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The heat is getting to me.
Not like it's making me crazy, or anything. It's just making me really really hot. And completely uncomfortable.
It's hotter in Minnesota, it's just that in Minnesota when I go to bed I have one of those fans that blows so hard in my face that it becomes completely numb. Refreshingly, and wonderfully, numb.
And I have a cat that likes to snuggle with me too...ohhhh, Muffin...
So, call me crazy, but tomorrow, even though I do not start work until 11:30, I'm going to get up a bit before 6, as normal...to go to Kind Coffee and get some stuff done. I'm excited!! I love my mornings, and I feel like I spend them doing laundry...so tomorrow I get to do something enjoyable and productive with my morning (not that sorting through yesterday's dirty kitchen rags isn't productive)
So, at tonight's Rock, Drage gave a really really good talk on Waste, and how we're living our lives. What I'm building my life on, the things I think are important, the things I'm giving my life to...do they actually matter? Am I glorifying God in them, or am I glorifying myself?
He went over the story in Mark 14 where Mary annoints Jesus with the expensive perfume.
It was one of those messages that just seemed so practical, so I'm going to just post the notes I copied from the projector.
Character traits of Mary
- Generous, not stingy
- Self-denial, not self-exaltation
- Adoration of God, not adoration of stuff or self
- Forgiven and Forgiving, not bitter
Tests necessary to determine a Godward heart(This part reminded me of the Knowing God's Will notes that Maren sent me)
- Is what I'm living for what Jesus died for?
- Is what I am living for going to last?
- Is what I am doing showing how great God is?
- Am I using the gifts He gave me to His credit or my own?
- Am I tapped into God's strength to do my work or my own strength?
- Are we being honest or rationalizing when making decisions?
- Do other friends who love God think that I am on the right track?
- Am I in the middle of a deep, real, beautiful, love relationship with God?
Two habits to engage in regularly
- Reflection and silence: perspective check
- Simplicity: confusion comes with complexity
I feel like it's been awhile since I posted my notes online, and that was sort of part of the purpose of starting this livejournal...so, here I am...
I feel like God's been convicting me to sit in silence more, so I can hear His voice. I used to do it all the time when I was in Australia, and for some reason I just stopped when I came home. I'd like to get in the habit of doing that again because it really does help me get perspective, and I think it even helps with the second habit of simplicity...when I take time to reflect, complexities tend to fade away and I'm sort of stuck with just the truth of the matter, just what God is intending on showing me.
So, anyway, that was my evening, and this girl's gonna close these eyes, so I can hit some of that R.E.M.
Not like it's making me crazy, or anything. It's just making me really really hot. And completely uncomfortable.
It's hotter in Minnesota, it's just that in Minnesota when I go to bed I have one of those fans that blows so hard in my face that it becomes completely numb. Refreshingly, and wonderfully, numb.
And I have a cat that likes to snuggle with me too...ohhhh, Muffin...
So, call me crazy, but tomorrow, even though I do not start work until 11:30, I'm going to get up a bit before 6, as normal...to go to Kind Coffee and get some stuff done. I'm excited!! I love my mornings, and I feel like I spend them doing laundry...so tomorrow I get to do something enjoyable and productive with my morning (not that sorting through yesterday's dirty kitchen rags isn't productive)
So, at tonight's Rock, Drage gave a really really good talk on Waste, and how we're living our lives. What I'm building my life on, the things I think are important, the things I'm giving my life to...do they actually matter? Am I glorifying God in them, or am I glorifying myself?
He went over the story in Mark 14 where Mary annoints Jesus with the expensive perfume.
It was one of those messages that just seemed so practical, so I'm going to just post the notes I copied from the projector.
Character traits of Mary
- Generous, not stingy
- Self-denial, not self-exaltation
- Adoration of God, not adoration of stuff or self
- Forgiven and Forgiving, not bitter
Tests necessary to determine a Godward heart(This part reminded me of the Knowing God's Will notes that Maren sent me)
- Is what I'm living for what Jesus died for?
- Is what I am living for going to last?
- Is what I am doing showing how great God is?
- Am I using the gifts He gave me to His credit or my own?
- Am I tapped into God's strength to do my work or my own strength?
- Are we being honest or rationalizing when making decisions?
- Do other friends who love God think that I am on the right track?
- Am I in the middle of a deep, real, beautiful, love relationship with God?
Two habits to engage in regularly
- Reflection and silence: perspective check
- Simplicity: confusion comes with complexity
I feel like it's been awhile since I posted my notes online, and that was sort of part of the purpose of starting this livejournal...so, here I am...
I feel like God's been convicting me to sit in silence more, so I can hear His voice. I used to do it all the time when I was in Australia, and for some reason I just stopped when I came home. I'd like to get in the habit of doing that again because it really does help me get perspective, and I think it even helps with the second habit of simplicity...when I take time to reflect, complexities tend to fade away and I'm sort of stuck with just the truth of the matter, just what God is intending on showing me.
So, anyway, that was my evening, and this girl's gonna close these eyes, so I can hit some of that R.E.M.