Some more thoughts on RISK

OK. So right after I wrote the below post I was thinking.

After dinner on Thursday John "The Conqueror" took over the entire globe in less than an hour and a half. And the Church of Jesus Christ has been working on this assignment for about 2,000 years and counting.

Our victory is assured. All the power in heaven on earth is on our side. But the victroy doesn't come quickly. God is most glorified by giving darkness its day so that:
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,on them has light shined.

This is my best idea this morning. I should develop a new version of "Worldveiw Risk." We'll Play Christians Vs Socialist, Atheist, and Muslims.

Heres my tag line.

"CONQUER THE WORLD WITH YOUR MISSIONARIES, BUT MAKE SURE TO REENFORCE YOUR TERRITORIES WITH SOME REFORMERS"

Thanksgiving

So I guess if I rated my Thanksgiving experience on a scale of 1 to 10 it would be a solid 7. Which is better than expected so I'll give some thanks right now.

Highlights:

• Spent some time, in the morning, doing Family worship with Penelope and her friend Aman (who had a sleep over) talked about repentance.


• Cooked a 20 Lbs. Turkey. That was kind of an impulse buy, and the 11 of us didn't eat half of it. I was planning on cooking it for 5 hours, but really ended up cooking it for 6. Everyone liked it (or at least claimed to).


• I asked for volunteers to read Ephesians 5:15-21 before the meal and my Sister's uncle Lenord did the honors: 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.


• After reading we all said what we were thankful for.


• I got to play Risk. I don't remember the last time I played a game of Risk. Five people played. I didn't win, but was the last to be conquered. So I guess that is like a Silver medal. I held on to Australia for almost the entire game. Afterward I talked to John "The conquerer" my Sister's faither in law about strategy.

Yeah definitely a solid 7 over all.

Shake the NAtions

On Monday (my day off) I was napping. I was woken up just before noon by a short earthquake. My bed was shaking. I went down stairs and asked my roomate Dave if he had felt it and he hadn't. On account of this I thought that I had dreamt the shaking until Tuesday morning when I went back to work and a cowoker mentioned the quake to me. A 3.1 or something in alumn rock. Very perceptive Dave hehehe. Anyway.

After loafing around for awhile I went to Lake Elizabeth (one of my favirote places) I jogged/ walked around the lake while listening to John Piper's lecture on the life and thought of St. Augstine. It was quite moving. Jogging while listening to John Piper can be a extremely pleasurable experience (thank God for portable MP3 players). I had not previously known that a central issue in Augustine's conversion was delivernace from the bondage to sexual lust that had such a grip on him. He came to see that godly chastity was a greater pleasure than sex. There were also many other wonderful points in the lecture http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Biographies/1474_The_Swan_is_Not_Silent/
Later Monday night I happened to go to good old Half Priced Books, where I hadn't been for a few years since before they moved to Pacific Commons, I picked up a copy of the Confessions for 3 dollars and 98 cents. Great deal. I also got a CD of BAch organ music and a copy of the Forest Gump Soundtrack. Anyway the Confessions is a really good book. It started out a little slow. I didn't really get much out of the part about being a baby, but once he gets to adolescence its a real page turner. It is great how he intermingles confessions of his sinful life apart from Christ with praises of the God who saved him from it.

"Pride immitates what is lofty; but you alone are God most high above all things. What does ambition seek but honour and glory? Yet you alone are worthy of honour and are glorious for eternity. The cruelty of powerful people aims to arouse fear. Who is to be feared but God alone?"

Augustine