glorycloud's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the passions of Christ It is 2:55 PM Wednesday afternoon. The sun just came out after being hidden by gray cloud cover most of the day. It is 62 degrees this afternoon. Carol has already talked about doing yard work due to us having these Spring like days. I am tired so I have decided to be very brief this afternoon. I do not have the energy to write a long diary entry today. I was up this morning around 6 o'clock AM. When I came upstairs the house was dark, Carol had not gotten up yet. I warmed up coffee made last night. Next I did some stretches since my right leg was in pain due to my sciatica affliction. I next wrote in my paper diary and then read for devotions from a book titled, 'The Life of Jesus Christ' Part Two Volume 1, Chapters 1-57 By Ludolph of Saxony. In this massive volume I am now on Chapter 44 The Joy of the Elect as Redemption Nears. Carol and I had devotions around 9 o'clock AM and then we decided to drive over to Grand Rapids to visit book stores Baker Book House and Reformed Heritage Books Also stop at Trader Joe's. So we did that and were Home by 1 o'clock PM. Carol bought twelve books and I bought five books while we were in GR. At Baker Book House I bought two books- 'Passions of the Christ: The Emotional Life of Jesus in the Gospels' by F. Scott Spencer 'The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology' by Brian E. Daley At Reformed Heritage Books Store I bought two specially bound books that were privately printed for seminary use- 'The Beginnings of American Theology: John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard and Peter Bulkeley' PH.D. dissertation by James William 'Bayne On Ephesians' a Puritan reprint published by Tentmakers Publications On the way out of GR headed back home we stopped at a Goodwill Thrift Store to look at their used books. I found one used book, Short Stories by Barry Lopez titled, 'Resistance'. So the day has gone by. Carol left this afternoon to do errands of mercy/comfort the sick and afflicted. I have been reading off and on this afternoon from a book titled, 'Jonathan Edwards, Pastor: Religion and Society in Eighteenth Century Northampton' by Patricia Tracy. Last night I mainly read from a memoir titled, 'Sing Backwards And Weep' A Memoir by Mark Lanegan. I am very tired so I will close to pray. Thy kingdom come and thy will be on earth as it is in heaven. "Q. 191. What do we pray for in the second petition? Q. 192. What do we pray for in the third petition? 3:21 p.m. - 2022-03-16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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