Ramblings and Other Ramblings Ramblings (2/11/04) Desert diary from Wednesday, February 11, 2004 It seems every time I go to a social function, I end up sitting at the place in the table where the legs block me from a full sit. I’m the guy that goes to the tea party and I’m uncomfortable because the table legs keep knocking against my shins and crotch. Then when I shift, I end up tipping the whole tea party over and causing chaos. I don’t get invited back, but they’ll never forget. Other Ramblings: There is a pain reserved in every father’s heart when in the course of his child’s natural growth, when he or she needs independence. At times the child will not respond with affection as before, and will be standoffish. It’s a normal part of growing up, and it’s comforting to know that the freeze always thaws, but there is an ache. I wonder if the Father felt this ache when his son left home for earth to become man and suffer and die. In my own growth as a child in the house of God my Father, I hope to learn not to cause an ache in my Father’s heart when I think I need independence, or when I place what He gives me over who He is. My hope is that I can be a son and a friend to God: “I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord; Thou my great Father, I Thy true son…” Brother David