Crazy people and revelation

One of the best ways to begin a day is by sitting in a warm coffee shop, gabbing with a friend with no worry about time. It's a sign of a true friend when she will volunteer to meet you at 6 a.m. for that gabfest - and actually makes it in spite of the three below temperature and ferocious wind chills.

The lovely, charming and smart Holly and I did indeed meet for coffee this morning. I managed to show up not only showered and in clean clothes, but with make up on and earrings in. I don't even wear earrings to work. As I explained to Holly, even without caffeine I was insanely awake and chatty, simply for the joy of seeing a friend at that ridiculous early hour.

The first time we looked at the clock, it was 10:38. I had noticed the ebb and flow of customers around us - even the usual tableful of older folks had packed up and gone, a sure sign time was marching on. Holly needed to run to get lunch and other things before going to work, so she left.

I stayed.

After going through my usual quiet time, I started the study I plan to lead after Christmas: Revelation. (Grammatical side note: It is Revelation, singular, not Revelations, plural. Misspeak or mistype it and I will hit you (repeatedly) with a wet noodle. The title is taken from the first verse: The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place...) We will be using this study guide by MacArthur.

The study guide contains not only the study itself, but the full text in the New King James translation as well as the notes from MacArthur's study bible. As I was working my way through the first lesson, I kept notes for myself on additional things I needed to look up when I got home. But I'd be in the process of checking on another, utterly unrelated reference, and stumble upon just the passage I needed to take care of the info I planned to look up later.

Cool.

It was after noon when I finally left, home to putter with fabric. Since the gifts need to be finished very shortly, I really should get back to it. But I do love not having to watch the clock!