November 26, 2009
Well I did fall asleep just after 7 pm last night… and woke up at 6:10 am! So I got 11 hours of sleep. And I am feeling better! Guess I really was behind on my sleep… for a long time. Ever since all the craziness started in late August – and even before that, because the summer nights were so hot and so short. Well, hurrah for long, cold, dark winter nights, eh!
As I’m doing the NaNoWriMo-ing, I am learning a lot about myself. For I think that a lot of the “fictional” actions, reactions, thoughts, emotions that I’m attributing to these women characters are probably (often for sure) right from me!
November 27, 2009
What a great week. I’ve had coffee after work three times, with some of my best gal friends! This is something I’ve longed to do for such a long time. Oh, and last night I went for coffee and a chat with 3 other friends as well! Great conversation about You, Papa!
I’m up to 47, 915 words on NaNoWriMo – not too far from my 50,000 word goal. I think I’ll actually make it by the 30th. Though it won’t be “finished” by a long shot…
The conversation last night was about the hard questions about how You could have been so harsh/ cruel/ judgmental in the Old Testament times – then, as Jesus in the New Testament, so loving (and then the harshness seemingly comes back in Revelation). Of course I’ve always heard the explanation that Your holiness requires Your judgment and wrath – with wrath being defined as extreme, “righteous” anger – whereas the guy we were listening to on the computer argued that Your wrath is not anger (as we define anger). And that it is directed at SIN – which destroys our relationship with You (rather than being directed at individuals). He said Your goal is always to restore that perfectly holy relationship… and that does require, in the end, destroying all that is evil: which has to include those individuals who refuse to accept Jesus, Your provision for restored relationship with You.
And regarding the Old Testament, an example was given of the flood: the speaker suggested that in order to guarantee that Jesus could come – at the first moment in time when (enough of ) mankind would be really to accept Him – it was necessary to destroy evil forces/ people who would otherwise end up destroying the righteous/ faithful persons through whose line of descendants Jesus would come.
Interesting thoughts… I’ll have to look more into all that… Papa???
