Monday, March 31, 2008

it's now!

Hello!

We're nearing the end of the semester. Only 10 days of classes left. My birthday is in 9 days. wohooo! This morning as I was driving, I was thinking of what I want to do on my birthday- I have class from 10-4... but maybe it would be nice to go out for breakfast and start my morning off in an exciting way! In terms of big assignments for school, this is what I still have: Sociology Debate (Tomorrow), Book Review (Thursday), Language Arts Text Set (next week), Political Science Paper (Last Day of Class)... oh i just can't wait to be finished. Also, two more days of practicum... then exams, then summer. Next year, I will be in my fourth year of university and graduating with one degree. I can't believe it.

Here's my thought for the week: "God's way is better!" pursuing God. Proverbs 8: 34-35, wisdom's call: "Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life and receives favour from the Lord." Psalm 84:10, "Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a housekeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked."

get me back. keep me close.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008


I have been meditating on this verse:


Proverbs 16:3 "Commit your actions to the Lord, and your plans will succeed" (NLT)


"Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established" (ESV)

Monday, March 10, 2008

ENcOURaGeMeNt!


This last week I have been so encouraged by the life-giving words that others have given to me. Those words are refreshing and affirming.


I went out for coffee with a friend of mine and he just challenged me to press on. He just affirmed where I am and the direction that I'm heading in. He told me that he is excited for the point in time that I find myself at. These are important moments. He encouraged me to step back and gain perspective by seeing the bigger picture. Sometimes our view of life can be so limited when we just have a close up view of the things that surround us. I want to gain fresh perspective and a wider picture.


On Saturday night at the House church, I was encouraged by words from J and H. J said, "The Lord has bought you at a really high price, but you are worth every penny to Him." And H said a few things:


"You will run into Christ everywhere you go."

She saw a helmet on my head, signifying that the Lord will protect my mind

He is giving more grace...

"You are at such an awesome time in your life."


How encouraging!

iNspIRE mE!

LORD GIVE ME JOY!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Taking a Break

I have decided to take a break from FACEBOOK.
I am wasting too much time on it and it is really giving me a feeling of disconnect.
I'm sick of mediums that are used to "bring people together."
If you want to get a hold of me, you are welcome to call me up, email me or just meet for real.

Hopefully I can handle not going on facebook.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

I don't want to be

apathy- noun- 1. absense or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement 2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.

Today in my contemporary social issues class we were talking about WHY we even bother trying to solve social issues. One girls said, that if we are inherently evil, why strive to promote good? She said that the underlying tendency of evil makes our efforts seem in vain. She was wrestling with coming up with a reason to even bother taking action against social problems when our work may not even seem profitable. She has a point. But it seems like such a cynical viewpoint. I then raised my hand and offered my insight. If we we to just throw our hands in the air and give up on responding to social problems, then we would be guilty of becoming an apathetic people. I don't want to be apathethic. I think apathy is worse than trying to take action and promote justice. Apathy is like complacency- dangerous! My professor responded to my comment and said that he believes that we ought not be apathetic because the nature of God does not equate to being apathetic. God does not embody a "who cares" attitude. He wants to restore, He wants to redeem, he is concerned about bringing aobut justice and wholeness. As a Christ follower, I want to pray, "God help me work and act towards responding to issues in ways that would parallel the nature of Christ. Help me to not be apathetic, to not give up... but help me to embody justice. May we recognize that we should WANT to value social concerns. May we not be suppressed or disillusioned into thinking that there is no point. It is important to act towards restoration justice because it matters to God. God has not adopted an apathetic attitude towards humanity, so we should embrace the restorative heart of God as well."

Sunday, March 2, 2008

i never told you about the eventful morning

Hello, sorry it's been a long time... I think I forgot to post my story about my "eventful morning" and tell you the story about the rest stop sign that i had posted earlier... so although it's a bit late, i will try to tell it now. you may have already heard it by this point though, but that's okay.



so it was a tuesday morning and i had an 8am class. I was on my way to school, with K, the girl that I carpool. And i started to get a bleeding nose. i didn't want to make a big deal about it though, and was sort of embarassed to say something, so i just kept sniffling and hoping that it would go away. I didn't have any tissue in my car or did I have a sweatshirt or anything else that would have provided some help for the situation. but then all of a sudden, it started gushing out... and blood was coming all over the place. we were right by the rest stop near aldergrove... so well quickly got off the freeway. I ran out of the car and started to clean up. Now, Rest stops sort of have a reputation of being sort of sketchy... so K thought it was unwise for either of us to be by ourselves... so she locked my car doors and came running to see how I was doing. The unfortunate part is that she locked my keys in my car when she did this. Out of her good intention, she forgot about my keys... so there we were! the two of us, stuck at the rest stop at 7:40 am; me with a bloody nose and neither of us with a cell phone. we were too afriad to ask one of the truckers for help though. so we tried the pay phone. called home collect but there was no answer... so we had to ask someone for help... finally we got a hold of my grandparents and they came and brought me a spare key! so i missed my first class and had an eventful morning instead. poor K felt so bad... but it was okay, sort of made a good story to tell. And the moral of the story is: keep kleenex in your car!