Two more things:

First, I've been in a weird place in life of late. I've been very frustrated and discontent in a lot of ways. I don't know why. I haven't been in as much fellowship or community as I would like and haven't been able to read as I wish, but otherwise things are good. I also seem to be paranoid about a lot of things as well, which is wrong, and that really frustrates me, makes me feel like my total trust is not in Christ, it's too much in this world. If I lost everything tomorrow, my focus should be that I still have Christ and this world will end, but it seems like the things of this world have been too much of a focus and trust for me of late.

On the other hand, this feeling has made me seek Christ more, to pray more, to try to understand Him more, to love people more. Though my mind may be on the things of this world, I catch myself in that mindset and repent, think about the things of Christ, and snap out of it for a little while anyway. Like I said, weird place.

Second, if I can rant for a second, a big pet peeve of mine is when people feel like they have a voice and can comment on things that they have no experience or knowledge in. I teach and coach with a guy like that, it's like he is an orthopedic surgeon who can diagnose any knee or ankle problem just by looking at it (exact quote: there's nothing wrong with that knee, I know it, I've been around basketball a long time and I know she's fine), an outdoor court specialist (that court isn't slippery, it's made for slippery weather) and an expert on the Central WI football conference (Stevens Point is terrible, they've never been good in football) even though the miniscus was torn and the ACL was partially torn, the court was like ice, and SP has a solid history of being very good in football. It's one thing to offer your opinion on something, another to act like it is your area of expertise.

Thanks for letting me do that.