onedaymorelike4days

What a wild ride it's been so far.

We left my house at ten in the evening last night, and drove through the desert that is Utah and Arizona, and Nevada. Then we stopped in Vegas for a spell to kill some time, because we didn't get to check in until 2 PM PDT. I can't even begin to tell you how radically, impressively, disappointingly the architecture, programming, depravity and culture of Vegas was, especially considering I'd not had adequate sleep in the car ride the hours prior.

We walked around for a while, gambled a bit, went to McD's for breakfast and hit the road to plunder back into wilderness. For some reason, the heat and lack of sleep really knocked me out. I remember waking up in strides for various stops, or jarring bumps in the road, but nothing to fix my eyes on other than that. I have been drinking a lot of water too.

We finally arrived to L.A. and checked into our room, to the satisfaction of decompressing from being crammed into a Ford Focus for the good part of 12 hours. Then the rest of the day, which I'll go into later, we chilled out: Chipotle, Nap, watched reruns of Scrubs and South Park.

Now, I'm really tired and I need to go read my bible. It feels like this time has been much longer than just leaving my house last night. That is God giving me grace I think. Time away, to clear my head, to let down and be a dude with some brothers.

Everything means something, and I rest in the hope that only is found in Christ.
And on a closing note, of deep value to me, and so much deep truth that lay within, is a picture of Jesus and a servanthood model by his decree:
John 13:18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture will be fulfilled, 'He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.' 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."