today was interesting. i was able to do what i love doing quite a lot (ie, hit stuff as an excuse for music in the name of god). i also ate some lovely food that i didnae have to pay for - and in good company.
it was nice to speak to wantage hall dude andy, who i haven't the chance to speak much with before, so i am grateful for each opportunity as it passes. seeing as the talk at church this morning was on diversity, it was fitting that i met for the first time a brazilian named rodrigo today, who came to the student lunch. he says he prefers britain to america so far. i wonder if i would agree. next term he will be going to greece, and im pretty sure i prefer britain to greece - there's too much that would remind me of maths there - erg. i also found out that the maths assignments that i was worried about are not due in as soon as i had thought, so that brings a relief indeed.
So while those things were good (and i received a leftover swiss roll too) i did receive some bad news from dad about my family.
While we are not redeemed to live a life of comfort, we are not redeemed temporarily, as if to be caught and turned to slaves again. "life to the full" is being expressed in what is going on here and now, and all that it entails. sometimes it takes something terrible to show up how different god is to the terrible, like being a glaring contrast - and in doing so, we get a realisation of how great he is.
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