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What Happened to Dale?

Dale’s Messy Garage

My dear friends,

I have received a bit of feedback lately that it seems like I have disappeared, as I have not posted much of anything lately. This is true. I have not posted much lately, but I may have posted more than you realize. Currently, there are two types of posts that I am focused on, and neither of them are my traditional blog posts. My most recent post is a Vlog of my training activity. (Here is a link for a list of all my training activity.)

If any of you have watched the first minute of this video, you might get the idea that it is just me riding my bicycle, but that is not it at all. The reason why this video is 30 minutes long is because I have a lot to talk about. If you keep watching it, you will find out that I have a lot to say. You could read the written transcript that I posted for it, but if that is all you do then you are missing half of what I talk about. The transcript only contains what I said in my voiceover comments.

I will be posting more Vlogs as soon as I can. I currently have two training log recordings that I have not had a chance to edit. (FYI – I do not expect either of these videos to be as long as the first one; even though, the bike rides are longer rides. The videos are only as long as they need to be in order to discuss what needs to be discussed.)

God is keeping me very busy with other activities that are far more critical to the success of the Quest. Just yesterday, He told me that I need to get started on cleaning out my garage. I need to begin building my first boat … my training wherry. I cannot very well build a boat when my garage is full of junk! (Do any of you know someone that wants a vintage Honda?)

The other place that I talk about the status of the Quest (including my health) is in my Bible studies. I have not posted any new Bible studies since July 13th, but I am still working on them. This study that I am working on right now (#0035) has been a great challenge. Presently, I am about 90% done with it. Anyway, my point is that there are things that I talk about in my Bible studies that pertain to the Quest for Bee 🐝 that never make it into my blog posts.

I am beginning to spend more time working on activities that are much more relevant to the Quest. Therefore, I expect that the Vlogs will become the primary means of my communication in the not so distant future, but only God knows what the true plan is. His Word is the final Word.

May God bless you all richly my special friends,

Dale

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Is Partial Plausibility the Same Thing as Impossible?

Lenticular Cloud over Harold’s Cross Dublin Ireland, Omnisource5 – 2015

My friend Bee,

I hope that you are beginning to see that this entire enterprise truly is all about you.  Is it evident to you that I am not trying to glorify myself?  This is all a pretty strange way of going about things, if that was my intent.

Please understand that I have never wanted to cause you stress, anxiety, fear, anger, or any other unpleasant feelings or emotions.  I know that many of the things that I have written to you have caused you grief, sorrow, and pain.  There are certain things that I knew at the time that I wrote them would be a discomfort to you, but there are other things that I have written where I did not foresee tears in your eyes.  However, I have always been careful to be as truthful with you as I could possibly ever be to anyone.  I have leaned very heavily upon God to lead me as I write to you, to be certain that I really am being truthful with you.

This is the problem.  Often times, the truth can be painful, but it is only by facing up to the truth that we can understand what is wrong and where the deception, the lies, and the subtlety exists in our lives.  The truth is a light that reveals the darkness.  Without the truth, we are unable to see the darkness in our lives.

In all soberness and sincerity, I have never knowingly allowed myself to say anything to you that I thought would cause you pain unless it was for the specific purpose to help you understand the truth.  It is out of love that I have thought to cause you to suffer, so that you might know the truth and to be able to see the darkness and to be free from that darkness.  Is it not better that you suffer sorrow and pain for a season in order to discover and to take hold of eternal joy and light, than it is to live in an undisturbed darkness until you finally realize that you will never ever be free from that darkness – a adarkness that continually becomes ever more dark?  I have only ever wanted you to be happy and filled with joy, but you will never be able to find true happiness and to live in untethered joy as long as you are living in darkness.

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