Surely this should be the view everybody sees at work
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
John 4
I'm reading John at the moment, im not sure why, i just felt compelled to. A couple of things have struck me so far but the one that has made me think the most is this
"Now, Jesus knew well from experience that a prophet is not respected in the place where he grew up. So when he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up to."
Thats from The Message, KJV says -
"For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast" John 4:44-45
How true is that? People who knew you when you were young have a hard time accepting that you've grown (something that has become very apparent since Eliot has had a growth spurt, everyone feels the need to tell him how little he used to be and how they cant believe how tall his got). They have an even harder time accepting that you've changed. A couple of months ago for a psychology self development course i was taking i had to get a selection of people to fill out some questions about my personality and then they were cross matched with my perceptions of myself. Some people who filled it out i have only know for the past five years or so, some have known me all my life. There was a stark contrast on one question that screwed up all of the data "Rate how confident you believe Sophie is on a scale of one to ten" Simple enough surely? The people that have known me five years or less gave me a score of around seven, the people who have known me since i was a child scored me on average two. Its quite likely that i was a 'two' when i was ... two, but few people who didnt know me at that age believed that.
Sure the Galileans have a whole lot more to get their heads around here, this guy that they knew when he was a kid is now performing all these miracles and saying he was sent from heaven and they're thinking 'wait wait wait, dont we know your mum and dad? arent your Josephs boy? and you expect us to believe this?'
I wonder if this is what makes it so hard for our families to accept that we know Jesus, when we didnt before, i know my family find it especially hard to accept the change and are angry really more than anything. But i get the sense that if i were to move to a new town where nobody knew me things would be a whole lot easier, and people would accept me from the start for who i am.
"Now, Jesus knew well from experience that a prophet is not respected in the place where he grew up. So when he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, but only because they were impressed with what he had done in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, not that they really had a clue about who he was or what he was up to."
Thats from The Message, KJV says -
"For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast" John 4:44-45
How true is that? People who knew you when you were young have a hard time accepting that you've grown (something that has become very apparent since Eliot has had a growth spurt, everyone feels the need to tell him how little he used to be and how they cant believe how tall his got). They have an even harder time accepting that you've changed. A couple of months ago for a psychology self development course i was taking i had to get a selection of people to fill out some questions about my personality and then they were cross matched with my perceptions of myself. Some people who filled it out i have only know for the past five years or so, some have known me all my life. There was a stark contrast on one question that screwed up all of the data "Rate how confident you believe Sophie is on a scale of one to ten" Simple enough surely? The people that have known me five years or less gave me a score of around seven, the people who have known me since i was a child scored me on average two. Its quite likely that i was a 'two' when i was ... two, but few people who didnt know me at that age believed that.
Sure the Galileans have a whole lot more to get their heads around here, this guy that they knew when he was a kid is now performing all these miracles and saying he was sent from heaven and they're thinking 'wait wait wait, dont we know your mum and dad? arent your Josephs boy? and you expect us to believe this?'
I wonder if this is what makes it so hard for our families to accept that we know Jesus, when we didnt before, i know my family find it especially hard to accept the change and are angry really more than anything. But i get the sense that if i were to move to a new town where nobody knew me things would be a whole lot easier, and people would accept me from the start for who i am.
Friday, September 18, 2009
More updates
Lets see ... a small update is in order i feel, so here goes
I phoned the university so check up on the application, as they hadnt got back to me, Stephen said i didnt get accepted onto the course, because there werent anymore spaces left, but advised me to re-apply next year or in february for the three year long programme.
After a morning of extreme moodyness caused by this news and the lack of reply in the first place (it seems like it would have been quite easy to have emailed me this response a week ago) i figured mopeing wasnt getting me anywhere and decided to do something more productive. An hour or so of trawling through graduate job vacancies made me adament that if there is anything i really dont want to do it is any of these graduate jobs, which by the looks of things have absolutely no purpose to them. What i really want to do is the darn course i applied for, and the jobs that result from that, but i cant get any of the jobs because i dont have the qualification or experience, oh what a tangled web we weave. So i gave up and started looking at how i could claim benefits instead (defeatest attitude i know) and stumbled across volunteering in the health/social care field, which at first seemed a little implausible because id still need an income to survive on but with further research the advantages to it keep on unravelling, full time volunteering for 12 months - that would take me up to next year when hopefully i would have a place on the course, it would give me the experience to ensure that i was one of the top people chosen for the course in the first place, they place you in a setting away from home but somewhere else in the UK - i love my family but im at the point in life (like many other graduates) where i cant live at home anymore, im past that point, i can fend for myself and i really like doing it, however of course i dont have the money to afford to live away from my mums house, not only rent but electricity, gas, water, TV license, internet, food bills, telephone bills, council tax, its a lot of things to consider, which brings me to my next plus - free room and board - they put you up somewhere close to where you are volunteering and pay for the essentials (now how inclusive that is im not completely sure but the basis behind it is pretty solid), they give you a weekly allowance (which is more than the £0 i am getting at the moment) AND most importantly, i feel, i would actually be doing something that i felt was of some use to somebody, that made the slightest bit of difference to somebodies life and hopefully that i didnt have to struggle to get out of bed in the morning to convince myself to do everyday. I really cant stand the thought of living each day for a pay cheque, trundling off to work because thats what i have to do to survive, sure there is truth in the saying 'work to live dont live to work' but when so much of your life is spent at work are you really enjoying life if you dont enjoy your job?
Yesterday they phoned me and asked me to an interview on Tuesday, i dont think ive ever been excited about a potential job before, but im really excited about this opportunity, that seems like a good sign to me.
Ill keep y'all informed
I phoned the university so check up on the application, as they hadnt got back to me, Stephen said i didnt get accepted onto the course, because there werent anymore spaces left, but advised me to re-apply next year or in february for the three year long programme.
After a morning of extreme moodyness caused by this news and the lack of reply in the first place (it seems like it would have been quite easy to have emailed me this response a week ago) i figured mopeing wasnt getting me anywhere and decided to do something more productive. An hour or so of trawling through graduate job vacancies made me adament that if there is anything i really dont want to do it is any of these graduate jobs, which by the looks of things have absolutely no purpose to them. What i really want to do is the darn course i applied for, and the jobs that result from that, but i cant get any of the jobs because i dont have the qualification or experience, oh what a tangled web we weave. So i gave up and started looking at how i could claim benefits instead (defeatest attitude i know) and stumbled across volunteering in the health/social care field, which at first seemed a little implausible because id still need an income to survive on but with further research the advantages to it keep on unravelling, full time volunteering for 12 months - that would take me up to next year when hopefully i would have a place on the course, it would give me the experience to ensure that i was one of the top people chosen for the course in the first place, they place you in a setting away from home but somewhere else in the UK - i love my family but im at the point in life (like many other graduates) where i cant live at home anymore, im past that point, i can fend for myself and i really like doing it, however of course i dont have the money to afford to live away from my mums house, not only rent but electricity, gas, water, TV license, internet, food bills, telephone bills, council tax, its a lot of things to consider, which brings me to my next plus - free room and board - they put you up somewhere close to where you are volunteering and pay for the essentials (now how inclusive that is im not completely sure but the basis behind it is pretty solid), they give you a weekly allowance (which is more than the £0 i am getting at the moment) AND most importantly, i feel, i would actually be doing something that i felt was of some use to somebody, that made the slightest bit of difference to somebodies life and hopefully that i didnt have to struggle to get out of bed in the morning to convince myself to do everyday. I really cant stand the thought of living each day for a pay cheque, trundling off to work because thats what i have to do to survive, sure there is truth in the saying 'work to live dont live to work' but when so much of your life is spent at work are you really enjoying life if you dont enjoy your job?
Yesterday they phoned me and asked me to an interview on Tuesday, i dont think ive ever been excited about a potential job before, but im really excited about this opportunity, that seems like a good sign to me.
Ill keep y'all informed
Monday, September 14, 2009
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