Wakefield

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  “In some old magazine or newspaper I recollect a story, told as truth, of a man—let us call him Wakefield—who absented himself for a long time from his wife. The fact, thus abstractedly stated, is not very uncommon, nor, without a proper distinction of circumstances, to be condemned either as naughty or nonsensical. Howbeit, this, though far from the most aggravated, is perhaps the strangest instance on record of marital delinquency, and, moreover, as remarkable a freak as may be found in the whole list of human oddities. The wedded couple lived in London. The man, under pretense of going a journey, took lodgings in the next street to his own house, and there, unheard of by his wife or friends and without the shadow of a reason for such self-banishment, dwelt upward of twenty years. During that period he beheld his home every day, and frequently the forlorn Mrs. Wakefield. And after so great a gap in his matrimonial felicity—when his death was reckoned certain, his estate settled...

song from the night

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last night was the eclipse and i missed it not because i wanted to but because i had to as the clouds covered the sky and the moon and me played peekaboo until the blanket got too thick and finally the moon went out and everything was dark

i knew it was dark because it was dark and things all around were not as bright as they before when the moon was out and was so blinding that when you looked at it for a while it burned a hole in your eye and everywhere you looked you could see a spot

i went to bed then later i woke up and it was very bright outside because the eclipse was over but my wife did not miss it and she said that about 2 am it looked very red outside when the moon was coming out from behind the earths shadow

my friend is in the hospital today having an operation because he has cancer so i woke up at half past 4 am and got ready to be at the hospital to pray with him at 6 am which is something i have never really done before and i am very tired

i tried to think of something to say to encourage him because he needs to have people around him right now to show him love as he has lost so much already and is very tired too from putting up with all the stuff going on in his life

another friend reminded me last night that even though the moon is behind the clouds and we cannot see what is going on we know that the eclipse is taking place and though we cant see it with our eyes will just have to enjoy it as it is

God has made the moon and the earth and the sun to bring glory to Himself and though we cannot see what is going on sometimes we just have to trust that what He has ordained to make happen will happen and we need to accept that

i told my sick friend that we dont know much about what is going to happen today and just like the moon behind the clouds what we see with our eyes and understanding can only go so far and we can trust that He is there with us

when the moon passed through the night i was reminded of God's love and care for us because the moon was in aries the ram last night and i could not help but to think of Abram who was given a ram by God as his faith was tested

God wants to teach me something about Himself through the wonders of the universe and the ravages of cancer and i am still not sure what all the lessons are but i am ready to learn them because i love God so incredibly much

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