Things to do this coming week

Buy flowers for neighbour
Buy flowers for...
Download more Graham Norton
Cycle and play tennis
Write letter to Elise
Give tuition and make effort to show up
Cook something?
Watch Amazing Race at 12mn
Draw up list of things that my hamsters bear resemblances to, eg. barley
Go shopping I hope
Go to the frame shop
Think of leaving present for Deb
Find room

posted by beautiful at 7:40 am

I feel dreadfully bored. I've tried to sleep on the edge of my bed but I ended up getting dizzy.



Emilio escaped this morning. It's just as well, because he kept fighting with the others and I didn't really connect with him. Bless his little heart.

posted by beautiful at 2:00 am

Notice that Jesus never asked for the group's input when He
invited a new person to join them. This is what makes Christian community
interesting. It's the Lord who chooses the members -- or it should be, and any time we try to
control who's in our circle of friends, we should give it up and put Jesus back in charge. Oh, and if He adds a Judas to your group, trust that there's a good reason for it. He knows what He's doing.

There are no coincidences in a Christian's life. Take note of those whom you keep "accidentally" bumping into. There's an undiscovered combination between the two of you, which God has ordained, using each one's gifts and talents, insights and experiences and calling in the mission of the Kingdom.

Just an extract from the little sermons that my brother sends me everyday. Sometimes I feel bowled over by the amount of faith that I should have in Jesus - during those instances when I should be submitting to His will and instead I hold myself back. How do you know? How do you know when you're doing His will instead of your own? How do you know if the choice you made was what He wanted for you? Is it a sin when you act out of misguided self-conviction? I know it's totally irrelevant to the extract but how did Ladan and Laleh make the decision to go on with the operation at all costs? Was their desire for freedom and normality the same as what God would have intended for them? When they knew they had a 50% chance of success and still went ahead, were they acting under the Spirit's influence or were they exercising their free will? When you know that there is a chance that you may die and therefore lose God's most precious gift to you but still choose to proceed, are you sinning?

posted by beautiful at 9:14 pm