Ruth's Ramblings

Got to see Clement and Elvin and their SD buddies on Saturday... Sonja brought some friends from church, and one of them was classmate of mine from the SW program. Too trippy. I hardly knew her (beyond her name) but that's cool. Small world. Also, I didn't know she was a Christian either. As I'm beginning to realize, there were an awful lot of closeted Christians in our program (see the results of my thesis, coming soon) =) Anyways, we were at a restaurant on the edge of Orangevale and Folsom, and our seats were right next to the really loud live jazz band... and I really wanted to do alot of catching up with Elvin and Clem, but didn't as much chance to, because the music was so loud. A couple older people (they looked over 50) were dancing, and since our table is right up next to the dance floor, Wayne felt really weird (he was sitting on the edge) because some of the older ladies kept swinging her butt in his direction. It was hilarious. I told Elvin to take a picture of the dancers, but I think he was too intimdated to do it so up close. Haha.

This morning we had communion. I think Wayne has missed so much church here and there, that he couldn't think of the last time he was at church participating in communion. I think the last 2-3 times I did communion at church, I probably did it alone. Anyways, George gave a message, and even though I'm sure alot of people thought he came across as really harsh (he was practically yelling at us), I think it was good. I really had to ask God to humble me and receive the message well without having my ego in the way. I know that can be difficult -- people who don't like to be told what to do or don't like to be told that they are wrong probably didn't like the deliverance of George's message. During communion, I was reminded of who I was, and where my place was, and my act of taking communion was my way of showing that I need God (I prayed for Him to humble me and to break my pride), and I need what He did on the cross for me. I'm nothing without that. Although at times I may think that everyone else may need saving, I need to be reminded that I, too, need saving just the same. I swallowed my pride and took it, asking God to help me to stop pointing fingers. And instead of focusing on what sorts of things other people need to fix in themselves, I'm trying to focus on myself (Matthew 7:5, Philippians 2:3).

Later in the day, Wayne and I drove around to Kmart, Michaels, and Home Depot.... and bought our very first Christmas tree!! We got the skirt, ornaments, matching ribbons, and lights, of course. We spent the early part of the evening decorating and setting it up (and vacuuming alot of pine needles on the carpet). We rushed through dinner so we could go pick up Priscilla at the greyhound bus station (she had just come back from a weekend in Oakland) and then Wayne rushed back to work, to hopefully increase his deliveries quota. I hope its a busy night so he can get lots of deliveries, but at the same time, I hope nothing happens and so he has to come back home. I'm terrible, aren't I? =P

Posted by Ruth at 12/08/2002