Okay, I was in the middle of an important conversation with Babu when we were disconnected twice in a row. Finally I had to just write him an email. My dear Babu... I hope you recieve it. This has been a pretty good weekend, I got to see Disney on Ice last night. Wow, what a great show! I enjoyed watching the skaters and the different props that they used. My favorite was Snow White. They did an excellent job!
The other day Keith prayed for my tooth to be healed and since then I hadn't needed more than 2 advil total. Which is amazing since for the last month I have been experiencing massive pain that has kept me from sleep and has driven me to distraction!
Please remember to keep my friend Babu in your prayers. He is doing incredible things in India!
Well, I must be off. I'm tired and I need to head over and see some friends for a few minutes. Blessings on you~~
Something has been bothering me lately. And its within IV. We are in the habit of gossiping and taking it upon ourselves to right a situation in which you do not belong. I won't go into detail on any one incident to protect people who've been hurt by it. It frustrates me to know that my friends are getting hurt by people who butt in to issues with little more than dimwitted observations and no fact burning their fire. I'm sure I've been guilty of this myself. It has to stop. Lets consider going to the person who it could potentially hurt first and get the whole story (that is if they are willing to tell you if not, drop it) before you rush in head first with (self justified) good intentions to try and point out someones flaws in a nonloving way. This is not exactly biblical. We, as christians, are to use great compassion and scripture references (taken in context, of course) when confronting someone you believe to be in the wrong. Also, before jumping the gun, try this novel idea of praying for guidance and wisdom on how (and/or if) you should handle the situation. Really this might work with little or no fallout! Trust me.
Off my soap box... something a bit more trivial!
I think children's playground equipment has been overlooked as a great (not to mention cheap) source of entertainment. As kids we were encouraged to use our imagination to keep ourselves amused. Why should it be any different now as mature adults (of differing levels, some may say)? Nowadays we rely on movies video games and restaurants for our entertainment. I say lets go back to childhood and reproduce the games we played. Tag will always be a classic timeless game that is easy for all to understand as well as providing plenty of physical exertion. Others include (but certainly are not limited to) stuck in the mud, hide n' seek, ghost in the grave yard, spotlight tag, sardines, elbow tag, capture the flag, fox and chicken, annie annie over, colored eggs, red rover, dodge ball, keep away, kick ball, and many more. I propose we try some of these games as an alternative to watching a movie or going out to eat. Sounds like a plan!
I have sat down many times to type a new entry for my journal and just as many times I have been interupted. GRR. I have tons to write about but have little time. I am also behind on my email, so I am sorry for all that. Where do I start? I could talk about my toothache that plagues me nonstop or the turkeys who scream out side my window at night, but what's really on the forefront of my mind is what God has pressed on my heart. That and a huge problem that has tested, stretched and stressed me out to the point of giving up. I am constantly learning from my silly choices and the results that come with them. I wonder if one day I will actually take things to heart and change. Its easy to give up and easy to find your own solutions to problems but this time I had to pray. And pray hard. I feel like God has been leading up to this point guiding my footsteps to repair past mistakes. Its a long and hard road to travel and yet strangely peaceful, that is of course after I gave my problems over to God. Hmmm, I seem to do that a lot lately. Unfortunately this doesn't make sense to you all and I am not exactly at liberty to explain yet. So I guess all you can do is pray. Today I am trying to maintain a good attitude and keep hope in my heart that soon these bumps in the road will smooth out. It will, I am sure of it. I am out of time for now. I pray for you today as well. I pray that you may experience God's love in a new way. Blessings on you ~~
I am running on less than 2 hours of sleep today. Am I tired? Yes, a bit. I have no idea how Marci does this on a regular basis. I must be getting old. Today my boss is gone and its actually fairly slow. It must be because of the holiday. Last night a group of us went to a drama production called Heavens gates hells flames. It was very good. I end up staying out until 4:30am! whoo! But I still made it to work on time. Just in a zombie mode.Well there's a parade out side my work. I'm going to go watch it..