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| PHONESDoes anyone like their cell phone? All I want is a phone that has a good battery life (that means I only have to charge it once or twice a week) and makes clear calls. ... and cheap, if that's possible. Doesn't anyone have something like that?
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| whoaMan, I've felt totally out of the loop since the 48 hr film project. Where have I been?? Why haven't I been at church or hanging out with my church people or blogging? I think it's just that I've been busy... work has been easy but there's been stuff every weekend it seems. And then also my house has been funner since school's been out, so I've probably been home more, I dunno. I can't write about everything, so I'll just list - here are all the things that have impacted my life lately:
business trip to Albuquerque,
48 hr film project,
teaching piano,
playing softball,
highschool best-friend's wedding,
art projects,
meeting with Mt Zion,
playing in Laura's recital,
meeting with Christen,
going to a new biblestudy,
family vacation,
4th of July. Everything teaches me something new. It is always kind of subtle, but I notice it after the fact. God is slooooowly teaching me who He wants me to be, what I'm good at, what I stink at, how to behave. I am working 12 hour days so I can get 40 hours in by Wed night. I don't have time to do anything except eat and sleep and work. Wow. There is not time to do things I really REALLY need to do. 
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| people typesPeople, especially people who aren't Christian, tell me that they didn't know people like my family existed. (Sometimes they mean it in different senses, but it's the same idea.) Have you ever met someone, or a group of people, and thought "wow, I forgot that this type of person actually existed!." I mostly think this about people who are really passionate about their faith. Paul Nasekos, Mr Iverson, but sometimes on the other side of the spectrum too, like really trashy people at work I wonder how many amazing types of people there are out there that I would never guess existed? It's not exactly related, but I thought of that because I was chatting with the lady behind the counter at a bakery in manassas. She is probably about 35-40 years old, but she was shy and timid in a cute way, like a little kid. If you were filming her mannerisms, you would think she was a bad actor because of the shy way she talks. | | |
| Who are we kidding; God really does value men above women.This post is really about something else, but I was reminded by one of Ben's posts to say: Yep, the world is definitely ending. In addition to the thousands dying in Myanmar and China, I heard on the news today that the Cold War is restarting. (!!!*&@?!)
Okay folks, check our these verses in Leviticus 27:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a
singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty
years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty
shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
5 And
if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten
shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years
old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver,
and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it
be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the
female ten shekels.
I don't know what to make of it, but this verse draws into question the idea that men and women are equal but have different roles. They sure don't seem equal to me. It says that I'm worth a little over half of a man, even if he's sixty.
You say, "Oh, people were valued by their ability to farm back then, so it's kind of a cultural thing" Yeah, I know, I thought of that. I was just kind of hoping that God was better at transcending time and culture than that. I find myself wishing that He had written a less chauvenistic book.
So I either need to accept the fact that women rank lower, OR somehow reshape my thought patterns so that monetary value and God's true value are completely separate dimensions.
I don't like it because it seems humbling and uncomfortable, but I'm not personally offended or anything. I really am content to be God's latrine if that is what He wants, so if He decides that I'm worth 60% of a guy my age then I guess that's okay. 
But I'm hoping that there is a simpler explanation.
Hagar's Expulsion:
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