Mariya and I had a just the two of us date on Sunday that I thought deserved a blog post full of photos from the documentation of our adventure. We started off at Dolce Gelato in downtown Vancouver where we lunched on some paninis and salads. We then made our way to Savona by the Columbia where we went walking and took some pictures. After that we went shopping at Walmart and then we ended up at Vintage Books where I scored two beautiful copies of stunning classics. I walked away with Great Expectations by Dickens and Wuthering Heights by Bronte. I was very satisfied with my find. And finally Mariya and I hung out at my place until it was time to go to the college service. Enjoy the pics.
Last Sunday's youth sermon was truly convicting. And not just a "yeah, that was important" type of convicting, but really a "wow, I need to change my whole perspective and really hit the root issue here, truly repent and ask God to change my heart in this regard" type of convicting. The whole time I felt as though the sermon had been specially crafted for me- to really get me to analyze my own heart and realize how little I love the people that are truly my brothers and sisters. By nature I love to critique everything- I always thought it would be awesome to have a career where I get to criticize companies or stores and tell them what they are doing wrong. Unfortunately my sinful nature brings this into the way I deal with people. As I was listening to the sermon I realized that judging people was just my default setting. In my own head, to myself, I always concealed this as honest assessment or analyzing- instead of downright, sinful judging. When I would be c