Pondering past and future

While we ponder the recent past and the hopeful future, we are reminded of different days, with Ally reading the biography of William Carey. This passage about Hannah Marshman (p187),

whose unruffled temper, 'extraordinary prudence', devoutness and zeal made her the settlement's true mother - the Mission's saving health. Her heart was filled with sympathies and her days with deeds of grace. Six times was she called to mourn the loss of infants, but she was too rooted in the trust of God to be morose. Though faced with frequent motherhood, she bore the burden of her own and her husband's boarding-schools with an unruffled temper and a rare sagacity.

Combine this with 1 Corinthians 10:13

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Just sitting across the dinner table with Pads is a privilege.

Pen-y-fan on Friday night

Sponsored walk near mountain centre, originally uploaded by agent_mikejohnson.

This one was taken of Pads and myself with Pen-y-fan in the background. We took the bus from Greyfriar's Road to Storey Arms, walked up to the top and then beat a hasty retreat. The gale was full of hard snow pinging our faces to the point that Pads started to recite Ps46 through his sobs! We arrived at base, wet but otherwise unharmed, about 9pm. Saturday we walked over to meet up with the rest of the family who were starting a sponsored walk from the Mountain Centre.

I got the idea for doing this from Jim Elliff some time ago - it certainly seemed to do the trick. Now for the other 3 kids!