If these lyrics don’t accurately reflect my life, I don’t know what does:
Oh, I’m into everything I hate
My spirit is not fooled
My members take the bait
Oh, I’m into everything I hate
Still not dead enough
To stifle this debate
Smalltown Poets, “Everything I Hate”
Or, as someone else put it: Who will deliver me from the body of this death?
February 11 2009 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
Random thoughts from a Tuesday morning:
- For Easter, my wife bought me an iTunes gift card, which I promptly spent on albums by Jeremy Casella (10,000 Angels) and Andy Gullahorn (Reinventing the Wheel). I recommend both highly.
- Today is the day of the “big ultrasound” – if the baby cooperates, we’ll know whether a boy or a girl is coming in late July. We’re taking our three kids with us today to watch, which should be interesting! To be helpful, I told my 3-year-old son that copious quantities of blue goo was involved. Not sure if that will prove to be a good idea or not…
- I’ve been listening through John Piper’s sermon series on the new birth, and I’m almost caught up with the podcast. In the sermon I listened to yesterday, Piper pointed out an interesting relationship between I John 1:8 and I John 2:1. The verb translated “we have” (the Greek echomen) in both is a present active indicative, which indicates a continuous state of affairs. The first verse makes it clear that we have sin – that sinfulness is my condition right now. The second verse tells me that Christ is my advocate right now – to the same extent. Right now, as I type this on my computer, two things are true about me: I am sinful, and Christ intercedes for me. Those twin truths keep me from pride on the one hand and despair on the other.
- I’m thinking about buying a Flip camcorder – they get really good reviews. Anyone out there have any experience with this device?
March 25 2008 | Uncategorized | No Comments »