link experiment

i have seen on other people's blogs links that are imbedded in their writing. i thought i would try the same. the other day was clicking around and found a spot that is pics and comments from every day life. i like these because it seems that people are finding magic in everyday life.

i'll see how it looks when i post it. i don't like it much in this draft form.

currently

currently i am enjoying not taking birth control-
i worry about getting pregnant
i worry that i worry too much (now i can't blame any altered hormones)

but i say that i am enjoying it
i am certainly enjoying having energy
you know the kind of energy that comes from being active-
a perpetuating energy

i didn't have the perpetuating anything
except for perpetual eating and sleeping

sam says i should allow myself 9 months to lose the weight i have gained.

good idea

but i feel stuck

unknown gods

a couple weeks ago nick preached a sermon on unknown gods. in one of paul's letters, paul describes a religious city. this city is very religious, on every street corner the citizens have erected shrines and idols for every god they know. they have gone so far as to create an altar for an unknown god.

paul comes to the city and proclaims to the people that he infact knows this unknown god.

nick then said, "people of jersey city, you are a religious people. i have walked around your streets and seen altars and shrines to various gods. i have even seen statues placed for unknown gods. "

he listed some of our altars and sacrifices for unknown gods:

sleeping around because we need love

constantly worrying about what others are thinking of us because we crave accpetance

working too much to find our validation and to provide for our families

i can't remember any others- the theme being that we erect altars for our own gods as we strive to complete, do, relate in our own power for our own good. we are free from this toil. we serve one god--- and he has fulfilled the sacrifice in his own son.

hm...

I used this picture behind my blog title for a while. I liked the light from the window bouncing off the white mug. I can feel hiding behind the curtain. The comfort of coffee makes the picture feel like home.

The mug was given to me a couple years ago by a friend who was hosting me in NJ before I moved here. This knowledge adds my peacful feeling.