Sunday, January 19, 2003
part two
things are well. the holidays were enjoyable. it was nice seeing he fam. i'm alive. made it safely driving across the country in three days. i-40 was a lot more interesting than i thought it would be. especially alone. except arkansas, but i guess that's to be expected. the semester has gone well so far, save for the fact that i can't seem to locate a colloquial spanish dictionary that is necessary to complete the homework in said class. apparently i'm the only having trouble with this, so there must be something about me, i dunno. other than that, i'm liking things much more during this last stand of mine. the second semester senior schedule is pretty sweet with class on tuesdays and thursdays only, so i've found myself with a lot of free time to do what i want and just relax, which is otherwise impossible to do during the semester.
Godwise, i'm experiencing a personal revival of sorts. the end of last semester pretty much destroyed any semblance of a routine, as it always seems to do during crunch time. even during break, when i supposedly had all the free time in the world, i found ways to keep myself busy doing nothing. but xmas conference def gave me a swift kick in the rear and punted me back to where i need to be. so time with Him has been real good lately. not that this means all my questions are being answered. rather, i'm finding the more He teaches and reveals to me, the more questions i have. a paradox of a magnitude beyond my understanding, but that doesn't mean i'll stop trying to understand the great mystery that is His will. the minute i do that, i've missed out on the knowledge of the glory of God. that's a bad thing, in case you were wondering. besides, i'm enjoying this never knowing exactly what's going on/living by the seat of my pants deal. keeps my on my toes, that's for sure. just the way things are when you're ridin' shotgun with the great Warrior King, and there's no better way to live life.
i must take a moment to apologize to the peeps i hold dear but didn't get to chill with over break. this mainly goes to jen & kat since they've been the most vocal about it,. but seeing as how i saw all of 5 non-family members back in cali, i'm sure it applies to more than those two. so, sorry guys, i wish i had more time, but it guess that's the way things flow. and jen, you being in hawaii or wherever you were until new year's didn't help much. but i guarantee i'll see you sometime before leaving the country. well, i'll do all i can at least, but things aren't ultimately in my hands.
that parenthetical aside, i'm really looking forward to this semester. with the free time, i'm hoping to be a lot more productive in non-scholastic activities like finding a second job to pay off these loans and getting way more radical about my Bible studies (personal and leadershipwise). here's to an awesome 4 months until grajeeayshun. flip and i'm out. Gb.
sounds: paul baloche - praise adonai
food for thought: embracing defeat: japan in the wake of world war 2 - john w. dower
