1000 marbles

I heard a good sermon today at church. The moral was that you only have a so many weekends remaining in your life and spending those working to make money may not be as satisfying as spending that time with your loved ones. I kind of have to agree with this reasoning. I would like the oppurtunity to work more given the chance and be more financially stable than I am now. With farming there are risks that are necessary. Back on subject, making the time to listen and be with others is important. Consistently saying that someone else is not worth your time is not the way I want to go through life. As much time as I spend alone or have spent alone, making time for other people is worthwhile. The thousand marbles relates to how much time you have left. I am thinking about buying a jar and a marble for every saturday I might have in my life expectancy. As I get to watch the jar get less and less full, I should be more urgent in getting to do things with others. Then if I get lucky enough to see it empty, thats another week of life God has given me.

The before part of the story was where Jesus was visiting a house with Mary and Martha. One of them was busting her hump to make this spectacular meal in an effort to please Jesus. She was disappointed when she saw that her sister was lazing around at Jesus's feet, taking the time to get to know Jesus. I like to think of myself more as the sister taking the time to learn and get to know someone. What matters in life is how you treat the people you know and meet, not what you can do for them.

I also took the time to watch knocked up again today. The first time through, I didn't much think it was all that funny and didn't like it. The second time around, I am picking up on more of the themes and enjoying it more. The part that I am really thinking the most about is the marriage ideals being tossed around with place. The women think they have all the burden, the guys want to continue being guys, and neither group can get that out of each other. Hopefully one day I can get to the point where I can get in a good relationship and marriage where any problems and issues that come up can be resolved.
In some ways the movie isn't much of a comedy, but more of a study on relationships and how they can work or won't work.

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