who knew mean girls was going to be such a cultural classic? well i'm almost positive everyone knew-it was just that good when it came out.
at any rate, i've been word vomiting a lot lately. i used to be an articulate kid and i think the lack of papers in the business school has left my verbal skills to deteriorate, much to my dismay. not only do i sound stupid in front of all my friends but i keep losing jobs during interviews because of my inability to articulate exactly how i'm going to be an asset to their company. fml
SO i've started this blog as a place where i can ramble and sometimes structure some of my thoughts. its by no means a rigid english course that will bootcamp my verbal skills into place but i'm hoping it'll help the situation somewhat by giving me a verbal as well as creative outlet inbetween all the nonsense that i learn about returns on investments and consumer analyses.
today (or tonight, rather) i want to talk about lent. yes, i'm aware that it's over, but this lenten season was possibly my worst of all time. ever since i got to college, i've moved on from giving up the juvenile "sweets" and "ice cream" for lent. what does that do for my relationship with jesus? nothing. its better for my teeth but overall, a worthless contribution to my spiritual life.
last year was a good year. i went with going to church every day. i didn't have to attend daily mass (which my class schedule didn't allow anyways) but i went to church and spent time in the chapel, reflecting on my life, praying for myself and others, etc. all around i thought it was pretty successful. i went to a deeply religious high school that gave me my daily dose of Jesus regardless of whether i wanted or not and i have since then graduated and gone to a highly secular university where a good portion of my classmates don't even believe in His existence. as sad as it sounds, i really did let Him slip out of my life and that lenten resolution really pulled me back to involve Him.
this year i wanted a repeat result but not a repeat performance. so i decided i was going to read the Bible every single day. at least one chapter. well i sucked at it. typically i would reserve the Bible reading for right before bed and sometimes i would pull allnighters, going from homework straight to class without touching my bed, sometimes i would just be too tired or forget entirely, losing the whole point of my lenten resolution. as a result i only got a few chapters into leviticus before lent ended (this is only three books into the bible). so i decided to keep reading, a little bit everyday until i finish the Bible. not because i feel that i need to do penance for failing my lenten promise (which i should probably do too) but because this is something i think will be really good for me overall, and keep me connected even beyond the season of lent.
so genesis was creation and a lot of geneology and some history up until egypt. exodus talks about the plagues and running from pharoh. leviticus is, to me, a lesser known book of the Bible. for the most part it talks about keeping clean and the rules and regulations that God set down for the Jews. its very specific and, as marisol pointed out, taught the Jews good hygiene. as much as my american self itches at the thought of restrictions and being told what to do, i admit, this is a good thing. what me and marisol didn't understand though, was that God chose the Jews. okay, i get that. what about the rest of them? what about the gentiles? why did he just leave them out like that?
i thought back a little further and i could be wrong but i think it has something to do with the garden of eden. all of mankind was created in that garden and when adam bit that apple, all of mankind was cast out from the paradise that God indiscriminately created for everyone. so when God chose the Jews to help in this world, he was bestowing on them an extra blessing from the rest. technically he doesn't owe anyone anything but he gave them a little help...
i don't think i answered my question.
