Monday 27 August 2007

*SPLASH*


There we go. I'm in. And the water's not nearly as cold as I thought it'd be.....


I've entered blogging the way Roo, my son, goes swimming. Eyes screwed up and holding his nose with one hand, he jumps off the side because he knows he has to (and deep down, wants to) but he hates those first few seconds of heart-racing, mind-throbbing bodyshock. In that sense, he's just like me.


Roo wants to swim. I want to live, and not lose my life in the torrent of 'things that must be done' which threatens to sweep away even the least ambitious of ministers. Despite being a rural Scottish charge, life at St Hacket's in the East brings to mind Dutch boys with fingers in dams, rather than chin-scratching strolls beside still waters. So this is my attempt to slow down for a while and drag to the bank some of the ordinary treasures of life which could all too easily go floating by.

If I find some, you're welcome to share them with me. Better still, you could stop by and lend a hand hauling them out of the water. I promise to share my sandwiches with you when we're through. (I'll explain the Blog title next time).

TODAY'S WORDS OF PROFOUND WISDOM: God often visits us. It's just that most of the time we're not in.