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Date: 30 January 2006 19:43:17
He seems to be happy that I'm basically in good health.
At about 4:30 this morning, something fell down. I still don't know what it was, but I couldn't get back to sleep, which means that this has been a long day. I did get a few things done before normal getting up time, but I paid for it mid-morning, by which time I wasn't really up for anything. And I got presented with a crisis when I arrived at work, which was unfortunate. Why do these things always happen on Mondays?
I'm beginning to wonder if I should start reminiscing, as at least one other wiblogger is doing. Father Leo's When God becomes a drug has caused me to reassess some of the views that I've held at certain times in my life. I'm just pondering now the irony, that when I was a staunch evangelical (as a teenager), I attended a rather liberal church, and now that I'm firmly esconced in what appears to be a pretty evangelical church (as far as the rector's preaching goes, anyway), I find myself displaying liberal tendencies. Perhaps I was just born to be awkward.
Anyway, trying to get back on to some sort of even keel. Last week's incident involving Son has shaken me somewhat (and shaken my faith). Whatever happened (or didn't happen), I guess that I kind of rely on God to be watching out when I can't (and, I suppose, when I can). And powering through the bible at a considerable rate of knots is leaving me just a bit seasick. The rector said on Sunday how people who spoke to him were experiencing a boost to their faith, but it seems to me that it depends rather on what you take from what you're reading. Some people seem only to be aware of the comforting passages, and somehow ignore the worrying ones. And his sermon seemed to me to be more an expression of what he already knew than an indication of what the reader might have gleaned from the parts of the bible in question.
And I'm still trying to work out what to think about his statement that in order to grow as a Christian you have to be involved in Christian fellowship (and Sundays aren't enough). I think that he was trying to say that everyone should be in a home group, but for me that just isn't possible. All that I can offer is that I find Christian fellowship here, amongst wibloggers. You do help me to grow, and I do feel part of a community.
I don't normally drink wine on a Monday, but there was a bottle to finish, and then I had to stick with wine (from a box) because, I'm told, grape and grain don't mix. And I've had two teas - one to encourage Son, and one to enjoy Wife's cooking. We sang something (well, to be honest, I wasn't singing) on Sunday about renouncing wordly pleasures. Not currently on my agenda, I'm afraid.