Girls

To quote the Beastie Boys:

"Girls do the laundry, Girls do the dishes."

There, now will you leave me alone?

(Oh yeah. I'm not a sexist, this is sarcasm for those of you who don't...ah, nevermind...)

Inconsistent Ramblings

Listening to:Pedro the Lion- A Mind of Her Own Probably the scariest song Dave Bazan has written. In ways "Winners Never Quit" is a much darker...and more hopeful...album than "Control."

So, it's been nine days, and apparently my blog is all posing. (Check out Code's comment on my last blog.) Normally I'd laugh at his funny joke, but since he wrote it for an entry that was quite serious, I'm at a loss as to how I'm supposed to interpret it.

School and Work keep me busy, and English 205 rules.

Oh yeah, props to Chris and Dave: www.thethirdspace.net

She chose God

Listening to: Dashboard Confessional- Living in Your Letters Picked up the Swiss Army Romance album today. So now I'm part of a club that includes a bunch of teen girls from the USA, whiny self-obsessed boys, and me. Or maybe I'm in the second catagory.

So last week both Galen and I independantly of each other gave Sarah letters saying that we were sick of her kind of having a relationship with both of us at the same time, and that she needed to choose one of us and leave the other behind.

She wrote me a letter, and she chose neither me nor Galen, instead she chose God. Then she spent a page and a half calling me on my sins of impatience and self-centredness. It always makes me feel guilty when a person who has only been a Christian for like, 2 weeks deals with a situation in a more Godly manner than I do, and so it should.

The funny thing is, I can't be mad about her decision...I've spent the past five months telling her that all she needs is God, and that if everything else falls apart and all that is left is Jesus, she'll be more than fine. So, when she gets around to saying "I'm gonna put God first and everything (eveyone) else can screw off..." Well, how can I get mad if she follows the most Godly advice I ever gave her?

Maybe I should do what I tell Sarah she should do. Then we'd both be doing it.

Summer's gone, and winter is never too far now

Hi.

How's it going?

School has started. My first class is tomorrow. Bought some texts today. Sorry for the lack of postings but I'm keeping teo journals right now...and the non-public one is currently winning.

This year proves to be exciting...oh, look what is beginning.

But as for now...

Listening to: Dashboard Confessional- Screaming Infidelities "But as for now I'm gonna hear the saddest songs and wonder how you're making out. But as for me I wish that I were anywhere with anyone making out." The quintessential Emo song. Ha! Rhyming "Making out" with..."Making out."

Sometimes I do wish I was anywhere with anyone making out. Thankfully now is not one of those times. Actually, I'm pretty content right now, but I must guard against complacency.

My biggest worry right now is that I won't see Sarah til Saturday, meaning she'll have gone her first week as a Christian with no Christian contacts. This does worry me greatly.

In the Name of...

Listening to: mewithoutYou- The Ghost. "Put music to our troubles, and we'll dance them away." One of the best bands in recent memory.

You know what the most insane experience in the world is? Going through 14 years at a public school, then attending one of the most liberal liberal arts universities in Canada, then doing a placement in a Catholic school, and hearing a prayer on the morning announcements (?!) So crazy outlandish. I wonder how many of the students realize the power of the invocation: "We ask these things in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Heavy.

So today is Sarah's second day as a Christian. This is awesome.

The Aftermath of Closure

Listening to: Further Seems Forever- I Am. "I am redemption. I am desire for obligation. I am one step closer to you."

Today is officially the last day of my summer, as I begin my concurrent education placement at St. Paul's Catholic School tomorrow.

Today is the best day ever...I have the best news ever. Today, at 11:00am, while I was serving coffee to someone at drivethru, Sarah was in her room praying for salvation.

That's right. Sarah became a Christian today.

What a way to end the summer. I am so overwhelmed by this that it's like I'm reliving my own salvation. It's so exciting. I expected God to work in her life, I did not expect her to do it today...so much sooner than I anticipated. So freaking exciting. Like, I honestly can't express it on this screen...the conversation was kind of funny too, it went like this:

"So, I listened to this really sad message last night that stressed the urgency of salvaion...because Hell really sucks...it really made me worry about you." I said.
"Oh, I don't think you need to worry anymore, Noah," she said.
"What?! Did you...ask God a question?"
"Yeah, at 11:00am this morning."
"Wow. You can even tell me the date and time. I'm so excited that I want to run into the traffic right now..."
"Please don't."
"Okay."

So after this I proceeded to remind Sarah that she had just made the most important decision she'll ever make in her entire life. It was kind of overwhelming for both of us. So all of you that read this that are believers, keep praying for Sarah that she will grow and mature in her relationship with Jesus. Your prayers matter. They have mattered. Thank you.

On another note, I'm getting together with Jerry today, as we have decided to study through the New Testament with each other.

So this is how my summer ends: With desire for the truth, with a new church, with new friends, with being used by God to help bring one of his children home...and with strong conviction of my worst faults.

And so I march on...