david, car saga continues

So today i am working on a sermon series on the life of David. pretty cool stuff. there's lots of inspiration for the students in my group from his life, both the early years and the King years. it is always such a good reminder to hear what God said to Samuel in 1 Sam 16:7, "Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart." (paraphrase mine) i hope that i can get this idea into a solid message so that our students can hear that. it's so frustrating to see these awesome kids totally rip themselves apart over their looks, what they wear, blah, blah, blah. such crap. i'm hoping that the message of David will help them to see how awesome they really are in God's eyes and to stop caring so much about what everyone else thinks!

Also today we figured out that the "new" used car i got yesterday will actually need a timing belt which basically makes the car not worth keeping. fortunately for me the guy who gave it to me is being gracious and honest and is letting me bring it back to him and look at getting a different car from him,but they are all in Flagstaff about two hours away. oh well, not a big deal, God will provide, it just makes one more distraction to the day. speaking of distractions, why am i writing a blog when i should be