haaaaalllo! i am back i am back....my blog is excessively delighted to be active and useful. ;)

i was very tired today...definitely need more than 6-7 hrs of sleep a nite to keep me hyped up. Bible study was awesome as usual, and the students from masters college graced us w/ their presence this weekend.....during some missionary/support work up here for grace period. we talked (well, calvin primarily) about stealing and working. mainly working, and it was very interesting:
wrong perceptions about work that de-values it:
1) it's secular
2) only value is to have chance to share the gospel w/ others
3) purpose is to earn money for good use ("necessary evil")

In fact, that's totally WRONG! it denies the honor and dignity of work, and denies God's creation...for we were created for His good pleasure, and created to work, just as God worked 6 days for creation. God gave adam and eve the Garden to work and tend to it; it wasn't just this magical place where everything grew by itself and humans onli lounge around all day, even though that's what we think of. :P the negative things we associate w/ work is onli because it's corrupted under the curse, and tainted by sin. the sanctity of work is very important to understand, and the idea that we can serve and love Him through work. so, that's just a little bit on that. i think in many ways i am guilty of separating "work" from "spiritual" things, when in reality work IS spiritual!~

oh, there's this japanese international student that's coming to grace period for her sociology assignment. she is not saved and doesn't know a lot about Christianity, so it's exciting to have the opportunity to show to a unbeliever in depth how the body of Christ is different and separated from the world, and that we share a love that the world can't ever have. :) well, that and being able to preach the gospel to her many many times. ;)