More Shirt Updates and The One Thing
Yesterday I tried moisturizer on Steve's shirt, and I left it on for a few hours, and when I washed it off the glue remained there... I was so aggravated! I've been trying a variety of solvents from perfume to soap to shampoo to conditioner and Steve says his shirt smells like bubble bath.
Today I see him and I say, "You know, I still have your shirt... just give me one more week to get the glue off!" and he says, "I still have your dress as well..." and I say, "it's ok, you can return it to me when I return your shirt..." He grins and says, "Well, you know, I might just keep it to wear in my spare time when no one's looking!"
The fact that that shirt has been with me for almost a month has almost hypnotised me into supporting Sunderland.
Today I went to church with Susana from Brazil, was really glad for the chance to get to know her better and to discover that we were similar in some surprising ways. It always gives me a little thrill to discover similarities with people whom I think are really different from me (being from different cultures, usually), and sometimes I let out an odd-sounding squeal simply because I'm so excited (as those of you who know me well can attest to).
Church was really good. The sermon was about the rich young ruler, and about how he was unable to give up that one thing in his life to follow Christ. Weeleon said that when God asks us to give everything up, it's usually only one thing - the one thing that you're most reluctant to give up.
I know what my one thing is, and everyday I pray that I may give it up, but with every new day I struggle afresh with it, and I guess it's just a little cross that I have to carry (not to sound dramatic and matyr-like, of course; it'll probably be a silly little thing to most people!).
Today I see him and I say, "You know, I still have your shirt... just give me one more week to get the glue off!" and he says, "I still have your dress as well..." and I say, "it's ok, you can return it to me when I return your shirt..." He grins and says, "Well, you know, I might just keep it to wear in my spare time when no one's looking!"
The fact that that shirt has been with me for almost a month has almost hypnotised me into supporting Sunderland.
Today I went to church with Susana from Brazil, was really glad for the chance to get to know her better and to discover that we were similar in some surprising ways. It always gives me a little thrill to discover similarities with people whom I think are really different from me (being from different cultures, usually), and sometimes I let out an odd-sounding squeal simply because I'm so excited (as those of you who know me well can attest to).
Church was really good. The sermon was about the rich young ruler, and about how he was unable to give up that one thing in his life to follow Christ. Weeleon said that when God asks us to give everything up, it's usually only one thing - the one thing that you're most reluctant to give up.
I know what my one thing is, and everyday I pray that I may give it up, but with every new day I struggle afresh with it, and I guess it's just a little cross that I have to carry (not to sound dramatic and matyr-like, of course; it'll probably be a silly little thing to most people!).
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