What's in a university?

Ya know, after my bro finished college, he said that what he learned the most from were the relationships that he had. The teachers (outside and inside the classroom) and the students. It's that ...networking.
I think college is wonderful idea. But we don't learn facts and figures primarily, but ways of working, self-motivation (hopefully), networking, trying new things.
It's a "safe" environment to test your wings, and since it's bookwork, it's not applied. Making mistakes only means you got the answer wrong, it doesn't mean your company went belly-up or you lost all your stock profits or you got fired.
What say you, college have-beens?

-Yore Truly

Sachy's Wisdom

My friend said something this morning that just clicked like a cocking shot-gun. Wham!
The dudes marched around Jericho while they WAITED seven days. Oh, then there was a seismic shift in the earth's surface and the whole city imploded (yeah, that's cool, but that's not the point). The point is that they were walking AND waiting.
I MUST wait for God. But that patience is active. Paul the apostle said to -this is verbatim-, "run with patience".
Now that's dumb! /: When I run it's in a hurry! That's like "hurry up and wait." But God satisfies our urge to move by telling us to get up and RUN! Just don't be in a hurry to get anywhere. When I'm running in trust and patiently waiting, that's when I step in the puddle He wants me to. When I finally get what I am reaching for after miles of running and waiting for Him, I find out that I got a bunch of good things that He wanted for me along the way.
I can't run with an agenda, only a God directive; trust.
Maybe a bit confusing and hard to pull off, but very cool.

-Yore Truly

Bed-side manners / "The Lord's work"

My dad has really good bed-side manners. (He's a doctor.)
I've worked in hospitals. I've seen many doctors' bedside manners. He has the best.
I told him so. I think he liked that.
Today he and I did rounds at the hospital together, and he told me that when he cares for people as people rather than as patients, they get better and they're happier doing it. They are more confident in the usefulness of his care.
I'm proud of my dad. I think he is one of the best doctors in the world.

Later on the same day dad and I were reading a book called "The Rest of God." The author wrote about the story where Jesus told his disciples to throw their nets in to catch fish. They said that they'd been at it all night and that it stunk, but that they'll throw in the nets anyway. They got a mother-load of fish -in the middle of the day! So, this guy's point was that "the Lord's work" is whatever you have to do, for God -at His direction. If you are going to fish, do it as unto God, if you are going to preach, do that the same way. Jesus washed the disciples' feet. That was work, and it was definitely God's work even though it was "bottom of the totem pole" labor.

While we were reading I thought of our conversation earlier and realized that dad is doing "the Lord's work" inside the hospital every day. He's doing what is given him to do as from God, with God, and for God. I want to be like that in every work I do, no matter how simple or big.

-Yore Truly

}: thoughts :[

If I told you that I thought of something to put in this blog and then chose not to, would you just take that at face value or would you be curious George about it, wondering off n' on for the next four days what it was I wanted to post?

"Miloneous"

You remember that kids film called Milo & Otis? I haven't met more than, like, one person who hasn't seen that!
Well, I have just recently aquired an orange tabby cat that looks just like Milo. He's just about as adventurous, too.

I'll probably end up blogging about him more, but just for now I'll tell you his name.
I have dubbed him "Mandibles Uproarous Simba Miloneous the Obstinate" (He's a Roman cat). I call him "Simba" for short.
I just thought you'd all get a kick out of that.

Your's Truly,

-Yore Truly