BitterSweetLife

In light of the Summer’s demands, which extend ray-like into the distant future—or at least until August 5, my course’s deadline—I’m considering the necessity of writing shorter posts.

I’ve started dabbling in Pascal, and one thing I’ve noticed is that many of his “Pensees” are merely a sentence or two long, which demonstrates the fact that you can cover a lot of ground quite tersely.

The appeal of this option is growing by leaps and bounds.

This week, Lindsay is heading to Mexico for a short-term mission trip with 40-some people from our church. I’m staying back to work, do class assignments, and come up with a sermon idea for this Sunday when I’ll be a “guest preacher” at our church.

Loneliness will likely collide with urgency, as I rush sadly to get everything done; hopefully my essay assignments won’t be overly poignant, as that wouldn’t fly very well in archaeology. The sermon could be justifiably bittersweet, however. In the meantime, here’s my first Pensee-like post (and more about Pascal later):

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We call God “omniscient” because we must, but I suspect the truth eclipses the adjective as the sky outshines a beat-out bowl. We can’t fathom the label we’ve invented—“ALL-knowing”—much less the reality it points to.