Incase you were thinking about jacking me......

I will now spill the beans on my travel plans etc. First I would like to add a new feature when possible. I will list the song I am listening to on Youtube as I go along through the post. ( http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y0s7ycdUcHk Counting Crows, Colourblind). Here's what I have planned. I'm working until December 5th, at which point I will be heading back into London and hopefully will make it out to hockey that night as the 5th falls on a Friday. On the 6th I have a wedding to attend for my former flat mate/paster/landlord. On the 7th I'll probably go to church and play it low key. dec 8th I'm doing Christmas shopping in London and will be going with my friend Erin to see Wicked, a musical about the wicked witch of the west as she tells her story; You know,the one from he Wizard of Oz. On the 9th Erin and I are heading to Manchester to check that place out, coming back later on the 10th. Then I catch a flight to Milan on the morning of the 11th, which is when I begin my tour of Italy that will take me up to December 20th. I fly back to London and on the 21st I fly to Toronto where I'll be spending a few days with uncle Robert and family, leaving on the 23rd to head home. I'll be in St. John's December 23rd with family and the like, and I hope to stay around at least a week into January, but we'll see how things go. I just got an letter for an interview on November 19th, but I don't know if I will be able to make it because I can't leave here and I need to give 1 months notice for any time I take off. This is because they have to find someone to come live here in my place while I'm gone. So, if I get that job then I don't know when they will want me to come back. no I'm not going to miss Christmas or New years at home, but I just don't know how accommodating they will be if another applicant with the same criteria as me applies without so much time booked upside of the country. Once i get into an interview, people fall in love with me, it's getting to that point that is sometimes difficult....... you know, I've never had an interview and not gotten the job. So, if I should be there I will be there and that's just how it is. This is my understanding of the Christian faith on such matters, where one must combine the idea of free will with the concept of God's plan. Sure there's a plan, but if everything happened exactly the way God intended it to, then our choices in life would all be predetermined, thus God would predetermine some people to chose hell, eternal damnation and all that racket, which goes against his desire for all humanity to worship him. I know I'm being a bit lazy here and not providing scripture references, so don't take this as the gospel truth. Don't take anything as the gospel truth unless it is backed up with Scripture. So, in order for there to be free will and plan, then the plan, I believe, will follow easily when we place God first and are making choices based on what we believe he wants us to do. How do you know what God wants you to do? Well, some people have an easier time with this than others, and I believe I am one of those who has a hard time with it, but is half convinced that I have it figured out. I'm like a boards hugger. Like someone who skates around the rink holding the side of the boards and lets go every now and again with a bit of confidence, but once they get too caught up in how good they are doing it on their own the fall on their backside and end up back holding the boards again. I really wasn't sure where I was goign with that analogy but I didn't stop typing and it worked itself out in the end. Jesus being the boards. If you don't get this it's okay, but I don't feel like explaining it any further. So we have free will to do what we want, but when we chose to do things based on what seems right, and then pray for God's guidance through it, then I believe it will work out the way it was supposed to. More specifically, I think this job could be a good move. It would get me back to where my friends are in Croydon, and I would be able to go back to playing hockey, while having more free time than I do here. But I understand that these might be selfish ambitions, so I accept the fact that I might not be meant to go to Croydon, and I know that if it doesn't work out that I will find myself still happy wherever I am, and know that I am where I should be. That's faith I think. I have an idea of what I want, but I don't place any faith in myself because I'm not as good at understanding the eternal purpose of each and every minute as my creator is. Does everything happen for a reason? I would usually say know, but the true answer is yes. Why? Well here's an example. Why am I 800 lbs? The reason is probably not "Because God willed it." The reason is probably "because I substitute butter for milk in my coco puffs every morning." But I guess when people make the statement, "Everything happens for a reason." They are talking about divine reason, appointed by a higher power. I'm not sold 100% on this idea, but I will have to get through the Bible at least once before I am satisfied. However, for now, it makes sense to me that there is a divine plan, and we have free will to chose to follow it or not. how we make that choice is not always easy to see, but living based on Biblical principles is a good start. I just fee like, if I am headed in the wrong direction and I ask for guidance, while doing what I believe is the right thing to do, or at least not obviously wrong, then how it all works out is left in Gods hands. So I want to get this job, and I will do all I can to get it, but if I don't get it then I wont be upset because I know there is something better for me, somewhere where I'm needed. It's a pretty relaxed way to live, it just takes letting go of your self-security, accepting that you really don't have a clue about what is best for you. I really didn't intend to get preachy here, but that's sort of how a rant goes really doesn't it? I felt like writing a blog about something, so I started on my travels and then I ended up here. I hope someone got a good taste out of it. Oh, as far as my job goes, feel free to pray about it, in Jesus name of course. If you're not into Jesus that's cool, but please don't pray to anyone else because I'd rather not have my opportunities curse for the sake of glorifying another god. I guess that's another factor to take into consideration hey. Our battle is not against flesh and blood. Oh well, enough of that, I'm off. David