Boys and Girls

I'm sitting here laughing as I avoid the remainder of pages in my English Composition book (over 40 pages of reading in just ONE of the books we were assigned to - and it's not a novel book. Needless to say I was a little annoyed for the second day of class). The reason I am laughing is because of the difference between how a boy thinks vs. how a girl thinks. In the kitchen, not 20 feet away from where I am sitting, I hear Seth and Hadassah (my younger brother and sister) engage in a conversation that is so typical and clearly defines the logical method men use and the emotional method (or sometimes a lack-thereof) that women use.
Hadassah begins the conversation as she begins to cry over some unknown catastrophe. Seth, immediately in annoyed older brother mode, asks, "Hadassah, WHY are you CRYING?!" She responds with, "Because of my hotdog!" (Sniff, sniff) "What ABOUT your hotdog?" "It has Ketchup on it!" :(
At this point I am already chuckling at the absurdity of the 'dilemma.' Though I was giggling, Seth, being the practical older brother, tells her to wipe it off. Hadassah, seeing a glimmer of hope in the most devastating of circumstances, asks him how she should wipe it off to which Seth responds, "Your finger." Hadassah, immediately repelled by the retort, drops the subject and I am silently rolling on the floor (my door was open, so there was no hope whatsoever in keeping my laughter to myself without covering my mouth).
I just laughed and laughed thinking of various times that I have probably put different men throughout my life in similar situations where they are completely confused as to what the real problem is. It was just a funny little thing I witnessed that further proves the difference between how men and women think. :)

Desperation

It's amazing to see how desperate we are for God, yet how we can't see that desperation until HE reveals it to us. Lately I have just yearned to be with Jesus. I won't lie to you and say that I have satisfied that yearning every time. In fact, I haven't more times than I have - something that is quite humbling to admit. I feel like Paul when he is writing to the Romans and says 'what I want to do I don't do, but what I don't want to do, I do.' (paraphrased of course). Yet I have been jobless for the last year now and in the last few months have needed Jesus more than ever. I just recently started school at the local community college and realized that it will be a great opportunity for me to share my thoughts on the Lord and how everything we do comes as a result of our worldview of God (I'm very excited about my ethics class!) :)
God is everywhere and we cannot escape our need for him. I'm looking forward to this school year to see what he does in my life as he reminds me of my desperate need for him. My prayer is that he will show me how to show those around me in my classes and (hopefully) my work environment as I do what I want to do and press into him more and more! I pray that for you as well. :)