Well here we go. Although I always told myself I would never start one of these, I find myself embarking upon my blogging career as a result of some peer pressure, but mostly because after reading Christian's and imagining how much freaking awesome random crap I can put on the internet and allow my friends to stumble upon. So hopefully I end up wasting hours of your time this summer; it'll be my gift to you. We'll maybe not waste, because as all of you who will read this know, I am in love with Jesus; so hopefully those of you who are seeking Him [or those of you who aren't (I still love you btw, I'm not one of "those" Christians, or at least I strive not to be)] will be uplifted by some of the more spiritual thoughts.
So far life since the end of exams (oh wait I didn't have any) has been pretty delectable. As many of you know, I was getting lifeguard certified throughout "go-week" - thats over, and I'm officially licensed to save. Boo-YAh! Although I almost drowned trying, I don't really float....
Since lifeguarding has been over, I've pretty much been a workaholic/master chef. Days consist of me working in the library, working out, and then Christian and I making our patented Ayers - Fleming pasta dinner creations.
Food highlights over the past couple weeks:
- Fusilli in a suasage gravy/green bean sauce
- Spaghetti in a corn/kidney bean traditional red sauce
- Fusilli/Rigatoni combo in a mixed sauce that included a can of 4 month past the expiration date Progresso
- Tuna and PB sandwich. Don't knock it till you try it folks, just ask Ayers
- Yogurt! I've hated yougurt since like 5th grade, but this week I saw the error in my ways. So as alot of you may know, I got a staff infection. The anti-bacterials killed the good bacteria in my mouth and apparently caused a fungal outbreak on my tongue, so I had to get anti-fungal. The doctor also told me to eat yogurt b/c it has good cultures in it, so I decided maybe I could stomach some to get rid of the tongue-fung. When I did, I was delighted by the taste. I was blind, but now I see!
- Ayers makes some dang good Ethiopian blend iced coffee, there will be a stand by the belltower next year
- Nick Basinger's moldy graduation cake: good to eat and good to burn
The highlight of the week has been a Sunday morning trip to two waterfalls with Christian, Jeff Bailey, and Ken Davis. Sick! The forest was covered in a misty shroud that reminded Jeff and I of a rainforest, I definately did not feel as though I was in SC. As I sat on top of Twin Falls, Romans 11:33-36 just blew my mind! All week, I had been talking to people about predestination and free will, and how I see evidence in the Word, and in my own life for both. But both theologies kind of bother me in different ways, because I personally think it is a "beautiful tension" of both (that is subject to change). Then I read those Romans verses and it's like "Who knows the mind of our God?! Who brought Him counsel??" The answer is NOBODY! I think it's preposterous how we try to put God in these boxes so we can figure Him out. HE IS GOD. He won't fit our human standards. Maybe He hand picked people to go to heaven, maybe He didn't. Maybe He chooses who He will reveal Himself to and then those people have a choice to deny or accept. Maybe He reveals Himself to everybody at some point and everyone has the choice to reject or embrace Him. Maybe those of us that chose Him really were only able to because He had already placed His Spirit in us. No matter what I'm convinced it's His perogative, He can do what He wants.
Anyway, those are my musings for today. My sister Brook is about to pick me up here at Furman and then I'm going to ATL for 4 days, upon which I will head to good ole Camp St. Christopher where I believe amazing adventures are lying in wait for me. I also have a feeling that this summer is going to be very life changing. There are alot of up in the airs right now in my life, as with everyone's, but I really think alot of those will become more clear as this summer plays out.....Bring It!
(I'll try to post some sweet Belize/Waterfall pics later)
Are You Not Entertained?!!
