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Friday, February 08, 2008

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#-I chased you, for in this was my pleasure.

Today, I got to cut up the ribs and open up the thoracic cage of a cadever. Such nice steel instruments for such crude purposes. But it was good, fun and informative, although I have to say I didn't actually learn much anatomy. Apparently I don't really have to know alot of proper anatomy. Like I was asking a question about the ligaments of the rib and vertebra, and the staff said that I didn't even have to know stuff like the radiate ligament and levator costarum muscles. Looks like anatomy doesn't seem like it's going to be that difficult anymore.

Yesterday, I had an audition with the combo jazz band, with some person from RCM, and the head of music at Imperial, and they liked our stuff. In fact, the head of music at Imperial offered us 3 gigs on the spot, and the RCM person seemed quite keen on getting us involved in the scene once we get our demos and website and stuff done. Sounds good. I should be posting tracks of our stuff soon on my facebook profile, so check back on that.

This weekend, I'll be going to Derbyshire for the CMF students conference, and I'm actually looking forward to it. I really want to spend a day or 2 just seeking God, with no other agenda. I mean it's really not me to spend a whole day without work, but I feel like I really need to. I need to be able to hear God's voice and know it is Him.

Next week will see me performing with LSE Swing again for a dance show (what a drag), and on Thursday, a Valentines' Gig with Big Band at the Union (yay!). I want my lindy fix!!

I forgot to update on my exams. I just passed, as expected, which is still a little dissapointing. So now I'm trying to be as muggertoad as possible with whatever time I have by planting myself in the library every lunch time to study. Since I'm fasting anyway, and lunch breaks are 2 hours, it seems a good time to study. I really need to know my stuff; I don't even want to imagine how I'd fare as a doctor if I don't know my stuff well.

Lesson for now: Patience.

I wanted to repost this quote, because I was just thinking about it:

I chased you, for in this was my pleasure.
I captured you, for this was my desire;
I bound you, and I rejoice in your bounds;
I have wounded you, that you may be united with me.
I cause you extreme pain of body.
The higher the love the greater the pain.
If I gave you blows, it was that you might possess me.
Lie down in the Fire,
See and taste the flowing Godhead through your being.

-Mechthild (speaking as God)

Love is not always just about the feeling. "Warm and fuzzy" may come and go, but true love is much more than that. I always remember the verse from Proverbs27:17, "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." And I always believe that should be true in all proper relationships, and it may not just be BGRs, but any Godly relationship. True friends do not just tolerate or accept flaws, but they try to change each other, helping shape one another into the image of Jesus Christ.

God has a plan. I may not know it, but I trust in His plan. All I need to do now, is distinguish His voice from the bustle of the world and my own conscience.

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