Yes. Easters.
So, I had originally planned on spending Easter break doing homework...definitely didn't happen. My cousin Travis stayed with me Thursday night, then my friend Caleb from back home came Friday night...spent Sunday with a couple guys from school and brought them to my church for the Easter service and then to my family's Easter dinner...good, good times, but no homework. haha.
I wanted to share something which God told me this weekend. I haven't felt like myself lately, as I mentioned briefly in the "Unspoken Thoughts" post. I think this weekend God gave me some insight into why I've been feeling this way. I realized I haven't been feeling like myself because I haven't been ACTING like myself. Yeah, kind of a no-brainer, haha! I realized I've been constantly worrying about people's perception of me lately, especially girls' perception of me (=O oh noes!). This isn't like me, and I don't like it. Also, God has used one of the verses from my last post to really show me how I've been going about things the wrong way:
Galatians 1:10 - "For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Man. Today, I stopped worrying, and I had a great day! It's like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders...
Another new development this past week: I'm working on putting a band together, for realz.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Some Scripture that I've had on my mind
I've recently been thinking about/been challenged by some passages of Scripture, and I thought I may as well share them. Bland intro, I know, but that's it.
Galatians 1:10 - "For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Philippians 1:21 - "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Hebrews 13:12-16 - "So also Christ died outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."
Jonah 4:5-11 - "Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die." And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?""
Yeah, they're random. They've been on my mind, though, and I just thought I would share them with y'all. The end.
Galatians 1:10 - "For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ."
Philippians 1:21 - "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Hebrews 13:12-16 - "So also Christ died outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God."
Jonah 4:5-11 - "Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city. Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die." And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?""
Yeah, they're random. They've been on my mind, though, and I just thought I would share them with y'all. The end.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Weekend at the Arb
So, I have some free time, and it's the weekend...why not spend some time doing something that's less important than homework, but still better than just doing nothing?
Seriously, though, I am happy that I have a little extra time this weekend. It feels like it's been forever since I've NOT had a busy weekend.
This week, however, has been busy! On top of catching up from two weeks of being away from school, I had to fill out a housing application for next year, an SLA application for next year (for those non-SAU students, that's Spiritual Life Advisor. It's a volunteer position that each dorm floor has. A very basic explanation: they pray for the people on their floor and lead Bible studies.), my camp contract stuff for the summer, and my Cross Cultural Studies paperwork for next year (which easily took more time than the other three together...). I will hopefully be spending several weeks in May and early June in Ireland and England next year with a group from school. I've heard this was the most popular trip available, however, so I might not be able to go...my second choice was Chicago, though, so I'll either be having an AMAZING time overseas, or I'll be saving nearly two thousand dollars...at least it's a good fall-back plan, right? haha.
Things are going well, other than being busy most of the time. Last night a bunch of my guy friends and I watched the first Jurassic Park...good times. Next Thursday is the last night before our Easter Break starts, and we're actually planning on having a marathon of all three of them!
God's been teaching me some good stuff about patience and trust lately. However, I have to say that I haven't been spending much time with Him lately...I could easily say that I haven't had much time, but that's a lame excuse: "Although He has all the time in the world to spend with me (literally), I'm just too busy with MY things to spend time with the God Who saved my soul from eternal damnation." Lamesauce. I've been getting involved with a couple small groups of guys who are trying to learn better spiritual disciplines, especially prayer. One group I'm with is going to start meeting every weekday morning to pray, and I'm pretty excited about it! You know what else I'm pretty excited about right now???
CAMP. I got a position as a senior counselor again, and I can't wait! I think this summer is going to be really good...but then, I'm pretty sure I say that every year...lol. It's always true, though; camp is just an amazing place.
Speaking of camp, I'm pretty sure I said at one point that I would be devoting a post to my latest summer at camp, since I did that for all the other ones up to this past summer. I think I'll get on that soon; I'd like to keep my word.
Whelp, I guess that's about it for now. Ima go spend some time with Jesus, and then attempt to be productive again. Blog ya later!
Seriously, though, I am happy that I have a little extra time this weekend. It feels like it's been forever since I've NOT had a busy weekend.
This week, however, has been busy! On top of catching up from two weeks of being away from school, I had to fill out a housing application for next year, an SLA application for next year (for those non-SAU students, that's Spiritual Life Advisor. It's a volunteer position that each dorm floor has. A very basic explanation: they pray for the people on their floor and lead Bible studies.), my camp contract stuff for the summer, and my Cross Cultural Studies paperwork for next year (which easily took more time than the other three together...). I will hopefully be spending several weeks in May and early June in Ireland and England next year with a group from school. I've heard this was the most popular trip available, however, so I might not be able to go...my second choice was Chicago, though, so I'll either be having an AMAZING time overseas, or I'll be saving nearly two thousand dollars...at least it's a good fall-back plan, right? haha.
Things are going well, other than being busy most of the time. Last night a bunch of my guy friends and I watched the first Jurassic Park...good times. Next Thursday is the last night before our Easter Break starts, and we're actually planning on having a marathon of all three of them!
God's been teaching me some good stuff about patience and trust lately. However, I have to say that I haven't been spending much time with Him lately...I could easily say that I haven't had much time, but that's a lame excuse: "Although He has all the time in the world to spend with me (literally), I'm just too busy with MY things to spend time with the God Who saved my soul from eternal damnation." Lamesauce. I've been getting involved with a couple small groups of guys who are trying to learn better spiritual disciplines, especially prayer. One group I'm with is going to start meeting every weekday morning to pray, and I'm pretty excited about it! You know what else I'm pretty excited about right now???
CAMP. I got a position as a senior counselor again, and I can't wait! I think this summer is going to be really good...but then, I'm pretty sure I say that every year...lol. It's always true, though; camp is just an amazing place.
Speaking of camp, I'm pretty sure I said at one point that I would be devoting a post to my latest summer at camp, since I did that for all the other ones up to this past summer. I think I'll get on that soon; I'd like to keep my word.
Whelp, I guess that's about it for now. Ima go spend some time with Jesus, and then attempt to be productive again. Blog ya later!
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