Tales From The River - Part 2

One of my favorite places to spend my free time in San Marcos is by the river. It's pretty, peaceful, and interesting. Here are a few of my recent encounters.

A High Jump Competition ...

One evening I went for a jog along the river and learned that there was a concert in the park. Of course I stopped and listened for a while then ran back to my car to get my camera. It was a South American/ Flamenco type band. Very talented! Near the front of the stage was an older gentleman, probably in his 70's, cutting a rug! And yes, the girl is wearing a red cheer leading outfit with leggings.

And of course, some guys giving juggling lessons

Grace-Driven Effort

I read this on The Village Church's blog and really identified with it. This particular quote actually came from "For the Love of God" by D.A. Carson.

I encourage you to not just skim over it like I did the first time...Take a few minutes to sit with it, pray over it, walk through it with God.

“People do not drift toward holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, and obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.”