0120 Sunday

My father dropped me off at SBCC in time for the 11am service. On the way in, I ran into my friend, Linda K (see pic), who was checking out churches in the area. We sat together in the back.

Pastor Ken continued his “Keeping It Simple” series with this weekend’s part of “To Me, To Live Is ...”, and talked about how we all have a “box” that we use to keep what’s important to us inside. The contents of our box drives our desires and directs our lives in ways that we aren’t even aware of. He spoke of the writings of the apostle Paul, who wrote a letter to the church of Philippi, while a prisoner of the Romans. The letter became the source for the book of Philippians.

He referred to Philippians 1:19-26, to explain how Paul had Christ in his “box”, as Paul put his future in God’s hands, indicating that although he would prefer dying, to be with Christ in heaven, it was to the Lord’s advantage to keep him on earth to continue to work with the church. Verses 22-24 say, “If I am to go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me. Yet what shall I choose? I do not know! I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body.”

We all need to make sure that Christ is in our own box, and that whatever else is in the does not push out or obscure the effect that Christ has on our lives.

After the service ended, I chatted briefly with Linda, before joining Koinonia in the Dugout for our weekly meeting. Jennifer had to work, and Sam called to say that he wouldn’t be able to make it. So the six of us went through Lesson Thirteen of our Genesis study, led by Sheri, which dealt with Abraham and Isaac, and how their relationship mirrored that of God and Jesus.

We finished up around 3pm, so some of us went for an early dinner at Red Robin in the South Bay Galleria. Wendi, Stephanie, Eric and I all stuffed in Liz’s car, and found a handicapped space in front of Nordstrom. We met Sunny there, but Chris was nowhere to be seen.

As we sat at a table, Eric asked Liz if Chris would be joining us. Liz replied that he was on his phone so she just left him a voice message. Eric suggested that maybe he’s talking to a woman. Sunny immediately responded, “Impossible. Liz and I are here.” Hmmm.

There was also some speculation involving Chris’ sister Tina. Someone suggested passing the info to me, so that I would blog it. So here it is: According to Eric Yi, Tina and Ed are an “item”. If you have any questions about this, you should contact Eric.

The music at Red Robin was from the 80’s. Eric displayed his expertise of the era by naming all the songs AND the artists as each one came up. Lucky for me they were not playing songs from the 70’s.

After dinner, Liz dropped the others off at SBCC and then gave me a ride home. It was a nice day.

A YEAR AGO TODAY: Therapy workouts had me sitting unsupported for brief moments at a time. Speech had me working on stimulating my throat muscles. Blood pressure was 130/88. No visitors other than my mother and sister.