good day

so today as i was walking into work, i realized how thankful i am for it. thank you jesus for the way you work and the way your hand is in every situation. it took some time, but i love working here. the people, the atmosphere, the cause, the many perks, and not to mention the paychecks! i need to be thanking Him more and more for the things in my life He blesses me with.

last night when i arrived home around 1 am, i realized it had been a good day. why?

philosophy class: i didn't go. it turned out that we didn't do anything anyway...smart day to skip.

the element: where there was some sweet teaching, and then small group time where it was good to just be with the high school girls. sara and i ended up having a great conversation with a friend about politics and church planting, or transplanting, rather.

politics: donald miller said it best in searching for God knows what by saying: "Jesus is not a political party." growing up, i was taught that to be a christian, you have to be a republican. this is not true. jesus needs to stop being associated with one particular political viewpoint. jesus cares about the widows, the poor, the homeless, those less fortunate. where did we ever get the idea that he would not endorse social programs to help those people? tell me where in the bible he says that. i believe jesus cares deeply for everyone and wants us to help them. funny how the words "liberal" and "christian" are rarely found in the same sentence. i only want to follow what jesus says and not what a politician says. end of case.

church transplanting: wow. in california? i would love that. my heart leaps for joy when i think about it. maybe in my future?

line dancing: one more thing to make my day better...it's not something i would ordinarily like, but i do. it's sort of a guilty pleasure. country music, country boys: there's something deep inside of me that secretly enjoys them. perhaps not so secretly anymore.

tonight is the old roomie's birthday...the big 2-1. about an hour ago, i got really excited about it! more to come about that.

shalom.