So... it's been a while. I know I haven't posted and many people have commented that my blog has been a bit empty of late. My appologies... life has been... well... hectic :-)
Since Lismore a lot has happened. The website I was working on while I was up there is now (semi)operational, and with any luck will be (completely) operational later this week. Christian Union's MYC has come and gone. Semester 2 of University has started. Church camp has been and left... and life... well... has continued... graciously.
So lets look at a few of these things individually. Ministry Centre is a cool idea. Basically, you pay a subscription fee and get access to top notch christian resources to use in your church/ministry group for free. The licence restricts your use to your immediate context, but don't fret - the subscription fee is quite low. You can purchase a paper copy of the resources for some fee as well. The corner stone of these resources is the "ministry papers." These are like MTS papers for those who know and care - but more importantly, they are theological tretise that help you evaluate what ministry should look like and build in your mind a way to do that. They encourage discipleship and meeting with other people as a biblical model of training. It's new, it's fresh, and it works ;-)
As far as the site - there are a few hold ups with credit card implementation, but most are due to my slackness in sorting out bits and pieces (like getting forms for merchant accounts... hmm...) - but these should be remidied
One down...
MYC. What can I say? I thought the cross would be a boring topic. How wrong was I. There could be nothing more refreshing that sitting back and staring at the cross of Christ for a week. Being challenged about it's importance and relevance. Being refreshed as I hear once again that Jesus didn't have to die for me - but chose to. He CHOSE ME! Praise God! A stressful, and long week, but a refreshingly good week at that.
One more down...
At this point, I feel like I want to interject that I'm sick. I have sinusitus (self diagnosed and spelt) and a nasty cough. It keeps me house bound... I'm at mum & dad's this evening - but only for a free feed. Otherwise I'd be sitting on a couch watching TV or reading a bible or sitting at my laptop punching away at something... it's rotten. My head feels like it's going to explode. My chest is tight, and I tend to keep myself awake (at least for the first part of the night) with coughing fits. I hope to see a Doctor tomorrow.
Uni is... well... good. It's nice to be back... I feel a bit slack however. I need to organise to meet with people while I'm there so I don't just spend the day socialising. I find I do a lot of little bits of admin allover the place... but I don't think I'm using my time 'kingdom wise' so well at the moment. I want to meet with people and learn from them and maybe teach them something too... but yes... what to do... I don't know... I'm sure God will provide the avenues and opportunities. Speaking of avenues and opportunities - I think I'm going to go to Bible College next year. I think I'm going to do a BTh. I'd consider doing a masters course, but I'm not sure I can enroll in an ACT accredited course and do masters without a BTh. They're the same anyway - so whatever. But that's exciting. I'm looking forward to learning things about God that I didn't know. I've just started getting back into my quiet times (bible reading times more specifically) - perhaps ambitiously - doing the bible in a year... but it's a good habit. My phone reminds me to do it too. Nice. It's refreshing to read how God is working. I was reading about Saul today. He did one thing wrong, and his kingdom was cut short (a few years later). And then I was reading about God's plan to save his remnant of Jews. Then I read in Jeremiah where God said that he would stop Babylon and Assyria from destroying Israel and save his remnant. God has the amazing plan for salvation. it's true that God rescued the Israelites once - but we are looking forward to a much greater, much bigger rescue plan. Hallelujah!
Now onto the rest of life. This last week has been tiring and taxing. Yes - because I'm sick... but I think I'm also learning a lot more about how to love even when it's hard. I think I'm often a selfish person who doesn't give much thought to what other people think. I'll often say things that hurt other people and not even think about the consequences. When they tell me I've hurt them, I often don't react well. And it's a hard thing to learn. I want to love, but at the same time part of my is blasé about the whole situation. That's not good. Pray for me - pray that it will change. Pray that God will help my hard heart. Pray that my new self will take over from my old self and help me to live as God would have me live.
State theatre - 13 days
EU Ball - 6 days
EU debate - 15 days
... the count down is on...
write again soon(ish)
