I emailed my youth pastor the other day, letting him know how much of an impact he's had in my life. It's kind of corny, I suppose, but I do love the man a great deal and am thankful for his guidance in my life. He emailed me back with a small story about a mission trip we were both on in Staten Island. The story made me think about who I was and what the road has been like from that point to my current position. Throughout the Old Testament, the people of God are commanded to look back, to remember. They are told to paint their doors, eat bitter herbs, and get drunk beyond all imagination; all for the sake of remembering. Normally I just look at that and breeze on by. But this experience has shown me the importance of taking a little time to look back with friends. When I meet a friend I haven't seen in years, we always talk about what we did and how much fun it was. We talk about those things for several different reasons. One could be that those stories are all we remember. However, I'll be an idealist and say that the real reason we do that is because it lets us remember who were together. It shows us the effect that the other has had in our lives, whether that be ages ago or just the other day. It highlights the common bond, the common growth, and the common joy we have with each other. Our stories are important for those reasons. They show us who we are, how we've grown, and the beauty of how Christ works in godly relationships, no matter who they are with. I love my stories. I love how they don't change, how they're moments in time that I can never have back, and that I never want back. Stories are lasting monuments that we can always turn towards in order to reflect upon love, joy, pain, gladness, and the glory of God.
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My little mac has been working hard with me, and now I'm on my way to San Antonio for Spring Break action: to destroy some brain cells with video games and awesome food.
Welcome to Darwin!
daveblaser:~ davidblaser$ uptime
10:27 up 51 days, 13:09, 2 users, load averages: 0.28 0.29 0.22
daveblaser:~ davidblaser$
My little mac has been working hard with me, and now I'm on my way to San Antonio for Spring Break action: to destroy some brain cells with video games and awesome food.
I just finished watching Syracuse beat the number one team in the nation, UConn. It was quite exciting. Syracuse ended up on top, but only after a hard fought game to the very last seconds of overtime. I hate these types of games, and love them at the same time. They're those kind of games that make you jump and up and down for no reason and cause heart attacks at the age of 25; thankfully I'm not 25 yet. Anyway, it was awesome, hopefully SU can keep it up in the tournament next week!
Officially Spence's dog, Brody, is the lucky dog because he gets to spend his existence romping around the creek chasing sticks. However, I did win a cruise to Grand Bahama Island yesterday. It seems that my mom entered me in some drawing at a Perkins in Florida while she was visiting my grandma. Anyway, it's a free six-hour cruise to Freeport. This is actually where I went my freshman year. It's a nice place, but only if you spend tons of cash to stay at the cool touristy area. The hotel I won (for two coincidently) is near the tourist area, but it is essentially a piece of garbage. The Bahamas is a very scary country if you're not in the right place. So the long and the short of it is that I am going to give it to my aunt or uncle in Florida, because they would only have to pay the 300 some odd dollars in port fees and taxes and not the air fare that I would have to pay to get there.
So anyway, it would have been sweet if it was some huge thing, but it's not. I did finally get honeymoon deals hatched out though. We're going to South Padre Island for a week. The winter Texans retire and buy sweet condos on the beach, and in the summer rent them out to people like me for reasonable prices. So I'm looking forward to an awesome time on a sweet Texas beach!
So anyway, it would have been sweet if it was some huge thing, but it's not. I did finally get honeymoon deals hatched out though. We're going to South Padre Island for a week. The winter Texans retire and buy sweet condos on the beach, and in the summer rent them out to people like me for reasonable prices. So I'm looking forward to an awesome time on a sweet Texas beach!
