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So it has begun. I was going to wait to start posting until I figured out wordpress and learned to develop my own themes, but frankly, that will take forever. I’m not getting any younger here.

This morning Chris’ lesson was a comparison of the first chapter of Joshua and Matthew 28. Namely, the need for Christians to have a little testicular fortitude when it comes to doing the work that God sets out for us. Since Christ went back to the Father, that work has been to spread the good news about Him, and teach what He taught.

I appreciated especially that Chris was not ambiguous. He wasn’t talking about the vague, all encompassing Church that we can criticize without feeling too bad, because deep down we know it is really all the other Christians out there with the problem, and not us. No, he was talking to the congregation that meets at Gulf Breeze.

Maybe it struck me personally because for the last couple of months, courage (or more accurately, fear) has been on my heart when I talk to God. How can I claim to trust God if my heart is plagued with fear, uncertainty, and doubt?. Sometimes, I wonder, “do I have what it takes to be a minister of the gospel?” (‘minister’ does not necessarily mean ‘pulpit preacher’). The fact is, it has nothing to do with what I have or don’t have. It has to do with whether God has called me. That’s always the real issue. If God has made the call, He will certainly provide the means to answer it. If you haven’t heard any calls, you may need to check your voicemail.

Enough sermonizing. After services tonight, in my weekly ping pong match with Chris, I finally won a set. That brings my record to 1 and some very large number. I’m fairly sure he was doped up on pain killers for his back, but I’ll take what I can get.

Today was Mom’s birthday and tomorrow is Dad’s. May is definately the month for being born if you are in my family. Unless you are me. Then it’s August.

My goals for this week are:

• Set aside some time each day to pray instead of doing it randomly.
• Buy a digital camcorder to get ready for Focus.
• Mail out some things that have been in my room for a month now, such as Harkabus’ photo CDs.
• Work some miracles with CSS so my Free Travel page won’t look so bad.

I’ll leave you with 2 Kings 7:9. The Samaritan lepers had it right: “Then they said to one another, ‘What we are doing is wrong. This is a day of good news; if we are silent and wait until the morning light, we will be found guilty; therefore let us go and tell the king’s household.'” Ever since Christ was raised from the dead, every day is a day of good news.