Colby's Comments

Pardon the alliteration, it is the missionary in me. It is encouraging to know that you guys are reading and studying; it will provoke me to do more. Right now I am beginning to study Hebrew again: writing out paradigms, reading OT Textual Criticism, doing vocab, and hopefully translating. I began this week it hopes of testing out of Hebrew I and II here at TEDS. Right now I am signed up for a OT Intro to the Pentateuch and Geography of Bible Lands. Hopefully I can take some Hebrew courses if I test well.

My job has been going well. I work for an electrician who does high-end residential work. This week I was in a 5 million dollar house. The sad part is that it was a summer house for its owners. The new aspects of my job are driving through Chicago traffic and using pipe to run wires in (something they do here in Chicago). Em and I are looking for a church: you can pray about that. It seems that it is hard to find a solid church around here. The one we liked the most had a woman SS teacher for a mixed group. I wasn't sure what to think. She did a good job though!

Besides learning to love and enjoy my wife, I have been reading Ecclesiastes. I am on my second time through, and the dots are starting to connect. I may post about it later, but I will offer a few comments. There seems to be a difference between our hearts finding pleasure in our toil and enjoying our toil. It seems that our hearts reward should be our Creator, while we should enjoy the lot he has given us. This is especially encourages me because after arriving at graduation from college, marriage, and a job I need to still find pleasure in God above all and not consider my work drudgery.I might want to shun earthly pleasures so I can enjoy God, but actually I should delight in God and the things he has given me: wife, food, drink, work. Well, that is all for now. Please excuse more more colloquial style. I would love to chat with you guys. Maybe Jeremy can do a post on his plans to go to Mexico. Farewell.