The God of Cayman and all creation is good

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Well, God's richest grace to you all.
Julie and I are having an absolutely amazing time. God's goodness to us has been manifest in: 1) learning to love each other more and more (I adore this wonderful and beautiful woman! Just ask me about her and I will spill over with praises.), 2) fellowship with the dear saints at First Baptist Church Cayman (Thabiti, Christi, Dave and Kathy), 3) some AMAZING life experiences (e.g., swimming with, holding Sting Rays and touching Moray eels in the wild, 4) having uniterrupted talk time with Julie to relate and cherish and discover more and more about my fascinating and godly wife, 5) enjoying some great food (the only thing that I would not recommned is the turtle burger. Think of warmed-over spicy pate and you're there), 6) many opportunies to engage Julie in deep spiritual conversations than our normal pace does not allow, and 7) to revel in the infinite expanse of God's creativity while snorkeling and exploring (e.g., blue iguanas?!?!?).
(Note-please pardon a preacher's rhapsodic moment) I simply cannot wait to experience heaven! Consider a reality with these features 1) a creation competely unencumbered by sin, where sin has had no greying effect and entropy (the disintegrating tendency of all physical objects toward chaos and disorder) does not come into play (Rom. 8:20-22) 2) where God can create outside the limits of space and time, 3) where our senses are perfectly atuned to received supernatural amounts of information (all noetic effects of since are put to nought) 4) where pleasure will be perfected and all-satisfying (Psalm 16:11) and 5) where the light spectrum includes dozens of inconceivable colors well beyond our 7-layered light spectrum. What that place will actually feel, look, smell, taste and sound like is truly unimaginable! It is almost heaven to dream of being there. Maranatha!
As for the Castaic fire, no worries. As always the fear factor of something happening to our home exceeds the real possibility of that by about 1,000 fold (our home has a 200 foot clearance from the brush behind our house. Other homes do not enjoy the luxury of that safety). We are praying for the Linahans and the Arnones since they are much closer to the fire.
Looking out on this seemingly infinite ocean (our property is right on the water) with the perfect blues and greens of a of the Caribean sea makes me thankful to Christ for all mercy and worshipful in heart for God's love and power. To love God is life's greatest gift and deepest mercy.

Thanks again to Judy and uber-Erin for giving a week to the Lord for our family. Your reward is great.

Life reminder: There is victory and safety in a multitude of counselors (Prov. 11:14, 12:15). Thank you Dave Muxlow and Eric and Danelle Bancroft for paving the way with counsel for this trip.