Wide-eyed

So today I passed out card thingies for the Shack. I was scared out of my wits, but I think I remembered to smile. But doing that kind of thing is good for me, I think. For some reason, I really want to move out of my comfortl zone this semester. I guess I feel like I've been spoon-feeding myself long enough, and it's time to get down to business. Anyway, I realized how little attention I pay to people I pass by every day going to class. People who've seen me pass by can vouch- 9 times out of 10, I honestly can't see or hear you, so calling out to me may result in embarrassment (although I'm getting better with that). I guess I really noticed that there were faces and stories attached to the people I was giving cards to...kinda makes you think.

Also, funny thing. I was talking about how Leviticus is the hardest book of the Bible for me to read...like, I really don't get the point of reading about all these sacrifices and ceremony that didn't seem to apply to my life now, and so on. Anyway, last night my Bible study girls gave me a Welcome Home bag, and in it was the book they had studied last fall while I was away- The Pursuit of Holiness by Jeff Bridges. I had seen it mentioned in the emails I got with prayer requests, and I honestly thought I wouldn't like it very much. You know how it is..."holy" is all well and good in the Bible, but talk about applying that to everyday life and you get visions of grim and strict...old people. But from the first chapter of this book, I was really interested. It's actually a really practical book, and I think I'm going to finish reading it on my own as part of my devotional time. But anyway, what this has to do with Leviticus, yeah. The author included part of Andrew Bonar's commentary on Leviticus in said first chapter...and it was interesting. I couldn't believe it. Then I got one of those weird slow grins I get sometimes, and I said, "You know what? I'm gonna read Leviticus again." I'm gonna look up some commentaries and what not to help me along, and I'm gonna get to it. I mean, it has to be in the Bible for a reason, right? I might as well get something out of it. So that is my goal for a while- to get something out of Leviticus.

Heh heh...wish me luck.