wow

wow

it's been over a week since i last posted. for some reason i've been less motivated to post on this thing in the recent months. but i will post more. maybe. i can't promise anything.

i'm going to start this post of with a belief i have. guitar is fun. i've been sitting here playing for probably over 3 hours now, and i've just realized that.

today was beautiful. i got to spend a good majority of the day out on the quad with friends. i slept until past 1 pm today. tomorrow i have class early in the morning.

next week i'm leading worship again at origins. there's a certain amount of stress in it, but a lot of good comes from it. i'm extremely blessed to do it, and i think the more i do it, and the more confident i am in the abilities that God has blessed me with, the better i'll be at it. it's hard to play guitar standing up... in front of a lot of people. i close my eyes a lot. which causes me to forget the words, or how the song is supposed to be played. i close my eyes with i play drums too. but at least i know where those are, and i can listen to the person leading.

this summer has a lot going on. i'm working in hartford with an organization called hartford city missions. it'll be an eye opening experience i think. we're learning to live simply. i'm living with a team of... i think 5 people. the packing list is quite sparse. it mainly contains clothes that i'll need for various activities, a bible, and a journal. i'm going to bring my guitar... (since i'm there 9 weeks, it would be poor stewardship to let all my practice go to waste) i don't think i'll be able to bring drums tho'.... sadly. but we'll see what God does with this summer. needless to say, i won't be blogging much... but i plan on keeping a journal/notebook on the ways i see God moving over the summer, and the things that we're doing.

posts from that journal will probably end up here. to a certain degree.

i'm still trying to figure out the fine line between blogging all my personals to blogging things that mean something to me that i want to share. in a way, i feel like i should blog everything, but in a way i feel like i shouldn't be blogging at all. i'm thankful for the blogs that my friends have. they become a blessing for me to read day to day, especially since i don't get to talk to them all the time. but blogging shouldn't be a substitute for genuine communication. these are just thoughts.

i've been working on a new blog. which has been distracting me from this one a bit. jeff.o had the idea for a not-so-hip hipster blog. i'm running with it now. i have to come up with a design and a format for it. i plan on getting co-writers in on the madness. it will be called, "yep. i'm hip." more info soon to come.

a lot of my friends' lives have been hit with tragedy recently. if you're a praying person, please pray for them. and pray for God to give me the right words to say to them in these difficult situations.

lisa taught tonight at origins about prayer. we watched a nooma video to kick it off. number 19 . i think. it was good. she talked to us about answered prayer, and not answered in the way we think it should be prayer, and prayer yet to be answered. she talked about a guy who prays all the time, and logs it in a journal. when prayers get answered he writes how they are answered. it's a beautiful concept. we learned about how when we pray, not only are we more connected with God, but the more we pray, the more we are connected with other people that we are praying for. it's interesting.

the whole reason i gave up facebook, and started a new account was so that i could have a list of friends to pray for every day. i kept up with it for awhile, but i slacked off about a month or two ago. praying for people is hard. especially when i don't see tangible results.... or haven't seen the person all semester and haven't been able to catch up on what God is doing.

i receive an email every now and again with prayer requests for a bible study i used to be in. since i started my own on the same night, i haven't been able to attend, although i miss the people involved dearly, and i can't wait until the death cab show to see them all again. it'll be great. anywho, there was a new person that started going about the same time i stopped, and he needed a job. so i prayed for God to provide him with work to do. i met the guy at sanctuary a few weeks ago. and when i recognized his name when someone said it, a bit too loud, i rushed across the room to say, "hey, you don't know me... but my name is steve, and i've been praying for you. did God provide you with a job?"

"yes."

anywho, we're continuing progress on our current bible study. i'm really enjoying it. and the relationships i'm forming with people through it. we'll see what God has for me next semester, but i'm pretty sure i'll lead one again. yay! co-ed is definitely the way to go... at least for me. i feel like we can talk about a lot of stuff in the study, and it's especially helpful outside of the study, because i can pair off with the guys and go grab lunch or something, and the person leading alongside me can do the same with the girls. it's been great to have a mentoring, and brothering relationship with these guys. i'm excited. very excited.

anywho, i'm not so sure what else to write, but i felt like at least writing a post would be good. :) hope ya'll are doing well.