Things have changed a lot here at the house. We finally got the service/companion dog that we have been waiting on for my oldest son. It is not the same dog that I blogged about months ago, but that is another story for later. My son's dog is named Monster. Which is appropriate since he is a large Saint Bernard. He is great and he seems to be my buddy currently. Monster has attached himself to me which I love since I have always wanted to have my own dog. I know that the dog is for my oldest son and that is fine. My son is not ready to handle the dog yet but it will come with time. If Monster listens to me and my wife we can at least be assured that he will be well behaved and not drive us crazy.
I also listened to a great interview with Reverend Desmond Tutu. I loved listening to him talk about God. The thing that struck me the most was the way describe being silent in front of God. When asked about how he felt about God Reverend Tutu said, "I am learning to shut up more in the presence of God," he says, laughing. One model of prayer, he acknowledges, is that "you have a kind of shopping list that you bring to God" — and even Desmond Tutu confesses that "I still do."
But more and more for him, he says, communion with God is about "trying to grow, in just being there."
"Like when you sit in front of a fire in winter — you are just there in front of the fire," he says. "You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you."
I enjoyed hearing it for this great man. I have never been able to put into words the way I felt about God.
