Wanderings – Page 81 – The Life and Times of Joe Suttle

Such A Little Thing

joe February 21, 2008 Faith, General

Usually comes as a real surprise then you find what has been holding you back. This morning, I got up to finish a little programming – just copying what was in a book. Yeah right! The program kept failing and giving me the strangest errors. Searched the web looking for a meaning for the errors. Looked at all kinds of error logs on the server. Read and re-read the books I had been working from. All to no avail. So, started from scratch, using another program written by someone else, and it worked. Well, the short story is that after many comparisons the problem was located. Someone (namely me) had typed a ‘;’ instead of the required ‘:’ at one point in the program. Changed that, and everything about it worked.

Kind of reminds me that proofreading your work is not a bad thing – nor is comparing it to the original. Had I done that, the problem would have been gone last night. This meshed with this mornings study in 1 Peter 5. His admonishment to “stand firm” points us to knowing what we believe and letting that be our shield. Also in verse 8, made me vividly remember watching “Animal Planet” and seeing how lions attack. When problems come, we need to be prepared – to have something for defense. God’s Word would be a very good start.

Bright Sunshiny Day

joe February 20, 2008 Faith

Beautiful clouds in the sky after the rain. Just the kind of day photographers look for to capture a brilliant sunset. Will keep watching before driving down to Point Richmond or the Berkeley Marina to capture that picture. Definitely won’t drive to San Fran and Ocean Beach (today anyhow!). Do remember many years ago, seeing the perfect sky while driving from the mid west back to California. The problem was, that as I drove, the clouds were now to the east of me, ending the perfect sky. They do say that getting the perfect photo is a matter of being in the right place at the right time (like, that was before “PhotoShop”). Hope that happens today…if not, there will be other days.

Still trying to get used to being retired, and it’s hard going back to bed in the morning (have to let Otis the dog out). Most mornings, that’s too much waking up, and just can’t get back to sleep. Getting better though…do get a few mornings with extra winks. Almost like wasting the time God gave me – get something done!

1 Peter 4 kind of ends with a strange verse that is connected to Proverbs. Verse 18 compares how hard it will be for righteous people (check out the word) to be saved and then says based on that, how much more difficult it will be for someone who rejects- Christ. But…verse 19 says that regardless of what happens, God is faithful to His promise to do what he said. Flat out reminds me of 2 Tim 2:13 – “He cannot deny Himself.”

More Done

joe February 19, 2008 General

That’s not a comment on cooking, just that I have gotten more work done on the blog. Earlier today (like this morning) thought there might be time to get some outside work done, but then the rain came. Yes, you heard right, “rain”. Tried to take my own picture, but after about ten or fifteen shots, there weren’t any worth posting. Karen saw the one I had chosen and offered to take some more. The result is on the left. Now if I could just get the computer to read my mind and put my thoughts here. Sleep well.