December 30, 2013
-
How was your week?
[Final Whisper , "GAIN."]
David Brainerd died at 29,
His life was short but so divine.
Charles Spurgeon died at 57,
Oh how that preacher reached for Heaven.
And C.S. Lewis died at 64,
As he found JOY for evermore.
But when will I come to die?
This I wonder(to God) as I cry…I am still sick, so I’ll make this intro quick, for here’s my week more or less, I pray as its read it will bless, by showing you God’s good grace, His sovereignty typed out to taste.
Monday
-I went to my part time job, but there was no work to be done, so it was a lot of sitting and listening to sermons.
-Ran about with a sister in Christ; shared testimonies, cleaned up some vandalism, and had a very interesting talk.
-Ran about with a brother in Christ; I’ve come to learn that we are by far way worse sinners then actually we let on, and if [DM] had his way then this truth would leave me a cold and disdained filled cynic, but because the love of Christ prevails against all cynical callus, I can love because I know God stills loves us despite how jacked up we fully are.Tuesday
-Wrote my mom a heartfelt letter for Christmas, well technically it was a letter to God about my mom which I gave to her, and a CD of really awesome worship songs she can listen to before she goes to sleep (she enjoys them both).
-Went to a fambam partay and got some Doctor Who Swag.Wednesday
-A very interesting Christmas day which was also a very prayerful day.
-Ran about with the Whale King(the 3rd).
-DOCTOR WHO!!!Thursday
-Went for a run(literally/physically ran, not “running about” aka patrick lingo) and after three weeks of no running I must confess that I am sadly out of shape.
-Went to my favorite Ten Rens; twas sad cuz the guy that normally serves me, whom I’m praying to be intentionally missional with, wasnt there today.
-Worked on my to do list and updated my calendar.
-Started working on some proposals and ecclesiology drafts for the church plant.
-Scheduled my CBEST.
-Caught up with a sister in Christ who dropped by Ten Rens for a bit.Friday
-Work, we actually worked today, I really enjoy my time with my co-workers and being intentional with them along with another brother in Christ.
-Went to CrossView’s Christmas Party, planned a dinner date with the Catapangs!Saturday
-Generously bestowed my washing machine to a sister in Christ so that she wouldn’t be ostracized for being a smelly child.
-Accountability with a brother in Christ, we are walking through a trial together and striving towards reconciliation. Trust, frustration, and fires to test whether what binds us is really Christ or actually something fickle. I earnestly pray that it is the former.
-Running about and Kbbq with three brothers in Christ, ’twas a long a fruitful night.
-More progress on church plant stuff as well as more prayers.
-A brother in Christ came and slept over.Sunday
-Sick, therefore, sabbathed the whole day.
I find that life’s been really going well and dare I say it, great! Recently, a lot has been picking up, its quite the opposite of stagnant and yet I’m resting well, better than I probably ever had before. Part of me has to stop and make sure I’m not making myself sound better than I actually am though, which is such a great danger and I even fear saying how well things are going because I don’t want people being discouraged when they compare there life with mine and that its almost too well and therefore kinda scary, scared I might be missing something in one of my “blindspots”, but right now I’m content in Christ and enjoying the season God has me in with an OPEN hand on my present circumstances. Is my life exempt from blessed suffering, intense trials, messy struggles, and whorreble failures? OBVIOUSLY NOT, please take me off any pedestal you have me on if you think otherwise stupid! But being a better king type, prioritizing and finding good rest after lots of running about, and preaching biblically saturated truths to myself like “I’m not god!” and more so truebdetrueb accepting them have been so huge and helpful. So as all is going well, please pray for me that I do not idolize a good thing into a god thing or that I take pride in anything temporal. Soli Deo Gloria!
Finally for your amusement I would like to bless you with my spoon dance:
http://gifmaker.me/PlayGIFAnimation.php?folder=2013123003lLFDK6hgaQTUhBsvCbQKN2&file=output_j4VQiv.gif
SOLEMN JUBILEE!
