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  • Art?

    by pashfish @ 2008-08-09 – 17:38:49

    I had the chance a couple of week sago to atend an art class. If you are ever of work you will relaise quite quickly that you need some structure in your days, I know watching Blackadder is fun, I have just finished but one you feel guiltly and two you soon start getting down.

    So I had an hour or so to just enjoy painting, so I did:

    Second art class

    SOme of my other attempts are in my art directory, take a look.

    Tomorrow at Church we are having a Celtic service so I am looking forward to enjoying community, simplicity and God. The songs I have chosen arent all Celtic in style but it is more to do with the simplicity of style and centering on God.

    I will post some results (another week before I am back at work after all)

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  • Been Busy!

    by pashfish @ 2008-07-30 – 22:43:52

    Well the count down is here.

    My wife is due to give birth to our first child on Sept 17th. I still don't have a start date for my new job and I am getting slightly stressed8|

    I think it is the enormity of it all. Still I am amazed at how things have worked out. We have been able to pay all our bills since I left work in April. Tax refunds and a pension refund are just a couple of the things that have come through.

    I think it reminds me a little of when I was growing up and my dad was out of work. We never went without and that's the same now, God is faithful. Though I may be stressing a bit, I am so thankful for the time to get my head right after my last job and the time to do all the following :

    Decorate the nursey, and spare room
    Paint the fence
    Paint the windows
    Stick up loads of shelves
    Pick up Baby stuff from various ebayers!
    Explain Communion to 60 6 year olds
    Explain communion to year 8's
    Do a couple of school assembelies
    Read up on Baptism and Infant baptism (so I can make a decision of whether we have a christening or dedication)
    Paint the new vicarage
    Attend morning prayers (experience common worship!)
    Go to a water colours session (I will post them later)
    Be able to spend time preparing for leading sorting the worship and encouraging the worship team ( they are all better than me)
    Read loads of books
    Watch Blackadder (nearly all the way through)
    Prepation for being a dad(reading an ace book, will post a review)
    Watched a load of films
    And loads more!!!!!

    MOST of all having time to think, to pray, to live each moment. Life is for living and I can't help but think of the positives, I have a beautiful wife a baby on the way, though we don't have much money we are rich. Maybe that is what Jesu meant when he said the Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the kingdom of heaven.

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  • WASTE

    by pashfish @ 2008-07-09 – 13:11:44

    Well another week has gone by. I still don't have a start date and the paperwork I have sent won't be looked at until Monday!

    WASTE- I sttod up on Sunday night and church and told people that I have a new job but no start date which has been a massive release. I also shared that the hardest part of all this is the not knowing. My personality type is such that I have to be doing something, I cannot sit around at home all day doing nothing. I need to be in the midst of something.

    What I am trying to say that we often see life as a waste of time when we aren't doing what we want to be doing, when actullay life is so valuable. There is that moment when this woman breaks open her expensive perfume (think really expensive Armani or the like). Jesus followers (ie christians like me) said what a waste that could have gone to the poor. Do you know soemthing without thinking the disciples revealed something in what they said. It was a waste to lavish something precious on Jesus. When faced with a day in front of me I plow into painting the fence, doing the washing, decorating, doing stuff.

    It erks me when politicians call me a consumer, as if I am some mindless entity who has no understanding or intelligence. I don't go with the herd I can think for myself, I have reasons for why I belive, why I live my life and make my choices. Yes at times I am a hypocrite but my desire my passion is to live like Jesus did. What that looks like I guess is the part which takes time but that is not a waste.

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  • YES!

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-30 – 20:30:22

    Get in!

    I have been offered a new job! So having been unemployed since April I now have a better job than I started with. I don't think I really realised how stressful the whole think has been as I now feel totally shattered!

    I find out proper start details and stuff tomorrow. God is good.

    let the church help

    I know the picture above is probably fake but it made me laugh. I think it really helps not to take ourselves too seriously.

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  • Pressed down but not crushed

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-28 – 10:08:38

    What a week! I didn't get the first job but the second interview went really well and I will find out on Monday whether I was successful and probably Wednesday about MOndays interview.

    I Was reminded of that verse in the bible:

    2 Cor 4:6-9 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

    8 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

    I really find that in times when I am really down that gettin out my guitar and singing really lifts me, I focus on God's faithfullness and it reminds me that he has promised that he will never abandon us.

    The picture below is from a great flickr page just click on the image it will take you to it. It is one of my favorite songs by Matt Redman. It makes me think that I try and put God into my own image, and try and make him what I want (the great sweet shop owner in the sky who gives me what I want, as long as I have enough pocket money).
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    If any of you are going through tough times too, let me know I would love to pray for you.:o

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  • No answer yet

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-26 – 21:51:16

    Well I said I would post again today. I have not heard from the firm and they said they would ring me today with an answer either way.

    Great!!!

    Still I can go to the interview tomorrow without a job offer and get myself ready for it. Wasted most of the day waiting for the answer (and practiscing my golf swing!).

    No point in worrying about tomorrow as today has enough worries of it's own. By the way if you ever need a recruitment agency Reed have been great, not only have they arranged a couple of interviews they also provided loads of tips for interviews, mock interview questions and the like.

    Will let you know how it goes!:)At least Spain are through to the euro final, I don't think I could have coped with Russia and Germany!!!

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  • Is today the day?

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-26 – 07:52:28

    Today I find out whether I have a new job or not. It's difficult not getting uptight about it. The interview went reasonably well but of my three interviews so far the first two went really well but either offered me a lot less or the travelling was too far. It's a bit like the tale of goldilocks and the three bears. This one is "just right" as it is in the right paygrade, and the right distance away.

    At least I can look forward to a round of golf on Sunday before church! It's easy to over spritualise things and look for signs here there and every where. The reality is I need a job and I need to take one that pays the right amount in the right location. What I find a real comfort in this time, is the amount of people praying for me, the text messages of support, the gentle enquiries and the offers of support from friends. Being a chrisitian is being part of a large family, some times you absolutely love it, other times you seem to be arguing with your brother or sister(just like a family).

    I will post again later today. Thanks for your support.

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  • Nervous

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-24 – 09:54:25

    Well I have an interview today. I don't normally get nervous but I am today. I suppose I am thinking that Cath finishes work in July, the baby is due in September. It falls on my shoulders to provide8|

    You know what though? Even though I feel this pressure, I know that ultimatley it is God who provides all that I have. We were asked a couple of weeks ago, what do we value? What would we find difficult to give up? I felt that honestly there wasn't a single item I own that I would be unwilling to give up; even my guitar! Instead I realised that my family is so much more important.

    Before I went to university I went to Kazaksthan. I remember going into the home of a lad we met out there. I was offered a peach and a glass of water. I later found out that most of the people in Tashkent were struggling to make ends meet, large families in small accomodation, intermitant electricity, teachers having market stalls as they weren't getting paid, police officers stopping people and fining them for offences as they werent getting paid either. They were a generous people with what little they had. At this moment I earn nothing, I am unemployed but I have so much. I can celebrate God's provision and learn a little of what it means to be content in all circumstances

    Phil 4:10-14 I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. 11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do everything through him who gives me strength. 14 Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles.

    I won't know today whether I have a new job or not, I will find out in a few days time but what I do know is that God will provide.

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  • God's heart for the lost

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-23 – 17:16:22

    Last night at church we looked at Hosea 1. For those who don't know this is one of the books in the bible. In it we see Hosea trying to express God's heart for this hurting world.

    In the last month at our church we have had an Environment Sunday, given to TEARFUND and Quizaid for Christian Aid. I think it is really important to not only talk about our desire to live for God but also to put this into action. I hope that the church continues to support those who are sick and opressed wherever they find those in need.

    http://yousingiwrite.blogspot.com/2008/01/compassionart-donates-songs-to-charity.html#links

    The above article is excellent, I feel challenged to be more generous in my giving and to be more concerned for our world. It is all too easy to get compassion fatigue to think of environmental issues as politicians trying to find new ways of generating tax revenue (though they are). Living a simpler life is better all round.

    The challenge is to actually do it!

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  • WORDLE

    by pashfish @ 2008-06-20 – 14:57:06

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    This is an excellent application, have some fun making some word art. Great for brain storming B)

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