July 22, 2004
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Random ramblings, since I don’t have time to write a real post:
- On the prayer experiment. I tried praying specifically the “wrong” way yesterday (unrepentant, full of rebellion, asking for selfish things) and went 0 for 3. If I get enough data points, I can plot correlation graphs for cesareborgia’s enjoyment.
- On a lark, I jokingly asked altoz to pray for a parking space while driving to Summer Swing (Rowe’s Wharf), and we got one. Saved 17 bucks. Maybe God loves him more than me.
- Besides the prayer experiments and dating theology, my mind is scattered between work, church issues, loft revovations (finally installed track lights in the kitchen), more evidence for/against the War in Iraq that people are emailing me, and whether it’s ok to call your political opponents “girly-men.”
- I have a bunch of thoughts on responses to my Theology of Dating post, but I need to sort them out first. For now, I have to say that ambiguity is good in the beginning of a relationship, but it should shrink as the relationship grows deeper. By marriage, there shouldn’t be ambiguity, and especially not with friends of the opposite sex! Because you never want to have the following conversation:
- Husband: Are you turned on by my wife?
- Your answer: Yes, I totally lust after her.
- Husband: [punches you in the face]
OR
- Husband: Are you turned on by my wife?
- Your answer: No, I find her totally unappealing.
- Husband: [punches you in the face]
- On the prayer experiment. I tried praying specifically the “wrong” way yesterday (unrepentant, full of rebellion, asking for selfish things) and went 0 for 3. If I get enough data points, I can plot correlation graphs for cesareborgia’s enjoyment.
Comments (4)
Hahhahha… [punched in the face] – hilarious.
I dunno if I’d necessarily equate God loves for us with answering prayer, but I think you already know that. =b
what is this business w/ married women?
i think people change all the time.even if both parties are very honest about themselves in the beginning of a relationship, they may change as time goes on even after they get married; ambiguity may be an ongoing thing even after marriage. but maybe it’s the comfort of knowing that someone loves you no matter how much you change that keeps people together? look at thelma and louise – they both started out one way and ended up another way. but they were in the journey together. that’s what counts. i think people have a romanticized view of marriage (like expecting the world to change) and troubles start when they start taking the other person for granted. if you know yourself well enough to allow for yourself to change, then you’ll probably be allowing and accepting for your partner to change as well.
re:prayer testing
sometimes you have to believe in wishes 100% before they work. it’s like voodoo. if you don’t believe fully in voodoo, then you cannot become a victim of someone performing a voodoo curse on you. it’s a two-way thing. next time, try the prayer thing – but don’t do it on a lark. see what happens!