Differences
This weekend was full of activity for me. Friday I went to a dinner party at Garner's and hung out with all the guys from his program. Most of them are from Turkey and the Caribbean, so of course I love hanging with them. Being around people from other countries is such an amazing learning experience. Its always interesting for me to hear about their country and how they view America. After the dinner party some of us went to a haunted house, Silo-X I think. It was really scary, but of course I'm a wimp so....
Saturday I slept most of the day because I stayed up way to late hanging with KLew. That girl never gets tired, its amazing. That afternoon I attended the Turkish festival at Wash. U. and hung out with some of the guys from Friday. I had a lot of fun. They are so nice! Later me and Lew met up with Hawkins, Fu (?) and some other guys to watch "Saw." I am not usually up for scary movies but I went none the less. Now I regret my hasty decision ;o) What a bad movie....scary and badly filmed. It was fun hanging with everybody though.
After the movie we hit Liz and Ashley's dress up party. I love dress up parties, they're the most fun! My head hit the bed pretty late Saturday night too but I am happy to say that I am awake and getting ready for Sunday school. Speaking of which, I'm running late. Later...
Monday 1:30AM ish:
I dragged myself into Sunday school at 9:00. Glad I did because we talked about different pathways that people take to grow close to God. I think there are seven in all: relational, contemplative,intellectual, serving, activistic, creation(treehuggers), and worship. This was very interesting and helped me see that not everyone has to start their morning in quiet time and prayer like I do. It is kind of silly, but I did kind of think that everyone would grow closer to God just by doing that, like its a magical formula. I guess it goes back to the old lesson of "Don't judge others by yourself"
I personally identified with the contemplative and intellectual pathways. Mostly contemplative. That is where you value and need alone time with God and time with yourself for reflection. There were other characteristics mentioned but thats the jest.
Last night everyone hung out at Jeff Miller's for a bit which was pretty fun. However, I was really tired and zoned out frequently throughout the evening.
I definitely need more down time. A perfect weekend to me right now would be locking myself inside and alternating prayer with finishing up a few books that I've been reading for way too long. Maybe it will rain! :o) That would be perfect.
Must sleep.......
Saturday I slept most of the day because I stayed up way to late hanging with KLew. That girl never gets tired, its amazing. That afternoon I attended the Turkish festival at Wash. U. and hung out with some of the guys from Friday. I had a lot of fun. They are so nice! Later me and Lew met up with Hawkins, Fu (?) and some other guys to watch "Saw." I am not usually up for scary movies but I went none the less. Now I regret my hasty decision ;o) What a bad movie....scary and badly filmed. It was fun hanging with everybody though.
After the movie we hit Liz and Ashley's dress up party. I love dress up parties, they're the most fun! My head hit the bed pretty late Saturday night too but I am happy to say that I am awake and getting ready for Sunday school. Speaking of which, I'm running late. Later...
Monday 1:30AM ish:
I dragged myself into Sunday school at 9:00. Glad I did because we talked about different pathways that people take to grow close to God. I think there are seven in all: relational, contemplative,intellectual, serving, activistic, creation(treehuggers), and worship. This was very interesting and helped me see that not everyone has to start their morning in quiet time and prayer like I do. It is kind of silly, but I did kind of think that everyone would grow closer to God just by doing that, like its a magical formula. I guess it goes back to the old lesson of "Don't judge others by yourself"
I personally identified with the contemplative and intellectual pathways. Mostly contemplative. That is where you value and need alone time with God and time with yourself for reflection. There were other characteristics mentioned but thats the jest.
Last night everyone hung out at Jeff Miller's for a bit which was pretty fun. However, I was really tired and zoned out frequently throughout the evening.
I definitely need more down time. A perfect weekend to me right now would be locking myself inside and alternating prayer with finishing up a few books that I've been reading for way too long. Maybe it will rain! :o) That would be perfect.
Must sleep.......
posted by SBean at 7:33 AM
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