Theory time. I think that the reason men and women are attracted to one another is not in spite of the fact that they don't understand how the other thinks, but rather because of it. (Leaving homosexuality out of it for now.)

You see, a big reason I have a great dislike for girls in general is because I know how they think... and its not pretty all the time. But I do not understand all the time how guys process things, so they are much more fascinating.

That's my theory for the day. The end.

Too Much Sugar!

This was my grand venture today. I have the day off and was a bit bored. So after cleaning a bit, I made a pumpkin pie. Then moved on to some pre-made sugar cookies, then banana bread. I think I'm going to make myself and Anna fat.

Idol Boxes

"To whom will you liken Me, and make Me equal and compare Me, that we should be alike? They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver on the scales; they hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god; they prostrate themselves, yes, they worship. They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it and set it in its place and it stands; from its place it shall not move. Though one cries out to it, yet it cannot answer nor save him out of his trouble." Is. 46:5-7
This was part of the Solo devo for today. I think the part that struck me most was where God is asking us to whom or what we compare Him. The question occured to my mind why we do this. I think sometimes the reason is that we are simply trying to grasp hold of some way to understand God. So we fashion comparisons that build the walls of boxes that seek to contain Him. Its silly really, to think that we could possibly begin to contain the God of our universe in our own feeble minds. And yet... I know I'm guily of this. Just my thoughts.

Forbidden

Just a quote from the book I'm reading. Its really good. As said by Avra in "Forbidden" by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee;
"The human heart is a delicate thing... I know that now. It's the sorrow you feel that allows you to crave love. Without that suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. Without deficiency, no longing."

Jack Out of the Box

"It used to be that if I had a great worship experience, I asked God to duplicate it the next time I came to worship. Like the kid impressed by a silly magic trick, I would pray, "Do it again!" One thing I've learned about God over the years, however, is that He rarely "does it again." He's the Creator, which means that He is (among other things) creative." Francis Chan
This quote resonates with me. Especially coming off of retreat. The truth found in this statement is something God has been working into my view of Him. I so often long for the experience I had of Him when I was younger, but this isn't what He has in mind. He wants me to discover new truths and new relationship with Him. Not to always pine after what has past. Also not to search for the same experience that He has given someone else. Following Him is meant to be an adventure, not a cookie cutter formula for life. Its nerve racking. But oh so exciting anticipating what He has next.
Me off.

The Anti Fairy Tale

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess and her not so beautiful sister. Like any sisters they got along quite swimingly some days, and not so much others. Unlike many princesses you hear about, neither their mother or father were dead, but rather they simply lived in opposite ends of the castle. You see, the King and Queen couldn't stand to be around each other.

In the next kingdom over, there lived a handsome prince. He grew up being best friends with the not so beautiful princess. They did everything together. Much to the chagrin of her mother, for playing with princes often includes not so lady like things, such as playing in the mud and having sword fights with sticks. However, the not so beautiful princess didn't care, for the prince was her best and only friend.

As they tend to do, when the princesses got older, they began to be drawn to people of the opposite gender persuasion. Now, the prince and the not so beautiful princess (mind you, she was not ugly, just not as beautiful as her sister), were perfectly compatable in every way. The princess recognized this as did all of her courtiers. Everyone, including the King and Queen just knew that the 2 of them would one day be wed.

But no! The prince, operating as most princes do, didn't care to see the life that he could have with the not so beautiful princess. So he ended up marrying the beautiful princess. Her sister was devastated. She knew there would be no one else who would so perfectly compliment who she was.

Oh, and the king and queen split up.

And the family dog died.

And eventually the prince grew to regret his choice. Still not recognizing the compatibility between him and Not So Beautiful. But he did realize how incompatible Beautiful and he were. So they also split. And the prince spent the rest of his days in misery chasing down an ideal that was absurd and could never exist.

Not So Beautiful went on to marry, but carried always in her heart the wounds of rejection from the prince.

Beautiful was just a bad word.

The end.



And that my friends is probably closer to reality than any other fairy tale you will encounter.

I don't quite have a title for this...

So, there are several reasons posting here hasn't occured very frequently lately. One being that I don't have constant access to a computer. Two being that many of my thoughts are still in process mode.

God is showing me alot lately. Over the past couple days I've realized how much He's changed in me even from last year. Things that used to make or break my day, don't have so strong an effect on me anymore. And that's a good thing. I've been able to have some pretty  hard conversations, and come out of them unscathed. I've faced things I didn't want to face, and grown. I've faced people I don't like and been able to love them. And this is all the past few weeks. Crazy, huh?

I don't say any of this to put myself on any kind of a pedastal... Its just unfathomable to me how much has happened lately.

It would appear that God is working on bringing about the fulfillment of one of my dreams for my city. Which is more exciting than I can possibly begin to tell you! More on that to follow when the details become more solidified. Can't wait to get involved though!

Anyhows. That's the short update on schtuff.
Me off.