The wind outside begins to wail, a snowstorm rattles roof and rail. But here within, all calm and clear, I sit beside the fire’s cheer.
I met him once in fifth grade - right there between spelling words and a math test I hadn’t studied for.
When the fullness of time had come… - Galatians 4:4 (ESV, partial) Nothing much happened, at least not that you’d point to. No crack in the sky. No flare or sign. Just the sense, standing there, that things weren’t keeping pace.
We knew what it meant to go get candy in Elmira at the end of October
The motorcycles rounded a bend in the road and before the boys lay a wide stretch of open highway, descending in a gradual slope. To their right lay Barmet Bay, sparkling in the afternoon sun. At the bottom of the slope was a grassy expanse that opened out on the beach, the road at this point being only a few feet above the sea level. The little meadow was a favorite parking place for motorists, as their cars could regain the road easily. - Hardy Boys, The Shore Road Mystery
He emptied himself. - Philippians 2:7 Nothing was announced. Nothing was held back. He simply wasn’t there anymore.