An Exceedingly Pleasant Day
Journal 2005 02 25
An Exceedingly Pleasant Day
“The day has been exceedingly pleasant.” William Clark the calm, steady, unflappable member of the Corps of Discovery’s command uses a very descriptive term to record the day. Not only exceedingly pleasant, in addition, quite busy.
It is the fifth day of thirty-degree weather. The men attempt to free the second, larger, boat from the death grip the river of ice has on it. They succeed in loosing it from the river. All the ropes the men fashioned from elk hides break as they attempt to pull the boat out of the river. Night falls on them before they can move the boat significantly.
Indian chiefs from the Hidatsa tribe come visiting and bring their wives carrying meat as gifts. The chiefs ask that a tomahawk be made for his son. Two of their sons and wives are allowed to spend the night with at the Fort. George Bunch from the Hudson’s Bay Company accompanies the Hidatsa’s.
I’m sure at some point over the next month or two we’ll touch on the role of men like George Brunch who represent the English Crown through the Hudson’s Bay Company in remote areas of North America. Ambassador, trader, emissary, friend and more described many of the men of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Character ultimately determined how these unique men were seen by those they engaged. A topic for another day.
Can we say at the end of today, “The day has been exceedingly pleasant”?
William Clark was working in wet, sloppy snow. While he was focused on freeing the ships look who decides to drop in unannounced, the Hidatsa’s! And they brought their family and friends. Don’t they know he has important work to accomplish today? And it is a short day at that. The sun is setting too early to get a lot done. And on and on. IF William Clark were given to whining, griping and complaining he may sound like this. However, he is not given to whining, griping and complaining. Are we?
If we are, we need to ask God to give us His perspective on our activities and summaries of our days. We need to see our activities, perspectives and accomplishments through His measuring devices so we can declare a sloppy, snow-covered, thirty degree, falling-short-of-goal, burdened by unexpected visitors and overnight guests day and declare it as “exceedingly pleasant”.
If you can’t do that, repent of a wrongly focused heart and bad vision, and allow Him to give you new vision and the Joy of the Holy Ghost so you are able to declare all things good in His sight and “exceedingly pleasant”.
Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
An Exceedingly Pleasant Day
“The day has been exceedingly pleasant.” William Clark the calm, steady, unflappable member of the Corps of Discovery’s command uses a very descriptive term to record the day. Not only exceedingly pleasant, in addition, quite busy.
It is the fifth day of thirty-degree weather. The men attempt to free the second, larger, boat from the death grip the river of ice has on it. They succeed in loosing it from the river. All the ropes the men fashioned from elk hides break as they attempt to pull the boat out of the river. Night falls on them before they can move the boat significantly.
Indian chiefs from the Hidatsa tribe come visiting and bring their wives carrying meat as gifts. The chiefs ask that a tomahawk be made for his son. Two of their sons and wives are allowed to spend the night with at the Fort. George Bunch from the Hudson’s Bay Company accompanies the Hidatsa’s.
I’m sure at some point over the next month or two we’ll touch on the role of men like George Brunch who represent the English Crown through the Hudson’s Bay Company in remote areas of North America. Ambassador, trader, emissary, friend and more described many of the men of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Character ultimately determined how these unique men were seen by those they engaged. A topic for another day.
Can we say at the end of today, “The day has been exceedingly pleasant”?
William Clark was working in wet, sloppy snow. While he was focused on freeing the ships look who decides to drop in unannounced, the Hidatsa’s! And they brought their family and friends. Don’t they know he has important work to accomplish today? And it is a short day at that. The sun is setting too early to get a lot done. And on and on. IF William Clark were given to whining, griping and complaining he may sound like this. However, he is not given to whining, griping and complaining. Are we?
If we are, we need to ask God to give us His perspective on our activities and summaries of our days. We need to see our activities, perspectives and accomplishments through His measuring devices so we can declare a sloppy, snow-covered, thirty degree, falling-short-of-goal, burdened by unexpected visitors and overnight guests day and declare it as “exceedingly pleasant”.
If you can’t do that, repent of a wrongly focused heart and bad vision, and allow Him to give you new vision and the Joy of the Holy Ghost so you are able to declare all things good in His sight and “exceedingly pleasant”.
Romans 14:17 “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 15:13 “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
posted by @2007 Dick Cinkovich | 11:26 PM
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