Posts Tagged ‘spiritual disipline’

Long awaited post

Friday, October 31st, 2008

So I realized the other day just how long it had been since my last post. A lot has happened since then but since I am at military drill currently and working from my iTouch, I figure I’ll stick with a quick abridged version to catch you up on things.

Things at school have really picked up lately and the work has gotten more intense. Manageable but intense.

Work has been hectic. You can always tell when Christmas is in the air bcause starbucks none to receive christmas cups… And I had my first shift as a supervisor and it went really well. My coworkers really work well with me and vice versa. I’m excited about this opportunity.

I started going back to counseling as spiritual issues and post war issues have ben plaguing me as you had read in previous posts. The wpma. I have been seeing is aesome and I already feel comfortable with her, something that is very impotant. Not to mention she prays for me after each session whichs is really thrapeutic.

God has really been working with me and a friend, really working in us to hold each other accountable in our walk with Him and our daily struggles. It has been amazing to have a new friend to spend time in the scripture with, confess with, pray with – someone outside of my usual circle of friends. I’m excited to see how God uses us in our friendship.

IMAGINE Christmas is getting near and as the technical designer, I’m feeling the pressure of the deadlines that are in place. One being the first rehearsal, planned during my December drill time. Pray that god opens up hat weeknd so that I can be at the rehearsal and make up my time for the military later. Pray that my creativty explodes into his service. Pray that techs would b available to help this year. Right now there are only 3 of us and I need close to 6 or 7 to feel comfortable.

That’s my life so far in a nutshell. Oh! I made a promise to a friend to go a month without porn. Another friend challenged me to go 40 days. So far I’m at 10. Amen! Pray for that with me :-)

Until the next post in between chaos and busyness, keep me in your prayers. I have made some really big steps towards healing and of course things pile on during these times makig it very easy to be lax about maintaining my spiritual disciplines and focus on God.

Thoughts from Proverbs

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

I try to read through Proverbs each day. Doesn’t always work out well but here is some key verses that stuck out to me from Proverbs 23.

  • Verses 4-5 : Interesting I read this now after quitting a job that had me craving to get more money. Instead I am in a chill, less demanding, and certainly less paying, job at Starbucks.
  • Verse 12 : This is interesting to me because outside of physical schoolwork, I find I do this on a consistent basis. Talking to those smarter than I, learning from them, “mimicking” them to stray from harmful ways. But when it comes to sticking to the books (and Bible), I should take this verse more seriously…
  • Verse 17 : Don’t we all struggle with this? The person with the better car, cooler phone, nicer suit. They shouldn’t be our primary focus though because in the end, none of it lasts.
  • Verses 26-28 : Pretty self-explanatory and simple but for those that have and will deal with sexual immorality, this rains home a whole new meaning and something that we should be even more aware of.

Irresistible Revolution .0

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

So summer has finally come and thus the boredom kicks in. For all you college students out there, you know what I mean when I say that during school I want nothing more than to be out of school but when out of school I want nothing more than to be in school. It all comes down to my level of activity. The more active the better.

To keep myself sane though, I am attempting to develop better habits for my daily life. Constant learning, praying, quiet times, etc. This is one of those learning times.

I’ve never read Irresistible Revolution but own it. So to at least give Shane Claiborne some respect, I’m going to read/analyze it and post it here, however good or bad the book is (I’ve heard really good things though :) )

Check in periodically as this will be the first blog series I have done on something. Looking forward to it :)