Notes from The Mystery of Providence
And as to the service of God, if your heats are spiritual, you may enjoy much communion with God in your very employments, and you have some intervals and respites for that purpose. Have you not more spare hours than you employ to that end? - pg78
Sin brought in sweat (Gen 3:19), but now, not to sweat increases sin. He that lives idly cannot live honestly, as is plainly enough intimated
The nature of work
IF there’s every one thing I remember from all my discourses with Joel, it’s on the theology of work. I was impressed upon how work is both a blessing and a curse, how God meant work to bring satisfaction but our own rebellion meant that we are frustrated in our own work. It seemed only like yesterday when I made the decision to take an alternative route. I am surprised at how I landed at
Weeding
It’s almost amazing how much lesson one can learn from Nature. I developed an interest in weeding because they were sprouting, in my rosemary pot, at a faster rate than I could remove them. I figured that getting to the root of the problem was the only solution - to remove the mature plants that must be propagating seeds. And so as I set about weeding, it dawned upon me that we need to weed
Guitar Resources
An eclectic mix of guitar resources for the bold and the curious:
Chords diagram and many others
http://home.roadrunner.com/~nils
String Care
http://www.iol.ie/~murphypj/String_Care.htm
Guitar Action
http://www.theguitarfiles.com/guitarfile97.html
Guitar Music
http://www.guitarlincs.com/christmasbuskers.htm
Timing/rhythm line sample + Guitar software
http://www.transpoze.net/sample.html
Last but not least: http://www.frets.com
Special gifts at the English Class
I received 2 presents from my students today. I thought it was really sweet of them to get us, the teachers and tutors, something for Christmas. I mean, I volunteer at the class purely out of my enjoyment to teach and share my knowledge with others. It is my main form of community service and ministry, for I derive much satisfaction and joy from helping out at the class. It is a special class, because