Day 2, the rest of the day: rediscovery
So I didn't miss my bus today. Good work me. I struck up a conversation with the bus driver today on my first bus, talked about him and his daughters and bus driving and school for me and all sorts of things. Just before I got off the bus I asked him what he thought God looked like. Got a pretty vague answer, or rather something that showed how much he thought about it. He said, "I guess, whatever you want him to look like." Don't know what that's supposed to mean but I hope it started him thinking anyways. Then I listened to music and read John 2 on the bus. The one idea sort of stood out to me, that Jesus took away our sins, it reminded me of that and yet again the emphasis was on what Jesus did, and the fact that my sin has been taken away. It's no longer there. Gone. And the cat won't come back on this one. It's as far as the east from the west.
It's amazing how awkward it is when a bunch of people are sitting in a room and no one is saying anything. It's funny because no one wants to break the silence. You can choose to ignore it and go to a different world in your mind (at least that's what I do) or you can suffer. (I suppose you could also speak, but who would want to do that?) That was the situation in my first class today. It's a once a week, three hour class, and it's the first time I've had this class. I didn't know anyone, but the teacher forced us to make friends. We had to talk to the person sitting beside us and tell them about ourselves. It was really cool, I met this girl named something or other unpronouncable in french. Actually I can say it, just not spell it. Jas for short. She's cool. She's a christian and wants to go into social work. So we were talking and got along really well and decided we should be partners for the final project in the class. So hopefully I have a new friend, and seeing as how she gave me her phone number and email, I guess that's a distinct possiblility. Now don't get too excited I did get that stuff so we could talk about the project and stuff, but still, she volunteered it. I hope we get to hang out. God really surprised me with this one, giving me friends in a class where I didn't know anyone. I've been so blessed by not feeling out of place in university this year, like so many other people have, because I've always seemed to know someone or find someone really nice to talk to. I've made a couple friends that way in other classes.
After that class I had a spare and bumped into Rob Chrol who I haven't seen in a while and we talked for a bit and saw some other classmates from high school. Then I saw Amanda, my ex-girlfriend from grade 10 and it was actually pretty neat to see her again. It's been such a long time, and it's no longer awkward at all. After that I went to physics which was alright and then off to psychology.
Psychology was interesting because we ended up talking about the motivation of sex. And porn. It was distinctly uncomfortable, especially sitting beside a girl I didn't know very well, but did kinda know. I was surprised by that, to say the least. The topic got me thinking however, that us christians are usually pretty taboo on the topic of sex, which is really dumb, because it's a great thing God's given us, but we all too often see it as embarassing. I thought about how it is important to find the balance between purity and openness. So that class was a surprise to say the least.
After psychology I went home and remembered that it was my dad's birthday. So I said happy birthday, did various things like dishes and be lazy. I also made my dad a card. Then we had my dad's birthday supper, mmm manicotti. My mom gave him this saw that has a laser guide, where the laser puts a line where the saw will cut. It's really cool.
After supper I invited Eric, Chris, and Steve S. over to play Settlers. We played two games, and Chris won both. We stood around talking for a bit, and I thought how awesomely God has blessed me with friends. That took us to quarter to one, and now I'm writing this and then off to bed. I've enjoyed today immensly.
I'm realising more and more that I'm being "surprised" by things I already know in these last two days, and I'm thinking about them again because I'm thinking about what God's showing me in everything. (Or at least I try to.) Isn't it cool how old knowledge can still be fresh. It's not mind-blowing, but it's reasuring and gives me peace. Today has been a day of rediscovery of all the things that have happened to me before. (Okay I guess not all, but a bunch.) What a great surprise!
There's a difference between sleight of hand
And giving everything you have,
There's a line drawn in the sand,
I'm working up the will to cross it
-Thrice (Artist in the Ambulance)
It's amazing how awkward it is when a bunch of people are sitting in a room and no one is saying anything. It's funny because no one wants to break the silence. You can choose to ignore it and go to a different world in your mind (at least that's what I do) or you can suffer. (I suppose you could also speak, but who would want to do that?) That was the situation in my first class today. It's a once a week, three hour class, and it's the first time I've had this class. I didn't know anyone, but the teacher forced us to make friends. We had to talk to the person sitting beside us and tell them about ourselves. It was really cool, I met this girl named something or other unpronouncable in french. Actually I can say it, just not spell it. Jas for short. She's cool. She's a christian and wants to go into social work. So we were talking and got along really well and decided we should be partners for the final project in the class. So hopefully I have a new friend, and seeing as how she gave me her phone number and email, I guess that's a distinct possiblility. Now don't get too excited I did get that stuff so we could talk about the project and stuff, but still, she volunteered it. I hope we get to hang out. God really surprised me with this one, giving me friends in a class where I didn't know anyone. I've been so blessed by not feeling out of place in university this year, like so many other people have, because I've always seemed to know someone or find someone really nice to talk to. I've made a couple friends that way in other classes.
After that class I had a spare and bumped into Rob Chrol who I haven't seen in a while and we talked for a bit and saw some other classmates from high school. Then I saw Amanda, my ex-girlfriend from grade 10 and it was actually pretty neat to see her again. It's been such a long time, and it's no longer awkward at all. After that I went to physics which was alright and then off to psychology.
Psychology was interesting because we ended up talking about the motivation of sex. And porn. It was distinctly uncomfortable, especially sitting beside a girl I didn't know very well, but did kinda know. I was surprised by that, to say the least. The topic got me thinking however, that us christians are usually pretty taboo on the topic of sex, which is really dumb, because it's a great thing God's given us, but we all too often see it as embarassing. I thought about how it is important to find the balance between purity and openness. So that class was a surprise to say the least.
After psychology I went home and remembered that it was my dad's birthday. So I said happy birthday, did various things like dishes and be lazy. I also made my dad a card. Then we had my dad's birthday supper, mmm manicotti. My mom gave him this saw that has a laser guide, where the laser puts a line where the saw will cut. It's really cool.
After supper I invited Eric, Chris, and Steve S. over to play Settlers. We played two games, and Chris won both. We stood around talking for a bit, and I thought how awesomely God has blessed me with friends. That took us to quarter to one, and now I'm writing this and then off to bed. I've enjoyed today immensly.
I'm realising more and more that I'm being "surprised" by things I already know in these last two days, and I'm thinking about them again because I'm thinking about what God's showing me in everything. (Or at least I try to.) Isn't it cool how old knowledge can still be fresh. It's not mind-blowing, but it's reasuring and gives me peace. Today has been a day of rediscovery of all the things that have happened to me before. (Okay I guess not all, but a bunch.) What a great surprise!
There's a difference between sleight of hand
And giving everything you have,
There's a line drawn in the sand,
I'm working up the will to cross it
-Thrice (Artist in the Ambulance)