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Name: Mitchel
Country: United States
State: Maryland
Birthday: 9/7/1975
Gender: Male
Interests: golf, basketball, hiking, eating good food
Expertise: Philosophy, contemplation, compassion, truth
Occupation: Other
Industry: Nonprofit
Message: message me
Member Since:
5/7/2003
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| FROM NOW ON...as the two are now one flesh...you can check out my happenings (and I will update better) at www.xanga.com/mitchsarah | | |
| Ok, so it's time to update finally. I've started about two other xanga pages, and this one has come to its end. So much has happened since my last post. I think I have experienced three of the 5 major stressors that a person can face all in the last 3 months!
Stressor 1: Marriage - yes, Mitchel Lee got married, holy smokes!
Stressor 2: Job change - Mitchel Lee is now living in Chicago, serving at Community Fellowship...what a church!
Stressor 3: Major move - Mitchel Lee has left the rolling meadows of MD to stake out his claim on the wide open plains of Chicago.
Stressor 4: Children - sorry, no children yet...although I hear that the guys back home are betting against me =)
Stressor 5: Death - yes and no...learning to die daily has been difficult, but I don't think it counts in the way psychologists say...
alright, if you want more recent and detailed stuff, go to www.xanga.com/MitchSarah
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| STAY THE COURSE...
It seems that whenever I set myself towards a goal, a million other options seem to present themselves. It's tough to keep focused on what I believe the Lord is calling me to. I see so many different ways to waste it. Yet, even in the waiting, I feel so impatient. I want my life to count, and sometimes I feel like waiting in this holding pattern is keeping me from that.
But then the reminder comes. The war of life is won in the daily battles. Great people didn't just develop overnight. Greatness was built on the 9:00 ams of the Monday mornings on the mundane weeks where nobody noticed anything out of the ordinary. It's amazing that I fool myself into thinking that I will become someone great tomorrow without doing anything today.
I want to have a perspective that prioritizes my daily activities based on what really matters. People, God, and the relationship between the two.
I'm not so worried or excited about the options. I just want to stay the course... | | |
| A Life Well-Lived to What End?
I had the opportunity this week to read "Communion with God" by the Puritan John Owen. He talks about how incredible fellowship and communion with God is - how glorious Chris is in all His grace and wisdom. Pretty standard fare when you're reading Puritan stuff. But, something changed when I did some research on his life.
John Owen was a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Not only was he a dean of one of the colleges at Oxford, he was also a pastor, and very involved in gov't. Big deal, right? Here's the part that dropped me. Owen had 11 children in his lifetime...all from one wife. His marriage lasted a little more than 30 years, and during that time, John Owen experienced the death of every one of his children and his wife. That's about one family member dying every 3 years!!!
Here is a man who looked death and tragedy in the face every three years, while still having to be a spiritual leader in parliament, academia, and his church. Where is the strength to deal with such sorrow to be found? COMMUNION with God.
It's not easy reading for sure, but seeing his perspective grown from the realities of life's hardships makes me long for what he wrote about because I know that he actually experienced the comfort and power from communing with God.
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| Wow...a long absence. So much has happened since my last entry. I think the time away was good. It was a chance to get some renewed perspective, get healthy, and look to the Lord for refreshing. Of course, none of this was premeditated. God just has this way of being good...
Everything's changed since my last entry. Ministry, personal life (sorry, not married yet), social circles. Life has slowed down a bit, and I find myself eager for the next chapter to begin, but also recognizing that this chapter right now needs to find a good close. I've been really challenged as of late to delight in the Word of God - to make it my number one passion. What a long way I have to go! I think it's a good way to start the new year. Not with a resolution or commitment, but a simple dependency and longing directed towards the Lord. Perhaps this is the way the grace-filled life is lived.
Well, whatever this year holds, I know who holds it...
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