I've been waiting for something extra special to use for my 100th post so I guess today will fit the bill. Today wasn't the kind of day you go through thinking this is phenomenal, but looking back it's the many little joys that make up a great day.

This morning we had a guest speaker, Alistair Begg, for a lecture series at the seminary. His messages were about the posture of a leader, things like humility, a sense of personal inadequacy, and the strength of weakness. He challenged us, in his Scottish accent, not to have everything figured out but to rely on the sovereign God of the universe, along the way taking some stabs at a few of todays popular Christian authors. I got to chat with him personally for a few minutes during the coffee break and his disposition exemplified that humble confidence of which he spoke.

After the lectures I hit Chick-fil-a for lunch on my way to a job interview. Chick-fil-a in itself makes any day a good day, but on top of that I had a coupon for a free sandwich! The job interview was for a position as a Program Aide at the Boys & Girls Club. They asked me if I could stick around for the after-school club so they could see how I related to the kids. For three hours I hung out with a bunch of west-side black kids helping with homework, watching them on the computers, playing pool. It almost felt like I was back in Africa. I felt more at home with those kids then I do in some of my seminary classes. Even if I don't get the job, I've found a place where I'll go back and volunteer for sure.

Eventually I had to tear myself away from teaching Briana and Gavin how to play pool to head to my evening class. Even class tonight was pretty good. We started in on talking about the NT canon, how we know the books that we have are really the right books. Tonight we went over the Roman Catholic view. Talks like that make me a little overwhelmed at how much our congregations need to know regarding the attacks they'll face from the world. But on the other hand, it stirs in me a passion to teach the truth. And that's exactly how I know there's no other job I would rather do.

So today was definitely a good dose of contentment and worthy of my 100th post.