The office has anice new carpet and a whole new look plus Anna has come in to do a little pa-like stuff for Oria each week too. All the fun is in the office it seems… I bet the disciples when given the great commission and having received the Spirit at Pentecost didn’t need a nice office (etc) to see thousnads added to their number daily. But hey, instead of thousands being added to our number daily we have a nice new look to our office.
Work at the club was fun tonight especially when one of the managers who was having a night off managed to draw blood, that being my blood, and when my bar mate gave me a lovely ChineseBurn. I feel persecuted and oppressed. I smell of cigarettes and alcohol I think I may go have a shower even though the rest of the house are asleep… they will be showering when I’m trying to sleep… all’s fair in love and war (whatever that is supposed to mean?!).
Frequently I hear of other people using weblogging (thats what this site is) to share their news, stories and what not… and today I would like to point out Jim, aka Mr Clarkson (my guide to corporate prayer presentation buddy), aka Bruce (my fellow aussie). Yes, that’s it… point and laugh!
Had a good time in Reading and well… sometimes God has this irritating way of doing things. Hoping that I would be sorting out my shattered (that word working on more than one level here) sleeping pattern as part of my “almost a retreat” to our sister Boiler I managed to come back tired having had little sleep. I like praying in the middle of the night but I don’t hink this was the reason that when I went to bed (at relatively reasonable hours) I couldn’t sleep, eventually getting to the realisation that it was because God wanted me to pray. For someone working for a prayer movement you would think that I pray enough… not quite the case, and can you pray enough anyway??
Tomorrow would come and I would still be there in the prayer rooms by myself. If it was not for God getting me up then I would not have returned in such ‘good form’. I may be tired but I feel spiritually refreshed.
Have spent the time since I got back at the boiler doing shifts, finding out how things are changing on an admin level (woohoo) and daydreaming. The daydreaming has actually been a productive time rather than a ‘waste away the hours in my own little world’ time.
Cultural shift and Soundcheck coming up… I can’t afford the time off work to go to both of these conferences, bummer.
Been having a good time in Reading. Chilling out with friends and spending some quality time with Jeesus… trying to get myself energised in all that again, feel like i may have been a little passive in it all recently. How can I, and should I, relate subversive counter culture behaviour to my faith? Things like adbusting with Jesus values. It feels right as Jesus spoke out against oppression and the Bible is very clear on issues of injustice. Hmmm… I used to be involved in SPEAK but little since I graduated.
Someone indirectly challenged me the ther day if boilers are indeed a good idea? If they were, are they still? Well I believe that they are from God and God has His hand on them. They are more than a good idea, they are a God idea!