Campus Crusade for Christ had a men’s overnight function this weekend. I had the opportunity to speak to the guys about Pride and how it can destroy and prevent a healthy relationship with God. It was very encouraging to see how engaging the men were after the first talk on Friday. We had a question and answer session that lasted 45 minutes immediately after the first talk. That was encouraging because the talk itself only last about 45 minutes. It seemed like the guys were very interested and desired to learn more.

It is getting to that time of the year when we are able to see who the future leaders of the movement will be. In fact, every year around Spring Break, it seems like the first-year students finally become assimilated to the college life. That’s when their true colors begin to show. Some of them simply lose interest in Campus Crusade (and perhaps, unfortunately, developing their relationship with God), but some begin to yearn for something deeper and more fulfilling. Some begin to want to demonstrate to others what they believe. Spring Break is just around the corner and I think it’s going to be more encouraging this year than ever before.

I restrung my acoustic guitar today with D’addario Custom Lights. I’ve used Elixir Custom Lights for almost two years now, but I felt it was time to try something different. I really like Elixirs (I generally recommend them every chance I get), but I’ve found that, recently, they’ve begun to hinder me from achieving some goals I’ve set with respect to mechanics. I’ve noticed that when I try to make tough stretches, my fingers will sometimes slide toward a relaxed position and I think this is catalyzed by the lack of friction that the gortex coated Elixirs can pride.

I’m going to see The Mothman Prophecies tonight (starring Richard Gere and Laura Lenney), but I doubt if I’ll enjoy it much. It simply doesn’t look like my kind of movie. Of course, it’s always nice to be surprised at the movies and maybe tonight will be a surprising night.

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I had the privilege of hearing Clayton King speak at the University of Florida FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) meeting tonight. It was a talk that took a fresh look at a story I’d heard many, many times. He spoke on the parable of the Seed and the Sewer found in Luke chapter 8. He talked about Jesus� story describing a farmer sewing seed on four different surfaces–a well-traveled path, a rock, thorns and fertile soil. Clayton then described what each of these surfaces represents in terms of the human condition: The well-traveled path is analogous to a hardened heart–a heart that is unreceptive and unresponsive to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The rock represents a shallow person–the seed, or the Gospel, is able to sprout, but not take root on the rock; essentially, the seed is not able to fully grow and reach its potential because of the poor surface the rock provides. This person is characterized by little commitment or devotion to pursuing God. The thorns represent a crowded heart–a person who has substituted a busy schedule (often times doing things intended to bring honor to God) for a personal, growing relationship with God. And, finally, the fertile soil represents an open heart–a heart that is receptive and responsive to God’s Word.

After hearing Clayton speak and meditating on what he said for a while, I’ve decided that mine is a shallow heart. This is discouraging and somewhat relieving at the same time. It is discouraging to think that I could’ve become complacent enough to be described as having “little commitment or devotion to pursuing God”, but it’s relieving in that I now know exactly where I am and that where I am is not where I want to be. It seems I need to do something about my shallow heart and, with God’s help, I intend to.

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So, this may be an easy way to release some of the myriad thoughts that bounce around in my head and trounce on my conscious thinking. I don’t have much to say right now, but I hope to be updating this frequently. I figure I’ll probably be the only one interested in reading anything written here, so this is really an exercise for me and no one else. However, if someone stumbled upon my writings, then I suppose that someone might have a little peek at who I am… and then that someone will probably move on to something more interesting.

Here goes (the physical manifestation of) nothing…

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