Old Man River (July 2nd)

Well friends, not too much this week.

In fact, in the flourescent light it appears that nothing significant has happened this week.

We taught a few more lessons to the same people with the same fears and problems. We walked the same streets in the same clothes. We ran into the same kind of rude, closed people. We had the same kinds of beautiful moments of peace.

Sometimes it can get frustrating to look at what you're doing and not see any progress. This is when I realized that in this life we are asked to work on a letter in a novel! It can be easy for me to lose hope in myself and those around me when I lose perspective, because when we stare at one letter we really have no idea what the storyline even says. In all seriousness, these few years we have on Earth are so little compared to the expanse of eternity! God's been operating the trends of history for much longer than we've been alive, and he'll continue to do. Right now I'm learning to be satisfied with the tiny part that I have been given to play. I just hope one day when all of this is said and done I'll be able to say I did some good in the world.

Since I really don't have anything else to write for the week, I'm sending these lyrics which say it much better than I could: