Feelin' cruddy

I am such a baby sometimes. When I am sick at least, maybe some other times as well. That's what my wife tells me and I am pretty sure it is true. I went to work today thinking that I was a little sick, and when I got to work I knew I was for sure sick. BUT I would just push through it. I had 4 meetings to attend, the first was canceled because not enough people could make it because of the STORM (not really a storm with maybe 1/2 inch of snow, but was because of mostly ice). I canceled the rest of the meetings and rescheduled for later. So I thought I would be able to go home early enough to really relax and rest ... nope. I ended up staying till after 2:00 trying to clear out emails and finish up a project. Came home and slept for a couple of hours. Now I feel crabby. And the inside of my nose hurts.

I know I should go in to work tomorrow, but I have one on one meetings with 4 people tomorrow and I don't want to cancel on them (especially since I just snet out an email stating the importance of meeting!)

I was asked what some of my thoughts are on a men's type ministry. I am not certain. A potential schedule is to meet with some guys once a week (maybe on Sunday during one of the services) for about 4 weeks. I would want to call it the Men's workshop. We would address issues throughout the year: things specifically that will enhance their relationship with God and others, as well as develop their leadership skills. Topics like: how to study the Bible, how to connect with other men, how to lead a project, how to lead like Jesus: looking at Jesus and how he treated others and led them.

I like the idea, but am not totally sold in it for some reason.

Probably the first topic may be something like: how to study the Bible. Originally, I had thought about doing a preaching class that would incorporate how to study the Bible and how to study within the context of the genre (like narrative, epistles, wisdom literature, etc.). I figured that this would kill two birds with one stone: learning how to study scripture within it's context and the potential of relaying the same information to others.

But I really do like the concept of training up men to be good leaders. (see previous post).

I think I am rambling as I am sick. I better stop now before I say stupid things I might regret, on the other hand, I might say incredible things. Hmmmm....

Things I will be praying about:
Am I ready to be a leader like this?
What topics are NEEDED among guys?

Also, to continue the rambling, I would still love to either publish a booklet on the commands of Christ, or teach a class ... or both! Why? The reason that I like this topic is because I was reading in Matthew where Jesus is leaving his disciples and he gives some final sayings, one of which is "teach them to obey everything I have commanded..." Why not study what Jesus commanded?

In the greek language the verbs are in certain "moods" called tenses -- the imperative is a mood that commands: Do this, write that, etc. So I have an incredible program that allows me to pick out all the greek verbs in the imperative sense within a range of texts (the Gospels). So I have done this, and I have narrowed out all the ones that were "imperatived" from others and tried to just limit it to the ones Jesus himself said, that would be applicable to all believers. (Because there were some instances that Jesus would command something to an individual person that wouldn't really be applicable to us.) I then would categorize these various commands so that we can wrap our brains around them, and ultimately obey them.

OK, 'nuff said -- gotta go chill.