mainly because i think and speak in different fragments, so there's no consistency with what I'm going to write, nor is there a direct train of thought.
God is so good. outreach has been great! got to see a grip of different saints come out and share the gospel, inviting people to the Rock and have good conversations. good shows with bigger bands too, so it made for some interesting interactions. inter inter...yup
more planning is underway to make it more fluid, and less contingent upon my last minute requests for people to show up! haha...so i'm gonna hopefully, with the Lord leading and a lot of other's help, make this more dynamic so there's lots of opportunities to share the gospel in strategic events.
got to meet Dustin Kensrue, and talked to him about God, his life, music, and found out Alchemy Index wasn't recorded on Garage Band, like so many people believe...
never thought Minus the Bear would be used to spread the gospel, but they drew a big crowd, and God allowed Mike, Audrey, Philip and I to have great conversations with people, and we gave them a bible!
ok, so all of that was a train of thought. once i started writing-bam, there it is.
work has been great. already invited two girls to come to the rock, and they're both considering it.
I'm going to Yellowstone on wednesday. It's for Grandma, she's turning 70. The English Grandma. Our Allen, her brother, was supposed to come out and join us, but since he decided to divorce his wife last year, that didn't work out. Those English sailors...
Saw two movies in one week...why not. Predators and Inception. Both good films. Probably Inception is one of those movies where I feel satisfied. Like, "Dang, that was a good movie..." I'll buy it, when it hits blockbuster's 3 for $20 shelf.
and I saved my cup, so I'll get a free drink next time i'm at the cinema.
and then lots of bible study. a lot. listening to a lot of sermons. but I haven't read Romans in a few days...got side tracked for various reasons...but side tracked with more scripture.
then at work, I see a lot of people, and they need Jesus so desperately. broken relationships, weak willed parents who don't know how to discipline, or be a good parent, snobby and ungenerous rick-folk who are meticulous about the taste, temperature and price of their beverage...makes me want to just tell them their lives are going nowhere and they need Christ so desperately.
lots and lots of questions pummel my mind as of late too. I mean, even more than usual. Like, I need to just paint one of my walls with that chalk board paint, so I can track everything that pops up, that I need to resolve.
Still gotta lose twenty pounds. Still gonna make music, even by myself. Gonna go to school. I want to be a daddy so much. I see the godly parent's at the Rock, and how much of a life commitment it is, and I desire to be a good dad. To be a provider and lead them. Show them truth, give them love. But having a wife comes before that too...and I pray for that every day. And I want to be a husband who loves, gives, listens, leads, cuddles, and provides. God has a perfect plan, that I keep reminding myself of every day.
In fact, talked with this new guy Chris, who visited the Rock last Saturday, and he asked me "What do you think of marriage and knowing God's will in response to that?" And I replied by going over God's will, his sovereignty and direction of one's life, fully trusting God for the perfect woman for you, the compatibility factor (because You can't love a girl for being good at math..), and looking at all of that by not personifying God with man's finite, fallen, selfish view of relationship. And that dialogue went on for about twenty minutes. Then I concluded by telling him, "All that said, I've never had a girlfriend, so take it with a grain of salt, because I don't really know either, ok?" HA!
I might even write a separate post expounding on that conversation, because I think it was a great conversation.
So that was that.
oh and Philip and I ate twenty chicken mc nuggets...gross, but so good.
(and the free cookies part is because work does nightly markouts, so it either gets taken home or thrown out...which is why I'm fat!) hey-o!
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