February 4, 2006

  • So, I have wonderful friends, a wonderful family, a wonderful house, etc, but that's just not enough. The restlessness of the human spirit amazes me, and I think this a bad thing. I have this cycle I go through. It's called discontent syndrome. It's like this. Things are sweet and God is honestly active in my life and then after a short amount of time or even a long amount of time, my mind decides that this place of living in God's blessing doesn't satisfy some strange part of me that is constantly wanting the next thing. God doesn't want us to be "unable to wait for the next thing." Instead, he wants us to delight. Period. Not to want or to desire, but to delight and delight and delight in HIm. You know, maybe God really does desire obedience rather than sacrifice. And sometimes, that obedience is just to be silent and joyfully inactive in the times where nothing is happening. When God moves you, calls you to do something, move in that direction. When God is silent, do nothing. He wants you to do nothing...

    Ok so my dad is ridiculous! I AM AMAZED! He's on the other couch next to me, and I woke him up twice to say he should go to bed because he's snoring like a monster! He says, "I'll be good," and within 30 seconds is once again sawing logs like a madman! I wake him up again, this time unrelenting... and he finally wakes up for real this time and remembers nothing of the second conversation. he decides to go to bed, then quickly falls BACK ASLEEP, this time lightly snoring, but I doubt it not that as soon as I press *submit,* he will once again be snoring as a monster must. I love my dad.

    Luke 2:19 - but Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.
    Luke 1:46 - and Mary said, "My soul glorifies the Lord

    P.S. - sooner than I predicted, prior to the publication of this little entry, my dad began shaking the house with his snores once again, and I resorted to helping him up and encouraging him, in not so many words, that the best place for him to sleep would most likely be the bedroom.

    Goodnight ;O)

Comments (6)

  • my dad does that

    i USED to do that

    does your dad have a breathing machine?

    and tonsils?  if he has the latter, get rid of them.

  • I resemble that remark.

  • i bet he was asleep while we sang of flowers and such

  • i have this video of your dad snoring like crazy...me and christine took it, and we couldn't stop laughing the whole time...its SOOO loud. And of course, he denied that we ever took one, or that he was snoring in it...

  • aside from the fact that the picture is insanely huge, i love that picture of your dad over caltex.  

    i was very convinsed that b.o.t.b was this week.    hmmm

    i invited yennely to come to the boy meets girl thing at eastgate, and she wantses to come

  • denison witmer.. nice choice.
    california brown and blue is amazing.

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