I’m pretty pleased with myself. I’s say proud, but pride is bad. So I’m just pleased. Pastor Rick Preaches without note so I tried it last night at youth. It went really well. I’ve been learning some new ways to remember what I’m preaching about without notes. I am now in love with one certain white board. *mmm my coffee is good this morning*. Last night I spoke about the dichotomy(note: using a word like dichotomy at youth would be like saying “I’m an English teacher on a power trip”. I just used it in my blog as I found it fitting) of being a Christian. There are many admirers of Jesus, but few disciples. It’s not an easy thing to be a disciple. To be a disciple is to live as Jesus lived. You cant be a doctor by simply admiring a doctor. That would only make you friends. To be like a doctor takes work, schooling or study and dedication. I’m afraid the conclusion I’ve come to is that this whole being a Christian thing is no stroll in the park. I’ve been listening to Matt Chandler’s Podcast. I’ve been finding it really encouraging. In his series on Rhythm he talks about alot of whats really been on my heart lately.
I’m looking forward to today. We don’t have a really busy day planned. I’m meeting with one of my youth after school and then a worship practice and thats it. I’m hoping the weather stays good because we haven’t really been able to walk with Emily much in the last week. We really wanted to go walk around Sepa Lake, but that was a no go due to rain. Silly rain.
We have this new problem in our house. His name is Morgan and the problem is the discovery of non-electronic items on eBay. Previously it was just really expensive thing Morgan would look at on eBay and that would keep him from buying all of it. I’ve really let go of bidding on kids stuff for a while. My dad bought some cowboy boots on eBay and Morgan realized there might be other cool stuff he could buy. The problem being that Morgan has expensive taste even in used clothes. Oh well I guess it could be worse…He could collect ashtrays.
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