It's nice and I enjoy it more than most of the others I've looked into.
Verse of the night might be an entire portion of what I read, which promotes the usefulness of the book of Proverbs:
"The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
For learning what wisdom and discipline are;
for understanding insightful sayings;
for receiving wise instruction [in] righteousness, justice, and integrity;
for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced ["hey, that's me!" - Stevie],
knowledge and discretion to a young man [" "]
- a wise man will listen and increase his learning, and a discerning man will obtain guidance -
for understanding a proverb or a parable, the words of the wise, or their riddles."
- Proverbs 1:1-6
A run-on sentence?
Its nice to have a little mission statement before Proverbs.. kinda lets you know what you're in for, all the good at least.
So, after yesterday's formality, I don't think it's really a great idea to keep suit if I'm not feeling it, you know? So this might just play out kinda conversationally..
I gotta say, I liked today. It was nice. It was pretty relaxed. It was educational and it was solid. It had a bit of emotion in it but it wasn't really all that overwhelming. I'm tired at the end of it so I guess I'm satisfied.
Woke up in the morning to take a shower and get ready for the day.. headed to Corban University to attend Papa's back-to-back classes that survey 1 Corinthians. That was nice because it was cool to hear college kids talking like a youth group. One thing I noticed while I was there was how young college kids seem all of a sudden; even though they're technically adults, they're still very much just kids like me.
The food was buffet style and nice and I finally learned what a Sadie Hawkins' dance was.. or relearned it after a young man from Papa's second class told me what it was. Apparently Corban's hosting one if you guys want to go and get a date.. just talk to the office.
We headed back to the house for a couple of hours of piano, talking, and whatnot while we waited for the Burks to show up. Then I patiently suffered through watching them dine on Taco Pizza from the Home Place and worked on arranging plans for tomorrow. Felt accidentally antisocial, and stuck inside the hell presented by my phone. I hate texting, but very few appreciate the speed, smoothness, and efficiency of a simple call these days. For reasons that escape my wildest imagination, even when out of school, people generally much prefer texting. Thank God for Katie Burks though.. we think a lot alike in quite a few ways, including the aforementioned.
So life's ok.. but not really at all, it's great. It's always great and it's a blessing.
Wanna know something I learned today that I kinda always knew but never fully processed? When you accept the Holy Spirit into your lifeblood, you're taking in the SAME one that Jesus acted upon at all times. That all Christians rely upon. We are one in the spirit I've heard so many times, but that's always sounded a lot like we're one in the uniform if you know what I mean. Say we were a military that wore matching uniforms, we would be one in that look but not with the separate uniforms themselves. It's just the opposite with the spirit of Jesus that helps steer our lives.
So there's my theology for the day.
Hanging with the Burks at my grandparents' house was very.. different. It really made me start thinking how much like family they really are to me. Just makes me think.. ahead. I feel like I know good things are ahead when they're around. I love them all, but there's just something special there too. It's really cool but there are still things that make me uniquely excited. I don't really know how to express it, it's just.. inherent.
I also got to see Andrew my second cousin today, and he was really cool. I haven't seen him since I was really little apparently, about three, but upon prompt I feel a couple of memories of model rockets sprung to mind. And a gray jacket and rain in my hair and a launcher in my hand and the smell of the smoke and the sight of the rocket floating down through the sky.
It was nice to see him though and he really does seem like a genuinely great guy. He sure can keep up with conversation and his patience with the differing interests of myself, Cade, and Wesley never overwhelmed him.
Papa Steve was also great to see again. He has this really awesome huge truck. It's super powerful and looks like a monster. I would love to drive something like it someday, but I don't know if I'd ever own it.
It was especially nice to talk to him about what's going on with dad and at home. I gained a new appreciation for him tonight, despite our differences.
Grillburger
Large Reese's Blizzard
This is literally how I'm thinking right now..
a couple of unfinished fast food fries.
I'm obviously still silly and very exhausted.
Seeing Grammy Ruthie tomorrow morning.
At least Mandy and Michelle, Jordan probably, Parker maybe, and Katie unspoken later in the night.
Crashing up in Beaverton tomorrow night.
My eyes are burnt.
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