Dan Jones

Back! For now...

Hi there. After a 2 week hiatus, here's the current blog entry. Stay tuned, maybe I'll blog again next week.

I'm getting settled into the school year and I've made a least one observation: I live a long, long way from any of my classes. If you check out the above image, that little red square on the lower right is where I live, Larch Hall. That little red square in the upper left corner is where my first class meets a few days of the week. I don't think I can possibly live on campus and be farther away. The other red square is where my other classes are, and the green square is where I used to live. Much closer, right?

I'm lovin' most of my classes though. Finally, after 3 and a half years of college, I'm taking classes I will use after I graduate. What am I taking? Con E (aka "Non E" by some...) 351 -Mechanical and Electrical Systems; ME 421 - Mechanical Systems and Control; ME 441 - Fundamentals of HVAC; and ME 335 - Fluid Dynamics. Neato.

I was reading just a little earlier and I ran into something really interesting. In Acts 20.24 Paul is saying goodbye to his friends, knowing he will probably never see them again. He tells them, "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God."

His attitude is what's so striking. He does not consider his own life as dear to him. It's not his own at all. He doesn't seek to preserve it or improve his conditions. Paul took more risks in one city, probably in one day, than I may ever take in my entire lifetime. The bigger question is, were they even risks? Does he really have anything to fear? He dies, he's in heaven. Risk? What risk?

I hold on to my life pretty closely, really. I wonder how close I'll be ever be to truly having that kind of attitude. Until next month...

Posted by dan at August 27, 2004 04:01 PM