Sunday Party

On Sunday my family celebrated!, no Melbourne didn't win (again!!!) and no we didn't find out that we actually were millionares, no, we celebrated because it was a day for Celebration. It was Mothers Day so we celebrated with Mum, Nanny, and Helen but we also celebrated because it was Nessa 18th birthday this week.

We had a lunch for the full family, Mum, Wayne, Ness, Mick, Helen, Nanny and Me. it was nice, we had quiche and then the very traditional family birthday cake for us, a big ice-cream cake.

Thankyou God for bringing my family together.

"Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you." Mark 5:19 (NIV)

More Boring Teacher Stuff

Further to the ever present idea that ‘Teachers are Boring and Longwinded’, I did a gig at the Crown Palladium Ballroom last night for the ‘Education Week Dinner’.

The dinner was for all the ‘big-wigs’ of education, there were awards, and a fantastic dinner, but the speeches (and you thought my blog was boring!)

I was in at Crown at 3pm for sound check and it all went pretty well, but I didn’t leave until midnight, it was the longest boring time ever. We sat there all night and waited to play, we played about 30mins of music and the rest of the time was sitting around, I was so bored I started reading a book!

While the teachers in the ballroom were dining on warm Chicken salad, leg of lamb and chocolate mousse at fancy tables we got some cheese sandwiches on a plate, and they wouldn’t let us out to get anything else.

So by the end of the night I was tired and very hungry.

What a life I have to look forward too!

Boring Blogger

I was chatting with my lovely girlfriend about blogging yesterday, and it inevitably came down to why boggling is dying and no-one reads them.

Anyway evidently my blog is way too serious, apparently my thoughts are no what anybody wants to read. That’s ok, I really don’t care if no-one comments, I am not writing to entertain, I am writing so that I can express about my life, for myself.

So if one day someone does read my blog, Yes they may be really bored but at least they will know what I think.

So if you want an interesting, random blog about the fun and crazy side of life read Em’s blog, its quite funny, I’m sorry that I will never make it to that level of comic genius.

Nobody reads anyway so why blog?

Loneliness

Loneliness is one of the most common feeling that people experience in there lifetime.

I walk past people everyday, most are happy enough to not to talk to you but if you look at someone, just anyone in the street, as you walk past keep eye contact with them, most people wait until the last minute to look up, but they will look up, I guarantee it, just smile and keep walking.

People need contact, as a whole the world is not such an ugly place, people want to connect with others. In this world of instant messages, instant electricity and instant noodles, face to face conversation has almost died. Everyone just wants to talk to someone.

Take today for example, i was on my way to Uni, i walk to Box Hill station and go onto the platform, i find that whenever i don't have a distraction from the world, i like to talk to God. Today I asked him to guide me in my day, to do his will, so i was on the lookout for a situation in which i could speak to someone.

It wasn't more than 3 seconds into my walk along the platform when i had an elderly gentleman speaking to me, asking how my day was. He just wanted to chat.

The loneliest place in the world can be a room full of people, the feeling of isolation and alienation can only be overcome with a one to one connection with someone else.

This is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, the one-to-one connection with Jesus that can not be distanced. Once you are one with the Holy Spirit, you are never alone, Jesus is closer to you than anyone in this world could ever be.

Jesus promised that the spirit would come upon all, you only need ask (Joel 2:28), with Jesus you will never be alone.

"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty."
Mother Teresa

Happy Birthday Nessa!!!!!

Happy Birthday little Nessa.

I hope you had a great day even though you had a SAC at school.

Your a big girl Now!!!!!

Well that was a fast 18 years, i still remember going to the museum with Dad to see

'Pharaohs of Gold' and the coming to visit my new baby sister in hospital.

Happy Birthday Poohead, its been a fun 18 years, hopefull the next 18 will be just as fun, with less family dramas and not much more boring Uni or VCE for either of us.

What a crazy family i am part of.

Love you

Teach vs Social Work

I know it probably doesn't matter to anyone else but me, but can someone tell me why is it that universities only have one way and are always open for debate but only if it is what they want to hear.

I had my 3 hour teaching tutorial and we were talking about what our beliefs about teaching are (just a nice light topic, nothing deep about that...not!)

One of the questions was 'does teaching involve social work', my answer is yes. If you don't understand a students life, you can't understand how or what needs to be taught.

I am a bit cynical about teaching and the politics that go along with it. I believe that there have been many great teachers, but none more effective that Jesus. Jesus was no socolar, he didn't go to Uni and undergo the rubbish they have in 'teacher training'. He taught from God, he taught for God, and he was God.

I can only do two of those three, but two is better than none.

evryone is a teacher, we all pass on knowledge to others in example, in belief and particularly in action. Teaching comes from life not from a classroom.

"Set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Timothy 4:12"

Decisions

"We all have a choice to make, we all have an inner battle to fight, it just comes down to choices"

Last Night i went and saw Spiderman 3, it went for a long time and i think i had a very high expectations that didn't really deliver but i did walk away with something from it so it wasn't all a waste of time.

This line, finishes the entire movie and sums up the human condition perfectly.

We are all called upon to make decisions that shape our future, every choice we make either furthers our walk down the wrong path or sends us one more step down God's path.

I heard on the radio as good metaphor it was about our internal struggle.

If at home heater is set at 21 degrees, is that hot or cold, who decides. Some people would turn the heat up (Emma), some people would turn the heat down (Me). Who is right?

It is the same with our internal thermostat, what is the guide stick for our right and wrong?

The answer is God, his word is our solid rock, build upon it and your foundations will be unshakable. (Luke 6:46-49)

The decision lies within each of us, there are two ways, God's way or your way, you choose.

"How long will you waver between two options? If the Lord is God, follow
him, but if Baal is God, follow him." 1 Kings 18:21 (NIV)