“We need to be reminded again and again that spiritual maturity is not about the assurance of personal strength; it is about being joyfully willing to admit weakness, because of the constant renewing work of God’s grace in our lives. We should not fear the weakness that drives us into our Lord’s hands. What we should fear are the delusions of strength that tempt us to live independently.”
-Paul David Tripp, Sunday Matters
This came up in Readwise review today. I need this reminder that maturity does not equip me for the next challenge.
Notes
A zinnia from the casket spray from my mother-in-law’s funeral on Saturday. She had zinnias in her yard in Little Rock. We had a blessed time remembering her with family on Saturday.
My wife had requested zinnias but the florist did not have any. But she was able to get them from someone else and they were a part of the spray. This flower, with its combination of red and yellow, would have been a favorite of mother-in-laws. It immediately caught my wife’s eye. Later that afternoon, she took it from the arrangement at the gravesite and brought it home.
I saw beautiful cloud formation all day while driving through Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas. I captured this one in Crossett, Arkansas.
I thought about our house guest from last week. She attended the game in Cincinnati and I know she is afraid of lightning.
I love Budapest.
I saw that Evan Longoria is retiring as a Ray. I enjoyed watching “Longo” play third base when we attended Rays games between 2009 and 2012.
The picture that comes to mind first is the one from the illustration with his arms raised after hitting a walk-off home in Game 162. I was listening to the game on the radio.
I bought my son a Longoria figure that still sits on his shelf.
Congratulations on your career, Evan.
I played around with flex-wrap: balance in Canary this afternoon. I was working with my teammate early this week on layout similar to the one in Una’s video. I didn’t even have to remove the width declarations on the flex items (which sets up the faux grid).
Introducing ? flex-wrap: balance ? Would you use this? ?? Not a real feature yet, just something one of our engineers has been working on. (You can try it out in the latest Chrome Canary with the experimental web platform features flag though!)
— Una Kravets (@una.im) May 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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For years, I have wanted to stop to take pictures of the Sinclair dinosaur by the Lake Barkley Bridge in Kentucky. Today, I finally did. I’m heading back to Chattanooga from Murray with stop in Nashville to see my oldest daughter.
It is rare for me to see a Sinclair gas station. There is another dinosaur at an auto repair shop in Cadiz. Those are the only ones I have seen in quite a long time.
I saw this on Facebook. Animation of Aaron Gordon’s buzzer beating dunk to help Nuggets even playoff series with Clippers.
I have been thinking about where I was a year ago today. I was in Budapest, Hungary, one of my favorite cities. This day was probably my favorite of our time in Budapest. I had a reunion with a good friend that I met 35 years ago this summer. My son and I enjoyed a great lunch with him and his sons at Monkey Bistro. This came after spending the morning touring the National Gallery. After we parted with my friend, we enjoyed Matthias Church. I introduced my son to palacsintas. And then I enjoyed a time of reflection at the park next to our hotel. We started the morning with a delightful breakfast from Csengery Reggelizö és Kávézó just a few blocks from our hotel. It was such a full and rich day.
Here we go. Day 1 of working remotely with Revive Our Hearts.