There’s a -3 hour time difference from EDT to PDT. I’ve been in Vancouver for 5 days now, and I’ve stubbornly refused to adjust the time on my Casio A158W to properly reflect where I am.
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POLARIS
The North Star has at times been given, falesly I might add, the title of the brightest start in the night sky. And while it does hold the title of the star that sits firmly above the northern axis of the earth, which is consequently the location of True North, it isn’t always easy to find.
For the past 2 days in Vancouver I’ve been on the hunt to buy a legit compass. I want to buy one and carry it with me everywhere for the obvious practical benefit of being able to find my way, but in a truly pretentious desire, I want it to also serve as a symbol of my own inability to point to what is objectively good, without the proper declination.
A compass’ only value is to point towards magnetic north, and without the knowledge of one’s own personal declination based on where they are in the world (I’m speaking philosophically of course), then a person will be doomed to being truly lost in the world.
I’m on the hunt to find my declination, only then will I be confident to become lost in the Lord.
– Jesse R.
“I Am, and We are Missionaries”