BC (Before Commitment)

Yesterday, I got a surprise, not an unpleasant one, somewhat pleasing, but made me feel somewhat uncomfortable and maybe a little guilty...

Y'see, in a previous life, before February 2011 when I re-committed myself to Christ, I had fingers in other pies, other stuff occupying the part of my brain that needs constant stimulation.  (If I had been born 30 years later, I would have been diagnosed with ADD and my school would have got a lot of money for me.  But it's just simply I need more to do than most, else I get bored.  Simple as that.  I don't have a particularly high IQ, but when I lack stimulation I get bored, when I get bored I get frustrated, when I get frustrated I start losing self-worth.  My opinion: parents have lost the art of playing with their kids.)

Anyway, yesterday, this previous life came and smacked me on the nose (nicely) with a dedication in a (re-issued) book from a series that I used to absorb almost voraciously.

I am flattered, really.  It was the sort of thing I used to dream about..but now, that dream has been replaced with a real place that I hope to go to one day, permanently, rather than spend split-seconds during particularly spiritual worship.   Yes, worthy dreams now.   Considering that the dedication includes mention of something which I shed a couple of months ago as "not unlawful, but not expedient either"...ahh this could bring on the blushes, and I need to break this to the author, gently.

It wouldn't hurt to reinstate that which I shed.  It wouldn't take over my life as it did prior.  Something else has taken over, and I wouldn't have it any other way.  So maybe I will, and firstly I need to apologise to the author....secular or not, it isn't his fault...

Worship Central

A little aside today.

HMV are stocking Worship Central's Spirit Break Out, as of today.

It always makes me smile when a Christian track or CD makes it big, and I'm not talking Cliff Richard who built himself a huge fanbase in all age ranges.  The last one I vividly remember was "Shackles" and I wondered at the time how many people actually realised that the song, sounding like a Pop Idol submission, but irritatingly catchy, was Christian, as it doesn't actually mention God or Jesus at all.

However, this is oh-so-obviously Christian, and even in this day and age where there is room on the shelves due to the popularity of MP3 downloads, this is quite an achievement.  Good for them.