This morning I got up at 6 AM to do laundry because I am completely out of clothes to wear. I'm wearing my last shirt right now, I ran out of socks a couple of days ago, I opened my deodorant stick to have the last little bit of it fall on the ground, had to pick it up and use it because it's hot here (not as hot as Texas). After walking about half a mile from the cottages that we are staying at to the college (all uphill) I get to the laundry room with my quarters ready and realize I have no detergent. I walked to the front desk (I'm at Covenant College) ask if they have or sell detergent - they don't and the store on campus that might have some doesn't open until 8:30. Well...I'm supposed to sound check at 8:30 so laundry will have to wait until about 10:30 today. For those of you who don't know last week I went hiking and picked off about 25 ticks after the hike. I now have red bumps that itch all over my legs. I hope they will go away soon. I've been enjoying my time playing at Student Life camps with Aaron Ivey, Steven Bush, and Jimmie Ingram. I've also enjoyed being around their kids. Since I'm about to be an uncle I've been getting a lot of practice in with August Bush who is 7 months old (I think). He really is the cutest baby I've ever seen. They adopted him and were there at his birth which is pretty cool.
I've been trying to eat alot healthier lately. Being around 4 vegetarians who eat to be healthy (the Ivey family) and 1 guy that had cancer who eats to stay cancer free (Matt Carter) makes me really aware of what i'm putting into my body. Also whenever we went on vacation in Florida I ate and ate and ate the whole time I was there. I over ate way too much. I actually was convicted about overeating through hanging out with these guys. It's one of those almost taboo sins that no one really preaches or talks about to the church, but gluttony is just as serious as any sin. I've been thinking about our trip to Haiti that we'll be going on and thinking about what I'll have to eat over there - I'm not real sure but I imagine it will be alot of rice and beans type meals. Definitely no cookies or pie or candy or soft drinks or cake or ice cream - so I've been cutting all of that out of my diet. (for the most part - I had a Cinnamon roll last night) Who needs that stuff anyways? Many people in other countries have never tasted some of the junk food we have here and they are perfectly content.
I think that is all for now.
-Philip
2 comments to Laundry and Food
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The Dodds Hey Flip! Tics are gross...
Anyway... your thoughts on gluttony/ over eating reminded me of an amazing couple of sermons that were preached at The Village Church a few years back by Paul Matthies on Defeating Gluttony. Amazing... I'm going to try to link them... http://hv.thevillagechurch.net/sermons?kw=gluttony&type=sermons&match=any... You should listen if you get a chance!!
Really and truly praying for you and Kim!
W Bo and I went mountain biking in Missouri and the ticks were so bad! Apparently it was mating season and the female ticks get very aggressive. So gross.
I've been told in the past (by a church leader) that staying physically fit was pretty much pointless. However, I always go back to verses like 1 Cor 6:19, "...your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit...". I have a hard time believing that if Jesus came today and walked around that he wouldn't say something about our health and what we put into our bodies.
Hooray to you for trying to cut down on the sweets. It can be difficult, but your body will acclimate and then you can choose something else to eliminate. I'm to the point now where if I eat a bag a chips I feel really bad. Not guilt, but like my body doesn't know what to do with the junk.
Enough about that. We'll be praying for you and Kim about Haiti. That sounds like an amazing opportunity. You should see The Agronomist.