My Self-Funding
I am probably going to be looking for some side work soon. I have some debts that I want to handle in short order and also increase my savings for my graduate studies. If you know of anyone who could use me, let me know. 
-j
My Superheroes
It’s no secret that I like comics. Especially Superman. I also like your occasional X-Man. My favorite show on TV right now is Heroes. It’s about people who were “normal” and one day realized they had supernatural abilities. The show tells of how they adapted to these abilities, learned how to use them, and saved the world. It appeals to me because what guy doesn’t wish he had some sort of superpower? I can live vicariously through a TV show. I know, I’m a dork.
When I read the Bible, I read stories of people who had what seemed like superpowers. Moses divided a sea so people could pass through it. David killed a giant. Peter walked on water. Not a few disciples healed people. Stephen was killed with a smile on his face. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s some pretty cool stuff.
Sometimes I think of their childhoods. They were probably pretty normal in their own circumstances. I bet when they were 10 they didn’t really think one day they would be in a book that people still read and live by after several thousand years. They were ordinary people, but something about them made them different. They had faith in God.
I have faith in God, and a lot of you do too. Do you really think you could part a sea? I know, Moses didn’t do anything other than obey God, and God did the work. But that’s how it works anyway. We wouldn’t be doing any of that stuff, God would. I started at the same place guys like Moses and Paul did. I gotta think there isn’t really anything physically different about me in relation to Paul. So then why do I consider Paul a spiritual superhero and myself nothing?
Humility aside (Paul would consider himself nothing as well, I think), I’m starting to believe that we really could do stuff like Paul did. If it wasn’t him doing it, but God, then it stands to reason that God could perform these works in us. We could be spiritual superheroes to someone else. Some people have. I haven’t, and I think it’s my fault.
Moses was just as ordinary a guy as I am (aside from his palatial Egyptian residence). God, help me to believe I can part a sea, and then take me to that sea. Use me to bring glory to Yourself.
-j