Please do not mind but I have the air conditioning on

I was sitting in my room in the cool fridge like conditions feeling a little bit embarressed because I was using electicity to cool my room. What what William Carey say?

The cool was certainly delicious. I went outside the room to the hallway  and it was like an oven.

I quickly came back in and turned the air conditioning off. After being out in the hall my room seemed very cool.

Later  I found a button on the remote control which read Room temp. When  I pushed it nothing happened until I turned the air con back on.

There it was -  the staggering truth. It was 30 flaming degrees.

 I instantly stopped feeling bad about using the air con. Again I checked the room temperature and it was 31 degrees.

It was bed time so I turned the air con back on. After an hour I was still awake so I looked to see what the room temperature was. It was 26 degrees. Crazy. The room temperature had only dropped five degrees in an hour.

At some point in the night it started to rain so I turned off the air con. In the morning when I opened my window there was a lovely breeze coming in.

As I breakfasted, showered and dressed I realised another advantage of using the air con. The marble floor was very cold.

Now it is nearly 4pm and it is 28 degrees in the room. I have had to close the windows because my blood sucking friends were coming in.

I can feel my face glowing with perspiration.

I wonder how my visitors would like a burst of cold air?

I really do need to turn the air con back on and cool down else I will never get my house dress off and my salwar chemise back on for 6pm when I am going out.

Here I am

I know. I know. I've been very slow to blog this time.  To date though I have been very busy  trying to book a train ticket.  I tried Wednesday.  No  luck. Internet was down in tourist booking office. So we went back yesterday and success. I'm off to Berhampur tomorrow in a third class air con seat. I have to be at the train station by 715 am.

I also tasted success literally  yesterday when I ate a naan bread at my favourite restaurant of all time. I have been instructed by Olivia who shall remain partially anonymous to eat as much butter chicken for her as I can. So I will do my best. Probably won't have many opportunities to eat out though.
Here is chicken butter Masala  I ate with naan which is the closest thing I can find to bchicken .

Will you just grow up

I’ve been on a bender to grow up emotionally ever since I read Peter Scazzero’s book Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, at the end of 2016. The bottom line of Pete’s book is, it is impossible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. We want to be Christlike but dare I suggest, at the root of Christlikeness is emotionally maturity.

I suspect it is not just me God is wanting to mature!!! I believe at this point in time God is calling us, his kids in the church, to grow up and relate to one another in a mature way. I believe it is our emotional immaturity that is letting us down. We are not revealing the multi faceted aspects of the wisdom of God, love, as we are called to do. One sure sign of maturity is the ability to not only speak the truth in love but also be able to hear the truth. By the love we have for each other, people will know who we follow.

It is not enough to repent of sin as it happens, we have to allow the truth of the Holy Spirit to replace the dodgy immature sinful old man ways we relate to each other. Being defensive, distancing ourselves emotionally from people, to name two of the dysfunctions the Holy Spirit and I are dismantling, are not viable options for the chick following after Jesus. Nor the rooster. I dare to expect that as I become more emotionally mature, I will need to repent less. Ohhh, that sounded scary when I said it out loud.

You can imagine my joy at finding a website that talks about the challenges of maturing emotionally. In essence this is what the psychological world calls emotional intelligence - the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. Check it out if you like. I have found the discussion there on relationships and self quite helpful and enlightening. www.thebookoflife.org.