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Sometimes I wonder if maybe this photo has some of the best relationship advice ever given. This way there would be less pain.
Sometimes I'm cynical and morbid.
Pay no attention to the man behind the keyboard.
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My weekend arrived. I was ready for it. After a wonderfully normal 5 day work week at 10 hours a day (not including the time spent driving to and from work, as well as ensuring having properly cleaned and working tools and paperwork issues cleared up) I was entirely prepared to enjoy three days of nothingness. No serious books, no philosphy or theology, no thinking, just sleeping and being lazy.
I wish.
I spent monday sleeping as expected. Monday night/tuesday morning, one of my co workers came over during his lunch break to take a look at my van. He and his wife were out driving saturday and they got into an accident which totalled their vehicle. Fortunately I had something they can use. A blessing to me from some very nice folks down in Longview has now become a blessing to one of my co-workers in his need. Tuesday morning I intended to get my prescription safety glasses, yet when I arrived at the designated optomologists office, the door alerted me that they were not open until 9:30 am. I really didnt feel like driving home, so I drove a mile to the Barnes and Noble. It was closed until 10. The Cafe nearby was closed as well (closed until further notice: posted on April 16th) I did not want to wait at starbucks, so I just took a nap in my car outside the office. 9:30 I walk in and spend half an hour haggling over prescription safety glasses. In the end I walk out with a promise for them to arrive within 10 business days, but I had to pay a $25 distrobution fee. The company and insurance covered the rest (the company requires them now.) I wont look fashionable, but at least Ill be able to see at work. Then again, when have I ever looked fashionable? (For those who have not met me, I am not really that big into looks and what people think of me...if you havnt noticed)
I went to the library (which opens at 10) and got a few books out. I arrived home and realized that the book that I intended to read I had left in my toolbox at work. Oh well. Ill just read something else.
Tuesday night/Wednesday morning I listened to IndieAirplay.com. I am interested in groups such as "the Attic," "Tonic Sol-Fa," and "Killarney Star." I read "Patriot Games"
Tonight I intend to go to a wednesday night praise meeting. I go back to work thursday.
Some thoughts need to be refined before they are typed out for the internet to see. Some thoughts need to be tossed out. Someday.
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Rain falls outside while inside this cozy apartment the gurgle of a coffee pot attempts without success to drown out the distant rolls of thunder.
I have to work tonight as well as tomorrow night, but perhaps monday I will be able to see a good friend. Who knows?
Friends. My heart aches for my friends. Some are hurting badly right now with loss of house, loss of jobs, even loss of trust. Some friends are hurting and they do not know it. Truly Soren Kirkegaard says that true despair drives us closer to God, yet most people do not know that they are in despair.
The loss of friends still hurts even now. Goodbye and God be with them. I pray His mercies on them and His grace for they are misguided. Some think they follow Him when in reality they follow a shadow puppet the world has set up. Similar to, yet not quite God. They pray in church, they sing in church, they witness, they read their Bible, yet the god they worship is not my God. The god they follow is one of ascetisism and 'cheap grace'. The god they follow says they are cleaned of all unrighteousness, therefore go and live well. My God says "My blood has cleansed you of all unrighteousness, therefore go and live through my strength for yours is not enough." They worship the cross while I worship the God who deigned to give us the cross.
I miss some friends who have moved on. God is with you, and I will see you again someday when my purpose here is finished.
I had some who I thought were good friends and I had some who were friends that I didnt think of that way. I wish you well. Maybe someday we will cross paths.
I guess the rain makes me moody. I better go prep for work tonight.
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My new glasses, just so yall can know what they look like...for those not on facebook.
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