alrighty, i guess i got sucked into the realm of xanga and have decided to leave the past behind (blogger). you can see my new postings on http://www.xanga.com/private/home.aspx?user=cubulub. thanks!
Was there ever a time when you have like a million things to say, but didn't know where to start or how to go about saying everyting and end up not saying anything at all?
...well, today isn't like that...
I've been recently considering how, many times in a Christian's life we tend to lose sight of or forget why we do what we do. Why we are the way we are. Or why we live the way we live. The things that we are used to doing become a pattern in our lives and once cruise control flips on, though our spiritual live may be "good" or "not so bad", life seemingly begins to lose it's luster and we begin to wonder what ever happened to that joy of salvation we are supposed to find in this "new life" in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).
In realizing the cyclic nature of this condition, I have constantly come back to the passage found in Philippians 1:21 which ends, "for to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." I have found this passage to be so revealing in the very fact that our lives are never supposed to fall into "cruise control." Instead, we live a life that is constantly being transformed by the pursuit of infusing Christ into and allowing Him to have complete and upmost control in every aspect of our lives to the point that when people see us or know us, they will see and know Christ. Our lives will be a perfect reflection of Christ.
Now of course, this ultimate goal may not be attainable during our lives on this earth, but it is towards this heavenly aspiration that causes our lives to be filled with vigor and desire in pursuit of this goal. Every moment, every breath, our goal is to reflect Christ. Will we be willing to flip off the comfortable "cruise control" of our lives and put our foot back on the spiritual gas pedal to advance on towards God?
May our lives be as Paul expresses to the church of Philippi, a life of Christ and death of the things that may hinder us in our pursuit, that we may gain Him more.
Well, I just about made it through a year without posting, but hey what the heck maybe one post a year would be sufficient to sum up the occurences of my eventless life :P.
Anyhow, for those who don't know yet, I'm currently studying in St. George's University on an island called Grenada down in the Caribbeans for school. I finished my masters in public health just last summer and am currently in my first year of medical school.
As for current events, there's not much to say other than the fact that we finally got to move into our new apartment after a two week delay due to the incompletion of the actual building we were supposed to live in. Before we left for winter break, the landlord had promised us that the apartment would be fully completed by the end of December, which gives plenty of time for the paint to dry and time for us to come early before the term starts to move in. So after arriving in Grenada, I have the taxi dude from the airport drop me off at our "new" place only to see a hollow barebones concrete structure with no doors, windows, piping, or electrical wiring....basically nothing other than a concrete slab!! Anyways, to make a long story short, our landlord appologizes for the delay and agrees to put us up in her "Grenadian mansion" with like 10 rooms and 4 living rooms until the new apartment is completed. Well, after two weeks, our place is finally done and I'll have to say that the place is pretty nice with tile floors, high-rise ceilings and fully furnished with handmade furniture (well after looking at some of the things that were made, I wouldn't mind going with good 'ol IKEA :0).
However the whole moving into a new place two weeks into the term really kinda threw things off for me in terms of time needed for me to acclimate to new things yet continuing to go on with my schedule. I spent the greater portion of the last few days, wiping down the place which was covered in saw dust in some places because most of the "in-house" carpentry and unpacking my stuff in addition to going to class and studying.
We're hopefully going to get internet (yes they have DSL in the Caribbeans...not to mention electricity and hot water just in case you were wondering ) next week and split it between a bunch of people who have moved in around the complex of houses/apartments owned by the same landlord.
During my study breaks I have been playing this de-stressing/stressful game on the internet called "smack the pingu," compliments from a friend who had the url. Tell me what kinda scores you are getting, cuz I don't know if it's possible to get much higher than a 600. Anyways, my current high scores are: 558.2, 574.4, 584.3, 593.5. I'll update you when I break 600 :D.
Okay, well I hope this blog gets published...won't be supprised if it doesn't. Signing out...for the year :P
Aww... Caleb just typed out the longest post in the universe, only when he tried to post it, there was an error and he lost it all! He's discouraged now and claims his next post will "not be for another year or two." So here I am, a pro now at posting on other people's blogs (see Alinna's), trying to encourage cub to post again. And Caleb was serious enough to give me his account info and log-in, so I couldn't pass up the chance! So if you want to see cub post his deepest and darkest thoughts here, let him know!
Thursday, March 11, 2004