Sorry for keeping things so quiet for so long, I have had a very eventful and unplugged summer. Since my last entry I have finished my year of voluntary youth work and service in the church and am presently enjoying the last of three weeks of holiday, which have taken me through France, Switzerland and Italy. This year has been one of mighty personal growth, but there’s always room for more. I have really enjoyed the studying I have done this year and it has actually drawn me back into reading for leisure. Since about the age of twelve I stopped reading novels because of the rubbish we got given to read year in year out at school; things didn’t get better at university, but I am finally a book eater again!
I was working at an international summer school most of the summer, in between conferences - which were amazing - and earning money I was able to buy some “stuff”, CDs, DVDs, books… Funny enough, now that I’ve been working I have never had so little money! My rent and deposit just vanished it! Now I need a job for the time I get back to Canterbury - lean on Yahweh Jireh (God the Provider) - and I hope over this year to get on the right track for working with languages and find an adequate course to start next September, one which will then direct me to a fitting job. Oh yes, I’m twenty-two and I need to start getting serious about life! Especially if I want to see the things happen which God has spoken to me about…
I’m going to be joining the full-time work crowd, having to fit in any service and ministry - such as the mentoring of young men - in my spare time, just like most people, which will probably be quite challenging. One thing I want to work on this year is roughening up and being more radical in my faith, truly living out the things I believe about God, but I guess that’s what life in Christ is all about, getting to know Him more and more, living for him more and more. A Scripture has been ringing with me for a while, among others, like a real battle cry:
Philippians 1:21: “For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
That is awesome, to be in the state of mind that everything I do on earth is for the glory of God, but to meet him in Heaven is preferable.
You must think I’m crazy and I want to reassure you that I don’t mean I want to die or go blow myself up in holy war, that’s not what biblical Christianity is about. What it means is that I want to honour God in everything I do in life. Obviously I don’t because I’m not perfect, thank Jesus that my salvation is based on his righteousness and not mine, but that is what my life is all about, there is truly nothing better in life than tasting of the goodness of God! I want to be a reflector of His glory, that others may see that He is the most beautiful thing there is, only Creator, created by no-one…
Anyway, if you have any translation jobs you want done, Yo! (e-mail me!)
Music that is impassioning me lately: anything by the David Crowder Band, check it: www.myspace.com/davidcrowderband
And here’s a little creative writing, I think it ain’t too bad!
27/08/2006
Strumming endlessly
Picking randomly
Jamming into the afterwards.
At the end I still have nothing
(There is laziness in this wishful creator)
I long to make something
(Strip it from me to obtain a beauty-filled creation).
That sound would burst forth originally
From my guitar
Making imagination and sensations of listeners
Run wild
Let sound define their thoughts and feelings
Into stories, musings,
Laughter and tears…
What people are always on the doorstep of
Not daring to step in.
What I’m always on the cusp of
But I never throw myself in.
I was working at an international summer school most of the summer, in between conferences - which were amazing - and earning money I was able to buy some “stuff”, CDs, DVDs, books… Funny enough, now that I’ve been working I have never had so little money! My rent and deposit just vanished it! Now I need a job for the time I get back to Canterbury - lean on Yahweh Jireh (God the Provider) - and I hope over this year to get on the right track for working with languages and find an adequate course to start next September, one which will then direct me to a fitting job. Oh yes, I’m twenty-two and I need to start getting serious about life! Especially if I want to see the things happen which God has spoken to me about…
I’m going to be joining the full-time work crowd, having to fit in any service and ministry - such as the mentoring of young men - in my spare time, just like most people, which will probably be quite challenging. One thing I want to work on this year is roughening up and being more radical in my faith, truly living out the things I believe about God, but I guess that’s what life in Christ is all about, getting to know Him more and more, living for him more and more. A Scripture has been ringing with me for a while, among others, like a real battle cry:
Philippians 1:21: “For me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”
That is awesome, to be in the state of mind that everything I do on earth is for the glory of God, but to meet him in Heaven is preferable.
You must think I’m crazy and I want to reassure you that I don’t mean I want to die or go blow myself up in holy war, that’s not what biblical Christianity is about. What it means is that I want to honour God in everything I do in life. Obviously I don’t because I’m not perfect, thank Jesus that my salvation is based on his righteousness and not mine, but that is what my life is all about, there is truly nothing better in life than tasting of the goodness of God! I want to be a reflector of His glory, that others may see that He is the most beautiful thing there is, only Creator, created by no-one…
Anyway, if you have any translation jobs you want done, Yo! (e-mail me!)
Music that is impassioning me lately: anything by the David Crowder Band, check it: www.myspace.com/davidcrowderband
And here’s a little creative writing, I think it ain’t too bad!
27/08/2006
Strumming endlessly
Picking randomly
Jamming into the afterwards.
At the end I still have nothing
(There is laziness in this wishful creator)
I long to make something
(Strip it from me to obtain a beauty-filled creation).
That sound would burst forth originally
From my guitar
Making imagination and sensations of listeners
Run wild
Let sound define their thoughts and feelings
Into stories, musings,
Laughter and tears…
What people are always on the doorstep of
Not daring to step in.
What I’m always on the cusp of
But I never throw myself in.
2 comments:
david crowder - trop bien
being 22 and getting serious about life? i'm 26 and there's no seriousness. hmmmm.
shalut poilut.
Where have you been all this time?
If you want to hear songs of christian groups, here's one: Further Seems Forever.
They're christian rock, but they're cool.
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