world religions...

if they truly are, then why do they happen in one specific place?!

islam a very short introduction

See there's this guy called mohhammed and apparently he heard from the angel Gabriel who told him to write a book. (he wasn't a geometrical term he was a spiritual being.... no not mohhammed, I meant Gabriel... oh never mind)

I Wanna New Job

but I don't know what....

Apparently in all the tests I've done, I'm a "Word Warrior" and a "Thinker".

What kinda job can you get with that?!

Answers on a virtual postcard to this cybersphere please...

(ok, so just leave a comment)

Angels...

a mis-spelling of a geometrical term or a spiritual being?

you decide.

:p

I Came, I Saw, I Flew...

I got back yesterday at teatime from Belfast after flying out there at 7am.

I'm knackered!!

2 flights in one day is not good!! There's obviously no time difference between Liverpool & Northern Ireland, so I haven't got jet lag, but I am very very tired.

Today should be interesting in work...

A Romeo I Am Not!! - Jm's Definition Of "Love"

After several discussions, I've decided my views on the nature of love, marriage and all things relationship-wise are very wierd!

Alice and I are gonna be good friends, but not a couple anymore sadly.

I don't believe the Bible teaches anywhere about "being in love" , it teaches about love being something practical that is a decision of the will everyday. Love is proved over time, and grows over time. Every decision you make to put that person first before you, is the proof of your willingness to love them. In essence that's what being "in love" means, not this idea of a warm feeling, or an emotion. The irony of love is that the more you decide to show it, the more you create it! It's a bit like a nuclear reaction I guess? One electron starts off a whole chain reaction.

I know that sounds very scientific and cold , it's not meant to and I actually believe it's very powerful to define love like that. That for me is what love is, and the ultimate expression of that is what God does for us in Jesus.

I am a romantic, I love candlelit dinners and cuddling and kissing and laughing and crying together, etc but in the end that is what I will give to a relationship, that is what it boils down to - a decision to put the other person first and to choose to love that particular person above everyone else.

That's why "true love" in humans is always exclusive to one person.

That's why it's so devastating in a breakup - your decision to love someone else has been rejected because they will not let you love them.

God's love in an amazing way is exclusive and inclusive at the same time, which I don't understand, but just proves how amazing God is!!

I realise most people will disagree with my definition of love, especially when you put my definition in the context of gf/bf, but I believe that is what the Bible teaches.

That's why I think I'm always going to be single lol

Oh well.

Good thing God loves me!!

*runs off to start his own freak club*

Begginings In An Unknown Place...

I'm at a computer terminal in Belfast Airport, feeling strange.

My grandad had a suspected stroke last night, and mum and I flew over very early this morning. I agreed to go over and fly back this afternoon, because shes very nervous when it comes to flying.

I'll have been over here for approximately 6 hours before I go back, and as well as seeing my grandad, I've seen the church where my parents were married, and also seen the hospital where I was born as a six week premature baby, at 2lb 15 oz. Apparently I was their miracle baby in 1974!! I was in an incubator for six weeks after I was born because they didn't think I would live.

All I can say about Belfast is that it;'s a beutiful city surrounded by mountains, and I'm glad to be back to the place where I was born, if only briefly and in unfortunate circumstances.

Today has provoked some strange feelings in me, as I've thought about and seen places from my very distant past, and my parent's past. I've seen my parents through new eyes and it's given me a fresh perspective. Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to judge my friend Alice, marriage is something serious and not to be messed with or taken lightly. Maybe she was right to call it off afterall.

Anyway time's running out, so bye!!

When It Rains It Pours...

My grandad had a bad stroke today, my mum is very very upset, and I'm flying out with her to Belfast tommorrow morning VERY early.

*sigh* I'm off to bed.

Anastacia

Is great.

She's even written a song just for me to cheer me up and make me feel better called "Sexy Single".

I'm honoured.

It's Definitely Nearly Summer

Because:

• I'm wearing alot more plain white tops
• Girls are wearing a lot less
• The birds are singing outside my window
• It's sunny
• It's warm
• I've listened to the whole of the Lighthouse Family album "Ocean Drive"
• I've also listened to Anastacia
• It's light now till at least 8:30/9-ish in the evening
  
• I want to watch more comedy and action films
• I wear just a pair of boxer shorts to bed now, no t-shirt
• I can have my bedroom window open during the day and I don't feel cold
• It's light outside when I get up in the morning
• I'm starting to think about what to do for my two weeks holiday in July
  

See?

That's proof enough for me.

The difference between men and women...

is that women think about the future alot, and men don't.

and both of us find the other trait annoying.

Charlie

It's my day off, and I've invited my friend Richard around and we're going to watch Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (the depp version) 'cos neither of us have seen it yet.

I hope he enjoys it.

Then, he's staying for tea, I'm walking him back round to his mum's, and I'm going to Colin's, my mate from church, to moan about women and listen to Jazz probably, and just generally gossip, and drink lot's of tea. Oh, and to moan about women also.

I think I might do quite a bit of that actually.

Trains Are Ace

I went to Head Office in Carlisle yesterday, as I agreed to represent the smaller stores on a H & S committee that meets every six months or so. It means that every few months I get to go on a train, which for me is a good thing. I like long train journeys for the following reasons:

• I get to think about things deeply without interruption
• I get to read to my heart's content
• I get to see the names of lot's of lovely places I've never visited
• I get to see the beauty of the Lake District whirring by, in hundreds of shades and hues of green, shimmering their branches in the sunshine
• I get to talk to God in my head as much as I like

Generally, they're a good thing. Who cares if they're not on time? I certainly don't.

Basically they're sacred space for me.

Single AGAIN.

I don't really know what to say, and I can't explain it because I don't understand, but I'm single again.

Alice and I have split up, and contrary to the way things normally go, we're gonna be friends.

However, I am very confused, angry and sad.

I must have done something but don't know what.

And PUH-LEASE, dont give me the "she wasn't the one for you" crap.

I don't actually believe in any of that.

Oh well, back to pondering my navel again....

*sigh*