Selfishness

I am a selfish creature.
If I really think about it, a ton of things that I do everyday, I do to benefit myself.
This in itself is not necessarily wrong, but when I start to put myself before others then it is a problem.
I don't want to speak for everyone, but I think that if we all think about this concept, and think about the things that we do everyday, then I'm sure that all of us can think of something that we do to solely benefit ourself, and many times we put ourselves before others, or at least I do this alot.

I know this is a very simple concept, but I was just reminded of it the other day, and it shook me to my core.
It was kinda intense.

We need to be aware and thinking about this constantly.

And take the picture above any way you like, I just thought it was an interesting painting.

Bathroom Stalls & Ministry Signs

So I spent most of my time yesterday at my church here in Chicago, Park Community Church because I was volunteering on the tech team and I worked for all 3 services.

So I was sitting in one of the bathroom stalls at Park doing my business and I hung my hoodie on the coat hook and sat down. When I looked up I saw a 8 1/2x11 sign for a ministry at Park for people who are just starting out in their faith journey, and I thought to myself "Hmm, thats a good idea, to put up signs about different ministries." But not only is it a good idea, but they were very intentional about it. So intentional that they moved the coat hook to the right side of the door so that they could put a sign directly in the middle. Most coat hooks on stall doors are directly in the middle, but people at Park had planned on putting those signs up so they moved the coat hooks.

Here is a nice little picture I took, cause I knew I was going to write a blog post about this as soon as I saw it.

I know you are probably thinking that this is a ridiculous thing to be writing about, but if you think about it, it is the small things that just put something over the top. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that we should choose a church based on its convenience, or cultural relevance, or branding, but it is a small thing like that that makes people realize how intentional a church is about investing into people's lives and transforming their lives with its ministries.

Maybe you think I'm completely off on this one, but I don't think I am.

If you think I am, let me know.

Microsoft's Marketing Still Sucks

Well Microsoft still sucks at marketing. In fact, they suck more than ever.

Some of you might know that Microsoft is launching their new operating system, Windows 7, in the next couple weeks, so to try to get people to buy it they have hired a company that markets "house parties." So their marketing strategy for Windows 7 is to try to get people to have "house parties" for Windows 7. I'm not exactly clear on what a house party is, but it sounds like a less geeky LAN Party (Local Area Network Party). Basically where everyone brings their computers to someone's house and plays with them.

I'm not bashing the idea of a house party as a marketing strategy, but the actual video they made to promote this is absolutely horrible. The acting is horrendous and makes me laugh every time I watch it.

So without further ado, here is Microsoft's Windows 7 house party video, Enjoy!

Uplifting and Encouraging

If you asked me today how my weekend was, you probably got a response like "It was the most bum weekend ever!" which means that I did absolutely nothing, and I laid around the room all weekend, except to go to church.

To be completely honest I was a bit depressed this weekend. Well...maybe "depressed" is a strong word, but usually a lazy weekend is a great weekend, but not this weekend. This time "lazy" was equivalent to being very unmotivated to do any work whatsoever. This led to me being in a state of almost depression. (Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything rash)

So anyways, that was my weekend, but now let me get to the meat of this post.

So my weekend was not the greatest, but God knew that I needed some encouraging and lifting up, especially because I had a class at 7:30am on Monday morning and Lord knows I did not want to go to that class with everything that was within me.

So here's what happened:

I ran into my good friend and neighbor Josh Jalandoon on my way to breakfast which was great.
My good friend Josh Puckett was at breakfast when I got there, so I got to eat breakfast with him, which was great.
On my way to class I ran into again my good friend Josh Jalandoon, which was great.
After class on my way to my room once again I ran into my good friend Josh Jalandoon...which was great.

To sum up my morning, it was great, except for the fact that I had class, but everything else outweighed the tiredness of class.

Moral of the story is...God cares for you and knows what you need at all times, whether or not you feel like He cares.