Saturday, May 24 2008--This crazy kid proposed to his girlfriend. Now another poor woman is taking on the impossible to spell/pronounce last name :) Hard to believe my (not-so-little) brother is getting married this year. Congratulations!!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
YP Retreat
I spent Memorial Day weekend with a bunch (supposedly 200) of my fellow young professionals from church. Despite the fact that Seattle seemed warm & toasty in comparison to Portland, it was a great retreat. There are so many things I could include here in reflection (including humorous tales & antics, but those are better told with the appropriate hand motions, facial expressions & vocal inflections...there goes the OCD, rhyming on accident). Here are a couple of "things" I'm still chewing on:
- I am called to my job. Not just blessed to enjoy what I do and have a steady income, but purposed by God to be in the workplace that I'm in. This is an incredible responsibility as I realize how many people I'm in a place to effect. It's also freeing to remember that God's grace will cover me and His strength will make the impossible--possible. Take that 500 emails in the inbox!
- Our pastor made the statement that "the devil is only scared by the Word [of God] that's in you". I want the devil to be terrified by my saturation in the Word. This means I need to start memorizing Scripture again and posting note cards around my house :)
- God reminded me that my full obedience to Him requires exercising the gifts & talents He's given me. No surprises. I know exactly what I should be doing. God's not going to reveal the next step, until I've shown my obedience in these areas.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Busy, busy, busy...the eternal excuse of the 20-something
My life as a 20-something, the descriptive list:
- Sleep too often alludes me.
- My TBR pile would kill me in an earthquake.
- Every weekend is jam packed with social events (why would I bother to waste it catching up on the things I should be doing?).
- Text messaging is the only way I keep in touch with family.
- 40 hour work week--what's that?
- The thought of moving makes me want to throw away everything I own (books are freakin' heavy).
- My to-do list is always growing...one step forward, 11 steps back.
- Shopping online is the fastest way to buy the necessities of life (so what if I buy my toothpaste and deodorant from drugstore.com? It magically appears on my doorstep).
- Clean laundry sits in the basket for weeks until it becomes dirty again.
To be continued...
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