Delight

Today was my first day of vacation. I had high hopes for a "re-arrange" project in the garage. The plan was to move three storage units and the freezer to different locations, making the space more efficient and allowing me to install a beautiful new cabinet on the wall. I dutifully emptied the shelving and drawer units to be moved into the middle of the garage, creating one walkway each direction and "stuff" piled everywhere else.

It was at this point I realized that my plan wasn't going to work and some of the parts were not going to fit...and as I write all that stuff is still piled high.

Great news, I did get the nails on Scotty the Wonder Dog clipped! But that's about it for today and it's...okay.

We have two baseball practices and three games to be at this week. To complicate things a little bit, my wife leaves on Wednesday for her parent's house as her mother is recovering from surgery. Tomorrow or Wednesday my "new" truck, a '68 Chevy goes up for sale on Craig's List. I'm bummed about it because the vehicle is pretty cool, but it is for the best right now. But if my youngest had the money, HE'D OWN IT. The truck really is a throw-back in a variety of ways. It has the deep rumbling sound of a dual-exhaust V-8, beautiful chrome on the rebuilt engine with lap belts on a bench seat that I had to explain to my 17-year-old, how to use. The vehicle has a manual choke that he's never seen before and this is the first time that he's ever had to pump the accelerator once before starting, and "tapping down" the carburetor before shifting into gear. Oh the memories, oh the feeling and oh the hilarity watching the boy trying to get the hang of this classic.

Watched him "kill it" four times in a row...

Yesterday I was in Psalm 37, teaching on the subject of delighting ourselves in the Lord. Basically it gets us back to simpler things and focusing on what really matters - without distraction. Watching a son trying to get the hang of something from, well, my childhood, brings me back to those simpler things quite nicely.

It makes "delight" all that much more meaningful and real.