3/18/03

I guess the blog ends here. I am thinking about reviving it later or in a new form, but for now, I will finish. It seems fitting that my last entry is on this subject of finishing. I enjoy many of the literary aspects of the Bible, like typography, symbolism, etc. I also like to study the significance of biblical numbers knowing God has a reason for everything. This goes back to my history with the number 8 which biblically stands for new beginnings and resurrection. So much that God did in my life several years ago would relate that way. Too long of a story to tell in here, but it was just neat. Well, recently I have been curious of what the number 9 means biblically. I kept thinking that it did not even seem to make sense that I would return to CA after 9 years away. Excuse me, God, I thought, but shouldn’t I have gone LAST year then? Eight years, new beginnings, you know? Yes, He does know—and He said to go THIS year. And especially after Darrell and Terry and what happened there I had to know. So I finally looked it up last night in several biblical references and was amazed to discover that the number 9 means fullness, completeness and wholeness. When you look at it in the Bible it even is used in the completion of generations, as well as many things. Every commentary said the same thing. COMPLETION.

I found that somehow very encouraging. I said before this trip that I felt it was a turning point somehow. I had a strong desire to go back and examine my old life. Throughout the trip, of course, I was looking at the idea of being anew creation, of seeing how God had transformed me. So I find it so logical and so GOD that nine is the fullness of it.

It rings true inside me; it is clear another chapter has begun.

Those who have followed my blog. Thanks! It has been fun. I am not done. I will likely update this with every trip and send emails to that effect. I enjoy this a lot. So this is just a break for now. In fact, I will probably update soon since the next trip is in the works! Sometimes I truly think of moving to a tiny studio apartment I can use as my home base for travel. I am not kidding. One reason DFW is a great airport hub is that it is in the middle of the country and you can get anywhere in about equal time. Sometimes that is how I feel living here. It is a hub for my life wherever it takes me.

I wonder what this next chapter will bring….