shenanigans and scripture

much to my surprise, i generally enjoyed the clubbing experience this weekend. the boys said if i danced, they would do poomsae on the dance floor. sadly, their poomsae looked SO much better than at the dojang. i'm still so saddened by how bad they are at poomsae. rogue data points in my theory that anyone who's good at sparring can be good at poomsae.

while it was fun being there in the safety of the team (and honestly i wouldn't have gone if dodo didn't go) - there are some drugged out and/or skeevy people at such places.

but overall - i had a good time. though going out takes far too much effort - i'm such a grandma. i would've been perfectly content sitting at home in my shorts and watching himym.

someone made a really good analogy during sg yesterday. we were talking about the end of the beatitudes (blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness) and about evangelizing / how to handle skeptics' arguments/accusations. esp since xtians are generally held to a higher standard and every mistake glares.

something along these lines:

as xtians, we're mirrors - we're made to reflect the image of God. some mirrors are shiny and clear and reflect the image well, but other mirrors are cracked and broken and foggy. but the state of the mirror doesn't change the original image. God is God, whether we reflect him clearly or poorly.

i thought that was pretty cool.

my prayer group was pretty cool this week - i decided to revive the prayer champion of last year and send out prayer reminders/verses every day. easier for a smaller group of people, and i think they'll actually do it.

i was making after sg announcements and asked for volunteers to be our team leader for this homeless outreach event in jan. two people immediately pointed at me.

I HATE THAT.

i had a visceral reaction but since we were at church i didn't say anything. people do this to me all the time and it makes me feel so unappreciated - when something needs to be done and no one wants to do it ... and i don't care if i would be good at it or if i'm the perfect person to do it (which, in this case, i was not) - there's empowering and then there's shifting responsibility. (and if they knew the kind of leader i was, they would know that i would delegate. to them first. rawr.)

anyways, it's a serious pet peeve. that's how i was forced to be captain so many times, and prayer champ last year - and at the end of the day, these are probably things i would have done anyways, or wanted to do, had i been asked instead of told.

going to see up in the air this week with ndrw. and maybe convince the team to see blind side. maybe there are actually some decent movies out there after all, i was getting disappointed.