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chestnutcurlsHey. Here's some news. My counterpart co-worker/friend has to have surgery tomorrow morning, and she'll be out for four to six weeks. (Please pray for her if you think of it.) So starting tomorrow until whenever, I'm basically going to have a double workload. I don't think it'll be too bad, but I'm not familiar with her specific projects and it might take me a while to get in the loop. So don't be surprised if you don't hear from me as much in the days to come.
Here are some random things I wanted to discuss today. I'll even put them in a list format.
1) Calling
My brother and sister got home from the weeklong Nazarene Youth Conference last night. They had a blast. My brother seems to have grown a lot spiritually, which makes me very happy. :) I think they talked about calling at the conference, because he now feels God is calling him to be a musician. He and his church friends have planned to start a band for a while, and now they're motivated to actually do it. Anyway, this started me thinking about the concept of "calling" in general. Some people believe everyone has a specific calling; others think only certain professions, like preaching, are based on a calling, and the rest of us are free to float around. I'm not sure what I think. God has a plan for each of us, but I don't think I've been called to any specific career. If I was, I'd be doing it. :P What do you guys think? What have you learned about this? Please share. I'm interested.
2) Girl Power
As I read By Design (which is completely awesome), I'm becoming more attuned to women's issues and spirituality. At the bookstore the other night I saw a book about Wicca entitled "Teen Witch" that had a lot of pretty, tough-looking witches on the cover. Over the past few years, being a witch/Slayer/Charlie's Angel/whatever has become a very cool thing in secular society, and I figured out why. Girls gravitate toward that stuff because they want power. And I'll admit, I'd like to be a butt-kicking fighter of evil myself. :) But I think they go to that and not to Christianity because Christianity isn't powerful by the world's definition. Admitting that you're helpless without Christ? Relying completely on Someone else for your security and worth? It's not very cool. I think we need to show girls/women how much power they truly have in Jesus. I guess this ramble doesn't really have an end point, but I wanted to share anyway.
3) Electrical Power
Mine is still out. Day 8. I feel so sorry for the people who didn't have a place with air conditioning to flee to, especially you, Robin. People are getting really angry. I'm thankful that my parents took me in. I miss my apartment, though.
4) Tuesday Is A Bad Day
We had another storm this morning, one week later. It wasn't too severe, but the clouds were black and it looked very scary and familiar. Kathy called me while driving and asked me to check on the weather because the cloud was freaking her out. We're all paranoid now. Unexpected 100-mph winds will do that to you.
The end.
Here are some random things I wanted to discuss today. I'll even put them in a list format.
1) Calling
My brother and sister got home from the weeklong Nazarene Youth Conference last night. They had a blast. My brother seems to have grown a lot spiritually, which makes me very happy. :) I think they talked about calling at the conference, because he now feels God is calling him to be a musician. He and his church friends have planned to start a band for a while, and now they're motivated to actually do it. Anyway, this started me thinking about the concept of "calling" in general. Some people believe everyone has a specific calling; others think only certain professions, like preaching, are based on a calling, and the rest of us are free to float around. I'm not sure what I think. God has a plan for each of us, but I don't think I've been called to any specific career. If I was, I'd be doing it. :P What do you guys think? What have you learned about this? Please share. I'm interested.
2) Girl Power
As I read By Design (which is completely awesome), I'm becoming more attuned to women's issues and spirituality. At the bookstore the other night I saw a book about Wicca entitled "Teen Witch" that had a lot of pretty, tough-looking witches on the cover. Over the past few years, being a witch/Slayer/Charlie's Angel/whatever has become a very cool thing in secular society, and I figured out why. Girls gravitate toward that stuff because they want power. And I'll admit, I'd like to be a butt-kicking fighter of evil myself. :) But I think they go to that and not to Christianity because Christianity isn't powerful by the world's definition. Admitting that you're helpless without Christ? Relying completely on Someone else for your security and worth? It's not very cool. I think we need to show girls/women how much power they truly have in Jesus. I guess this ramble doesn't really have an end point, but I wanted to share anyway.
3) Electrical Power
Mine is still out. Day 8. I feel so sorry for the people who didn't have a place with air conditioning to flee to, especially you, Robin. People are getting really angry. I'm thankful that my parents took me in. I miss my apartment, though.
4) Tuesday Is A Bad Day
We had another storm this morning, one week later. It wasn't too severe, but the clouds were black and it looked very scary and familiar. Kathy called me while driving and asked me to check on the weather because the cloud was freaking her out. We're all paranoid now. Unexpected 100-mph winds will do that to you.
The end.
