It seems like eventually...
…everything comes a full circle.
Football is a beautiful thing.
Don’t get me wrong, football also sucks in that so many of us are so willing to commit our entire weekends to watching game after game after game, even if it is the most excruciatingly difficult thing to watch (ie. UCLA vs Arizona, first half). But there’s something about the way that football brings people together that amazes me every time.
Last weekend, we had the biggest tailgate party since we were back in school. There were old friends, new friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends. And while it was 5 million degrees that day and we lost in one of the most heartbreaking ways possible, I always love the experience of cooking and eating and just hanging out with a bunch of friends at these tailgates. Tailgates were some of my favorite things back in college, and even though we’ve continued the tradition in the three years since, it has never quite gotten to the levels that we reached during senior year.
It was awesome just to have such a big group of people all sharing in this experience on what would otherwise be a typical Saturday afternoon. As we’ve all began to transition to new stages in life, these opportunities become rarer and rarer. And each time something like this happens, it’s a reminder of the amazing friendships that we’ve built. It is a testament that, even years down the line, we find these chances to reconvene as if nothing has changed.
A couple years ago, a friend suggested that we go catch a movie called The Dropbox. That was my first time hearing about the movie, and I looked it up before committing to go. Maybe some people know of it or have seen it by now, but as it turns out, The Dropbox about a South Korean pastor who installed a “dropbox” for people to leave their unwanted newborns. I remember looking it up the night before we were supposed to go and actually getting pretty excited about seeing it.
Well, the next day, we get to the theater, and the movie is sold out. And I never ended up seeing it.
Last weekend at church, the pastor spent some time discussing some causes that the church is involved with and asked a church member to come up to speak. As it turns out, this is the guy who actually made The Dropbox. He shared about his relationship with that pastor and experience in making the movie and how he actually became a Christian throughout this process.
And this struck me, because, to be perfectly honest, I’ve been feeling quite dry lately. It’s as if every day is just part of a routine - I do what I’m supposed to do (or sometimes not), and that’s that. Quite frankly, my day-to-day life is oftentimes not reflective of the Gospel, and this thought eats away at me.
It’d be naive for me to say that listening-to-a-dude-I-don’t-know-talk-about-a-movie-he-made instantly changed all that and that I suddenly have the fire and passion that I did a few years ago. No…that’s not it. But I do think that it was (yet) another reminder of God’s faithfulness and his commitment to us. That even though I stumble and stumble and stumble, nothing can overcome the power of the Gospel. That, in the same way a moviemaker came to faith through his interactions with a man halfway across the world, there is a plan for my life that will ultimately bring glory to Christ. And I need to be cognizant of the fact, even in the lows, my life is an instrument that reflects Christ’s saving work.
Prayer request: For continued sanctification, a renewed passion for the things of God, and the peace that comes from knowing the Gospel
There was once a time where I was still considered relatively new at SpaceX, which meant there was once a time where I actually had some….you know…free time at work. Some time back then, I came across an online blog that ran a feature on the company. In the article, the author mentions that, if he were to ask a random person off the street, there would be some that know about the company, less that know what the company does, and only a few that know what the company really does.
Anyways, last week, the details of “what we really do” were announced. I’m not going to go into details here, but here is a informative blog post about it.
It almost sounds like something taken out of science fiction, but I think that’s the beauty of it. While many of us tend to think of science fiction as, well, fiction, this could turn out to be anything but that. Science fiction is a melding of reality with imagination, strewn together in a way that appeals to our innate longing for discovery and innovation. It makes for a great story. It might even be a story that we think could become reality at some point in human existence. But surely not…within this century….right? Or this decade?
Well, here we are, potentially at the point where science fiction and reality intersect. And if it ends up working, then that’ll be pretty rad.
After years of wondering if there’s more to life than “working for forty years and then we die,” I think that is something to work towards.
Thoughts on this stage of life:
Ok so, did half of my network conspire to get engaged this weekend or something? Holy crap.
Or I guess we’re just at that point now, which is actually an utterly terrifying thought.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately, and it finally hit me recently that I need to get a move on with life before I can’t anymore. I’m still trying to wrap my head around exactly what that means, but I hope that, over the next 5 years, I will be the most ambitious I have ever been.
Whenever I’ve blogged lately, I’ve settled into this bad habit of taking multiple days to finish each post, which has resulted in some extremely disjointed thoughts. Whenever I re-read my blogs, it always comes across to me as choppy and difficult to follow. But usually, by that time, I’ve committed too much time to just delete it.
And this time was no different, so I guess….thanks if you’ve made it this far. =)
With that, I’m off. For as my roommate and I always like to reminder each other, “[There’s] work tomorrow.” Until next time.
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