We had a few spare minutes in the student ministry area of the church this morning so Rob, Xander, and I had an impromptu jam session. Xander loves drum sets. He gets very upset whenever we make him leave. This following video was taken from a much longer clip with the boys messing around. In the clip, they eventually settle on Satch Boogie. I think Xander has a promising career ahead of him.
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Train Up a Child…
Dec 5
The Abundance of the Heart
Aug 15
This comes out of some conversations I’ve had with Rob. He says that you can tell a lot about a person’s nature from their tweets. At first I thought that wasn’t true; all you see on Twitter (and Facebook) are the things people want you to see. It’s just a tiny snapshot chosen out of everything a person is thinking or doing, and nobody in their right mind tweets about the skeletons in their closet.
I thought about it some more. And then I looked at the pattern of my own tweets. It seems I can’t stop talking about Xander and feel the need to subject my followers to phodroids of cute things he does. Sorry, but he’s just that awesome. And since the only time I’m ever not keeping an eye or an ear out for him is when I’m asleep, it makes sense that he shows up in a large majority my tweets. I can also be self-absorbed, and sometimes fall into the “was doing this, and now I’m doing this with @thisperson” nonsense.
Then I looked at my own friends’ tweets, and those of random users I’ve never met. You really can tell what a person values by their Twitter updates, and sometimes you see more about a person than you would in casual conversation. Example: the constant twitter complainer, who has such disdain for his job, his car, his friends, his city, and even the cashier at the grocery store, that there is bile in every tweet. Face-to-face, he may not show this part of himself. But over time, his tweets show his bitterness at life.
Tweets don’t always show the negatives. I have one friend who posts far more @replies (responses to other people’s posts) than actual tweets. It is a perfect representation of her character: always encouraging, always giving, and never hurtful.
Luke 6:43-45
No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks. (NIV)
What do your tweets say about what’s in your heart?
I Rebuke Thee!
Jun 4
I chew loudly. It was brought to my attention a few months ago by Rob, and when he told me, I got mad. Very mad.
Last week, I noticed that when he’s drinking something he likes, he slurps. Loudly. I told him, and he said, “Oh, yeah; I guess I do. I’ll try not to if it bothers you.”
I felt stupid.
I’m very good at pointing out flaws in other people’s ideas, actions, and personalities. Though I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, my first impression of people almost always turns out to be correct. It’s just part of who I am.
The incident with Rob was just the latest reminder of another fact about me: I can dish it out, but I can’t take it.
Proverbs 9
8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you;
rebuke a wise man and he will love you.
9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.
If I am wise, then I will accept rebuke — whether it’s someone telling me I chew too loud or someone pointing out sin in my life — then I will become wiser still.
Proverbs 3
11 My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline
and do not resent his rebuke,
12 because the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.
