I was up so early today, that I hardly believe it myself
Was at the office at 6:30 am preparing for funeral and then on my way to the city for the “exam” for my car; EU-test which we’re supposed to take each other year - the mission of it is to keep the unsafe cars off the road - so it’s a good thing actually. Except that my car failed to pass today, so now it has to visit the car repair shop as soon as possible! That’s going to cost money

Anyhow the man that should do the test was late, so he started 20 minutes later than when he should. In other words, I got 20 minutes less to catch my ferry at 10 am and collect the stuff that I needed for the funeral (from my office and home) - I hate to have such pressure of time on me while driving. Get all stressed up; thankfully there was almost no traffic so I manage to get what I needed and get on board the ferry in time. (Then I also got some time to eat…)

The funeral was (off course..) in the red church, the one farthest away. So when I was back home at 2:30 pm I had driven 250 kilometers all together. Phu! (My dream of being a truck driver is not so big at the moment…)

The rest of the day was spent here at home. I’ve made myself a proper dinner and watched some tv. I’ve read the newspaper, exercised a little and relaxed. It has been a rainy day and quite cold - so I actually lit a fire to keep warm.

Today is the evening before St. Johns day, when I was young we met with our neighbors and friends and lit big bonfire down by the river somewhere. A kind of midsummer party (Sweden is famous for them). At that time I didn’t think so much about St. John, though. Just had fun with the other children running around the bonfire. And later trying to cover up every bit of skin to keep the mosquito from biting…… I even was out picking flowers of seven different kind, putting them under my pillow and wanting to dream about the man that I should marry…. So far it hasn’t worked!

First as a pastor I got to get the feeling of this as a church day (evening). But here it’s not tradition (and so many other traditions that it’s hard to compete..) We don’t have saints as the Catholic church, but that don’t mean that they are less good example for the Christian life. John the Baptist was a chosen man, by God, to shout out to the world: Give way for the Lord! Sometimes I think we could need someone shouting that out from time to time in our days as well: Give way for the Lord!!

Here is my bonfire for the evening:

Update, Friday:
The challange for Photo Friday was Orange; so I sent my fire