Another beautiful Monday

I love running into people I know when I'm out. I'm sitting in Panera right now and some friends from church are sitting a few tables away. (The Ball's and the Stephens'.) If you're going to run into people from church they're some of the best. :)

We had my Grandpa's 82nd birthday party on Saturday, it doesn't seem possible that he's that old. He doesn't act it at all, could pass for about ten years younger which bodes well for me. :) It always good to spend time with the Sneed side of the family, especially now that it means hanging out with Chris and Sara.

I spent most of my weekend hanging out with Jimmy though, we didn't really do much but we don't really have too, we're easily amused.

That's all for now I've still got errands to run and another fun filled night of work to look forward too. :)

Nothing to write

My life isn't all that exciting right now so I don't have much to write. I worked over yesterday so by the time I got home I had pushed through my "wall" so I stayed up until 2 p.m. watching "Definitely, maybe" and then crashed. (Good movie, I went to see it when it was in theaters.)

I'd been experimenting with a beard for over a week but I shaved off this morning because there was a gap on my upper lip where I couldn't get anything to grow. It was like death valley, "the place where facial hair goes to die." lol :) Oh well, it's kinda' a bummer because other then the gap I really liked the beard.

And that'll pretty much wrap it up, ciao!

Living in the now

I'm at one of those points in life where everything is just sitting still. It's the first time in a year my life has been this slow. I'm trying to enjoy it but honestly I'm a little bored and more then a little afraid of what's may be around the corner. Usually when things get this slow it's God's way of saying something crazy is about to happen and I'd better rest up and get ready.

I've been spending a lot of time lately thinking about how much of a disconnect there is between what I say I believe and how I act most of the time. Granted, I'm not the worst person I know, but I am still a sinner and find myself doing/saying things I wish I could take back. It's not even like it would be all that hard to change I just don't, which makes me feel like a real moron most of the time. I can't even get out of bed some days without screwing things up. I wake up some days cussing under my breath about something that's wearing on my nerves like I have any control over life, or that having a lousy attitude is going to change things. I know God is sovereign, that He knows exactly what He's doing and just need to shut up and listen. Most of the time though I'd just rather whine and dig my heels in like a two year old, I've yet to see any positive results from using this tactic but somehow that doesn't seem to stop me from doing it. I'd like to think some day I'll get past this, I think it'll get better as I mature more, but part of being human is having to constantly fight my sin nature not matter how mature I may become there's always something. I know this because I know plenty of people who are more mature then I am and they still fight this battle every day, which is helpful and disheartening at the same time. It means I'm no more jacked up than anybody else but at the same time it means this is something I'm going to have to fight for the rest of my life.

Just another Wednesday

I just got my haircut, there's nothing quite like that fresh out of the oven haircut feel. :) I timed my next two haircuts so I'll have a fresh one for VBS at the end of July, I love VBS. Mostly because I love kids, the Gospel, and a legit excuse to act like an overgrown child. ;)

I've discovered that if the Intercultural Leadership program at SBTS doesn't work out there's a M.A. in Theology I could earn there in three years going to class two nights a week, which would be pretty sweet. So if the one doesn't work I'll just find a job in Louisville and take Theology. (Who thought I'd ever be happy about that as an option, or seminary for that matter?)

That's all I got, peace.

Seminary

I think I've finally come up with a plan for life after Ball State. Lord willing I'll attend the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY and study for my Master of Arts degree in Intercultural Leadership. There are a few catches to this scenario. First, I have to be approved by the SBC's North American Mission Board. Second, I'd have to plant an SBC church. As most of you know I'm not crazy about being a part of a denomination particularly one with name Baptist in it but in the end there are a lot more things I like about the situation there then I dislike so I decided to just bite the bullet and do it. A big draw for me is the fact that if I'm a member of an SBC church I get my tuition half off and the church I'd plan on attending in Louisville, Sojourn Community Church, is part of the SBC so I'd get the discount.

Right now I'm just praying that this is the last change of plans I have to make for awhile, not that changing things every two weeks hasn't been exciting but there is something to be said for having things settled. :)

Prayer Requests

Just a couple of quick prayer requests:

The parents of one of my friends are in the process of applying for a divorce. Please pray for her, she just graduated high school so this is kind of an emotional time anyway.

Also, my "big sister" Elaine's dad is having more heart problems and is probably going to need a 4th surgery.