Tozer on meekness

The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. Rather, he may be in his moral life as bold as a lion and as strong as Samson; but he has stopped being fooled about himself. He has accepted God’s estimate of his own life. He knows he is weak and helpless as God has declared him to be, but paradoxically, he knows at the same time that he is, in the sight of God, more important than angels. In himself nothing, in God everything. That is his motto. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring. He restes perfectly content to allow God to place His own values. he will be patient to wait for the day when everything will get its own price tag and real worth will come into its own. Then the righteous shall shine forth in the kingdom of their Father. he is willing to wait for that day.

AW Tozer, The pursuit of God.

National Strike

We know we are in France, because there has been a lot of talk in the media about the national strike today. I think it is mainly civil servants, but a lot of people are unhappy about recent changes about retirement age. Fortunately, Jean-Baptiste’s school is opened, so it won’t make any difference to us, except maybe avoid the town center this morning because there is a demonstration planned, and eventually no postman.

Sunday 5th September

I had a second opportunity to preach today. Emmanuel Hartiel led the service, and I preached. I chose Psalm 2 as my text. It is vain to try to rebel against the LORD, for his Kingdom cannot be moved. There was good attendance, two visitors. After the service, we had a cup of coffee and peopled stayed on for a chat.

The Hartiels came to us for lunch, and we had some food in the garden. Then, we had a long walk in the countryside, enjoying fellowship. Jean-Baptiste found it difficult to see the other children cycling around and playing together. But he’ll have the next six days to catch up, until next Sunday.

The week continues tomorrow. The church will resume its normal weekly program. And there is a national strike on Tuesday.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

  • Latest Newsletter is out. Contact us if you haven't received it by email. #
  • I love the Breton weather (so far). J'aime la météo Bretonne (pour l'instant). #
  • That's it, Jean-Baptiste is in School. The little boy next door will be in the same class. #
  • Rentrée for Jean-Baptiste today, exciting. #
  • How to Remember People's Names (and Deal with Unusual Names) http://t.co/x9bY2f3 via @lifehacker #
  • David Dickson on the Psalms is just amazing. #
  • I am pretty sure I saw two fields of hemp (cannabis), on the side of the road bach from the beach. Not the smoking variety, but still… #
  • Going today to Tregastel, on the seaside. #

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En Avant Guingamp

I have never been a football fan, and will never be. But football is big here, and the local team has a big following. The stadium can seat about 18 000 people and the town itself has only about 8 000 inhabitants. En Avant Guingamp is not a big team, but they won the French Football cup in 2009. We discovered after we arrived that they train on the football grounds just behind our house, and we can see them most mornings.

Some big names have played in Guingamp: Didier Drogba is one of them, but also Jean-Pierre Papin and more. More surprising, Eduardo Ribeiro, who scored the winning goal in the final of the French worldcup in 2009, was a Christian and attended the local Gypsy church. He has since moved on, but had the opportunity to speak about his faith in the local medias after the team’s victory.