On the subject of videogames...

Hello...

I haven't written something for a while... but something just kind of came to me.

I never owned a Gamecube... but because of my good friend, Greg, I played a lot of games from the gamecube era. When I got a Wii (which is completely backwards compatible) I started buying gamecube games that I really enjoyed and something hit me like a ton of bricks. Most of my games are NOT Nintendo games. They are made by third party deveolpers.
In my opinoin, Nintendo didn't do so well last generation. They made a lot of goofy games out of their normally awesome stand-by's (Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker comes to mind) What happens is the die-hard fans don't get what they wanted. They get something silly instead. But it's all what you make of it.
My friend Nathan had a lot of Gamecube games, and he enjoyed every last one. He endured through that in order to get to what was good in the Wii generation (which has a bunch of awesome Nintendo Titles).
All this also reminds me of when Israel was in the Wilderness. The children of the sinful generation had to endure the pain of 40 years in the desert, but it was because of complaining that their parents weren't going to come in, so I doubt they complained much. They endured and made the best of it, and when they got into the Promised Land and it was good.
Unfortunately for me, that's what I feel Church will be like for the next little while: an endurance test. I think I failed the first part by complaining, and in order to get to the Promised Land, I have to endure all that will be happening over the Summer. I hope I will be able to while instiling hope and love into the lives of those around me. If you're reading this and you're a Christian, I hope you will pray for me and myChurch. I don't know quite what God has in store, but I really don't want to stand against the Spirit of the Lord.
Thanks for hearing me out.

- Joshua