Anzac day

ok i'm being cynical here...
i'm looking at the shows on tv during anzac day...
and comparing it to easter time.

i remember 'the passion' and even some other movies about moses and other biblical movies being on tv all though easter... this year... none... just lots of secular tv...

there are more war dramas being played at anzac day than biblical dramas at easter time. really cheeses me off... how did we become so secular. i mean why does australia celebrate easter if people just forget what it's really about?
this is me being very cynical here...

and i dont mean to be dismissive of the way soldiers gave their lives for this country. i just am making a point about the values of the country...

rugby... again

was ladies day at the rugby today 24/4/10... guys get to bring their significant others and ladies get a free glass of champagne while watching their boys smash each other... fun... fun...

still not getting the draw of running into each other and smashing each other to the ground with the objective of getting a ball to the other end of a field...
guy thing...

things that happened today... nice fracture/dislocation of an ulnar... it was kinda gross cos there was blood and the bone was nicely sticking out of the skin... just covered it with sterile swabs and waited for the ambulance...
the guy was really good and was telling jokes through it all... dunno if that was his coping mechanism or him being stupid with shock...

other thing that happened... and i'm shaking my head cos only guys would be so silly...
guy got wacked in the nose and had a blood nose... so the guys solution to the problem was to ask around for tampons cos they wanted to stick them up the guys nostrils to soak up the blood...
me - i got the guy to tuck his head and let the blood run out and then pinched the bridge of his nose and put ice on his neck... the bleeding stopped and we didnt need tampons after all!!
seriously... those guys must be watching too much of "she's the man" - the movie where channing tatum sticks the tampon up his nose to stop the bleeding after having a fight...
still shaking my head... only guys...

smbc talk - Christian wholeness in the midst of a depression pandemic

interesting talk tonight...
food for thought...

talked through some of the shapes of Christian wholeness...
http://www.christianwholeness.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=113

also went through some of the DSM IV criteria for diagnosis of 'depression'
well i can say i'm not depressed... lol... prob the opposite considering i'm so la la most of the time... just cranky when i'm tired or hungry...

so i'm a bit too tired now to download all that the guy said...
these are my lingering questions... or not questions but ponderings...

- the link between anxiety and depression
- the incidence of depression is growing - why is that? i'm guessing environmental or lifestyle factors that have changed. but why? because of prosperity or we are a generation of more choices?

rugby

well an interesting twist to me working at mac uni is being seconded to mac uni rugby... considering i dont like rugby...

so i was emailed by admin to ask me if i could do rugby with another person. they were looking for staff with sports trainer qualifications. cos apparently there were other chiros willing to do it but they didnt want them because they needed sports qualifications.

i'm a little apprehensive just cos i cringe at the injuries that we might see... but anwyay...
so here's a little funny story from the first rugby game.. it's actually the 2nd of the season.
i got so lost getting to brighton le sands for the game... i had 3 male interns to supervise. so one of them promises to educate me about rugby cos i dont know much about it.

anyway one of the guys in 1sts got stomped and then was trying to run but with a foot on his foot he just managed to twist his foot...

so one of my guys was looking at his ankle and i was standing near his waist watching. then the team manager walks up and goes "dude are you wearing any underwear?"... the reply was no...
i dont see how it can be at all comfortable having all ur bits loose when ur running around... but anyway... i didnt see anything... when i had to look at his ankle i picked up a towel from the pile and draped him so i wouldnt cop an eyeful.

later when we were packing up we were separating towels and i mentioned the one i used to drape was clean. so one of the other guys asked why i had to drape... so i mentioned the guy wasnt wearing any underwear...
dunno how i manage to cop all the jokes...
this is what i got "i know we were teaching you to keep your eye on the ball but not on that ball...'

and i only came up with a comeback later... which would have been... "now i'm confused cos there's 2 balls... which one do i keep my eye on??" lol

ok a little crude but u know it's rugby guys... i think i'm gonna have to crude-up. and start coming up with faster comebacks...

misc words/lyrics/prayers

1.
I struggle through challenges in my life
When things dont seem to go my way
and things seem bleak and i'm down
and struggle to trust you day by day

I struggle with temptation and sin
and trying to do what is right
and it's easy to be down on myself
fooling myself to try as i might

C: So i ask you now for your Spirit today
to work within me to show me your way
may your Spirit guide me in the things that i do
Change my stubborn will so i can obey you...



2C:
so search me Lord
and change my heart
make me willing,
set me apart
to put to death the selfish part of me,
to be the instrument you made me to be...

meditation for today...

here is part of another puritan prayer that i'm meditating on today...

Spiritual Helps

Eternal Father, it is amazing love, that Thou hast sent Thy Son to suffer in my stead, that Thou hast added the Spirit to teach, comfort, guide, that Thou hast allowed the ministry of angels to wall me round; all heaven subserves the welfare of a poor worm. Permit Thy unseen servants to be ever active on my behalf, and to rejoice when grace expands in me. Suffer them never to rest until my conflict is over, and I stand victorious on salvation's shore.

Grant that my proneness to evil, deadness to good, resistance to Thy Spirit's motions, may never provoke Thee to abandon me. May my hard heart awake Thy pity, not Thy wrath, And if the enemy gets an advantage through my corruption, let it be seen that heaven is mightier than hell, that those for me are greater than those against me. Arise to my help in richness of covenant blessings, keep me feeding in the pastures of Thy strengthening Word, searching Scripture to find Thee there.

Easter 2010 #2

Today is easter sunday. We celebrate the fact that Jesus rose from the dead today. I'm loving the fact that I just have some time off to think, hear my own thoughts and meditate.

Had been looking at 1 Cor lately in quiet times. It was good timing to get to the end just before easter. I was reminded of the importance of jesus' resurrection. God's amazing power is shown in jesus rising from the dead.

When jesus died the curtain separating us from God was ripped apart. Sin was dealt with and we could approach God. but it wasnt the end... jesus had to rise again to show that death - the consequence of sin - had been dealt with. i'm flooded with a series of emotions - wonder, gratitude, amazement that God would keep His promises and act to save me.

Anyway... i guess i cant express it all.
this morning i was reflecting on a puritan prayer that i love so much. it's called 'morning' so i guess it was appropriate to be thinking about it this morning.
Pasted it below:

Morning

Compassionate Lord, Thy mercies have brought me to the dawn of another day. Vain will be its gift unless I grow in grace, increase in knowledge, ripen for spiritual harvest. Let me this day know Thee as Thou art, love Thee supremely, serve Thee wholly, admire Thee fully. Through grace let my will respond to Thee, knowing that power to obey is not in me, but that Thy free love alone enables me to serve Thee. Here then is my empty heart, overflow it with Thy choicest gifts; here is my blind understanding, chase away its mists of ignorance.


I'm just reminded of the gift of each day. Life is often a rat race of one thing after another. How often do i catch myself going through the motions and giving God little thought through the day.
I dont know how to put it all into words. I think it's the language used... loving God supremely... serve wholly... it's big and i struggle so much to do it... actually just to love a little and serve willingly can be hard sometimes...
and i'm glad the writer recognises that the power isnt in himself to do these things... that only God can do these things in him...
so my challenge is to let go and let God do these things in me... i dont find that very easy to do... especially in busy everyday life. and i thought that working a little less this year would help that but it hasnt.

well thank God for easter and the gift of Jesus...

Easter 2010

well i must say that this is probably the longest time i've had off in a while where i wasn't off somewhere on holiday and rushing around like a crazy chicken anyway...

this easter has been relaxing. i havent had much planned so i've just been able to veg out a lot, watch lots of tv or videos, catch up with ppl either via emails or some kind of IM and also catch up with ppl personally.

easter seems to have come around fast this year. actually the year seems to be just going so fast. i'm trying hard this year not to be cynical about things. it might be my imagination but usually on good friday the tv stations change programming and you'll have movies about the life of Jesus or movies with more Christian themes. with the advent of digital tv, these programs seem to have been relegated to stations like 7two or the like not the mainstream channels. makes me feel quite sad.
at the same time all i can see around me is people talking about bunnies, chocolate eggs etc.

so i decided to google the origin of easter... well actually it started with the origin of the easter bunny [which i'm still a bit confused about]. as with Christmas, a pagan festival time has been made into a 'Christian' holiday. i did decide on friday to stop being cynical and just remember and dedicate myself to reflecting on the real reason i celebrate easter which is Jesus!