This phrase, in place of “lots of,” has become ubiquitous in the last two years. It might be helpful to remember there are tons, tons, and tonnes.
Ton, in the United States, means 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms).
Ton, in the United Kingdom, means 2,240 pounds (1,016 kilograms).
Tonne is the British term for what Americans call a Metric Ton and is 2,204 pounds because that is the same as 1,000 kilograms.
Several times in the previous post I mentioned daily prayer. If you want to pray, especially in relation to Matthew 28:19-20, here are some excellent helps mentioned in the Operation World book:
24-7 Prayer
www.24-7prayer.com
An international and interdenominational movement for prayer, mission, and justice.
Intercessors Network
www.intercessors.wordpress.com
Mission-focused prayer news from around the world.
Jericho Walls International Prayer Network
www.jwipn.com
Worldwide prayer.
Every Home for Christ
www.ehc.org
School of prayer groups and resources.
Prayer Central
www.prayercentral.net
Tools to equip intercessors.
Prayer Guard
www.prayerguard.net
Prayer network for any missionary or unreached people.
Global Prayer Connection
www.globalprayerconnection.com
Online prayer.
Wycliffe International Prayer Focus
www.wycliffe.net
Prayer updates from around the world.
National Pastors’ Prayer Network
www.nppn.org
Citywide prayer.
Intercessory Prayer Ministry International
www.goipmi.com
Prayer networking.
Lydia Fellowship International
www.lydiafellowshipinternational.org
Women’s prayer network.
Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project
https://www.wycliffe.org/prayer
Prayer focused on language groups still awaiting a Bible translation.
The settled routine of my mornings begins when I arise between three and four o’clock. First come the blood glucose measurement (under control and improving), a blood pressure measurement (ditto), and taking my temperature (elevated temperature is the only indicator of kidney infection, and, since I have but one functioning kidney, it’s important to watch). Then I drink a bottle of water, kiss my dear wife, make sure the cats have water, and work out with weights. The tickler file* is next and sketching out the day in my Moleskine notebook.
With a cup of coffee I sit down and read the Bible. This usually leads me to pray. Then I read from something about prayer, currently “A Classic Collection on Prayer”, which leads to more prayer. Then I read about the geography and demographics of a country on this planet, including a list of challenges to prayer, from “Operation World,” which, of course, leads to much prayer. Today it was Côte d’Ivoire.
Next come my daily reads:
The Inklings Handbook by Colon Duriez and David Porter
All My Days Before Me (the pre-conversion diary of C.S. Lewis)
Bill Bryson’s Dictionary of Troubling Words
The Writer’s Devotional by Amy Peters
Then I go to my writing studio, at the back of the house overlooking the pond and wildlife area, and write. Afterward I feed the fish and make a breakfast which I eat outside by the pond and the singing birds.
The early morning ends with some work on Spanish and iOS coding.
Every day. The same. It works.
*A Tickler File is something I’ve used for forty years. It consists of thirty one file folders in a drawer, one for each day of the month. Behind these are twelve monthly folders. Whenever I have a task or appointment for the future, I just drop it into the folder for that day or month, forget it, and know it will be there when the date arrives.
