The Wanderer

I have been away for a few days at a generally excellent Banner of Truth Ministers’ Conference in Leicester.  Good preaching and warm fellowship made for a great week.  Unfortunately – and some of you may remember my previously-expressed awareness of entropy – I have run into more problems.  I had a pleasant ride home with Martin Holdt, during which we discussed God’s care of his people by various means, some more obvious and others better hidden.  I was aware that the car was not running too smoothly, but it was not until I reached home that I realised that the Lord had been preserving us even as we discussed his preserving mercies: it was not the road surface that was ropey, but a strut in one of the wheels that was collapsing, and leaving a large portion of the tyre bare.  I also got home to find that my computer – which has been a touch unstable for a few months – has again been just stopping.  Hard drive?  Heat event?  Software crash?  Who can tell, but it may be on its last legs, which is a touch awkward.  In God’s kindness, we are looking after my mother’s somewhat limited laptop (operating system, nothing more!) which at least allows me to do some of the basics online.  We may now be past mending and into replacing.  If things are a little quiet here for a while, you will know why.