They Call Me Bruiser

What a week it has been for our house. We've had our share of trauma, drama, and... Llama?? anyway, you all know about the trauma, and thankfully I am healing quite quickly; I am still a little sore though. The Drama: Two of us are heart broken tonight (Keith and I) because the A's have been swept by the Tigers (who will win the world series). Actually, I'm not that heart broken, just keith, I'd say I'm more bummed. oh well, I'm predicting an A's-Giants world series next year. Giants will win in seven.

This Friday we were able to go to the dump and get rid of alot of junk from our house. Including my roomates joe C and Keith. I just kind of left them there. The house feels so much better now... ... ........... JUST KIDDING!! I didn't actually do that. Then Friday night to Saturday morning we went to the Junior/Senior overnighter and had a great time. We all slept under the same smelly tent, we brought our own tea kettle and tea, we brought our own table, we were ready to roll. The funny thing was that this so called overnighter took place in Pappas's back yard. (Jamie Pappas is the head honcho for campus crusade at Cal Poly.) So, all we really needed was a tent. None the less, we were beyond prepared. The night was fun... activities included eating, campfiring, princess bride watching, talking, farting, baseballing, peeing, etc. etc. It rained pretty hard for a while but then it let up and turned out to be a nice night. In the morning we were able to get some sweet worship in around the campfire. One song that I especially enjoy singing is "Surrender" here is one of the lyrics: "And all the world holds dear, I count it all as loss." I feel like it is so easy for me to get caught up in what the world sees as success and weath. To me success means to live life in such a way that God looks down and smiles, a life where God says "well done, good and faithful servant." Success for me is having loving relationships with my family and friends, and eventually (if it be God's will) wife. Success is letting go of the things in this world and giving them to God. And I feel like this is really easy to say and hard to do...It is something that I continually need to work on...

Anyway, I wish all of you who read this blog a great sunday, enjoy that day that God has given you. Take some time off from whatever you are doing and relax. Don't let the busyness of this world take your mind off the bigger picture... eternal life starts today...munch on that for a while... .... . ..... . ......
-M