Sunday, May 14, 2006
Monday- the weather, annoyance, God, Church and Mum
Well, when I woke this morning at 4am ( though I did manage to go back to sleep) to the sound of rain driving on my window and a freezing air temperature I am prepared to concede that winter may be here. It is so cold I have actually out in the fan heater in my office. Now all you people that live in he south island can just stop right now before you start because I don't care how much colder it is down there, its cold enough for us here ok! :)
thee weekend was pretty standard. A few movies on DVD, time spent with Jeni, marking some huge assignments(GAG!) church. All of the above was cool.
Jeni and I helped Kate shift house on Saturday morning which was good. Her new place is pretty awesome. Luckily we got going early because hail the size of frozen peas was ricocheting of the window not an hour after we finished.
The other news of the weekend was that I found out that my ex wife has got engaged. Pretty dam typical timing. I feel annoyed at the irony and disappointed in her for continuing to be in relationship which has seemed wrong and pretty stupid from the start. Just because you can see an accident that’s going to happen doesn't make it any easier when it actually crashes.
I found out before church and felt a little deflated about how foolish she is ( which I can't help but feel reflects on my own stupidity sometimes). At the start of church I just sat down and prayed and allowed myself to feel sad at his whole situation. My overwhelming feeling was of how God feels grief for them both. It was good to get it off my chest to him. Talking about it to God put it all in perspective and I felt like a weight had come off and that it really wasn' t my problem and I could get over it and move on. After that the rest of the service continued to lift how I was feeling because it was so encouraging.
It started off being about mothers and then ended up about 1 Corinthians 12vs 12-26 were Paul talks about the church as the body of Christ . The analogy is that we in the church all have a role to play and that no part is greater than any other.
Two major ideas came through. One, that we are all meant to compliment each other, not compete with each other in the church ( I use this to mean all churches everywhere as well as in mine). Secondly, we cannot underestimate the art of appreciating others. A deliberate action of showing appreciation for others simply for who they are.
It was pretty cool. If you got to the church website in my links section on the left I think they have the notes so you can find out all the ideas if missed :)
SO considering all this I just want to write here that my mum is awesome:) She has been the encouraging and uplifting heart of our family. She has been an example of how to say what needs to be said in a gracious and loving way even when it hurts. She has modelled in her actions what it means to care for others in actions as well as words. Her greatness requires too many adjectives to describe so I think the most important thing is that she has loved and encouraged me unconditionally my whole life and I know she always will.
Thanks mum.
To everyone else
be good, be kind, and be gentle and have a good week
thee weekend was pretty standard. A few movies on DVD, time spent with Jeni, marking some huge assignments(GAG!) church. All of the above was cool.
Jeni and I helped Kate shift house on Saturday morning which was good. Her new place is pretty awesome. Luckily we got going early because hail the size of frozen peas was ricocheting of the window not an hour after we finished.
The other news of the weekend was that I found out that my ex wife has got engaged. Pretty dam typical timing. I feel annoyed at the irony and disappointed in her for continuing to be in relationship which has seemed wrong and pretty stupid from the start. Just because you can see an accident that’s going to happen doesn't make it any easier when it actually crashes.
I found out before church and felt a little deflated about how foolish she is ( which I can't help but feel reflects on my own stupidity sometimes). At the start of church I just sat down and prayed and allowed myself to feel sad at his whole situation. My overwhelming feeling was of how God feels grief for them both. It was good to get it off my chest to him. Talking about it to God put it all in perspective and I felt like a weight had come off and that it really wasn' t my problem and I could get over it and move on. After that the rest of the service continued to lift how I was feeling because it was so encouraging.
It started off being about mothers and then ended up about 1 Corinthians 12vs 12-26 were Paul talks about the church as the body of Christ . The analogy is that we in the church all have a role to play and that no part is greater than any other.
Two major ideas came through. One, that we are all meant to compliment each other, not compete with each other in the church ( I use this to mean all churches everywhere as well as in mine). Secondly, we cannot underestimate the art of appreciating others. A deliberate action of showing appreciation for others simply for who they are.
It was pretty cool. If you got to the church website in my links section on the left I think they have the notes so you can find out all the ideas if missed :)
SO considering all this I just want to write here that my mum is awesome:) She has been the encouraging and uplifting heart of our family. She has been an example of how to say what needs to be said in a gracious and loving way even when it hurts. She has modelled in her actions what it means to care for others in actions as well as words. Her greatness requires too many adjectives to describe so I think the most important thing is that she has loved and encouraged me unconditionally my whole life and I know she always will.
Thanks mum.
To everyone else
be good, be kind, and be gentle and have a good week
