this is how i’m doing: in case you were wondering…

So,  I’ve been thinking about this again…

I learned in elementary school that the first thing you need to solve a problem is a problem. Hope works in the same way. Hope paints a picture of a future day where things will be better than they are today. In painting that picture, hope is a confession that our current situation is not OK. Hope says things won’t always be this way, that I won’t always be this way. Faith is believing that it’s true.

Can I just say, I absolutely LOVE working from home and working for myself.  I’m finding out that I’m not much of an 8-5 kind of guy.

Yesterday I decided to spend the day in Jacksonville being a photographer’s assistant for my buddy Jinx.  He had a gig shooting school photo’s for the pre-school at Central Baptist.  From this experience I confirmed two things:

1 - I really want to have kids some day.

2 - I don’t have the patience to be a pre-school teacher.

Honestly, it was like herding cats at times.  It takes a very special kind of person to deal with OTHER peoples kids all day.

I had a pretty good run earlier today — great weather for running!  Now I’ll proceed to spend the rest of the day buried in HTML and PHP and other acronyms that will hopefully keep me self-employed (while watching Discovery Channel).

So, since when was McCain God’s candidate?

I love reading the facebook statuses that now read something like “trying to remember that God is still in control.”  If you, Believer, are now deflated by the nation’s choice for president, then you have bigger problems.

God never promised that our government would save us, or was even for us.  In fact, scripture tells us the opposite.  I really did struggle with my decision to not vote but found peace about my decision a few months ago in 1 Samuel 8.  Israel decides they would rather have a king to put their trust in instead of their God; and He allows it, but not without warning Israel what they were choosing.

I accept that by most people’s standards, I have “no right to complain” because I didn’t vote.  I have no need to complain.  I have no faith in government regardless of race, gender or political party.  This election is in no way a “loss” for Christianity or the Church, nor would it have been a “win” had it gone the other way.  My faith is in Christ and his bride, the Church.

More than listening to his music, I love to hear Derek Webb talk about tough issues (which he also does in his music); maybe it is because we tend to agree on a lot of things. When you get a chance, read what he has to say about the election here: http://www.patrolmag.com/times/922/how-shall-we-then-vote.

Or, download his “Election Edition” of Mockingbird for free (or for whatever you want to pay) at www.noisetrade.com.  Fair trade music, what a refreshing concept.