Unshakability

Let's talk about socks for a minute.

Shall we?
 

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Contrary to popular belief, cherry pie does not "make the world go round". Granted, it does give the world higher cholesterol, and wayside blood sugars. Instead, this singularly honorific...err...honor must be handed to our great friends: THE SOCKS. Yes. Socks make the world go round. Why, look ye, amidst the whole of our shoe-laden feet! There is, THE PAIR OF SOCKS to accompany our otherwise naked toes. Imagine it: a world without socks. A desolate mayhem. For there the black shadows (at this I wonder what other color a shadow could be) of blister and frostbite would lurk in the candy cane forests, don't you agree? Somehow, the world is a sweeter place with SOCKS.
Truly friend, I must hath never spoken a more sincere sentence, correct?

Alas, THE SOCK is a tricky thing, and of the most trickish nature. For though, undoubtedly, you have worn a pair and thought the world of them at that time, it is questionable whether you have witnessed a darker side of these mittens of the feet...


AND THERE I WAS!

On a stairway of fate! A stairway of destiny! A stairway of ill and unfortunate luck! And, of course: A stairway of slippery, knot holed wooden steps wheretofore I should have known better then to come bounding down them in SOCKS!!

Ah! Sweet stupidity. Wherever would I be without you? How then shall I find my facepalming moments without thee to guide my klutzish, sock-footed way?

Splat.

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And that was how youth camp began. With me on the floor. And everyone (almost everyone) staring at me in that "oh-you-silly-child-who-decides-to-leap-down-a-polished-wooden-stair-case-with-socks-on" sort of way.

I can't even describe all the wonderful, idiotic, stupendous, and outlandish things we did less then a fortnight ago. From the dropping of cheese balls to the epicness of kerplunking into horse poop. To the squishing of spiders to the smashing of PBC pipe swords.

Wonderful stuff. Really really wonderful stuff.

However, though you may read this with surprise, I do assure you that it was clearly evident that God was with us. Not only because of the many, many times in which, to my great amazement, I did NOT break my neck, but because of the way my eyes, mind, and heart were opened up to just how...OUTSTANDINGLY

BEAUTIFUL our Father is and will always be.

Our theme was "Unshakable".

To be unshakable in your faith is no simple feat. Look at Abraham, Hannah, Joshua, Daniel, Rahab---all heroes of faith. Their stories tell of what it means to be unshakable.

Now, if only I could be like them...

Thus, I went to camp. I got back from camp. I miss camp.

I am impatient for a great many things.

I am impatient for The Hobbit to Come out in less then six months.

I am impatient for my week to be done so that I can sit back on a Saturday and sigh with contentment for no particular reason.

I am impatient for a fleeting moment of inspiration to kick me in the brain (anytime now...anytime...).

And, I was impatient to redecorate my blog. But as you can plainly see, I caved on that one.

So now it's official: I am @ http://www.kismint.blogspot.com/

Hear, hear!

I'm sorry if you had a hard time getting here. After all, I did say that the updates would come on August 1, and seeing that it is not yet July, I must admit, I was rather hasty. But I found a template I liked, and a name that grew. So please don't be mad. Or eat me with bacon bits.

Clarification: You can give me the bacon bits to eat, you just can't eat me with them.

Love to all,

God bless,
Plink-a-Dink