The counselling situations I find the most difficult are the ones where the person does not believe in God, and is not open to the idea of God. The hopeful part of these situations is that these people would even walk through the doors of a church to come and chat with a Christian about their problems. What can I say to a person who is melting down in front of me because they have no hope? It’s “unethical” for me to bring my faith into a counselling session (and I wouldn’t even want to if there is zero openness). That ethical part is one of the things about counselling that drives me crazy sometimes…just when it’s restrictive. Honestly, for me there are few reasons to live if there isn’t God. That’s just me…some people still can’t find a reason to live even with God, which I don’t always understand. I understand that this life is really confusing and just sucks sometimes…I just don’t think it’s about this life. But with no God is there a reason to live? These are the most difficult situations for me. “Where can I find security?” is the question. Ummmm good question. Some days the only thing that I can just barely grasp is the hope for a life beyond this one. If I can get myself thinking beyond myself and my problems, beyond what is visible and more about the reality of God’s reconciling work, I can find at least a glimpse of hope. But when the idea of security is only about money or success, now that’s something I don’t connect with well.
Toast October 28, 2007
I have never seen anyone as excited about toast as Greg. For the last week he’s been researching toasters…yes, that’s right…toaster research. Finally he picked what he thinks will be a stellar toaster. We got it today. I haven’t used it yet, but Greg has toasted all kinds of bread and can’t stop talking about toast. Really, I think I could get good results with a $10 toaster, but this one was $70 after employee discount from London Drugs. Thank you Ozzy. I say that because Greg worked security at the Ozzy concert and made – you guessed it – $70. WOO new toaster. Ya, this is about as exciting as it gets at our place these days. I’ll let you know how the toast is just as soon as I try it…
October 28, 2007
I’m trying this WordPress thing out, and I really like it so far. Except for one thing…and that is “Categories.” It freaks me out. I could just skip the categories thing, but since the option is there I feel like I should try it. Hmmm what category does this post go in? Well, since I have the “blogging” category I guess I’ll stick it there…
“Are you starting another blog?” October 27, 2007
The answer is yes. Yes I am. That was Greg’s question for me when he noticed me setting this thing up. After answering him in the affirmative, he asked “Why?” Well, that’s a good question, and the answer is quite long and involved and probably boring. Short answer – because I like blogging. It gets me thinking about stuff more for whatever reason. It’s kind of “therapeutic” for me, even if most of my posts are about nothing. And (lots of you are going to cringe) it is a form of community for me. I miss blogging and the fact that I’m interested again is a good sign for me. When I’m not writing anything it usually means my brain is not good, or my life is not good, or both. Usually they go together for me. In the last week I’ve starting feeling more and more like myself again. WOO HOO. I think I’m BACK…getting there anyway! So, let’s see how this all goes. I’m not making any lofty promises, but I feel good about this right now. Ya, I’m also a “P” so the motivation could be TOTALLY fleeting.
