Shenanigans!!! And some serious stuff!

I really should be heading to bed right now but I thought that I would blog about the crazy night that just occurred (and plus I haven't blogged for a while and who knows when the next installment will come).

Went out for farewell drinks for friends who are going overseas for 3 months - good chance to catch up with fam and friends....
then the small college contingent arrives... Dani, Lisa, JT and Anthony.... and this is where things start to get interesting...
Well, there was the phone discovery - some poor person had left their phone behind. Let's just say this incident involved Anthony's number ending up in this random person's phone.
Then some how we managed to get onto JT's dream girl - and this was a springboard for a whole bunch of craziness. Conversation on this and related topics lasted for a good 2-3 hours including a trip to Maccas at Ashfield. We all had to list our top 5 qualities of our ideal partner which had Lisa wanting someone who "likes doing stuff" and Anthony set on his wife "being dumber than him" :) We had the privilege of hearing some of JT's theories on boys and girls (you can ask him about those) and many other mad things. [This night seemed a whole lot funnier before I started blogging about it but oh well we will continue...] Pretty much Lisa and I were "psychos" ("but lovable psychos" - quote JT) being absolutely ridiculous.

However, on a more serious note... we did get to discussing what we think Christian leadership looks like in a marriage. For anyone who has spent much time with me lately you will know that I am in "Renovation Period", this pretty much means that my brain is working over-time and I am questioning and re-evaluating pretty much most things in my life and one of the things that I have been thinking about is Christian Leadership in marriage...

I think conventionally we are taught that headship is about the guy being spiritual more mature, have a better grasp of the Bible and making the decisions. Does submission have to mean being quiet and agreeable?... I have been starting to ask if this is really what the Bible is talking about or is that just something we have come up with. Anyways, so some of the helpful things that came out of tonight is that maybe knowledge is about relational knowledge? Maybe the husband has to be the initiator of spiritual things? Maybe who is more "mature" than who doesn't matter? Maybe Bible knowledge is not really where it is at? Relationships is about "knowing" the person. That is relational knowledge. And this kind of true relational knowledge only comes through self-revelational. We know people because they tell us about themselves. And we know God because he has told us about himself in his word. So maybe this is the key to leadership in a marriage... someone who is going to encourage you as an individual and a couple to grow in relational knowledge of God? Because relational knowledge isn't just about the head, it is about expressing love through action. It is not effective unless it in the context of people relating to one another...

I don't know... It is very late and my thoughts are probably very incoherent. If you have any wisdom to donate to this cause of mine please feel free to share it with me.

Mission Accomplished!!

Ok... so I got to bed about 4am this morning with an almost complete essay (not a very good one but almost complete nonetheless), nearly didn't get out of bed - so thank God for my Dad calling me this morning - I still had to re-read and fix up my essay a little, write a synopsis, print it out and hand it in (all in about an hour and 20mins in the end). But it is not done!!

I also went to the doctor today for a check-up, had some blood tests so my arm is sore at the moment but it was nice to get out and have a walk over to Glebe. But this means I didn't go to class today.

Had coffee with my women's chaplain. Managed to freak JT (and a bunch of others) out by how quickly I can tell a quite complicated story. Wrote my bible study for home group tonight in record time (thanks for that God!!). And now am going to nap so I can function tonight.

That is about all - my brain has turned to mush!!!

Grrrr...

I am very sleepy!!! I was not planning on being up at this time of night for this essay. I have words but it is still not finished. I need to re-read it and check it and also fix up my very dodgy intro and conclusion. But now I am going to attempt to sleep for a few hours and hope that I will be able to achieve this in the morning before 10am! This is not my best essay!

I finally started writing my OT essay. I am writing on Gen 3:14-19 and its implications on the theological idea of curse. Very interesting. As always I have left my essay to the last minute. Most people at this stage have almost finished (or at least have about 2000 words down) but me I am just getting going. My excuse is that I need the pressure of deadlines to produce my best work (and so far I have not been disappointed).

Currently I have 351 words!!! Need at least 2700 by 10am Wed morning!!

So tomorrow will be a big day. I am working to avoid staying up all night tomorrow night. That would not be pleasant. I doubt that would produce my best work. Well it is time to sleep as Tan will be giving me my wake-up call at 7am. (What a girl!... She is almost becoming the wake up caller for all of MAC).

And... a pinch and a punch for the first day of the month :) he he he