Seth’s World View

Just downloaded the Donnie Darko Soundtrack and the Firefly Soundtrack. It’s a good night of music.

I have had two very good days of relative peace and joy. Whenever I have peace and joy, I tend to want to enjoy them and wonder if they will last. The words of a few weary travelers have been my foundation these days: Rich Mullins, Larry Crabb, and Brennan Manning. I actually was reading the biography of Rich Mullins on Thursday night, the chapter about pain and suffering. I think it was healing to embrace pain as part of the human condition, along with a progression towards blatant honesty. I see a lot of myself in Rich Mullins persona, and relate to ‘feeling too much’ in this world. But pain can be a great thing too.

I love Larry Crabb. His writing has affected me more than any other. I read The Pressure’s Off a few years ago, which was incredible, but had lost most of what I’d gained from it. The main lesson from it is that God’s greatest blessing…is Himself. I believe that is true. Well, bought and started reading Shattered Dreams by Larry Crabb. Wow. That is my life, everything he says. It’s too much to explain right now, but there is joy to be found in my weakness.