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6/30/2007 |
If I fall asleep at this very moment, I'd have only an hour before my alarm goes off. We need to be at the airport at 4:30a.m. I'm going to get some sleep. I have promised myself some sleep.
I'm listening to U2's song "Sometimes you can't make it on your own." If you want to listen along as you read this, you can pull up the video on YouTube. The song is five minutes long; you should be done reading this blog before the song is over.
I like U2. They're one of my favorites. I think the band understands alot about cultivating community. If you're on YouTube, some time check out the footage from their Vertigo Tour and you'll understand what I mean.
Right now, I know that if I wasn't on a team, I'd quit. I couldn't go alone. I'd back out. The burden I feel right now is too much.
The responsibility is heavy. I'm scared I'll fail. I wish God would send someone else, someone better than me. I'm not nervous. I'm not even all that sad about leaving behind friends and family in America (I know that we'll be in good contact; I know we won't loose contact). I'm scared. I'm scared to death because the responsibility is heavy and I wish it hadn't fallen on me.
It would've been easier if I'd say "No." I had plenty of oppurtunities to do so. I could be a homeowner. Maybe even have kids by now. My life would have been typical. Maybe even predictable. Life would be easier if I'd just back out.
Don't worry (if you are). I'm not going to quit. I'm not alone. I'm not doing this alone. The brothers and sisters involved in this ministry are incredible in number and in faith. I don't have to go it alone. I'm going with friends. Good friends. I imagine we'll be scared together. That's alright.
The consequences are too great for failure to be optional in this endeavor. Not even trying is cowardice. Faithless. I'm surrounded by too many faithful people to be faithless. Today I will be faithful. Today I will be faithful.
The Cardinals are now 9.5 games back. It could be a discouraging season.
NFL Europe just shut down. I really did want to try and catch a game. How many people can say they actually attended an NFL Europe game? Two?
I have decided that I will buy a Nintendo Wii the first oppurtunity I have. I played a one for the first time tonight. I beat my new brother-in-law, Bryan (yes, folks, it's with a "y" and I'm just as disappointed as you, but other than the fact that he can't spell, I'd say Alisha's sister did pretty well in her choice of husband), at baseball. But I lost to the computer in Tennis.
OK, I'm going to sleep. Sleep. sleep. Is sleep even a real word? It's just leep with an 's' in front of it. This is the last blog for the Rushers. We're retiring. Going to focus on other things for a while. Maybe by the end of the year we'll have a personal blog on blogger (so we can easily post pictures). I think I'd like that.
See you in Vienna.
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Re: Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own--Brian |
By Elizabeth Mullins on
7/3/2007 |
| Hey Vienna Team! I am so glad you made it there safely. Amanda...um...I tried to post you a note on your blog and...um...I was denied!!! Can you believe that! If you could grant me access I promise I won't send you junk mail! |
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