This morning the daily scriptures were again from the book of revelation. The imagery is very powerful and inspiring. I think about how my perception of the reading is so different now that I have been awakened to new levels of a spiritual conception than it was ever in my life.

I wanted to jot down some observations about the readings from the past week about Christ the King leading up to Thanksgiving day and then advent.
The idea of God as the shepherd and the shepherd as a ruler.
Worldly rulers and the true ruler of the world.
The throne room of the Lord.
The imagery of the realm of the spirit.
The sovereignty of the Lord and the creatures He rules.
The end of times and the final judgment.
The harvest of the faithful.
The separation of the wicked from the righteous.
The acts of faith by which we will be judged.

Today I joked with guys at work all day about a recording of a person with a deep ethnic accent and a misguided notion. It was form of self-righteous pride. I was mocking the lowly, I was propagating a stereotype. After meditating on the Gospel reading from sunday the feast of Christ the king I had to do a heartfelt act of contrition over this.

I didn't get to go to the noon meeting because an elevator was stuck. But I got to take a walk which was rejuvinating. I also ran into a friend from the meeting on the street and we got to have a friendly conversation that we never get to have at the meeting.

Tonight I griped at the boys more than I should have.

Tonight I found a prayer for Thanksgiving.

Thanks be to God for a good day.