At the moment Marty and I are immersing ourselves within the Old Testament. I am full of disbelief over the Israelites lack of trust in Numbers, but then elated by the great story of Joshua. Marty is continually expressing anger over how stupid Moses is in Exodus, and well, 2 Samuel hasn’t quite eventuated yet! We both have to write 1000 words on an Old Testament book, describing what’s in it and its major themes.
Once you get over the nitty gritties of the assignment, it is actually a really good one. For at the end of this week, hopefully we will both be able to tell people, in one sentence, the significance of the books we have chosen and what they are all about – hopefully!
It would be great if at the end of these two years, we would be able to do that for every book of the Bible!
Maybe there is some worth in preaching a series through the whole Bible - 1 sermon on each book of the Bible, simply explaining what’s in it and why its there?!?
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Settling in...
I have noticed lately that a lot of people are asking us lately how we have settled into Sydney. I suppose it has been 3 months now so it’s just the question to start asking.
Settling in to Sydney - well what can you say!
We have realised that everything in Sydney takes a lot longer & is more expensive. I think that once you embrace these two things & stop fighting against them - I reckon then you can start to relax & enjoy it a bit.
Like, enjoy the fact that you get to listen to more music in the car!
And you don’t feel guilty about not jamming heaps into your day, ‘cause realistically going grocery shopping takes all day.
That means you get more ‘nothing time’ cause you can’t just quickly ‘nip out’ anywhere!
I’m trying to think of good things about the more expensive thing, but not really getting anything :)
On a more serious side, I think we have just started to settle in. We have a routine now (I even have an exercise routine which means a lot for those who know me well!). We have also found a church to go to, which is a great blessing. Marty has started playing footy again. & I think we are finally embracing the Sydney way of life!
Settling in to Sydney - well what can you say!
We have realised that everything in Sydney takes a lot longer & is more expensive. I think that once you embrace these two things & stop fighting against them - I reckon then you can start to relax & enjoy it a bit.
Like, enjoy the fact that you get to listen to more music in the car!
And you don’t feel guilty about not jamming heaps into your day, ‘cause realistically going grocery shopping takes all day.
That means you get more ‘nothing time’ cause you can’t just quickly ‘nip out’ anywhere!
I’m trying to think of good things about the more expensive thing, but not really getting anything :)
On a more serious side, I think we have just started to settle in. We have a routine now (I even have an exercise routine which means a lot for those who know me well!). We have also found a church to go to, which is a great blessing. Marty has started playing footy again. & I think we are finally embracing the Sydney way of life!
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