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| My church started a small group ministry about 1 month ago. It has been a challenge and a blessing. It is challenging for Sarah and I to leave the house Sunday evening at 5 pm and not get home til 7:30. It has been a blessing in that every week, I am spiritually refreshed and encouraged. I struggle with simple things it seems. I struggle with my attitude towards work, towards people. I have a pretty consistent desire to be selfish, and it always seems reasonable at the time. The thing that probably is the most discouraging is that every weekend, even when I stay pretty busy, I end up getting discouraged Sunday night/Monday morning. The transition from weekend mode, where I get to relax and spend time doing the things that I like, to week mode, where I have to be mentally aware and work hard all week, is kind of depressing. But to the point, my attitude has been discouraging in and of itself. Most weekends, i spend a lot of my time doing beneficial things, spending time with friends, wife, cleaning, working on projects, church. Granted, I spend a lot of time playing video games, movies, stuff like that. But it's frustrating anyway. I have been thinking a lot about what Keith said about heaven. I am not saying I am where I need to be in my thoughts on heaven, but I am looking forward to it. The idea of death is pretty exciting to me. I look at the prospects of my life, and let's be honest, it's pretty cyclical. Year after year of the same thing, things I enjoy and cherish, but still the same thing. Death is something that I haven't experienced. As to the thought of heaven. Perelandra revolutionized my thinking on heaven. Perelandra is the 2nd book in Lewis' Space trilogy.
On a lighter note, I bought Halo 3 and got on Xbox live. It's embarassing how bad I am, but it's pretty fun to run around with the grav hammer. And shotty sniper on team slayer with 12-20 people is pretty fun. I have halo 2 as well eric if you wanna play some time. Still playing WoW, well, started over again. Kinda getting old, but meh, it's something to do. Just finished a series by Sara Douglass, really good series, gonna get some more of her stuff. I was talking to a guy at work who also reads fantasy, and we both generally avoid female authors, what kind of pigs are we? Oh well. Talk to you guys later.
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| Update. I'm watching goodfellas right now. It's been years since I've seen it. I just watched them stab some dude a whole bunch. Pretty brutal. I'm doing really well. I've been reading a pretty decent amount. Actual good for my spiritual life books. My dad gave me 3 books on humility, and they've been pretty decent for me. It's interesting to see how much of our lives are governed by our pride. Anyhow, I'm watching a movie. So that's my update. Oh, I'm starting to manage projects at my company. It's kinda nice having my own responsibility. Playin WoW again too, but at a whole hell of a different pace. I can actually look at the game as a hobby. Hobbies are good. Obsessions are not.
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| I bought a mandolin! I can read music I say to myself. I would like to have a piano in my house, but I don't have that kind of money at the moment. So I bought a mandolin. I think it sounds nice. If you guys have any tips or guidance in how to learn to play the thing, that would be great. I'm pretty excited about it at the moment. I need to go to a store tomorrow and get some picks, a case, and hopefully a book on the basics. The only thing I know right now is the D chord and the C chord. But I'm having trouble with the C. I don't really understand how you stick your damn fingers in between the strings and still let them ring true.
I'm also stuck in a musical rut. Here are the last 5 cd's I've purchased. You'll see a pretty obvious pattern which I would like to break out of.
Pete Yorn-The Shins-Stars of Track and Field-The Decemberists-Modest Mouse
I really like alternative music, but it's kind of like sugar, you can get too much of it. You need a more rounded diet. So... What are some essentials that I need? I really like The Decemberists cd. It's a really good album.
Anyhow. Answer my questions NOW!
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| So I went to the library today to get another book. I read quite a bit of fiction. So I thought I would get something a bit different. I picked up the complete works of Josephus. I realized when I got home that I was just fooling myself. If I'm going to spend time reading something, it's going to be the bible. Not that I can't read other stuff, I just don't think I will. I have to be realistic with my expectations of my use of time. Maybe that's a lame excuse, but that's just how it is. I mean, I'm busy 3-4 nights a week with people or church or work, and that's on a light week. I am going to the gym 3 times a week and bible study in the morning once a week. I can't do everything. Maybe if I quit my job! That's a freeking great idea! Enough about that.
I've been trying to pray in the mornings on my way to work, and I can't believe how beneficial it has been to consistently obey the Word in prayer. I find myself wanting to know how people are so I can pray for them. And while it gets old sending up the same repetitive prayers, because I'm impatient for God to work, it's awesome to have my perspective adjusted so often. Enough about that too. If you guys wanna let me know what I could pray for specifically, that would be great. Well, I'm off to bed after I check your pages.
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| Oh man. I was browsing for a game I wanted to check out. I am playing a bit again. I ran across this and couldn't let you guys miss it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPTnxrZeCWE
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