Coming Into Some Money

DISCLAIMER #1: This blog entry (and in particular I refer to it's concluding paragraph) is not a means of advocating any form of Prosperity Doctrine or Prosperity Teaching of the Gospel, not does it aim to be embroiled in any sort of complex or sticky theology of such nature.

DISCLAIMER #2: This blog entry is intended to be read with Teardrop - The Getaway Plan accompanying in the background.



I appear to be developing quite a trend here! In an effort to warm up to finish 3x university assignments I am starting with a quick blog to 'get the typing fingers warm' or so to speak. I say this with almost no intent of humour, and not even a smile (rare for me), as I have been procrastinating severely for most of today. And now we come to the crunch. I will get them done, I promise. That was positive confession number one. See, I am feeling better already.

So, what has been happening? I can tell you that my Macbook Pro power cord is getting worked out over-time during this season. It is being plugged in and out of the innovating magnetic socket more often than (avoiding obvious sexual metaphors here) the AA batteries are in and out of my handy, canary yellow Arclec Sport camping torch - which coincidentally is very, very often, in case you didn't catch my meaning. What I mean by this is I have been using my computer a great deal, which is a good thing seeing as though I am a student and I feel as though I have some sort of legal right to engage with a laptop on a 'two-thirds of the day' basis. I believe this differs greatly from every other profession or career pursuit, who only deserve to be able to use laptops for a 10 brief minute period daily - enough time to quickly check their Facebook or Twitter, then move onto more wholesome activities such as conversing with the family/girlfriend/wife/roommate - with the possible exception of people who are in IT; they sort of need computers to do their job. I mention this detailed theory of computer-time management because of my increasing annoyance at people who are absorbed in technology. Sure, I am one of them. I guess you could say I'm annoyed at my own addiction, and outwork that frustration through the judgement of other people. This is a flaw of mine that I must allow God to remove in me. Other flaws I feel I have include never admitting I am weak, in need of anything, or unaware of important details, as well as the flaw which I feel started it all: the curse of the addictive personality.

I'm serious. I love things. I get way keen on things incredibly easy. Everything from Twitter to Mars Bars to Redskins to Ped-Eggs to Hair Straighteners to Leather Lounges to Colognes to Underwear to Seat Covers to Nutella. What can I say? I love stuff. I have stated on a recent Facebook update that I am "passionate" about Nutella. I actually consulted the Oxford Online Dictionary to check that I could use the word "passionate" to describe my affections and feelings for the inanimate product that is the delectable hazelnut spread. I found the following definitions:

passion • noun

1 very strong emotion.
2 intense sexual love.
3 an outburst of very strong emotion.
4 an intense enthusiasm for something.

and interestingly...

5 (the Passion) the suffering and death of Jesus.

This was a significant 'Of Course' moment for me. Yet again I was obsessed with my own pursuits and desires and interests, and Jesus comes and smacks me in the face with the gentle reminder: "I'm here, Dale!". I really enjoy when Jesus does this. I would say He is good at it. He has ingeniously perfected the art of smacking me in the face, which I have grown to be more than comfortable with over my roughly 6-year walk Him gracing my life. My revelation experience aside, I was amused to find that all of the provided definitions of passion adequately suited my feelings towards Nutella. Yet I am thankful for being reminded that only Jesus is the one that I am to be truly passionate for (except maybe without definition number two).
I will end with a verse from the Message translation that I am actually becoming increasingly passionate about with each passing day, and I must say it is one of the most challenging verses I have been able to find in the bible anywhere:

Ephesians 5:2 says:
"Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that."

The final sentence of this absolutely floors me. It is epic in it's demand, clarity and sense of truth that seems to resound in my heart in a place that not many other passages of Scripture get to. Will blog about it in-depth at a later date, possibly before my next set of essays are due. For now I should get onto these!

As for this blog title, a 2 dollar coin fell out of my undergarments as I reached to put them on just as I was starting this, and I found it striking. God is good. He is my (money for coffee) provider.