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May 26, 2005

Reminder/100 things

Thoughts on ‘spiritual leader’

Satan may tell me that I am useless, that I have too much baggage, that I am too vain, or too fearful, or too silly, or too this or that. But if any man has the light of Christ and an understanding of the truth, and a firm grounding in the Word of God, the only reason he would look to worldly accomplishments would be because Satan is telling him the same lies. Otherwise my love for God would be what draws him to me.

If we are in the right line of thinking, the “security of Christ” refers to our knowledge of his salvation despite our despicable sin-nature, and our belief in the assurance of pardon for our sins. And if Satan has that much power in his life, he is not to be my spiritual leader. Lord, please reveal this to me.

Read My 100 things to do this summer completed list...

1. Aspire to be more childlike.
2. Remember how to dream big.
3. Make my family dinner on a regular basis.
4. Be intentional about devotions.
5. Write a story.
6. Update my philosophy of life.
7. Write a poem in Central Park.
8. Draw an animal or two in the park.
9. Find a new garden or park.
10. Underline more of my Bible.
11. Learn something new… like… how to play chess?
12. Write a few handwritten letters.
13. Find a new favorite drink to replace the great amounts of coffee and tea I ingest when it’s cold…
14. iced tea?
15. chocolate milk?
16. Watch famous movies set in New York.
17. Read Alice in Wonderland.
18. Rediscover children and what they love and need.
19. Attempt to see my whole life in reflection of/ correlating to ministry.
20. Find out what my gifts are. Remember them. Act on them.
21. Visit the Bowery.
22. Make the other people in my house happy in the morning.
23. Get better at the art of pie-making.
24. Read Roots of Sorrow.
25. Read The Art of Crossing Cultures.
26. Visit the METropolitan museum of Art.
27. Visit the Museum of Modern Art.
28. Make some of my own art and send it to a friend.
29. Make shish kabobs on the grill.
30. See my friends up north.
31. Reconnect with high school friends.
32. Move into a yellow house.
33. Swim in God-made pools.
34. Ride more of my mom’s bike.
35. Have a long conversation with my sister… long overdue.
36. Have a friend to spend the night.
37. Start a project and finish it.
38. Visit an indie film theatre.
39. Stop buying things impulsively.
40. See the NY fireworks for the Fourth of July. Remember why I like America.
41. Do well in Mayterm.
42. Wash my car (a few times?)
43. Sit in the gazebo with a friend
44. Sit on the hammock with a friend and sip a frozen fruit drink
45. Get advice from Shan and Hollee (older women) about my future
46. Come to a crossroads and make a good choice.
47. Practice what I preach about reconciliation.
48. Learn to see people outside of their pigeon-holes.
49. Drink a few good guinesses.
50. Eat real food (like nuts and fruits and good meat) bought at real food stores.
51. Walk around a lot.
52. Eat a fresh peach.
53. Take photos of Eric’s school and surrounding Cleveland.
54. Learn more about different wines… by enjoying them.
55. Ask my parents to tell me stories.
56. Be intentional in conversations.
57. Dance around a fire with Lydia before she weds.
58. Go camping.
59. Make a promise to visit friends in Atlanta and keep the promise.
60. Make a prayer list and stick to it.
61. Pray for people who don’t know the Lord.
62. Decide the bare minimum of material possessions I can live on when I go to New York, and then continue living on those things afterward.
63. Learn how to cook a few new dishes.
64. Speak to elderly people at church.
65. Choose a Sunday school and stick with it in the fall.
66. Babysit for Shan without receiving revenue.
67. Serve my parents by surprising them.
68. Cultivate my gift-giving creativity.
69. Ask my mom about gardening. Write down her tips.
70. Try a new fruit. Like boysenberries.
71. Fellowship with someone I’ve never liked. Do it again.
72. Make plans to go out West sometime soon.
73. Find new ways to write in my journal. Try new things.
74. Treat children like my own.
75. Ask em my questions and get some answers.
76. Get Lost and then find out where I am and go back sometime.
77. Conquer certain fears.
78. Lead someone to know the Lord.
79. Determine what my testimony is exactly.
80. Learn to lean on people in the body who I wouldn’t initially respect typically.
81. Study portions of scripture I have always shied away from.
82. Grow in maturity about patience and trusting.
83. Learn to monitor my mouth and what issues forth.
84. Sit in a foreign place and watch foreign people.
85. Notice how I am foreign.
86. Form new philosophies of life by asking interesting new questions.
87. Drink thai tea.
88. Try at least 3 new types of foreign food.
89. Modify sleeping in.
90. Show a passion for the dispassionate.
91. Dream up some new songs.
92. Follow someone around and ask them questions.
93. Meet some indie music rockers.
94. Go to a concert or two. Try to see Feist or Beck.
95. Jump rope.
96. Skip.
97. Read a new Chaim Potok book.
98. See Before Sunrise and Before Sunset and Waking Life.
99. Learn to make White Russians.
100. Eat cake.

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May 11, 2005

a list for summer

Here is a list for summer. This is the beginning of my
"100 Things I want to do this Summer"
1. Write poetry in central park
2. visit the Bowery
3. Become a morning person
4. Bring a pie to my neighbors
5. Get better at forming pie crusts
6. Be intentional about my devotions
7. Write another short story
8. Make dinner for my family before I leave for New York
9. See my friends up north
10. Stop trying to grow up so fast
11. underline more of my Bible
12. find a new garden to read in
13. Read Alice in Wonderland
14. Visit the METropolitan museum of Art
15.Read Roots of Sorrow (Winter)
16. Ride my bike more
17. Go to an indie film theatre
18. Make shish kabobs again
19. drink only good coffee
20. Move into a beautiful yellow house in st. elmo :)

to be continued...

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