For the last several days, I have been living in the constant fear that one of the line backer roofers working on my house is going to fall through my roof and right into my office. All I have heard for the last few days has been BANG CRASH THUMP THUMP CRACK BANG! Just now, I am hearing it and praying that they stay up on the roof and do not decide to visit me in my office.
It also amazes me that a job that should have taken them a week has now entered its second week. Everytime there is a small little cloud in the sky, they tuck tail and leave...sometimes they put a tarp on my roof and sometimes they do not! Last Tuesday, it began to rain from all of my light fixtures because these PROFESSIONAL roofers decided that they were in too big a rush to do anyhting about covering the giant hole in my roof! Needless to say, without the quick action of my cousin, I would have been building an ark!!!
I am just a bit ticked and will continue to pray that they remain up on the roof and will get the job done ASAP!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I can see the LIGHT
Well...some of you noted in my last blog that I had issues with spelling and grammar. May I remind us all that I am blind...that is my story and I am sticking to it!
Today begins my last week of the semester...YEAH!!! I am so tired and am looking forward to a bit of a break...if you can call it that. As I sit here...I think about all the many things I wont have to deal with for 3 months.
NO MORE 5:30am wake up calls!
NO MORE diagramming a language that is no longer spoken in the modern day (Koinea Greek)!
NO MORE use of made up words...parakete, pericope, exegete...etc!
NO MORE wishing I could just go sit in the sun instead of suffering in bordom...hahaha!
NO MORE reading endless books.
NO MORE listening to classmate snore as they fall into comas during class!
Yes, I love school...but at the end of the semester, I am quite tired and need a break. I know that this is something God has called me to do...BUT I GET A THREE MONTH BREAK! Whooty whoo!
Today begins my last week of the semester...YEAH!!! I am so tired and am looking forward to a bit of a break...if you can call it that. As I sit here...I think about all the many things I wont have to deal with for 3 months.
NO MORE 5:30am wake up calls!
NO MORE diagramming a language that is no longer spoken in the modern day (Koinea Greek)!
NO MORE use of made up words...parakete, pericope, exegete...etc!
NO MORE wishing I could just go sit in the sun instead of suffering in bordom...hahaha!
NO MORE reading endless books.
NO MORE listening to classmate snore as they fall into comas during class!
Yes, I love school...but at the end of the semester, I am quite tired and need a break. I know that this is something God has called me to do...BUT I GET A THREE MONTH BREAK! Whooty whoo!
Friday, April 25, 2008
SANCTUARY!
I have made it home to Indiana for a brief and restful visit with friends and family. There is something about coming hogreat night...in that I got the best night sleep I have had in the past few weeksme and getting rested and recharged. I can't explain it...but I feel refreshed after being here just 15 hours.
Last night was a great night in that I got the best night's sleep. i had some crazy dreams about my grandparents cat wearing glasses for its poor eyesight. When in fact my pap is headed even now to pick up his new glasses...WOW!
It is good being home! Charlie is playing...or attempting to play...the piano, HE SHOULDNY GIVE UP HIS DAY JOB! He is actually doing well now that he is drinking his coffee!
OFF I GO TO UNCLE RICKS OFFICE!
Last night was a great night in that I got the best night's sleep. i had some crazy dreams about my grandparents cat wearing glasses for its poor eyesight. When in fact my pap is headed even now to pick up his new glasses...WOW!
It is good being home! Charlie is playing...or attempting to play...the piano, HE SHOULDNY GIVE UP HIS DAY JOB! He is actually doing well now that he is drinking his coffee!
OFF I GO TO UNCLE RICKS OFFICE!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Is Jesus up at 5:40?
WHEW! 5:40 comes earlier and earlier each week!!! I have to get up that early to go to seminary and wonder if Jesus is up that early. It seems as though I just lay down and the alarm goes off! Man I am really beginning to dislike the phrase...'HELLO MOTO" the tune on my cell phone.
I am now sitting in an exegesis class and am wishing I were in my comfy bed all nice and snug...maybe watching a movie. But I emember someone saying to me that I must do the things I need to do when I need to do them so that I can do the things I want to do when I want to do them. Hopefully, there will come a day when I am able to sleep in and watch a movie before I get up...who knows...maybe SATURDAY!!!
Until then, I must continue doing the good work and praying for the UMers in Texas...May God have mercy and may He reign in Fort Worth and everywhere! AMEN!
I am now sitting in an exegesis class and am wishing I were in my comfy bed all nice and snug...maybe watching a movie. But I emember someone saying to me that I must do the things I need to do when I need to do them so that I can do the things I want to do when I want to do them. Hopefully, there will come a day when I am able to sleep in and watch a movie before I get up...who knows...maybe SATURDAY!!!
Until then, I must continue doing the good work and praying for the UMers in Texas...May God have mercy and may He reign in Fort Worth and everywhere! AMEN!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Somebody's Prayin'
Right now, United Methodists from all over the world are decending upon Fort Worth Texas for the 2008 General Conference. The theme for the conference is: A Future with Hope.
Simultaneously, millions of UMers are on their knees praying for God to drown the conference in His Spirit. Many liberal issues will be taken up for discussion and possible application by the church. All of them are antithetical to the will of God!
So it is with me...I am resolved that God's will, not the will of mortal man, rules my life. As Charles Wesley wrote...
I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear,A sensibility of sin, a pain to feel it near.I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire,To catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire.
From Thee that I no more may stray, no more Thy goodness grieve,Grant me the filial awe, I pray, the tender conscience give.Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my conscience make;Awake my soul when sin is nigh, and keep it still awake.
Almighty God of truth and love, to me Thy power impart;The mountain from my soul remove, the hardness from my heart.O may the least omission pain my reawakened soul,And drive me to that blood again, which makes the wounded whole.
This is my prayer...in earnest...for the men and women meeting just now! May God grant them the wisdom to make decisive choices and leave no room for ambiguity...in whatever form that takes!
Simultaneously, millions of UMers are on their knees praying for God to drown the conference in His Spirit. Many liberal issues will be taken up for discussion and possible application by the church. All of them are antithetical to the will of God!
So it is with me...I am resolved that God's will, not the will of mortal man, rules my life. As Charles Wesley wrote...
I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear,A sensibility of sin, a pain to feel it near.I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire,To catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire.
From Thee that I no more may stray, no more Thy goodness grieve,Grant me the filial awe, I pray, the tender conscience give.Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my conscience make;Awake my soul when sin is nigh, and keep it still awake.
Almighty God of truth and love, to me Thy power impart;The mountain from my soul remove, the hardness from my heart.O may the least omission pain my reawakened soul,And drive me to that blood again, which makes the wounded whole.
This is my prayer...in earnest...for the men and women meeting just now! May God grant them the wisdom to make decisive choices and leave no room for ambiguity...in whatever form that takes!
I've Fallen and I CAN'T GET UP!
This past Sunday, I got the nerve to move a glass-top desk all by myself because I wanted to put the finishing touches on my office. Well...I wrenched my back and have been in pain for three days!
Someone suggested that I lay flat on the floor with my legs propped up on the sofa. This, they said, would help relieve any pain. Well, it did until I decided to get up. It took me almost 6 minutes just to get myslef to a sitting position...all the while I was in tears and pain.
Now many of my friends would tell you that I am a whiner...maybe so! But I will tell them and you that it felt like I had a fork twisting round and round in my lower back as one would twirl spaghetti. Not fun!
So to all who read this...here is so practical advice.
1. ASK FOR HELP
2. OWN A HEATING PAD
3. DON'T WHINE...cause people won't believe you when it is serious!
4. NEVER PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF - or don't want to be in for a significant amount of time!
and
5. NEVER TAKE FREE ADVICE...its free for a reason! (hint...hint)
I've fallen and can't get up...HELP!
Someone suggested that I lay flat on the floor with my legs propped up on the sofa. This, they said, would help relieve any pain. Well, it did until I decided to get up. It took me almost 6 minutes just to get myslef to a sitting position...all the while I was in tears and pain.
Now many of my friends would tell you that I am a whiner...maybe so! But I will tell them and you that it felt like I had a fork twisting round and round in my lower back as one would twirl spaghetti. Not fun!
So to all who read this...here is so practical advice.
1. ASK FOR HELP
2. OWN A HEATING PAD
3. DON'T WHINE...cause people won't believe you when it is serious!
4. NEVER PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF - or don't want to be in for a significant amount of time!
and
5. NEVER TAKE FREE ADVICE...its free for a reason! (hint...hint)
I've fallen and can't get up...HELP!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
On man...I hope it fits!
Well, it is time to say GOODBYE to Israel. I am finishing the last of my packing and am praying that God opens a black hole in my suitcases so all my stuff fits. I am donating some items to the school - nothing of consequence!
There are also some thing I want to share with you - things I hope I never do or see again!
1. I never want to see pita bread at least not for about two months!
2. I hope I remember that American toilets CAN handle toilet paper!
3. "Just a little further" means "there is no turning back now!"
4. I hope that I remember that my heat and hot water are not dependent on a time schedule - I can have them whenever and wherever I want.
5. I still have the Albino Hex...I scared a bedouin in Petra.
I have learned a lot and look forward to sharing it with you! For now, I have to go sit on a couple of suitcases...Man I hope they fit!
There are also some thing I want to share with you - things I hope I never do or see again!
1. I never want to see pita bread at least not for about two months!
2. I hope I remember that American toilets CAN handle toilet paper!
3. "Just a little further" means "there is no turning back now!"
4. I hope that I remember that my heat and hot water are not dependent on a time schedule - I can have them whenever and wherever I want.
5. I still have the Albino Hex...I scared a bedouin in Petra.
I have learned a lot and look forward to sharing it with you! For now, I have to go sit on a couple of suitcases...Man I hope they fit!
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