Is in love but am also falling love...

I tried on wedding rings today with my wife to be. 'twas amusingly low-key and tres wonderful.

We haven't picked any yet but pretty much know what we're after. What is strange is how our preconceived idea of what we wanted changed as we walked round Westfields looking in various jewellers. The clear idea we had has been replaced by a better one. Which I think aptly fits with I am in love and I am falling love.

Cold and Broken Hallelujah

Sitting in my cold flat working from home while some lovely if sweary men fit new windows, I can hear the strains of hallelujah on the radio...

Struck me that we need some more broken hallelujahs to be sung...

Pessimism and the eternal optimist

I find this horrible dichotomy rearing up in me again, my immediate response to hearing something not good is that it's my fault. That being the pessimist and then the eternal optimist appears... I believe that God is interested in people and that when we pray he does act. Someone much cleverer than I said something about the strangeness of God wanting to work with humanity through prayer and communion. I have seen small 'miracles' and things happen which cannot be explained except that God answers the prayers of his people. I can't escape the feeling that there is more to life than just the here and now, as a wiseman once said 'eternity is on our hearts'.

So here I am a cross between a pessimist and an eternal optimist. 

The irony is not lost on me...

So about those habits...

Well I'm still managing four or five days a week on the ole bible reading front. Problem comes at the weekend or working from home as I'm in the habit of reading on the train.

Being sensible, check! Aided quite helpfully by my wonderful fiancée who does a grand job of making sure I don't stay out too late on a school night.

November's unannounced habit - tucking my shirt in at work. My fiancée has rubbed off on me here! Something of the school teacher and well I'm smartening up my work appearance. Next step shaving regularly?! Maybe a step too far!

As for December... I dunno yet!