Life - Faith - One Bridge
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One of the (many) things I like about being a man is our options of facial hair. Now I understand that all facial hair is not created equal. My Mom will tell you that NO facial hair is acceptable. However, this is one small area where we lovingly disagree. [Read more…]
Today is Halloween. Not unlike most, I have had my share of Halloween revelry over the years. Friday night, as a matter of fact, the other Americans and several local Asian friends will have our own Halloween party. Always fun to see the utter confusion of the local people when a small group of foreigners are walking around this city in random costumes.
Today, however, my mind goes back to a faithful day in the sleepy college town of Wittenberg, Germany on this date exactly 496 years ago to the day. If you are a Christian, this day was one of the most important in history for you.
Maybe it is the rapid pace I have kept the past few months.
Maybe it is the culmination of various stresses and pains which seem to be swimming around me.
Maybe it’s just life and this is the way it is. [Read more…]
As you could infer from my last post, it has been a rough few days of fatigue and “re-entry” into Asia. Nothing cataclysmically bad, but tough nonetheless.
I just finished meeting with a friend over coffee. He is a local Asian friend who is a committed follower of Christ and works in finance. We meet together semi-regularly simply as friends and fellow Christians. We are the same age, so that is nice for both of us. He is married to a wonderful woman and has a fun little child.
I entered into the time with my friend tired and depleted. I exited the time energized and filled with a grateful heart. My friend has truly and genuinely encouraged me.
Upon driving back to my apartment (where I am now), I keep thinking about all that happened during this short one hour time at Starbucks which has taken my soul from “meh” to “yes!!!”.
As I sit down to type this, I am tired. After three weeks of constant motion, jumping of time zones, meetings, meetings, and more meetings, I am finally back in Asia. It’s been a great few weeks, but they have been intense in every imaginable way. As a result, I am fatigued.
I would like to say that this fatigue with which I am currently stricken is unusual. It is not.
Perhaps my worst habit (some would say addiction) is that of overwork and/or over activity. This is actually a result of an unhealthy outworking of a wonderful blessing in my life.
You see, I really have enjoyed my jobs and calling over the years. When you enjoy your vocation, it often does not feel like work. This is a great thing for me.
As a result, I am prone to running, running, and more running until I can run no more. I crash. . .and it is not pretty.
My worst “crash” came about 5 years ago. [Read more…]