Becky is out of town this weekend and I have had a lot of time to hink on what it means as us two become one less than 70 days from now.
I thought about productivity and that before Becky and I became enganged and serious about being committed to eachother I cold accomplish a lot on any given day hangin out with a ton of friends, emailing chatting, bloggin, and making tons of phone calls.
Now, some how all that seems trivial. I realize Solomons wisedom saying its all a chasing after the wind. You see I had a list of tons of things I could have accomplished this weekend, and by the time she is home tomorrow evening I will have accomplished less than half of my list.
Some how I feel good about this, realizing that I needed time for what I did accomplish and feeling good about my accomplishments.
Other things I notice:
Went to Grand Haven with Dave tonight, lots of couples, Went to Meijer last night for grocheries and tonight for supplies for the bike ride tomorrow. lot of couples.
I am glad to be with Becky, I feel we have a healthy foundation to be built on for years. I see things in other couples, tell tale signs of unhealthyness and I wonder.... but then I realize that its not for me to look at them, its for me to praise God for what I have been given in my wife-to-be Becky, a wonderful gift, a cherished woman of God.
Yeah Im ready to give up my one as we become one. Its more than worth it.
Finally got my home computer working again. I was going to try Linux, and I still want to but it wouldn't agree with my HD... oh well ... so now Im back online at home...
Thats what I am assigned to do here at work today. The work I am doing makes no money for the company, and does not make the company more efficient nor does it please the employee.
How often in my life do I do non-value-added-work. I ask this knowing this can quickly turn into a discussion on purpose -- a buzzword in the mainstream church where Im from -- but I think this is more of a discect your life, determine where you are adding value. For example in the business world, I have a friend who's sole job is to re-decorate the office she works at to please employees. the value she adds to the company is more indirect through happy more efficient employees.
yet she --unlike I-- is still adding value to the company. Unlike in my job, I get to make decisions where I add value with what tasks in my personal life. I think I shall add value to my wife (to be) my kids (to be) and to the work of God's kingdom arriving here on earth.
Which makes me ask, is God's kingdom arriving, or being built, what is my value added work in the building/arriving of His kingdom?
Perhpas I should seek out Dallas Willard on this one.
I've often thought about asking him ot be my mentor.
Think he'd accept?
God's been at it again, tough times produces a good harvest right? Well not always but I was listening to the news about France's heat and they said the best part about all this is fewer better grapes, which will produce better wine this year.
While out trying to fix my blogger problem I ran into this site its from an Iraqi interpreter for ... I think the NY Times... kinda interesting to see his perspective and the links on his site.
so we're still at war eh? heard yet again another solider died today (this morning) what do we do with this post war war?
ahh... and to think there will be conflict until even after Jesus comes again. But then when we who are in the book of life are placed in the new earth... then there will be no more wars, no more terror, nor more post-war-wars.
it is good to think on such things, a church sign I pass everyday (between my place and Beckys!!) says "those who do not think much about heaven will not be spending any time there" I am not sure how to take that, for one church signs need major improvements and for another thing, should all Christians be so focused heaven-ward that they don't look down to see the helpless lying in the street. personally I think we Christians would do better to have one eye around us, and one eye on heaven... talking to Jesus as we talk to others here on earth...
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