I turned 35 yesterday. What does this mean?

According to the very first line of Dante’s Inferno, it means that I am “Midway in the journey of our life,” a reference to Psalm 90:10.

According to the U. S. Constitution, it means I am now eligible to become President of the United States.

Shazam Cake

But in our household, it means one thing bigger than both of those…

It means SHAZAM CAKE!

Blowing Out the Candles

Yep, that’s right. Shannon made me an awesome Captain Marvel cake
for my birthday. This is, of course, the DC Captain Marvel, not the Marvel Captain Marvel. She did an outstanding job on the cake, and as I ate his head, I was taken back in time to Saturday mornings, when I would watch Billy Batson transform himself into Captain Marvel by saying that magic word, Shazam!

Eating Shazam

So, what did I get? Well, having the awesome wife that I do, she knows I love books! So, she got me a bunch…

In addition to the video Amazing Grace: The History and Theology of Calvinism, and a really nice new ESV Single-Column Reference Bible, she got me the following from the Puritan Paperbacks series:

• Dying Thoughts, by Richard Baxter
• The Spirit and the Church, by John Owen
• Communion With God, by John Owen
• The Art Of Prophesying, by William Perkins
• The Acceptable Sacrifice , by John Bunyan
• The Godly Man’s Picture, by Thomas Watson
• A Sure Guide To Heaven, by Joseph Alleine
• The Doctrine of Repentance, by Thomas Watson
• All Loves Excelling, by John Bunyan
• The True Bounds Of Christian Freedom, by Samuel Bolton
• The Sinfulness of Sin, by Ralph Venning
• Christian Love, by Hugh Binning
• The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, by Jeremiah Burroughs
• The Glory of Christ, by John Owen
• Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ , by John Bunyan

Wow. How cool is my wife?

Well, I’d talk more, but obviously, there’s plenty o’ reading to be done! I better get crack-a-lackin!

(Side note: How sad is it that this is my longest post in a while? Sorry!)