Can a Book Show Me My Purpose?
This past Sunday evening I ended up joining a college and careers group that is going through the 40 Days of Purpose. I haven't read The Purpose Driven Life but I've heard some pretty mixed reviews about it so I've been pretty reluctant to hop on the band wagon with the rest of my church. This is the second year they've run the 40 Days campaign - last year I avoided it.
I generally avoid overly hyped up things. I still haven't seen the movie Titanic because it was SO overly hyped. I saw Shrek when it came out on video and didn't enjoy very much because of the hype. I've been to retreats and read books and listened to sermons that were supposed to "change me life forever" but fell fall short of that mark. I'm not really sure why I'm like this. It's like the hype immediately puts up my defenses and therefore I won't be impressed. Or maybe I'm treating these hyped things like an idol, hoping they will solve my problems when only God can do that. Maybe I'm too scared to let God peel off the callouses of my heart because I know how much it's going to hurt.
Christians my age have been kinda neglected at my church for a long time so finally getting a group of our own is pretty exciting. As more of my friends have been too busy to spend time with me because of school, work, significant others or just plain moving away I've been feeding my introverted side more and more. Evenings and weekends are usually spent in my room watching movies or playing video games. So yeah, being around people my age is what I need, but as seems the norm in the Christian circles around here there aren't many other guys. The group had about 20 people on Sunday night, just five of us guys. It's going to be pretty hard for me not to get distracted by the women in the group.
I'm taking Friday and Monday off and going on a little vacation to Toronto to visit my closest friends Andy and Dana Barber. They moved away two years ago, it's been over a year since I've seen them and I have yet to meet their son who was born almost a year ago. Man do I ever miss them. I can hardly wait to get there. Hopefully I can take some decent pictures this trip. ;)
Matthew.
I generally avoid overly hyped up things. I still haven't seen the movie Titanic because it was SO overly hyped. I saw Shrek when it came out on video and didn't enjoy very much because of the hype. I've been to retreats and read books and listened to sermons that were supposed to "change me life forever" but fell fall short of that mark. I'm not really sure why I'm like this. It's like the hype immediately puts up my defenses and therefore I won't be impressed. Or maybe I'm treating these hyped things like an idol, hoping they will solve my problems when only God can do that. Maybe I'm too scared to let God peel off the callouses of my heart because I know how much it's going to hurt.
Christians my age have been kinda neglected at my church for a long time so finally getting a group of our own is pretty exciting. As more of my friends have been too busy to spend time with me because of school, work, significant others or just plain moving away I've been feeding my introverted side more and more. Evenings and weekends are usually spent in my room watching movies or playing video games. So yeah, being around people my age is what I need, but as seems the norm in the Christian circles around here there aren't many other guys. The group had about 20 people on Sunday night, just five of us guys. It's going to be pretty hard for me not to get distracted by the women in the group.
I'm taking Friday and Monday off and going on a little vacation to Toronto to visit my closest friends Andy and Dana Barber. They moved away two years ago, it's been over a year since I've seen them and I have yet to meet their son who was born almost a year ago. Man do I ever miss them. I can hardly wait to get there. Hopefully I can take some decent pictures this trip. ;)
Matthew.
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