Paul Gets Stoned

What a nice reading from Acts tonight. (By the way, I'm reading the OT and Gospel in the morning, and the NT at night, as suggested by page 964 of the BCP. I love following rules.) Anyway, it was a nice pleasant reading and it stands in contrast to poor Job, who has been having such a hard time lately:

¹⁷The night racks my bones,
and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
¹⁸With violence he seizes my garment;
he grasps me by the collar of my tunic.
¹⁹He has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like dust and ashes.
²⁰I cry to you and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you merely look at me.
²¹You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.
²²You lift me up on the wind, you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
²³I know that you will bring me to death...

Job has it rough, indeed. But in the reading from Acts, we get a view that you can love God and be with God and spread God's word without suffering all the time. I mean, Paul only gets stoned once.

In other news, Lonelygirl15 was a fake: an actress. Like we couldn't have guessed. (It was the spectacular lighting on her vids that gave it away.) But I promise you, your Daily Officer is real.

One final note: I just found a church in my area that has daily, yes DAILY, Morning Prayer. (Our cathedral, which seems to barely have any masses at all, let alone prayer services, should take note!) It's at 6:40 in the morning. (*sigh*) I suppose there's a certain penetential and sacraficial character to that horribly early hour. But I think I'll go and experience Common Prayer in common. I'll let you know how it turns out. Peace.