The past two weeks have been a major transition time for Jan and me. During this time, our communication lifelines have been unreliable at best. We moved out of our Saigon apartment on Sept. 23rd and spent one night in a hotel ($27 for a tiny but clean room with good shower and included breakfast). Then flew to Hanoi for one night in a hotel there (nice large room for $50, but little internet connection). Then we were off to Bangkok for 8 days in a hotel (great seminar, nice place, intermittent internet connection). Back to Hanoi for one more night in a hotel (only $39, but still poor internet service).
Finally last Tuesday we moved into our apartment. I had messaged several times to our realtor to have the landlord arrange for internet connection to be ready for the first day. Nope. Coming tomorrow - Yes, No. We will get internet within a few days we are promised. (It is a new apartment building only 15% occupied so there is some excuse, I suppose.) We discovered on Friday that while we have no internet connection, the lobby of our apartment building offers wifi. So Jan and I have made several elevator runs from our 19th floor apartment to use the internet. How appropriate as we have struggled to keep up with emails, that when I went on the internet from the lobby, I was unable to access blogspot to make my post.
All of this to say, if my blog has appeared intermittent, I do have an excuse: travel, moving and poor internet access. I am writing this from an in transit hotel in Seoul where the internet connection is great (don't ask the price)! My first time to spend money on this kind of hotel, but well worth it. I arrived here at 5:30 am and don't fly out until 6:30 pm. So having a hotel room has been wonderful.
All of the above simply reminds me again how fortunate we are to have instant and constant access to God through our Great High Priest. Only He can be accessed always - no dependency on electricity, internet connects, etc. How great and merciful is our God.
Presently I am reading through Hebrews and I love the way this book begins with a strong emphasis on Christ's unique status. He is greater than even angels, those powerful heavenly beings. He is greater than even Moses, the greatest of human leaders. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Our God is absolutely, infinitely reliable and always available! Humans, with all of our ingenuity and abilities, even with our huge global companies, can never come close to providing anything like that.
Finally last Tuesday we moved into our apartment. I had messaged several times to our realtor to have the landlord arrange for internet connection to be ready for the first day. Nope. Coming tomorrow - Yes, No. We will get internet within a few days we are promised. (It is a new apartment building only 15% occupied so there is some excuse, I suppose.) We discovered on Friday that while we have no internet connection, the lobby of our apartment building offers wifi. So Jan and I have made several elevator runs from our 19th floor apartment to use the internet. How appropriate as we have struggled to keep up with emails, that when I went on the internet from the lobby, I was unable to access blogspot to make my post.
All of this to say, if my blog has appeared intermittent, I do have an excuse: travel, moving and poor internet access. I am writing this from an in transit hotel in Seoul where the internet connection is great (don't ask the price)! My first time to spend money on this kind of hotel, but well worth it. I arrived here at 5:30 am and don't fly out until 6:30 pm. So having a hotel room has been wonderful.
All of the above simply reminds me again how fortunate we are to have instant and constant access to God through our Great High Priest. Only He can be accessed always - no dependency on electricity, internet connects, etc. How great and merciful is our God.
Presently I am reading through Hebrews and I love the way this book begins with a strong emphasis on Christ's unique status. He is greater than even angels, those powerful heavenly beings. He is greater than even Moses, the greatest of human leaders. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Our God is absolutely, infinitely reliable and always available! Humans, with all of our ingenuity and abilities, even with our huge global companies, can never come close to providing anything like that.
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