The One With Day 4

Current Mood: Nonchalant

Today was a day of subtlety as opposed to a day of out of control shockers. It was just a nice, uneventfu lday. Enough so that I don't even really have much to write. So, here is the run down of the ways God worked on Day 4.

1. I spent time reading my Bible and praying for the first time in a few months this morning. Since I have moved to Waco...and dealt with all the events that have transpired since...I let a lot of my personal life go. That's not good. But this morning, I really felt pulled to spending time with God. Actually, I really felt pulled YESTERDAY, but I managed to busy myself out of it. Oops. It's different now...much like I am noticing that most things are different now. It's not a choice so much as it is a pull. I didn't feel guilty yesterday when I left my Bible on its perch, I felt disappointed. Like when I miss my favorite television show or a new book is missing a page. Anyway, that's kinda interesting.

2. Spent most of this morning in a bit of a funk about....well, you know what about. It's so stupid. I really figured I would wake up this morning and feel all better because, come on....it's a little goofy to still be allowing a foiled crush to overshadow my day. I got to World Literature and made it a little over half way through when I realized that I hadn't taken a single note of any substance. There were many inane scribblings and some semblences of words, but that is all. At that point, I closed my eyes and had a nice little conversation with myself. I reminded myself that I had no right to be upset and that I alone control my emotions. If I didn't want to feel this way, I didn't have to. Then came a few minutes of debating about whether or not I wanted to admit defeat, but my saner side won out and I put my bad mood behind me.

3. I made my new pasta dish today. I realize that that does not seem like the work of God, but I forgotten how much joy it brings me to cook! I love standing in a kitchen that smells like freshly baked anything! The pasta was interesting. Jenn didn't really liked it. I thought it was okay. Definitely interesting. Good enough that I saved the rest for later.

4. Jenn and I went to see a movie tonight and, I know you'll find this hard to imagine, I ran into another friend from high school. Well....I say friend, but he and I always had a somewhat unorthodox relationship. Definitely not the best of friends. Anyway, it was nice to get to talk to him for a minute and hear what he has been up to. He's in law school. I have not the words. I aplaud anyone with that kind of patience. This marks the second friend I have re-met in a week that has gotten married since I last saw them. Yup. Drilled THAT point home today.

5. And finally, after reading over some of the comments thus far in the experiment, I came to the realization that I have some amazing friends! It means a lot to me that people actually care enough to say nice encouraging things when I, were I in their shoes, might have said something mean and sarcastic. Hopefully that's one of those traits God will work on this month.

There have a been a number of hits in the past few days from people who linked over from the Surprise Me website. I think that's great! I hope that this Blog encourages them to start the experiment in their own lives! It's awesome!

On a related note, one of the other blogs that is listed on the Surprise Me site posted something intriguing the other day. They wrote that the only rule in the experiment was that you prayed, "Surprise me, God," and that was it. No other prayers. Now, I don't think that was Esau's intention, but not having read the book, I could be mistaken. Even if that WAS his intention, I don't know if I could do it. I would not want to go a month without a real conversation. That's hard to imagine.



So....if you linked here from Surprise Me, me advice is continually make God a part of your experiment. Even more than simply asking him to surprise you. To do otherwise seems fruitless.



Wow. Guess I had more to say than I thought.