Well, let's try this again. Started writing the other day and accidentally had everything erased ...not very encouraging.
So I've been enjoying my little break... but is it a break? Yesterday I had the day off. It will be the only day off I'll see in a week. My manager is taking vacation for the next 6 days and I'm working every day until he returns. Somehow that still comes out to only 34 hours. I'm waiting for the work clothes to finish being washed and dried and I'll hit the sheets for the night. We bargained for me to come in tomorrow (Sunday) and work from 3am-7am to do the essentials only so I can make it to church. In the past I would have been so legalistic about working on Sunday. I'm not a 1st day Adventist though. On the bright side, this will give me an opportunity and a challenge to run the bulk of the department for a week. We'll see what happens...
Friday was a pretty relaxing day though. I finished Ray's book, How To Win Souls and Influence People. I'm now starting on the booklet about being judgmental. So far it has given some VERY helpful reminders. It's called something like "Judging: The Danger of Playing God" By Peacemaker Ministries. I think they're either affiliated with or supporting/supported by Randy Alcorn.
While I was too worn out from working Thursday night and unable to go downtown Friday. I did run some errands early in the day. When I got home my legs hurt SO bad that it was like after running a mile when you haven't run in a long time. I can still feel it even today! Friday I had to buy a new car battery. I predict the transmission will go out next. I practically have a new car it seems, but I'm beginning to hear the brakes squeek some so it may be time for new brake pads in the near future.
I was also told Half-Priced Books had a good Greek Grammar book for cheap, so I went to pick that up... and somehow ended up spending almost $30. I bought a small stack of $1 children's Bible movies (I like picking up that stuff for my future family and whatnot), MacArthur's commentary on Matthew 24-28, and also a Nelson's Dictionary of Christianity. I wanted a few more things but had to restrain myself!
In other news, I got an 87 on my Hermeneutics final! I still dunno if that's good or bad. It seems I'm doomed to be a B student unless I study so intensely that I spend nearly every hour of every day 2 weeks in advance studying for a test. Made a 94 in Biology once doing that. It's kinda like that point where it's hard to get over a a certain "hump" in weight loss. You have to go way overboard to reach close to your goal.... I suppose I haven't found that balance. Prayerfully, we'll do better next semester. I've registered already and will be taking "Bible Introduction" and "Spiritual Life and Community." I even bought the books already! Exciting stuff! Still no word on if I'm accepted to the on-campus program in the Spring.It wouldn't be fun to just take online classes forever. I can barely afford that and the classes that are transferrable will soon run out!
I did wanna talk about witnessing tonight as well. Travis had to leave early so I stayed a bit longer. There was a group from 1st Baptist Church of Colleyville there downtown with one of the Prayer Station booths GNN used. They were witnessing and using tracts and all that. It was pretty cool! Another guy who used to come out brought some kids from his youth group. As I left, they were talking with a guy. I spoke with Kyle, a former Athiest turned Agnostic. He was surely a thinker and had some good rebuttals to my questions. I'd never had someone say they could take the $50 million to buy eye transplants! He was pretty smart! But he said he wasn't concerned about his apparent eternal destiny so I left him with the law, his conscience, a handshake, and a gospel tract. Please pray for him.
Another awesome thing was that I finally met Trish from WOTM Radio. She came out and her group was witnessing with us! She gave me her phone line and show segment times in case I knew of anyone who wanted to talk about their beliefs on the air. She also told of a Bible study her husband leads in their home on Friday nights.
Well, I guess that's all for now! Have a wonderful day, night, or whenever you read this!
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