Friday, December 12, 2008

DHL... GONE!

DHL will be disbanding their domestic shipping service on January 30th! They are the most incompetent shipping company I have ever seen and I will be glad to see them go. Apparently they are great with international stuff, but what I have seen of their domestic fleet was anything but great. Just a few months ago they delivered two separate packages clearly addressed to us to a person down the street from us! They have on occasion put our packages at the wrong entrance and have this weird habit of not backing up to the door. They pull to the far end of the parking lot and then flip into reverse and extremely slowly and carefully start backing up... but then get nervous and stop and just walk the whole way! One time I was on break outside and the driver just got out and gave me the package rather than bringing it inside! And I must point out that these occurrences were not just from one driver. We have regularly had things like that happen no matter what driver was on our route for the day.

They deserve to shut down. Regardless of the economic conditions, they have brought this on themselves.

Comedy Stage

I am definitely not in a comedy stage right now with movies. I used to enjoy sitting down to most comedies and enjoying myself... but now I get a short chuckle from most and feel that I have wasted my time by the end. I will not say it is a bad thing, but it is kind of annoying. I see a preview and say, "Now that looks hilarious!" but then see the movie and realize that it is just like the rest. So what movies do make me laugh? Well, "Dan In Real Life" for one. That situational and down-to-earth real life humor is definitely what gets me right now. When a writer can take a common moment and show the humor in it, that is what I like. That is what I can relate to and what makes me laugh.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Follow The First Time

A friend asked how my life was, and this is the response I gave:

Life is pretty incredible. My daughter is nearly a year old and is walking, we are preparing for Christmas (and loving it!) and we just found a new church! So things are pretty good. I love how the Spirit works. This was the first church He put on my heart back before we left our previous church in August, yet for this reason or that I put off going to it and visited others. But of course He eventually caused us to go to the church and it is incredible! Lesson learned. When the Spirit leads, follow the first time and avoid the bother!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Scripture Study By The Power Of The Spirit

I have just had the most wonderful time of Scripture study. The Holy Spirit is here right now and He has been opening up my eyes to what I have been reading in Luke. It really blows me away. It is incredible how study which can be so mechanical and lifeless alone becomes so exciting and invigorating and significant when the Spirit is here guiding it. Thank You Spirit for this. Please continue to guide my studies and my life.

God At Work

Our God is so incredible. I feel so full that it is hard to reduce it down into words... actually it's impossible. The weekend was wonderful. I finished getting the Christmas lights up outside, carried off the remaining leaves and sticks and stuff from our work last weekend, we went with Hannah's mother and got a tree, we set up our artificial tree in the basement, Hannah went to the Christmas Tea with the women from our church and we went to the hanging of the greenery at New Beginnings. It was a beautiful and refreshing weekend in so many ways. Riley Joy is walking all the time now. She just started doing it regularly on Saturday. She has decided it is often easier and quicker to walk from point A to point B rather than crawl. Hannah had a wonderful time at the tea and the experience there cemented our decision that we are going to settle into Calvary Chapel Living Water. I have been listening to the Word of Promise dramatized New Testament Audio Bible and have just been being so blessed by it. God has been opening up the Scriptures so much to me and I am enjoying it so much. I officially started saving for Bible College on Thursday and from now on a certain portion of all of my paychecks will automatically be put into an account specifically for that. In four years (or less) I will be able to begin! I want to be out of debt before starting... so when I start depends on that. I will be able to get my Associate in Theology degree for $8000 altogether and will be able to study from home. I am really excited!

Might everything change? Yup! That is the way life is and the way God often works. But I am enjoying it, and will continue to enjoy it even if everything changes. Luckily God has the perfect plan!

And on another note: Christmas is my favorite time!!!