It’s such a crazy thing to get married, you know. I mean, you know someone for what, all of 1 or 2 or 3, maybe 5 or 6 years on the lengthy side of things…then you decide that you will spend THE REST OF YOUR LIFE with them! Waking up next to them…sharing toothpaste even, …
Driving Lessons
I’ve been driving for seven years now and I figured a post about what the experience has been like for me is in order given the significance of this year in this respect. I’ll begin with why I wanted to drive. From a young age, I just knew I was born to drive. Riding in …
Aja, Aja…Fighting!
“God often brings men to a crisis to show them their own weakness and to point them to the source of strength. If they pray and watch unto prayer, fighting bravely, their weak points will become their strong points. Jacob’s experience contains many valuable lessons for us. God taught Jacob that in his own strength …
Faith vs Feeling
It was probably during my first year of college that I realized that feelings are very important to me. When I’m done with the rational/theological analyses and I still have two options, I’ll go with the one that feels right. But what happens when the feeling comes before you’ve had time to analyse? I’d need …
Exposed.
My friend has this book titled, “Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence” by David Keirsey. There’s a test in there to ascertain which of the 16 temperaments or hybrids thereof you fall into. The book then goes on to delve into characteristics of each temperament giving details about social interactions, dating life, married life, …
Voi Kauhea
Yesterday I participated in a half-ironman distance triathlon. What had happened was…my friend, Judy found out that I’d done a 40mile bike ride, on a mountain bike, off the cuff three years ago. She only found out because we were talking about the pain of sitting on a bike seat for hours and I said …
surreal
Here are highlights from the news this morning. Front page of the BBC news: Norway Youth Camp Attack Kills 84 White House Debt Talks Collapse Sunday Mirror Phone-Hacking Claim Ohio Ex-Marine Murdered 11 Women Heatwave Record For US and Canada UK Prime Minister Wants Murdoch Answers Higgs Hunt Results Excite Scientists Obama Signs Gay Military …
a few of my favorite things
I love it when it thunderstorms in the summer! The lightning, the rain, the thunder. It seems like such a violent process and yet it creates an environment where life can blossom. And although I couldn’t see myself living in Victoria, B.C. or London because it rains ALL THE TIME there, when it comes once …
our test
My summer of canvassing was a defining experience. It was probably the first time I had experienced the intensity of a moment-by-moment dependence on God. Not the morning and evening devotional kind of Christianity. But the, I need Thee every hour, every moment kind of thing! I saw God answer prayers in an instant. And …
You Are Loved
I was just browsing my facebook newsfeed and came across a status update with the phrase, “you are loved” in it and it brought to mind Josh Groban’s song by the same title (or Don’t Give Up). So…I did the natural thing and youtubed the video as I’d never seen it. And, I watched it. …