So today we got a betta fish (today as in, ten minutes ago) and his name is Filbert. He is very pretty and is settling in quite nicely. That’s all.
So is it PHil? Or Fil?
Good Morning! I just got up so I still feel how this little guy looks. Pretty much exactly. I know I post bunnies a lot but THEY ARE SO CUTE. Today, I am going to meet Dan at Java for coffee, go to lunch, hopefully meet up with Ben and Rachel for a quick bit, and study my brains out for western civ. Sigh. Then, tonight I’m going to this show put on by the “Tamburitzans” and I guess it’s like 32 European dancers with fancy costumes. Picture:
So I’m not sure how I feel about this yet. Haha. Hopefully it will be amazing. Have a wonderful Saturday :)
My friend Susan who lives down the hall (fellow ICE major, Pride and Prejudice Lover, Children’s book addict, Sara Groves listener, and scrapbooker) wrote this on her facebook the other night and I found it really honest and challenging.
“Isn’t it wonderful how God is everything we need? He fills every longing of our hearts, and gives of Himself to us? I am finding now, as I have before, that fundamentally, things such as a husband, friends, and opportunities don’t really matter much anymore. God means so much to me - and those things don’t fill me or give me life or make me as full of joy as God does. He is the delight of my heart, and I can truly say that I’m in love with my Savior!
The problem comes when I allow things to come between us. This is usually my own busyness and trying to get everything done on my own. It’s then that I find myself trying to squeeze God into my schedule. I think this is a sin, because it places our own desires before those of God. In addition, I think it’s inconsiderate, especially when you think of all God did so that we would be able to be near Him! The longing God has to be near us is one of those things we undervalue and often throw back in His face when we believe the lies we tell ourselves about our worth or our purity in His eyes. He has told us, and shown us un ways words could never express how He longs to be near us; why will we not believe that His is speaking the truth? Has He lied to us before?
This is one of those times when i just need to stop and reconsider - that is, consider again - God’s great Love, and what it means for me. The death of Jesus on the cross was not just as event or a lone occurrence or a fortunate happening, but the culmination of centuries of unbounded Love and passion. On that holy awful afternoon, the cry that erupted from the mouth of God’s only Son was the cry that spoke of the desperate measures this God would take to reach a people separate from Himself who were drowning in their darkness. “My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?… It is finished.”
Next time I’m considering when to fit God into my schedule, I will consider this desperate longing, and, I pray, give to God like He has given to me and pursue Him with the same hold, relentless passion with which He pursues me!”
Hello world :) So I thought that even though I am supposed to write about things that I keep forgetting to write about, I will write about something else instead. Today we found out about the RA thing:) So……………………………………..I am going to be an RA next year :) :) I’m pumped. I feel like this is something God wants me to do and I’m excited. I’ll be in Lambein with 3 other girls on my floor who I just think are AMAZING and 2 returning RAs who I really respect. Anyways so I’m just feeling blessed. The sort of sad news is that Dan did not get to be an RA. I was pretty disappointed at first because it makes things kind of complicated as far as rides go- I have to stay later, etc. Also, I was sad that we wouldn’t be sharing the same experience of being an RA. But the more we talked about it, the more I realized that God’s plans are so perfect. If San was an RA, several things would have happened. 1) We would have probably not been able to spend so much time together because it’s a busy job. Now that only one of us is, it will be so much easier to see each other :) Woot!!! 2) Dan is going to be a Koinonia leader next year, which is the worship night we have every Sunday night. He was selected out of a large amount of people, and I know that God is going to use this in his life so importantly. Also it’s a pretty big time commitment. Doing that and being an RA at the same time would have stretched him pretty thin. Now, he can spend time being the best Koin leader he can be and developing his skills as a worship leader. So that worked out so well :) 3) He would have had to give up a lot of the things he loves to do- such as jazz band, men’s choir, mercy seat, working sound and recording events, and stuff like that. Being an RA is a big chunk of time and he wouldn’t have been able to do all those things for sure. Now- he can continue to do what he loves :) As far as having the same experiences- I have realized that it’s good to have different ones sometimes. It gives us something to talk about. Plus, we can be a support for each other without being burned out by the same things. Being an RA involves a lot of organization and “mother-hen” type of stuff, which is totally 100% up my alley. Not that Dan isn’t like that, but it’s just such a perfect job for me and what he’s doing is so perfect for him. I think it’s just so beautiful how God works things out for the best when we could never have imagined how perfect it could be. Dan’s thinking about applying to be on the Roth Leadership Council- so that will be a good thing also. They basically plan the events and stuff like that. So who knows what next year will be like- we are excited, though the teeny-tiniest big disappointed…mostly so excited though :) If you could just keep praying for us that would be great! We need it haha :) I’m excited for Friday and the weekend :) And I gotta go because I’m supposed to meet Dan :) TTYL WORLD.
This is the look I am going for this morning…I have a short paper to write before 12 so I am putting on my thinking glasses and getting to it!
Honestly, this is so beautiful.
A little something I drew for you :)
I was thinking as I wrote that last post(but I forgot to include it…hey give me a break. It’s 1:18am!) that I am so incredibly blessed. Think about Haiti tonight…do you think any of them are so comfy that they can’t fall asleep? I bet they have the opposite problem. I don’t know why God chose to bless me as he does, but I am certainly thankful and because he gave me comfort, I should look for ways to comfort others. Ok enough thoughts for tonight… Goodnight!
I think I have discovered a beautiful problem. Have you ever been so comfy in your bed that you can’t fall asleep? I know I know…that’s pretty weird, but I just keep laying here thinking about how nice my sheets feel on my toes and how perfect the temperature of the room is for sleeping and how my pillows are just at the perfect angle… And though I am quite tired I just cannot for the life of me fall asleep. I think my brain gets stimulated by the extreme comfiness of it all. Obviously It’s a hard life here at Houghton.so here I lie…typing away with one finger on my ipod and hoping that all the physical activity my thumb is getting will cause me to drift off to sleep. And preferably SOON! I have an 8 am class :(
Anyways…goodnight world and I hope you are comfy as well :)
