What to say

I really wanted to write something good today. I just don't feel like it though. I've got lots going through my head, both good and bad.
I've been reading a great book, Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, and it's been an eye opener to see the beauty of Communion and how the sacraments are visible words of God to us, promises. It's blown me away and really helped me.

I've been struck by how beautiful it is to get experience at a Retirement Center. Not only are the people great, the ecclesiastical backgrounds are so different, that it forces me to learn how to love people who "aren't like me". I love it!

I've been upset lately at Christians who think that politicians will save us. I tire at the mindset that "if only" we had the right Senator, President, Supreme Court Justice, things would be better. Things won't be better until God comes to make it all right, but until then, to borrow from Plantinga, things "aren't the way they're supposed to be". The world will not be perfect until God completes his plan of renewing all of creation and calling all of his people to himself.

I've been upset about my independent study. I'm working on a thesis that could really be something significant, but I've been hampered by one microfilm reel. I can't seem to learn patience from this because inside I crave the potential that could come from this paper. I have this feeling that this is my time to shine as a graduate student, who wants to begin applying to PhD programs in the next 10 months, but I don't want to wait!

I've been happy about my wife. She's great. It was an eye-opener for me to live without her for two week last month when she was in South Africa. I realize the whole "one flesh" thing. It changed how I plan to counsel people for marriage. Seriously.

There have been other things, but I have the blahs....blah....blah....blah.