Excess heat, spare meat and a simple seed

The weather has been mercilessly hot for the past two months. I don't recall anything quite like it for as long as I've been on this sunny island. I'd very much like to attribute its cause to global warming. But I know it would be utter self-denial to ignore the fact that I'm really expanding horizontally, not in the healthier sense. Even my social jury is giving assent, continually and voluntarily. Accordingly, a thicker subcutaneous layer increases bodily insulation, which is quite unnecessary in this part of the world. At least not now. You see, what was designed to be a completely normal homeostatic function has been perverted by irresponsible diet, lack of exercise and late nights. So, more vegetables and fruit, less meat and suet? Mayb- nah, who am I bluffing.

But actually, what's more noteworthy of recency is the bare control I had over the movie-discussion a few hours ago. The over-starched collar of disorganised material clearly had a stifling effect. The conveyance of such probably ignited embers of doubt that were never properly extinguished at the end. Along the same lines, fattened resources don't necessarily lead to nutritious sharing. Especially not with an audience that has a panoply of appetites. Haha, I'm actually amused at the way this is turning out to sound a lot like a barbecue of complaints.

But if a simple seed gets just what it needs, then a Redwood tree might grow.

At least now I have some idea of how to deal with a group of folks with different needs. Just go Gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation for believers and unbelievers alike.

So despite the fact that my sharing earlier wasn't entirely coherent;

despite the fact that there're still so many internal and external affairs vis-à-vis YM that have yet to be sorted out;

and despite the fact that my left eye is now incredibly red and painful due to a stray spurt of alkaline shower lotion in the bathroom earlier,

God was, is and will be sovereign in all things. We fight to issue calls for conversion, but ultimately, it is He who issues a converting call.

"When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out.' The man who had died came out, his hands and feet were bound with linen strips, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, and let him go.'"

John 11:43-44