Update...

Each time I think of updating my mind goes blank as to what to update about. I leave my job in 2 weeks. 2 weeks!!! Then I'm going to Paris for 10 days and then I'm going to camp. Time flies. Tomorrow evening some people from Index are going out for an evening of fun at Oddfellows. Any indexers reading this (that would be about 2) are more than welcome to join from 8:30pm, and anyone else who feels like coming along, come along too! It'll be fun. On Wednesday Sarah my old flatmate will be in town so we will be meeting up. I'm looking forward to that! I haven't seen her in a long time. We have alot of catching up to do. And other than that, work's been hard these past few days. Issues with a parent mainly. We've been told that we're not doing our jobs properly, and have taken abuse from this parent. My boss has been shouted at, other people's children have been told off and been made to feel uncomfortable, each member of staff is reticent to speak to her. So it's not great there just now. At Discipleship Explored we have been going through Philippians on Sundays, but have other passages to go through in the week. This week was all on the sermon on the mount. The whole not worrying about tomorrow and about food, drink or clothes is always something I need to hear. I am a worrier. I worry about everything. Or lots of things at least. And I remind myself that "God's got it" in Nadia's words, but it's always good to read passages like Matthew 6:25 - 34: "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. And finally, here are the words from a song that was played at Index on Sunday night which I love. It's speaking about God's faithfulness and my unfaithfulness. In Foy Vance's words, "a better friend I could never find; though I hurt his feeling I know he would never hurt mine." Wedding dress if you could love me as a wife and for my wedding gift, your life should that be all i’ll ever need or is there more i’m looking for and should i read between the lines and look for blessings in disguise to make me handsome, rich, and wise is that really what you want i am a whore i do confess but i put you on just like a wedding dress and i run down the aisle i’m a prodigal with no way home but i put you on just like a ring of gold and i run down the aisle to you so could you love this bastard child though i don’t trust you to provide with one hand in a pot of gold and with the other in your side i am so easily satisfied by the call of lovers less wild that i would take a little cash over your very flesh and blood because money cannot buy a husband’s jealous eye when you have knowingly deceived his wife -Derek Webb