Well, in an effort to keep my blog from becoming road kill on the information superhighway, I've decided to write an update on what's going on in our lives. And maybe once you hear what's going on in my life, you'll understand why I'm not blogging much. Or maybe you won't.
Everyday, I kiss Sarah goodbye and head off to work--in the cubicle next to her. That's right, Sarah and I are employed by the same company. We answer the phones for a company that does benefits administrating. It's great company to work for and Sarah and I love literally sharing our lives together. We drive together, work together, go shopping together and minister together. One flesh, almost one life--we love it.
Probably the hardest thing that has happened to us since we've been married is watching our church split. I've never watched or enjoyed gory slasher movies, but watching a church be divided is just as sickening and horrifying. It's horrible to watch Satan take his shiny butcher's blade of bitterness and a critical spirit and hack away at the body of Christ. While the blows fall on the Body, you feel them on them on your heart. You wince, cry and pray all at the same time. And when it's over, a whole part of the body is gone with only scars left to remind you of what happened.
It middle of all these struggles, Sarah and I have fallen in love with our church. We're flattered that Satan felt threatened by our little church in this tiny little neighborhood. There's nothing more satisfying than ministering in the exact center of where God wants you to be. We're thankful for the type of church we have: biblically based, not issue oriented, lots of community and tons of opportunity. We know that God is in love with Bethel Chapel, and we've fallen in love too.
Since the youth pastor left, Sarah and I spend a lot of our time with the youth group in our church. We like having them over for meals and hanging out with them. We wish we had more time to spend with them, but God is doing incredible things in their lives.
Right now, Sarah and I are studying for the exam to get our Health and Life Insurance license. Speaking of which, I should be studying for it right now. In the next month or two, I'm going to go through training to be a chaplain at huge cancer treatment center that just opened up few blocks away.
And of course, busyness doesn't equal spiritual growth. Too bad, huh? I'm constantly replacing passion for the person of God with service for God, hoping He won't notice the difference. But He notices every time, and so does my unhappy heart. Right now, I don't think that God really wants me to be anymore busy for Him. God wants my heart--more prayer, more meditation, more affection for Him. He and my heart won't be satisfied with anything else.
Aside from sporadic exercising, a great biography of John Wesley by Iain Murray, a growing fetish for pepper jack cheese, and the constant love of good coffee--life is pretty boring. What's new with you?
