There are 5 weeks of class, one vacation week and finals week, and my first semester of seminary will be history. I can NOT believe how quickly the semester has gone. Wow. By Friday my calendar will be reading November. I'm not sure I can handle all this. On one hand I am excited, because in November I am going up to NYC to spend some time with one of my best friends, and if I have learned anything this semester I have learned that I want to spend as much time as possible with my friends. Then, in December I fly home for Christmas and get to see a bunch of family and friends (and hopefully lots of snow), so I have a lot to look forward to. Yet, I realize how quickly time goes, so I want to enjoy each day and not spend it just waiting for something more exciting to come along.
The Packers and Broncos are about to start playing, so I need to focus on my boys winning on the road (that would be the Packers)! Have a blessed day, more to come later.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Laugh Out Loud
1) Can you cry underwater?
2) How important does a person have to be before they are considered assianated in lieu of just murdered?
3) Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. but it's only a " penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
4) Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
5) Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
6) What disease did cured ham have anyway?
7) How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
8) Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
9) If a deaf person goes to trial, is it still considered a hearing?
10) Why are you IN a movie, but ON tv?
11) Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
12) Why is BRA singular, but Panties plural?
13) Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
14) If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
15) Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?
16) If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
17) Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
18) If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
19) Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
20) Why did you just try singing both songs?
21) Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
2) How important does a person have to be before they are considered assianated in lieu of just murdered?
3) Why do you have to "put your two cents in".. but it's only a " penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
4) Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
5) Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
6) What disease did cured ham have anyway?
7) How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
8) Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
9) If a deaf person goes to trial, is it still considered a hearing?
10) Why are you IN a movie, but ON tv?
11) Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
12) Why is BRA singular, but Panties plural?
13) Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
14) If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
15) Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane ?
16) If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
17) Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
18) If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
19) Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
20) Why did you just try singing both songs?
21) Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Monday, October 22, 2007
Moving On
Its been awhile now, and I am moving on with life. Saying good-bye sucks major, but we do it and we move on with life. There are times throughout life that we think back on the people that we love that have gone before us, but hopefully those thoughts are happy memories.
Over the weekend a friend and I went down to NC to chill with my cousin and some of her friends. It was a lot of fun. We didn't do everything I had planned, but I really enjoyed the weekend, and what we ended up doing was a lot of fun, and relaxing. It was great to let loose and relax and just enjoy being around people that I love. There is nothing more therapeutic than being surrounded by people you care about, and having fun. I got my nails done. Such a girlish thing to do, not something I normally do either. They look great, if I do say so myself, not like my hands, better! I could get used to this, being a girl thing. Kinda nice to get all pretty once in awhile.
This morning I registered for Spring semester. I will be taking 4 classes, but the way the schedule works out I will be in class on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only, and I'm taking classes that should be interesting. The best part is...NO ( I repeat, NO, nein, none, etc) Greek. I could do a little dance! In fact, I did! Be glad u weren't here!
Have a blessed week.
Over the weekend a friend and I went down to NC to chill with my cousin and some of her friends. It was a lot of fun. We didn't do everything I had planned, but I really enjoyed the weekend, and what we ended up doing was a lot of fun, and relaxing. It was great to let loose and relax and just enjoy being around people that I love. There is nothing more therapeutic than being surrounded by people you care about, and having fun. I got my nails done. Such a girlish thing to do, not something I normally do either. They look great, if I do say so myself, not like my hands, better! I could get used to this, being a girl thing. Kinda nice to get all pretty once in awhile.
This morning I registered for Spring semester. I will be taking 4 classes, but the way the schedule works out I will be in class on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday only, and I'm taking classes that should be interesting. The best part is...NO ( I repeat, NO, nein, none, etc) Greek. I could do a little dance! In fact, I did! Be glad u weren't here!
Have a blessed week.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Growing
I grew up on the old hymns. I just love them. There is so much gospel truth and comfort in the words of the hymns. The stories behind the hymns are also inspiring. So, with all that has gone on in the past week I have really been trying to focus on the words of some of my favorite hymns. Yet, God was speaking to me this week.
As wonderful as the hymns are, and as important as I think it is to know them, they are no substitute for the Bible. In lieu of turning to the hymns for comfort I need to be turning to Scripture. The words of the Psalms, the Gospels, Pauline epistles, I need to be focusing more on the Bible, and less on my favorite songs. For the songs are not inspired by God in the same way the Bible is.
In my endeavor to focus more on the Bible, I have been reading the Psalms, and have come across a few that I'd read before, but never really thought too deeply about. For example, Psalm 27 is a great psalm. Especially in the Message. Verses 13 and 14 really got to me.
"I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God! Take heart, Don't quit. I'll say it again: stay with God."
No matter what the situation, or dark the night, God is good. Even in the bleakest situation we can see God's goodness somehow. I've really been trying to focus on finding 5 good things to praise God for each day over the past week. Today, I am focusing on the weather. It is so nice here, I can sit outside to study or think. God has provided me with what I need to survive:food, shelter, clothes. He has given me some great friends out here, and the Packers won on Sunday! So much goodness. Yeah, it sucks that I had to say good-bye to a friend, and that a young boy in my hometown died. We all know that times like this are awful, but even in the midst of all my saddness, I'm going to stay with God this time. If it worked for David, than I figure it will work for me.
"I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses. And the voice I hear falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.
He speaks and the sound of his voice, is so sweet the birds hush their singing, and the melody that He gave to me within my heart is ringing.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.
I'd stay in the garden with Him, though the night around me be falling, but He bids me go, through the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other, has ever known." ( In the Garden, I don't know who wrote it, ask my Mom, she'll know!).
As wonderful as the hymns are, and as important as I think it is to know them, they are no substitute for the Bible. In lieu of turning to the hymns for comfort I need to be turning to Scripture. The words of the Psalms, the Gospels, Pauline epistles, I need to be focusing more on the Bible, and less on my favorite songs. For the songs are not inspired by God in the same way the Bible is.
In my endeavor to focus more on the Bible, I have been reading the Psalms, and have come across a few that I'd read before, but never really thought too deeply about. For example, Psalm 27 is a great psalm. Especially in the Message. Verses 13 and 14 really got to me.
"I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God! Take heart, Don't quit. I'll say it again: stay with God."
No matter what the situation, or dark the night, God is good. Even in the bleakest situation we can see God's goodness somehow. I've really been trying to focus on finding 5 good things to praise God for each day over the past week. Today, I am focusing on the weather. It is so nice here, I can sit outside to study or think. God has provided me with what I need to survive:food, shelter, clothes. He has given me some great friends out here, and the Packers won on Sunday! So much goodness. Yeah, it sucks that I had to say good-bye to a friend, and that a young boy in my hometown died. We all know that times like this are awful, but even in the midst of all my saddness, I'm going to stay with God this time. If it worked for David, than I figure it will work for me.
"I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses. And the voice I hear falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.
He speaks and the sound of his voice, is so sweet the birds hush their singing, and the melody that He gave to me within my heart is ringing.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.
I'd stay in the garden with Him, though the night around me be falling, but He bids me go, through the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling.
And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other, has ever known." ( In the Garden, I don't know who wrote it, ask my Mom, she'll know!).
Friday, October 12, 2007
"Hey God" by Lonestar
Hey, God, I don't believe I ever thanked youFor the time my brother got sickWasn't sure he'd make itThen he finally pulled through
And, hey, God, I wanna thank you for my familyThey're healthy and they're beautifulWe were gonna stop at twoNow there's number
You have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Hey God, take good care of my nephewHe was only nineteenThey say he didn't feel a thingNow he's there with you
And, hey, God, you know what it's like to loseSomeone who you truly love when you gave your son to usYou must have cried then too
You have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Sometimes I forget to stop and bow my headAnd remember that I have been blessed
Oh, you have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Thank you
And, hey, God, I wanna thank you for my familyThey're healthy and they're beautifulWe were gonna stop at twoNow there's number
You have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Hey God, take good care of my nephewHe was only nineteenThey say he didn't feel a thingNow he's there with you
And, hey, God, you know what it's like to loseSomeone who you truly love when you gave your son to usYou must have cried then too
You have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Sometimes I forget to stop and bow my headAnd remember that I have been blessed
Oh, you have your ways, you have your planSometimes mysterious and hard to understandI am humbled by your grace and everything you doHey, God, hey, God, I just wanna thank you
Thank you
An Expensive Life
Life on this planet is expensive. Never is that more apparent than in the midst of personal tragedy. When we say good-bye to a dear friend or dear friends. Even if we know that we will see them again in Heaven, it is so hard to say good-bye. To keep going. The hardest is to be a survivor sometimes.
I know what she went through before she died. The fear, the pain, the humiliation, but mostly the fear. To die in a horrible way is just so tragic, and to do so young. One minute you are alive, and the next minute you are gone. Life is so precious and fragile.
Trying to cope, even as a Christian is hard. Just because we have Christ, doesn't keep us from going through the stages of grief. Sometimes I'm fine, I can be around people and no one would know what is going on. I'm good at putting on a different mask, got a lot of practice during my freshman and sophomore years of college. Yet, inside my heart is broken. I am in the abyss of fear, memories, and grief.
Why did I survive freshman year, and she didn't last week? I try not to ask the why's too often, because I feel it can be arrogant, in other words, why not me? Am I so special that I shouldn't have to go through life's crap? The answer of course is "no". I'm a sinner in need of grace. More grace than many people I know.
Yet, grief, saying good-bye sucks. Big time sucks. I still love Christ, and I know He loves me. I have to keep reminding myself that, because at times like this it is hard to see and feel His love. Times like this when I feel like yelling at God, these are times when I should be running to Him, and I am. The more I am tempted to yell at God, the more I need to run to Him. I read the Psalms, and Job. Poor Job. He went through so much, and still loved God. What a role model.
So, to cope I just take it one hour at a time. I have plans, but right now I'm focusing on each hour. Can I make it to 11pm? With God's love yes I can. At the end, I will be able to minister to others who have to deal with grief. I wish I didn't have to go through it, but I know that God is going to use this. He has promised to turn what Satan means for evil into good. In the end good will triumph over evil. Jesus will kick Satan's ass, and we will reign with Christ in a new heaven and earth. That is how I cope with this pain of life. I focus on each hour, and the promises of Christ.
I remember that I am not alone. I have the wonderfulest friends and family, and mostly I have Christ. I yearn to have my friend back, to give her one last hug, to make one more memory with her, but I know that God is with me, and her chapter is over, but mine isn't and I must focus on Him and continue to do His will.
This life is expensive. We pay for our sins with our lives. We pay for being human in tears. Yet, for Christians the end is Heaven. Forever with Christ. As expensive and painful as this life can be, the next one is going to infinately awesome. Pain and tears will be gone, and replaced by all the glory and majesty that we can only imagine. Sorry if I rambled a bit tonight, my thoughts don't make much sense in my head, so they probably don't on page either. But, I'm doing my best.
"I can only imagine..."
I know what she went through before she died. The fear, the pain, the humiliation, but mostly the fear. To die in a horrible way is just so tragic, and to do so young. One minute you are alive, and the next minute you are gone. Life is so precious and fragile.
Trying to cope, even as a Christian is hard. Just because we have Christ, doesn't keep us from going through the stages of grief. Sometimes I'm fine, I can be around people and no one would know what is going on. I'm good at putting on a different mask, got a lot of practice during my freshman and sophomore years of college. Yet, inside my heart is broken. I am in the abyss of fear, memories, and grief.
Why did I survive freshman year, and she didn't last week? I try not to ask the why's too often, because I feel it can be arrogant, in other words, why not me? Am I so special that I shouldn't have to go through life's crap? The answer of course is "no". I'm a sinner in need of grace. More grace than many people I know.
Yet, grief, saying good-bye sucks. Big time sucks. I still love Christ, and I know He loves me. I have to keep reminding myself that, because at times like this it is hard to see and feel His love. Times like this when I feel like yelling at God, these are times when I should be running to Him, and I am. The more I am tempted to yell at God, the more I need to run to Him. I read the Psalms, and Job. Poor Job. He went through so much, and still loved God. What a role model.
So, to cope I just take it one hour at a time. I have plans, but right now I'm focusing on each hour. Can I make it to 11pm? With God's love yes I can. At the end, I will be able to minister to others who have to deal with grief. I wish I didn't have to go through it, but I know that God is going to use this. He has promised to turn what Satan means for evil into good. In the end good will triumph over evil. Jesus will kick Satan's ass, and we will reign with Christ in a new heaven and earth. That is how I cope with this pain of life. I focus on each hour, and the promises of Christ.
I remember that I am not alone. I have the wonderfulest friends and family, and mostly I have Christ. I yearn to have my friend back, to give her one last hug, to make one more memory with her, but I know that God is with me, and her chapter is over, but mine isn't and I must focus on Him and continue to do His will.
This life is expensive. We pay for our sins with our lives. We pay for being human in tears. Yet, for Christians the end is Heaven. Forever with Christ. As expensive and painful as this life can be, the next one is going to infinately awesome. Pain and tears will be gone, and replaced by all the glory and majesty that we can only imagine. Sorry if I rambled a bit tonight, my thoughts don't make much sense in my head, so they probably don't on page either. But, I'm doing my best.
"I can only imagine..."
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Saying Goodbye
To you, my friend I bid farewell.
We are too young to have to say,
This final a goodbye, adieu, hasta.
Too young to have you buried,
a headstone, the only place to see you.
To you, my friend I remember it all.
The laughter, tears, fears, and cheers.
I remember being side by side with you.
We had great times, and not so great ones.
Through it all we were not you and me, but us.
To you my friend, I will always know loyalty.
If I needed anything, you were there with it.
If I needed a smile, you were there smiling bright.
If I needed fashion advice, who else would I ask?
If I needed a hug, you gave me two or three, or four.
To you, my friend I say a tear filled adieu.
I hate to see you go, and through tragedy.
We are too young for all the evil we have seen.
We lifted each other up and comforted each other.
To you, my dearest friend I must say it...Goodbye.
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