It's been a long while.  Since the last time that we talked I resigned from my job, and am currently living with my brother and looking for a new job.  I have been on a couple longer trips visited friends, and am trying to get in move mode once again.  Everyone, for fun try to guess where I am moving......

Events of the night, well we got some weather and lightning struck the transformer near the house.  There was a fire department/electric company/sheriff get together with my brother and my dad last night at about 4am.  Now we're dealing with the aftermath.  I think that somethings got really screwed up, still accessing the damage.

Nothing too big.  I guess I can only leave you guys with a list of things that I have loved since the last time we talked.

The Dark Knight
The Wire
iPod Classic
Jess
The Minnesota Twins

"I don't want to disparage anyone because of their, their race, their ethnicity, their name - whatever their religion their father, father might have been,"

"I'll just say this that when you think about the optics of a Barack Obama potentially getting elected President of the United States -- and I mean, what does this look like to the rest of the world? What does it look like to the world of Islam?

"And I will tell you that, if he is elected president, then the, the radical Islamists, the, the al-Qaida, and the radical Islamists and their supporters, will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11….

"It does matter, his middle name does matter. It matters because they read a meaning into that in the rest of the world, it has a special meaning to them. They will be dancing in the streets because of his middle name. They will be dancing in the streets because of who his father was and because of his posture that says: Pull out of the Middle East and pull out of this conflict.

So there are implications that have to do with who he is and the position that he's taken. If he were strong on national defense and said 'I'm going to go over there and we're going to fight and we're going to win, we'll come home with a victory,' that's different. But that's not what he said. They will be dancing in the streets if he's elected president. That has a chilling aspect on how difficult it will be to ever win this Global War on Terror."

                                                                         Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa

This steams me.  So much. 

 

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
                                                                                        Matthew 5:3

I am so tired, so worn, so stressed, so apathetic,
I am losing chunks of hair, I wear a 2 day long headache
I worry about family, friends, loved ones, and coworkers.
I feel like I want to be done.  I want to go to the movies, shut off my phone, and just disconnect for a couple of hours.
I throw this pity party, each and every year during lent.  I get worn down, and about halfway through I realize there is a lot more work to do.  I just seem to give up, and then scripture hits me. 

Whilst giving guitar lessons this evening, a kid asked me if I was going to get a new guitar.  (Using the theory that I have so many that it must be time to get another one).  I said "HECK NO!! I'm Poor!!"  And this child said

"Blessed are the poor"

She didn't go any further than that.  She stopped.  And all of a sudden I was hit by a train of grace.  I don't really know what to do other than bask in God's promise of peace to those who follow him.  Even though we may be poor, weak, tired, grieving, emotional, exhausted, infected, or inflicted.  God will grant us his peace, through his promise.

I just needed that.  As I choke back emotion, and release my burden.  I tell you truly that I needed that.