Wishin I had more to say… [9/09/02 2:02 PM]
Well, It’s been a week since my last posting so I figured I’d say something! Nothing extraordinarilly interesting has gone down. CedarCreek put me in charge of setting up the network in our new building… that is funny to me. It just seems odd to say, “Hey, network our 6 million dollar building!” to a 20 year old dude like me… I’m lookin forward to it all, and I know the guys I’ve recruited and I can do it… but responsibility is always exciting and fun.
Emily Myers gave me a song by Flaming Lips called, “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots pt.1” …. from the band with such hits as, “She don’t use jelly”… and ….. well, that’s it. They’ve made 11 albums in two decades and had one hit. sad… But anywho, this song rocks. Check it out sometime!
BG had Campus Fest last week… I heard Oval Opus play, sweet sweet band. I’m severely impressed. I bought both their CD’s and love em. I can’t stop listening to the song “Whisper” off of their CD Oxygen. Great accoustic guitar ballad. In fact, it’s been on repeat now for the past hour and I can’t stop singin it!
Classes are fine, no huge problems. RA duty is fine, no huge problems. Co-op (CedarCreek) is fine, no huge problems (other than networking stuff as described above). My relationship with Sarah is getting better. She’s sick right now so I have to take care of her… heh heh heh… I think she caught a cold from me… some boyfriend I am… It was kinda rough starting off because the whole situation was so awkward… Normally when two people start dating, they haven’t known each other for a long time and the “spark” is all there still… it’s new and exciting to be with them. Sarah and I have known each other for almost 8 months before getting into a relationship… and don’t get me wrong, it’s very exciting, but it’s not all “new” and “sparkly” if you will. Instead, we got to know each other, and realized how awesome each other’s character was… and how well we got along… and we both said that it’s funny because we couldn’t have hand-picked a better person to date, but it’s strange because our relationship is NOT based on emotions… it’s based on logic, reason, and a constant pursuit to push each other to grow closer to Christ as we show each other God’s love through us. That being the case, the emotions are still developing. We kinda felt left out to dry by God at first… It seemed he put us together so strongly, then just sat back as we stumbled around in awkwardness… “So umm…. what now?” But after much prayer, and discussion, and asking God to either develop our emotions or show us clear signs of where he wants us… I think he is finally starting to work… and THAT… is exciting. We want God to paint this picture so badly and neither of us want to interfere and screw it up with selfish desires or fears… So we sit back and pray… and watch God work. I love that. I absolutely LOVE that. God is so cool to us. I can’t wait for the day to come when Sarah and I can look back and realize how “head-over-heels” in love we’ll feel…. after God has blessed our decision to be together and provided the emotions that develop with that. AND, worse case scenario, that doesn’t happen… God makes us realize that we’re to be elsewhere, and we break up… but in the end, we’ve honored each other and God with our actions and are great friends still. If we do this right… we can’t lose. God is so cool.
It’s also fun because the relationship is so open to outside guidance…. Her parents rule, she has friends back home that have to “approve” me… lol… and I have guidance from people at CedarCreek… It just keeps us in check and makes sure we’re in perspective with what this relationship is focused on…. God. It’s not just about “us”.
So, I’m really pretty psyched about all that. I’m excited to see where God leads us and whether or not it will be where I hope it will be. Only time will tell. 
Mood: …. …… ummm…… happy!
Music: Oval Opus – Whisper