Going Nuts

Well, I’m starting to get really tired of being home. Especially I’m getting tired of Aaron…..after a while he tends to grate on me with his crap. Also, going back and forth to Springfield is getting tiring. Dad is doing really well, he is in his own room and moving around. They took off his bandages, and it revealed that he got stitched up all plastic surgery style, which means you can’t see the stitches and they didn’t use staples, so he might not even have one of those really cool scars. I took David back to school today, I don’t really like his campus, too small.

Also I’m reading this paper by John Wimber about why he changed his stance of not responding to criticism. I’m not done with it, but I’m tying up the phone line at home for too long, so I’ll finish it tomorrow. I am reading this and thinking how much harder it is for a person like me who likes to argue and debate to just sit back and let the bullets fly by instead of quickly firing back. Also his emphasis on defending attacks on the word of God, and not attacks on the messenger delivering the word was really enlightening. All to often it is easy to respond quickly to criticism as if it were a personal attack, but if you really believe that God told you to do what you are doing, then they are attacking Gods word as much if not more then they are personally attacking you. Also it is easier to let the people you touch speak for you, and to let your work speak for you. If you are discipling people, evangelizing people, and introducing people to our personal God then who is the other person to complain about you and your way of doing Gods work. Anyway, I think maybe I’ll try to meditate on my own personal sense of pride and how God wants me to deal with criticism, both of my walk with God and how I convey the Gospel to others. But now I must sleep. I’m debating going to the Vineyard in Springfield tomorrow, and that means I must sleep now if that is to happen.

So, Thank you, and Goodnight.