Shame...

"Act and React were in a boat. Act fell out. Who was left?"
"React."
*jumps* "AHH!"


I know, I know... Don't quit my day job...

Painful Grace

Ever read that Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin asks his mother for a Cigarette? She gives it to him, he tries it and gags. His mother asks if he learned a lesson, and to good humorous effect, he responds, "*GASP* Yes. Trusting parents is hazardous to your health."

I was talking with a good friend on Sunday when she made reference to some of the dark things she had done and the pain that came about as a result and she said, "I have not been 'shown the way' by God." At first, this struck me as a Job story, but it was not. It was not a righteous man in pain. The pain that this girl felt was a result of her actions and reactions. This is not a story of God doing wrong and inflicting pain, or even a case of divine apathy. My friend, Juliet, who is in constant pain that will never leave her her whole life is a case for study of the book of Job.

Sometimes God gives us exactly what we want. When he does, it is utterly terrifying. Why, then, are we surprised when we get it? When God lets us do exactly as we please and reap the rewards of our actions, why do we then blame Him for the pain we suffer as a result? God remains here perfectly blameless, and still in control. To reach out and save us from our error is pure, undeserved grace. When he lets us have our own way, it is in fact no lack of love. If we are blind to our error, sometimes the only way to wake us up to the fact is to let us burn for it. If God didn't care, He wouldn't care. Thank God for letting us (sometimes literally) almost kill ourselves.

Of watery fire and blogs inspired

Here is a poem written by a friend to which I wrote a poem as a comment, and we wend back and forth a few times. It's actually kind of neat. You'll have to excuse my meter, as I wrote it rather fast. Her poetry is not like my own at all, but it is good. It's just different to what I am used to, as I m sure will be plain when you go and read it.

http://hannenslifeadventures.blogspot.com/2009/01/beautiful-destruction.html


Hannen is one of my friends from Theater who has gotten into the world of tech and loves it! She said that she liked my blog so much that she started her own and I was quite flattered. It's so neat to be able to see that what I say on here is heard. I do hope that you all would feel free to drop in on her blog from time to time and make some comments and give her some feedback. I'm sure she would love all y'all's classical musings!

No blog tonight...

Tonight I thought I ought to write
A poem, thought, or anecdote
Tonight, though, I write out of sight
And in my journal I'll write a note.

Sometimes I just don't want to sit and type out to the world what I'm thinking. Sometimes I need to simply write out what's on my heart on paper that only God and I will ever see. Not that other eyes could not read, but another soul could not comprehend. So tonight, I write where you will never see it, or if you do, you won't know.