Have you ever wondered if animals are capable to lying? Are they capable of being devious and manipulative just for the sake of pride and selfishness? Right before bed time, I let Doggie out to pee. She always runs right back home because she knows she will be given a doggie treat. I know she checks back to see if I see her. She would squat and empty her little bladder. But, I wonder if she is devious enough to "pretend squat", making me think that she has done what is expected of her so she can get her treat.

Flashback...

Every now and then, my mind draws me back to a place, a time where I had been. For a flash of a few seconds, I'm back in Taiwan, an island on which I was born or on the Rockie Mountains of Colorado or the red beaches of Prince Edward Island or the bike trails of Cape Cod... They are all pleasant memories, times of pure contentment. I'm looking forward to collecting more of them!

Easter!

This weekend is the celebration of Jesus Christ and the power of the Cross. It has always been my favorite time of the year, even more so than Christmas. It reminds me of what Christ had done for me, redeeming me from my sins, myself. He has set me free! I am reminded this particular year of something He said to the Roman guards on the night He was arrested.

"I told you that I am he," Jesus answered. "If you are looking for me, then let these men go." (John 18:8)

The same way that God told the Pharaoh to, "Let My people go," He has said the same thing to my captives, the sins that have bound me.

"Let her go, she's Mine." I can imagine Jesus say.