Moving Forward

Almost home...

I'm SO very ready to go home to Arizona to visit my parents! As I've already mentioned I'm taking my 21 month old niece, Kayla to Arizona with me! I'm excited for my parents to see Kayla, but I'm super nervous about flying with her especially because of the latest terrorist plot. I was kinda nervous because I don't want Kayla to be bad or be upset about having to stay on my lap the whole time, but now I'm nervous because she is such precious cargo and I'm responsible for her. You know? I'm sure that things will be ok, but it's realistic to think about this sort of thing.
Anyway nothing is new with the Great Job Search of '06. I sent out about 11 more resumes Friday and Saturday to just about everywhere I could live for cheap. I sent a few up to some places in Naperville, I sent a couple down in Florida, a few went to places around here, and a few went to places in Arizona. My old youth pastor just wrote a letter of recommendation for that job I'm trying to get at the church. It's very time consuming to look for a job.
After I get back from arizona next week I'll come home for a few days and then Trent is coming up to visit. Hopefully we'll be able to go to King's Island that weekend. I'm really looking forward to that.
I saw World Trade Center, the movie about the two men who survived in the rubble of the towers on 9-11. I wasn't sure what to think of it going in because I thought it was too soon for a movie like that. I didn't know anyone who was directly affected by the horrific events of that day, but it was still a devastating day for me. There have been many interviews with the families that the movie portrayed. They say that the movie is a fairly accurate account of what the families and the men went through that day. The families support the movie and don't think it's too soon because there may never be a right time for something like this. The stories need to be told to those who want to hear them.
I wanted to hear their story. It was gut-wrenching to watch. Our country was attacked. These terrorists knew what they were doing. People suffered and died. However, that wasn't the tone of the movie at all. It was a story of hope and survival (as hokey as that sounds). I'm not gonna lie though... I cried about 8 different times. I think any person who exhibits any kind of emotion would cry too. Oliver Stone (Director) does a great job of making you feel the emotions that the men and their familes felt. I'm not a huge fan of Nicholas Cage, but he did a great job.
I've seen a ton of movies lately so if you need an opinion about whether you should see one or not I can probably give you one.
I've been writing some new songs lately and I've been reminded of songs I've written in the past. I wrote a song my junior year of high school called "All it Takes is Faith". I wrote it for my dad and played/sang it for him on father's day that year. I typed up the words and put them in a frame surrounded by pictures of us and the family. (I'm not going to put the song on here because it's for my dad and my family.) Anyway as I'm writing these new songs the title of this old one keeps popping in my head. All it takes is faith. Doesn't it sound like faith is a really easy thing? Sometimes it is and those are great times, but sometimes faith isn't easy. If it's not easy for you to have faith right now (and that's ok, you'll have that sometimes) don't forget that there is an entire chapter in the bible devoted to faith. I think it's encouraging. We all know the first 3 verses of Hebrews chapter 11...
1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2This is what the ancients were commended for.
3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
If you read the rest of the chapter there are numerous accounts of other's faithfulness. I recommend reading it or for many of you re-reading it. Good stuff. Nothing too deep... just a little encouragment.
I'm out!

posted by Moving Forward @ 6:31 PM