"Out of all the peoples on the earth...
"... the Lord has chosen you as his treasured possession." - Deut. 14:2
Thats what I see every morning waking up and this morning was no exception. Its a good way to start the morning, I think. First, I know that I am chosen, accepted, loved. Second, I have a purpose to be alive today, to be God's chosen nation, called out from among the world. Pastor Jordan said on Sunday that a good way to start the morning is to say to yourself, "The Lord is my shepherd; I lack nothing." I think those two verses tie in nicely to each other.
I'm not sure why I thought that was important to write about- maybe just for posterity, I don't know. But today is October 4th! A great day. The premiere of the third season of LOST is on tonight. I've been waiting forever for it!! Also, its Nikolas's birthday. So happy b-day to him! Also, dancing with the stars is on tonight, but I think it will be a sad night. My favorite couple (TONY!) and Sara got the lowest score from the judges last night and my guess is that they probably don't have a very big fan base. Actually, I've never heard of Sara before, I just think Tony's hot- and the most non-gay male dancer...besides Patrick Swayze of course. And today is one week and a day till the McMahan's baby comes. I'm so exited for her to finally be here.
With all of that to say- I've been looking forward to Oct 4 for a long time. But- why am I so excited over a TV show? Don't I know its going to leave me disapointed at the end- because all LOST episdoes leave you cliff-hanging? Why am I not more exicted about getting to read Ezekiel 15 today? Why do I equate worldy TV shows with happiness and not the word of God? AHH!! Such is life...
I think its probably something to do with the Gnostic tendancies creeping into our ever increasingly secular minds. Where pleasure/entertainment = man's highest good, and study/academia = boring.
Thats not good. Especially since I've got four whole years of college ahead of me. I do like reading my school work, except my evolutionary science text book...grr... but I can't wait to get to the end of the day to relax. What not view the entire day of work/pursuit of knowledge as the end, the goal, the thing to get excited over, and the end of the day as just another way to build the kingdom of God?
Sounds good in theory huh? But our individualistic western minds can't handle that on a day to day basis. Something exciting in the future keeps us going today. I love Tuesdays and Thursdays because those are my english class and worldview class days. So what gets me up in the morning is, Mr. Calatrello, and Mrs. McMahan. Ehh... I gotta work on that.
"The heart is an idol factory. But God is faithful to crush them as soon as they pop up." -Greg Poole
I dont know why I remember that quote...but there you go. :)
Thats what I see every morning waking up and this morning was no exception. Its a good way to start the morning, I think. First, I know that I am chosen, accepted, loved. Second, I have a purpose to be alive today, to be God's chosen nation, called out from among the world. Pastor Jordan said on Sunday that a good way to start the morning is to say to yourself, "The Lord is my shepherd; I lack nothing." I think those two verses tie in nicely to each other.
I'm not sure why I thought that was important to write about- maybe just for posterity, I don't know. But today is October 4th! A great day. The premiere of the third season of LOST is on tonight. I've been waiting forever for it!! Also, its Nikolas's birthday. So happy b-day to him! Also, dancing with the stars is on tonight, but I think it will be a sad night. My favorite couple (TONY!) and Sara got the lowest score from the judges last night and my guess is that they probably don't have a very big fan base. Actually, I've never heard of Sara before, I just think Tony's hot- and the most non-gay male dancer...besides Patrick Swayze of course. And today is one week and a day till the McMahan's baby comes. I'm so exited for her to finally be here.
With all of that to say- I've been looking forward to Oct 4 for a long time. But- why am I so excited over a TV show? Don't I know its going to leave me disapointed at the end- because all LOST episdoes leave you cliff-hanging? Why am I not more exicted about getting to read Ezekiel 15 today? Why do I equate worldy TV shows with happiness and not the word of God? AHH!! Such is life...
I think its probably something to do with the Gnostic tendancies creeping into our ever increasingly secular minds. Where pleasure/entertainment = man's highest good, and study/academia = boring.
Thats not good. Especially since I've got four whole years of college ahead of me. I do like reading my school work, except my evolutionary science text book...grr... but I can't wait to get to the end of the day to relax. What not view the entire day of work/pursuit of knowledge as the end, the goal, the thing to get excited over, and the end of the day as just another way to build the kingdom of God?
Sounds good in theory huh? But our individualistic western minds can't handle that on a day to day basis. Something exciting in the future keeps us going today. I love Tuesdays and Thursdays because those are my english class and worldview class days. So what gets me up in the morning is, Mr. Calatrello, and Mrs. McMahan. Ehh... I gotta work on that.
"The heart is an idol factory. But God is faithful to crush them as soon as they pop up." -Greg Poole
I dont know why I remember that quote...but there you go. :)
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