TREVOR'S WRITING

I am an impetuous person. So far in my life I have held 4 career-type jobs and I am 34. I like to start new things, but I have a hard time finishing them (notice the last post is in March!). I am someone who likes change, but I am never satisfied with it. We are on vacation and visiting my brother in Sexsmith, Alberta (you've heard of a goldsmith and a blacksmith...these guys work on something else here). They have a trampoline, this morning I noticed Nicky (my wife) lying on the trampoline soaking up the sun and I went and lay down beside her. We talked about life and love, and I really enjoyed the conversation. I said, "I could live in a small town like this," and we went on to discuss my need for change and new challenges. The ensuing conversation challenged me to consider something that I have been learning over the last few months. I need to learn to be faithful in the things that I do, not to always look for something new, I need to be content in the life th...

This Saturday I was at two weddings...one that started at 11:30am and the other that started at 6:00pm. I have been to quite a few weddings, but I don't remember doing that before! It was an interesting day. The next day in church another couple that I know well got engaged. A couple months ago our church had at least one engagement announced each week for 7 straight weeks! All this makes me concerned for marriages...not that I am specifically worried for any of these marriages (congrats to Wes and Ashley, Kelly and Jeremy and Matt and Andrea by the way). So many marriages suck and/or end in divorce. I decided to pray as hard as I could at each wedding this Saturday during their vows (pretty weak, but it was what I could do at the time). Does anyone else have some suggestions on how we can help improve other people's marriages? We all know our own marriages are perfect.

I have often wondered why I get mad when someone can't hear me. For instance, if I yell downstairs to Nicky something like, "I AM JUST GOING OUT TO GET SOME GROCERIES, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING?" and she yells back, "...WHAT!" I will repeat myself only a little louder, if she doesn't hear this time, I start to get mad...at her! If I have to yell it a third time, I am now yelling out of anger. When I think about it logically, it makes absolutely no sense. If she can't hear me, why would I be mad at her? Does anyone else experience this?