OPERATION MELANCHOLY
What is Operation Melancholy?Thats a good question, what is operation Melancholy?... All I know is that it was Nic's idea, and he is a youth from my youth group at Central Christian Church. His plan was to use this, to take over the world, but really there may be a deep meaning to this operation Melancholy.
Really its a great idea if you consider the definition of Melancholy. Melancholy can be defined as:
1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed Is it possible for Christians to be Melancholy? Sure it is possible, but really should there be Melancholy Christians... I myself have had Melancholy moments, but for what reason do I live to be a Melancholy Christian. I do not live to be a Melancholy Christian, I have no reason to believe that I should be Melancholy. Its funny, because I tease my friend Dan Foreman, back in Good ol' Burtt's Corner about his having a horse shoe up his butt... well if I follow through with operation Melancholy, I will help shove horse shoes up everyones butt. To not be Melancholy, means to recognize the reason for living to its fully potential. I am truly a blessed man and I am pulling horseshoes out of me, every day and I should not be Melancholy for the truth and reality behind my being blessed.
Philippians 4:4-5 says:Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
I know that scripture I have used before in posts, but its so true. Christians should not be defined as "Melancholy" Christians, but as Christ would have us be, people who are seeking to comfort the Melancholy. As members, part of the body of Christ, we should reach out with open arms to seek and save those who are hurt and lost. Operation Melancholy is all about lending that horseshoe to those around us and if we did that everyday. I guarantee, we would no longer have a Melancholy world and there would no longer be "Melancholy Christians."
We Gotta Win
Well as a Loyal Leaf fan that I am, I must say, despite the Leafs performance during my March Break... they will win the cup. Actually my March break was excellent. Had the oppurtunity to catch up with friends, work with my home Church a bit and also play and watch the greatest game on earth. Wednesday March 21st would be my last game of Ice Hockey of the year and unfortunatly I never got 1 point... but I had a ton of fun, just being with all of my friends who I have missed dearly. I finished this years Hockey with
5 Goals, 25 Assists in 17 Games, which I am quite proud of, only going pointless in two games. This was a good year for me and I am sure will continue to be. Last year playing Hockey I only had 10 assists, so I have definetly improved.
Hopefully this will be the case with my Leafs too, as they are only 4 points back of a playoff spot, with 2 games in hand. They have some fighting to do, but Mats Sundin, the Leafs faithful captain has promised he will win a cup in Toronto. Friday night was likely the worst game I have ever watched of the Leafs, as I fell to the ground and almost cried... over a Hockey game, which I have no part of. Weird! but I want to see the Leafs win and thats what they did Saturday as I got back to PEI, just in time to see the Leafs defeat Buffalo, just as they should have that Friday. If they can keep their intensity, they may just pull it off.
One thing I know though, being a Leafs fan over the years... you really gotta have Faith to cheer for a team like the Leafs... Have Faith!
Go Leafs GO!
Walking a lonely road?
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" By Greenday
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
Alone in the ShadowsWell an interesting Saturday evening for me, as I sat down contemplating thoughts during the Leafs vs Sens game, which woot we won! After the game I then decided on going for a walk, because there were lots of things on my mind. Seemed on this evening that I thought of the things having to do with the people around me that I had never noticed before.
Sometimes I wonder if perhaps I can be too loud to realize that there are those around me who are hurting. Thinking about some of these people on this fine evening, I began walking randomly through the UPEI campus and then walking through Brown's Court (Party Central), not considering how dangerous it is on a Saturday evening in that area, but I obviously lived to tell... therefore I can tell you what I continued to think about as I saw a random streaker run by me... awkward!!!!.
Anyway, so I ended up by a small body of water close to the Rural Highschool here on the Island.
This is a place that I don't intend not to revisit. I sat down on the spray painted seats and then I looked up at the sky. I questioned the thought of how these people could feel as they do, and I myself began to break down and become lonely, considering the awww! of the universe. I again wondered if I were to loud before to recognize the wonders of God around me and began to feel a tug at my heart.
Its been a very long time since I have felt that tug.... I almost came to the point of tears at the tug and I recall actually doing that, when I accepted my first love into my life. We have been going through the book of Revelation in a class I am attending this semester and I seen myself at that very moment in perfect representation of the Church in Ephesus.
God was there, He was in my heart, but I had not thought seriously about my relationship with Him for a long time until now. I seem to be having a hard time this semester staying into God's word as a way to grow closer to God, which should not be. I completely disagree with this song by Green Day, especially if we have been able to find God. There are times though, like Saturday when we are literally walking down that lonely road, with only our shadow behind us seemingly.
The reason I believe, that I have experienced this and walked through Brown's Court on party night, living to tell about it, is because I was not alone, but God was with me that whole time, comforting my thoughts and my heart. He even protected me from a skunk that ran by me, which I found in a way humorous, looking to the sky and laughing.
Anyway, thats my rant.... I really pray that God is able to work in the lives of those around me, and at the same time, help the Faith of everyone I know, including me to become strong, so that we may minister to those who walk alone.
