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Name: Micah
Gender: Male
Interests: God, His Word, people, sports, art, acting, and music
Expertise: Jack of all trades, master of none
Occupation: Artist
Industry: Entertainment
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Member Since:
2/25/2005
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| “Oh, no. . . not again.” That all too familiar cracking sound reached my ears as I almost fell trying desperately to keep from putting any weight on my foot. “Maybe it isn’t too bad this time.” I knew I was only kidding myself. I stayed in the volleyball game for two more serves just to make sure, but the pain didn’t go away. “Why didn’t I leave?” I thought to myself as I hobbled away to survey the damage. I had started to walk away before that last game but came back for just one more. This is almost always when I get hurt, during that “one more”. I wasn’t sure who it was I had bumped into at the net as I went up for a block. I wasn’t even sure if I had been successful in blocking the ball. One thing was sure, my shoe was getting tighter as my ankle began to swell. Upon arriving back in Ian’s room I found that I did indeed have a nice sized knot on my left ankle. It wasn’t until the next morning however that I saw it’s glorious display of beautiful purples and reds from four inches up my leg all the way down to the tips of my toes. I thought some of you might like to see it, though the picture in no way does it justice.
Thankfully it did not ruin my weekend as I still had a fabulous time with Ian and the others at the Verity Institute. Everyone was very thoughtful and considerate. Praise the Lord I was even able to walk with very little limp by the next evening. What is the moral of this little tale? If you ever start to leave a sporting event. . . GO!!!
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| I suppose I could start this post off by saying how busy things have been, but that's the way it always is so I'm not going to do that. God has been really good to me as always. Work at the studio is going well. I have learned a TON about 3D animation and just the film industry in general. I never would have dreamed that God would give me such an amazing opportunity. School is going well too, just slowly. I passed Introductory Psychology last week and am now studying Macro Economics. The weather is absolutely gorgeous. The leaves are starting to turn and we have finally cooled down into the 70's, my favorite weather. So often when I step outside of a windowless office after nine hours of staring at a computer screen into the marvelous beauty of God's creation my heart just overflows with wonder at the greatness of my Lord. The other day I went for a run after finishing my studying for the evening and the biggest falling star I have ever seen fell right as I looked up into the sky. The beauty of the world God has made never ceases to amaze me, and to think that the ground is cursed. Our God truly is great beyond all comprehension. | | |
| Things are going well. Work is going much more smoothly now. It's hard to believe I have been home for almost a month. Time really flies and I need to do a better job making use of it. I'm at the ROC Desk right now, nearing the end of a ten and a half hour work day (only two and a quarter of that was here). I came to Ephesians 4 this evening and was struck by a simple phrase in the first verse. Paul stated, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord . . ." I think Paul gives us insight into the key to walking through difficult times, and working with difficult people in this little comment. He recognized that he was not the prisoner of the Roman Government, but the prisoner of God. No army on earth could have kept him in jail if God had not wanted him there, as had been demonstrated in the life of Peter. I think that if we can ever come to the place of seeing the people and events around us as agents of God in our lives for good, rather than a strange sequence of events we have to somehow overcome, we will experience a level of joy in finding God at work in our lives that we have never experienced before. This is all still kind of disorganized in my mind right now but hopefully it made at least a little sense. May the Lord bless you all with the ability to see Him at work in your life, even in the hard times. | | |
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Well, I've been back in Huntsville for nearly a week now. I miss all of you back at HQ a lot but at the same time it is nice to be with my family. I have also spent three days in an animation studio. I think I will really enjoy the work once I get the hang of it. Right now I kind of feel like the new guy who doesn't know what he's doing. The people are cool though. Hopefully I will improve quickly.
God is so good. I especially think about it at this time of year when we celebrate the climax (so far) of the greatest story ever written. The story of redemption which is written not merely with pen and paper but in the lives of men and women all around the world. I heard a great message yesterday by Stephen Davey on following God taken from the life of Abraham. One of the things he talked about was how Abraham followed without knowing where he was going. He used an extremely convicting illustration about a little boy and his grandfather. They would often go on short trips together, sometimes to the lake to fish or to the grocery store, just wherever the grandfather needed to go. One day the grandfather said, "Come on, let's go for a ride." to which the little boy responded, "Where are we going?" The grandfather didn't answer but just left without him. When he got back the little boy met him somewhat crestfallen and asked why the he had gone without him. The grandfather said, "Because you asked where we were going. If you had really wanted to come with me, it wouldn't have mattered where we were going." I wonder if this not how God often works with us. He calls us to come and we question Him. So He goes on without us, searching for someone who is willing to trust Him. Someone who is more concerned about His companionship than the destination of the journey. Oh that I would be willing to say as David Livingston did, "Send me anywhere, only go with me." May the Lord grant us the faith to trust Him and to go with Him, whatever the destination may be.
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