Mid December

I woke up this morning. I am alone. The dog urinated on my carpet floor, and of course it smelled horrible. Perhaps it’s my own fault, I didn’t walk her out when she wanted too. I wanted to scold her, but when I do she discharges more urine on the carpet out of fear of being in trouble. It takes about a quarter of paper towels to try and absorb all of that micturition on the carpet. So I put her in time-out outside.

I’m writing on this word document since the internet is down. The day has been good. The rain has finally stopped. I was out running on the streets in the rain last night. It was dumb, but I needed a work out. My body was cold, but once the blood starts moving it felt good. Of course I couldn’t feel much, but to see my body smoking was quite terrific. I love being under a good cold rain. I didn’t get hypothermia, but I did get that scruffy sexy voice afterwards and a few sneezes after taking a hot bath.

Now where to begin... The past week has been a little out of control with Journey to Bethlehem going on, and all these preparations for the birthday of baby Jesus. Then also comes the end of the year/ holiday season spreadsheets, sermons, reports, projects, memos, gift lists, etc. It’s fun. I like it when a big wave of stress heads towards my way and that I can am able to do something about these things. I can’t wait for what’s next. Jingle bells are ringing, Santa’s coming! I think that once this week’s over, I’ll be more relax about things. The aftermath of all the preparation comes the parties, gatherings, events, etc. And even these could be stressful themselves. I try to be social enough to make an impact on people. I don’t care so much of what they think of me, or if they’re going to judge or critic me for being who I am. It’s okay. Let’s show them the love of Jesus. Joy oh joy!

Speaking of joy. I have been privileged enough to study the book of Job this past few weeks. Job has this unspeakable joy that is only found in the Lord Almighty. Also blessed with someone to go through this book with me. I like her. I like having God direct me on how I’m supposed to be listening and living my life. It’s not mine in the first place. There’s a few more days to go through Job, and just to read through Job’s story again has been so good timing wise. And to be studying it with somebody who’s wonderful to me has also been inspiring. It’s so good to see God working on other people. My desires of wanting more and having more and being more has transfigured to a more unselfish state.