tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33295402631013130212024-02-20T18:03:12.852-08:00A Traveler's DreamAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-21385432817956304322016-07-06T08:36:00.000-07:002016-07-06T08:50:02.422-07:00Equipped by God<div class="p1">
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<span class="s1">But in the midst of these emotions, as the clock ticks away the moments until my adventure begins, I am reminded that this is not a trip about me. This is a trip about the 1.8 million people living in Perth, Australia. It is about the college students there that have never really had God explained to them. It is about opening myself up to be used and equipped by the Spirit. You see, God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called. What I mean by that, is that I wasn’t called because I am anything spectacular. I was called because I am open and desire to be used in ways that are spectacular. So when I feel useless, I remember that it’s not about me. It’s about God and what He can do. I am merely a vessel. If I believe one thing about my God it is that He is capable of doing unprecedented things. He is miraculous. He is awe-inspiring. He is big, and He will do big things through my team and I if we simply ask Him to. I want students to come to Christ so much, and God wants that for His lost children even more. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">So who am I to let myself believe I am useless? If I have faith in the God I am going to tell about, then I have faith that He will use me in exactly the way He desires. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:14</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>“Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.’” Jeremiah 1:9</i></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-77639602074358307172016-03-02T09:46:00.001-08:002016-03-02T12:35:42.782-08:00He First Loved Us<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I work at Elmbrook Church and I was
reading through some of our new material that we are using in our Life Group Bible Studies. While I was reading
from our new “Rooted and Released Study Guide,” I read this passage:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In
1990, Robertson McQuilkin, the president of Columbia Bible College, knew he
needed to make a decision about his career. The school needed him 100 percent,
and his wife, Muriel, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease almost
ten years earlier, now needed him 100 percent. In the end, Robertson said, “The
choice to step down from my position was an easy one for me to make.” Perhaps
the best explanation can be found in the letter he wrote to the Columbia Bible
College constituency to explain his decision: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">...recently it has become apparent that
Muriel is contented most of the time she is with me and almost none of the time
I am away from her. It is not just “discontent.” She is filled with fear—even
terror—that she has lost me and always goes in search of me when I leave home. So
it is clear to me that she needs me now, full-time... <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The decision was made, in a way, 42
years ago when I promised to care for Muriel “in sickness and in health…till
death do us part.” So, as I told the students and faculty, as a man of my word,
integrity has something to do with it. But so does fairness. She has cared for
me fully and sacrificially all these years; if I cared for her for the next 40
years I would not be out of her debt. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Duty, however, can be grim and stoic.
But there is more: I love Muriel. She is a delight to me—her childlike
dependence and confidence in me, her warm love, occasional flashes of what wit
I used to relish so, her happy spirit and tough resilience in the face of her
continual distressing frustration. I don’t have to care for her. I get to! It
is a high honor to care for so wonderful a person.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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What an amazing thing to do for someone else: to sacrifice
yourself and your desires to better love someone else. Robertson gave up his
career to care for his wife and with a joyful attitude about it to boot!
Robertson said that this decision was an easy one to make. If I were to put
myself in his shoes and were faced with the decision to care for a person I
love dearly as they slowly regress into oblivion or to distance myself and focus
my mind elsewhere, I must say that some distance from that pain would be
easier. So why is it that Robertson said caring for his wife would be easier?<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 John 4:16 says, “God is love.” 1 John 4:19 says, “We love
because He first loved us.” These passages ensure that we are capable of love
because God’s love preceded us. Before iPhones, before ice cream, before social
media, before your boyfriend/girlfriend/best friend, before you or me, before
the world… God loved. He created us with the ability to love Him in return,
which made Him love us exponentially more than He already did (which was
already more than you or I could ever imagine). If that’s hard to comprehend, think
about it this way… I love my dog and I love my mom. My dog arguably loves me,
but she will also wag her tail and get excited for any random stranger with a
working hand to pet her and a treat in hand. My mom on the other hand, loves my
sisters and I with a completely different love. Yes, she loves her friends, but
given the choice between all her friends or me, I know she would choose me
every time. So even though I love my dog, Bella, a ton, I would pick my mom
over her because my mom can express her love to me in a multitude of ways and I
can do the same for her. It is a love without conditions. Now imagine that in
the context of God. Our love cannot even compare to the unique love He feels
for each an every person. In fact, He loves us so much that He sent His only
Son to die for us in the most painful way possible. That day on the cross is
when sacrificial love began. That is why Robertson could say with utmost
confidence that caring for his wife was the easier choice…because his life was
rooted in the One who gave him the capability to love sacrificially in the
first place. God.<o:p></o:p></div>
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As Elmbrook Church begins our series entitled “Rooted and
Released,” I am reminded of how much fuller my life is when I root myself in
God first and foremost. When I allow myself to be in awe daily of his goodness,
I allow myself the desire to be more like Him…the desire to root myself in Him
first and let everything else come second. Twelve days into the New Year of
2016, I have decided on a resolution that I know I can complete: to daily root
myself in the Lord. Whether that be through worship or reading my Bible or
listening and reflecting on a sermon, I choose to daily be rooted in Him.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-47610021428385176672015-09-02T19:20:00.000-07:002015-09-02T19:20:15.435-07:00Fields of Grace<div class="p1">
<span class="s1">How does one combat the struggles and trials of life with hope all of the time? I mean I am a pretty optimistic person, but there comes a point. Especially in a relationship when you shove two different people together and tell them to make it work and love each other and never fight or struggle. As a young twenty something girl with many boys that have entered and exited my life without sticking around for long, it just doesn’t add up. How are you supposed to trust that a relationship will last forever? How do you put all your eggs in one basket and believe in love till death does you part? I can’t seem to wrap my head around it. Some would say it’s because I’ve never loved someone like that. I disagree. As a girl that loves with a Christ-like love, and human ferocity I can certainly tell you love isn’t hard for me. It’s keeping that same love around for a lifetime that boggles my mind. I mean look at the divorce rate and all the struggling marriages out there. I’m sure plenty of people reading this can relate to the fact that their parents’ marriage is not always a happy one. All parents have to fight or struggle at some point. We’re human. It’s inevitable. This is how my brain operated, until a week ago. I viewed marriage as a lasting, but kind of unrealistic commitment. Then I wrote this article…</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>“Elmbrook Church has been a real blessing to us,” said Jarett Fields who has been attending Elmbrook with his wife, Kisa, and two children for about two years. The couple began attending after an invite from a friend, but no one could have foreseen the amazing work of the Holy Spirit occur within them and their marriage through this church and staff. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>The Fields were married three years ago, and began life together. The roads of married life are not always smooth, though, and Kisa “knew that we needed help. And I felt that it needed to be Christian-based.” She sought advice through the Counseling Referral Line on the Elmbrook website. She was put in touch with a couple that began helping them work through the problems within their marriage. Kisa found Christian guidance through the prayers and weekly meetings with a woman, Sue, which allowed her to work through Christ-centered solutions. Jarett found healing in the weekend services and began to “separate the difference between what I think of marriage, as a husband, and what God thinks of marriage, as our Father.” </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>A few weeks after they sought counsel, the Fields sat in the pews on a Sunday morning listening to Pastor Jason speak. Kisa was moved to approach the front when the call for prayer was made. “I remember grabbing Jarett’s hand and walking forward and it was Shanthini Baskaran and her husband, Vinod, that prayed for us. After that, it seemed like every subsequent message had something appropriate to help us get stronger.” This furthered the healing process in the marriage of the Fields, having gone through a lot in the three years of their marriage. Jarett “delved into the Word to really think about the unconditional love that I am supposed to have for God’s daughter, who is Kisa.” That was a big turning point for Jarett as he realized this and began an intentional move to work as a team with Kisa. “A marriage in my eyes was the man is the head of the house financially. When I read the Word, the man is the head of the household spiritually. It’s easy to get caught up in what the world demands and forget about the piece that you are supposed to be leading the family in a Christian way.”</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">Hey friends! My apologies for not writing more. I’m going to try to start blogging regularly again. We’ll see how it goes. Anyways, I was approached over a month ago to partake in an event with the tag line “Speak up, speak out,” an event to convey God’s heart for justice. I was asked to create a sculpture that pertained to the event in a live setting. Essentially, they want me to sit in a room where everyone can see me and make something beautiful and powerful… I’ll let you in on a secret. I’m terrified. How am I supposed to do that when I have no clue what God’s heart for justice even means? But I agreed and the event is now two days away and I have exactly zero good ideas for what I want to do. Great planning, right? So I did what any good Christian would do in this situation. I googled it. And this is what I found. God’s justice is one of His many attributes that the Bible mentions. God’s heart for justice has to do with His intention for us as humans to help other humans that have not what we have. We are called to equate the gap of the poor in wealth, spirit, love, hope, holiness… The Bible commands us to care about the poor saying, “The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.” (Psalm 29:7) But here’s the clincher. We’re not supposed to just care. We’re called to <i>act</i>. A man can say to himself, “it’s so sad there’s poor people” but if he does nothing, he is just as wicked as the man who has no concern at all. If you lost your cell phone, you’d be concerned, right? I would. That thing has my whole life on it. And what do you do when you lose your phone? I know I, at least, run around frantically searching until I find it. I’m concerned, so I take action. If I am babysitting and one of the kids gets hurt, I panic a little on the inside. But I put on a brave face, clean up the scrapes and blood, bandage it up, and send the child off to take on the world again. I’m concerned and I take action. If the lost phone wasn’t my own or the child was fifteen years old and able to put a bandage on their own knee, I wouldn’t be that concerned and therefore not do anything about it. So you see, when I say that a man that expresses concern for the poor but does nothing is just as wicked as the man that expresses no concern at all, I am implying that real concern would invoke real action. A sin of omission, not doing anything, is just as serious as sins of commission, such as being an oppressor of the poor. So what does this mean for believers? We understand now that it means we have to act, but what exactly does that look like? I don’t think there is any perfect answer to that question, but it could mean going on a mission trip. It could look like a food drive in your community or a clothing donation box at your school. Or it could be learning more about this topic at an event like the one I will be sculpting at and helping to raise awareness for this calling on our lives as believers. This idea of God wanting His creation to achieve justice will only happen if we take action. Today’s blog comes with a challenge: speak up about this desire of God’s and speak out about what you are going to do about it. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-77501095815778234762014-11-12T20:55:00.000-08:002014-11-12T20:55:43.262-08:00Kings Become FoolsThis past weekend, I had the opportunity to go to a Gungor concert. It was a pretty chill concert which really allowed you to appreciate the music. Being a bit behind on my bands, I did not know many of their songs. I am really glad I didn't though. You know when you listen to a song for the first time and you actually listen to it instead of just hearing the noise it creates? Then add in the fact that it was a live concert and you have an audience waiting on every word. That's got to be a pretty cool experience for the band. I am particularly grateful for one song in particular. It has been on my mind and heart every day since then. The lyrics go like this... <br />
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Oh the vapor of it all<br />
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The powers of the earth so pale and thin<br />
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Heaven taunts the hearts of men<br />
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The beauty of it all<br />
The mystery<br />
The swelling of a voice<br />
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<em>Holy<br />You oh God are Holy<br />Trees clap their hands for you<br />Oceans they dance for you<br />You are holy </em></div>
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Oh the mystery of it all<br />
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The fullness of a God<br />
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<em>Holy<br />You oh God are Holy<br />Trees clap their hands for you<br />Oceans they dance for you</em></div>
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<em>You are holy<br />Infinite and holy<br />A billion suns rise for you<br />Clouds paint the skies for you<br />Mountains stand tall for you<br />Valleys bow down to you<br />Everything rising to<br />Sing all our songs for you</em></div>
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<em>Holy<br />The impossible and holy<br />Kings become fools for you<br />Kingdoms to ruins for you<br />Vapor finds ground in you<br />Music finds sound for you<br />Everything rising<br />Everything rising </em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What incredible words. "A billion suns rise for you, clouds paint the skies for you, mountains stand tall for you, valleys bow down to you." And then, "kings become fools for you, kingdoms to ruins for you." What an incredible God we serve. He created every minute detail of this universe. The earth bends to His will, and yearns to praise His name. It's funny to think that His most beloved creations are the ones who forget His existence most readily. We have the most knowledge, the highest capacity for love and emotion, and the ability to form the strongest connections. These are true gifts from our Father, but they also can be our biggest downfalls. We get so distracted with the amazing things God created, that we often forget who wrote it all into being. This song is a daily reminder to me to slow down, take a breath, and recenter my heart on the Lord. "The powers of the earth so pale and thin..." The beauty of the earth has the ability to mask our perceptions of the true beauties of things that go beyond our planet. God not only created a home for humanity, but a home for our home within our galaxy, and hundreds of thousands of neighbors for us to explore. Complexity creates a desire for answers. I don't think God gave us this incredible residence just because. He knew we would want answers. He created us and knew we would long for the solutions to the problems He created. And the answers lie in Him. How incredible! Trees clap their hands, oceans dance, and everything we know will one day praise the name of God with everything within.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-5694961290052295332014-10-16T18:17:00.001-07:002014-10-16T18:20:16.341-07:006 Two Step DIYsAlright, you busy bees, here's a list of DIYs that are a sweet and simple two steps. From hair pins to trinket holders, you can do it all in fifteen minutes or less!<br />
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These mini Altoid boxes are available at most stores. All you have to do for this DIY is eat the Altoids and then replace them with your bobby pins. A delicious project that will put some organisation back into that messy hair accessory drawer.<br />
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Okay, for this one you'll need a shape hole punch and paint chips (the free ones from your nearest home improvement store are perfect). I went with a flower like the one pictured above but stars are cute too. Any shape you like works. Now, take the paint chips and punch out a bunch of shapes. How many you punch depends on how long you want your garland to be. Now take a needle and thread and string the punch outs on. You can string them on with one hole for the shapes to be parallel or you can use two holes and the shapes will hang horizontally.<br />
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Gather up all those old photographs and a roll of tape and get to getting! You can leave gaps like I did or make a solid wall. Try using plaques like the one of the Eiffel Tower in mine or paintings or framed photos to break it up and make it more interesting. (Tip: The Walgreens app allows you to print photos right from Facebook or Instagram, and if you print from Instagram they'll print as 4x4's) Check out my DIY Bunting post to learn how to make bunting like mine!<br />
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Alright, you all are so crafty that a lame notebook is definitely not cool enough for people to sign at graduations or goodbye parties. Pick up one of these books and have your friends and family sign it for you when you leave high school, go to study abroad, move away, or embark on any new chapter of life.<br />
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This one is for all who have the travel bug. My best friend bought me a large world map and a bulletin board (same size or larger than the map). All I did from there was tape the map on, grab some pins and put one colour pin in the places I have been, and another colour in the places I still want to go. Hang it on your wall and all your friends will be so impressed with how cultured you are.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed these! Leave questions or comments below. If you're looking for other DIY projects, check out the others on my DIY page.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-23461776760903575602014-10-10T13:12:00.001-07:002014-10-10T13:24:37.408-07:00Photo Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Seville, Spain: Bullfighting Ring</div>
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Cordoba, Spain</div>
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London, England: High Tea</div>
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London, England: Big Ben</div>
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London, England: Westminster Abbey</div>
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Edinburgh, Scotland</div>
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Edinburgh, Scotland</div>
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Edinburgh, Scotland</div>
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Edinburgh, Scotland: Arthur's Seat</div>
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Dubrovnik, Croatia</div>
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Cassis, France</div>
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Venice, Italy</div>
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Naples, Italy</div>
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Dubrovnik, Croatia</div>
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Rome, Italy: Colosseum </div>
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Rome, Italy: Vatican</div>
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Venice, Italy: Murano glass blowing island</div>
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Venice, Italy: Grand Canal</div>
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London, England</div>
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Chattenuef du Pape, France</div>
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Roussilon, France</div>
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Isle sur la Sorge, France</div>
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Aix en Provance, France </div>
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Dubrovnik, Croatia</div>
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Dubrovnik, Croatia</div>
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Venice, Italy</div>
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Venice, Italy: nightly gelato run</div>
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Provence, France</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-26206833084956549092014-10-08T17:48:00.004-07:002014-10-08T17:48:45.349-07:00My Child<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My child, I love you. Did you know I love you? You are young—newly formed by my careful hand—and do not understand me yet, but I wait patiently for the day to come that we can walk together. I observe each and every day as you make sense of the earth you inhabit. You learn to crawl, then walk, then run, and dance. I smile and help pick you up when you fall. I care about you so deeply—even deeper than you could ever imagine, but that doesn’t stop me from loving you even more with each passing day. Now you are part of the world—in it and influenced by it. My heart quickens when I send one of my friends to you. My helper demonstrates me, introduces me, and tells you how I desire to have a relationship with you. I want to be your friend, your counsellor, your guide. You listen… I wait patiently for it to take root. My friend goes on to tell others of my love, and in the absence you forget and become lost. My heart sinks. You are confused, turning down paths in desperation that take you further from me. I watch as you pour yourself into relationships that end and leave you broken and more lonely than before. I want to help you, but you won’t accept my hand. I look on as you try to find happiness in nice things, but not even the best cell phone or clothes fulfil you like I can. I wish you would take my hand. I stare sadly as you try to make things better by improving your image. You think that your outward appearance would be better if you altered yourself to look more like everyone else, but I fashioned you as a unique individual with careful deliberation. I put all my effort into making you, you. I made you a breathtaking soul, but you don’t realise it. When improving your image doesn’t work, I hold my breath as you start to think it would just be better to end it all, to just give up and not have to deal with the pain any longer. I call out to you as you toy with objects that have the power to end the life I gave you. I see the sadness in your eyes, and my heart breaks again. I’m here. I’m here to listen even when you think there is no one left to care. You haven’t seen me yet, though. I watch as you toy with death, completely unaware. I call out for you over and over. You still can’t hear me. You resolve to play with death no longer. Life will never give you the completeness you desire, and neither will the danger of passing away. You have come to the end and do not want to go on any longer. I shout as loud as I can, but you don’t listen. Again, I scream your name. You are distant. Death comes up and grips your hand, propels itself towards you. But before it overtakes you, before it ends you right there, I shout out in desperation one last time. Oblivion dissolves from your countenance; death pauses ever so briefly. I step in between you and death’s power. Finally, you see me. Finally, you hear my voice. I love you. Did you know I love you? You rush to my embrace and I hold you to my heart. You make me promise I will never let go. I never did let you go, I reply. I never did.</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-51963661954695260762014-08-31T23:26:00.001-07:002014-08-31T23:27:05.822-07:00I'm a Blugold NowIdentities... We all have them, get caught up in them, try to change them, but one thing never changes. No matter how much you may try, you will always have one. It's impossible to escape and it kind of stinks. What if I do not want to be the quiet one or the outgoing one or the funny one. What if I want to be all three or none of the above? Imagine a world where we all got to choose how everyone perceived us... It would be nice for every to look at me and see someone who enjoys a good competition but also happens to dress nicely. To be looked at as the nice Christian girl that is outgoing, but not labeled, therefore, as a prude. So many times I find myself worrying about how to phrase things so that I do not give away certain facts about myself. Or do you ever catch yourself sort of talking up your own person? "Ya, I work out a lot. Oh I'm a biker, I've ridden in triathlons before. Here's one minute fact about my life that makes me cool and let's leave out the rest..." Why do we do that? It's like an innate need to make ourselves seem cooler.<br />
<br />But here is where it counts. Do you really think God created you to be one thing only? It says in 1 Corinthians 4:7, "For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?" God created each of us different. I have plenty of personality traits in common with family and friends and even strangers. What makes me and my identity unique is the combination of things that I am. I am a Christian. I am loving. I am artistic. I am outgoing. I am a traveler. And my being will always be transient. For now, I am a college student, a Blugold. And some things I will never get the chance to be again. The youngest child. A kindergartener. A bible school student. Regardless of where I am in life, my identity will always be changing. There may be parts of it that I do not like or may try to hide, but I can find the basis of my identity in Christ. The rest just makes me, me.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-58744597022215433802014-08-19T22:39:00.002-07:002014-08-19T22:39:43.219-07:00Here's to a New AdventureCollege... I do not know if it is a dreaded, anticipated, or largely unexciting word but it always seems to come up right about the age of sixteen or seventeen. Then once you hit eighteen and you have researched, toured, and finally chosen a school the follow-up question hits the market. "What are you going to study?" Well I considered Canadian studies, floral management, auctioneering, but ironically landed on decision sciences. Not! I am going to college to study... yeah, I got nothing. The horrific title of "Undecided." Sure, I know I like art and I have narrowed the list to exclude all math and science related degrees, but that still does nothing to ease the panic of having to choose what I want to do for the rest of my life. Let's take a moment to let that phrase sink in... the rest of my life.<br />
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Now, I am not writing to give you all a panic attack or make you reconsider your major once you have already chosen, so I will get to the point. If I am human, I have likes and dislikes which I am aware of. Those will eliminate probably two thirds of the majors available. From there my hobbies and interests will eliminate a bunch more. Then I have the fields I find interesting left. But how do I go from a list to just one? I bet there are many ways I could mess up a decision like this. I bet I will mess it up at least a little bit. I bet I will choose then re-choose at least once. But even in this valley, there is hope for tomorrow because I have God lighting my way. No, I do not think God has or will give me a divine sign stating the major He intends me to pursue. In reality, I do not think it really matters to Him as much as I think it might. Do you want to know why? Because I think that all God really wants for me to pursue is Him. If that means making art or planning weddings or running a charity or advertising products, I think it does not really matter as long I am following Him first. The I am Second movement has a solid point. (<a href="http://www.iamsecond.com/">www.iamsecond.com</a>) It does not matter if I am an athlete, musician, artist, business person, entrepreneur, doctor, or teacher. What matters is what I put first in my life. What a solid reality check. When I am working my summer job, it is not the kids I nanny that come before everything. When they are naughty, I have to remember to be patient and loving like Jesus was. When I am at school, it is not my studies that come first. I cannot have a clear mind to study if I am constantly thinking about things that are bothering me and not bringing them to God. When I am at home, family time does not trump God time. This one is hard, but I cannot be an example of a daughter or sister if I do not have the help of my Saviour. It seems like such a trivial thing to pursue God first because I am a Christian and that should be a given. But I will say it is my daily struggle and it will be until I join Him in eternity.<br />
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So, maybe for now I do not know if I will be an artist, event planner, writer, or charity worker. And maybe that does not matter so much. I will still worry about it, but it will all work out for His glory. So here's to a new adventure of pursuing God first and seeing what follows.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-35390396251264261782014-08-19T21:47:00.000-07:002014-08-19T21:47:43.586-07:00DIY Image TransferHello all you crafty people out there! If you are reading this, then you are likely in a similar boat to me. I saw a cool pin on Pinterest advertising the ability to transfer my photos onto canvases and that they would look artsy and distressed. I thought to myself, "Cool! New project with a vintage feel AND the ability to save a few bucks on getting canvases printed for me." So ensued the adventure... I started with the transparency and gel medium method. It was a bust; the image came out streaked and unrecognisable. Next, I looked into a method posted on Instructables which was very time consuming so I decided to try out my own. In the end, this was the best way.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-49077341436761020252014-05-28T13:11:00.001-07:002014-08-19T23:51:15.879-07:00The Road of Life<div style="margin-bottom: 11px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i>At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognised His picture when I saw it, but I really didn't know Him. Later on when I met Christ, it seemed as though life were rather like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike, and I noticed that Christ was in the back helping me pedal. I don't know just when it was that he suggested we change places, but life has not been the same since. When I had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring, but predictable... It was the shortest distance between two points. But when He took the lead, He knows the delightful long cuts, up mountains, and through rocky places at breakneck speeds, it was all I could do to hang on! Even though it looked like madness, He said, “Pedal!" I worried and was anxious and asked, "Where are you taking me?" He laughed and didn't answer, and I started to learn to trust. I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure. And when I'd say, "I'm scared," He'd lean back and touch my hand. He took me to people with gifts that I needed, gifts of healing, acceptance, and joy. They gave me gifts to take on my journey, the Lord's and mine. And we're off again. He said, "Give the gifts away; they're extra baggage, too much weight." So I did, to the people we met, and I found that in giving I received, and still our </i><i>burden</i><i> was light. I did not trust him at first, in control of my life. I thought He'd wreck it; but he knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend to take sharp corners, knows how to ju</i></span><i style="letter-spacing: 0px;">mp to clear high rocks, knows how to fly to shorten scary passages. And I am learning to shut up and pedal in the strangest places, and I'm beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze on my face with my constant companion, Jesus Christ. And when I'm sure I just can't do anymore, He just smiles and says.... </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">This is the speech I memorised for a speech competition in the seventh grade, I believe. I got a blue ribbon for it and was also asked to give it at our end of the year “Best of the Best” school program. (Be aware that I went to a private school with 250 students total, so don’t be too impressed.) Anyways, when I picked this monologue I thought it was cute and fun to say and it had lots of opportunities for embellishment to get me that blue ribbon. And I was right, but I never really looked at this speech and evaluated it against my own journey with God until now. As a private school kid, I definitely knew about God. I had bible class every day and chapel every Thursday. My teachers were Christians and all the families in the school were Christian. It was an amazing community and I loved it. But I never really looked at the Christian faith, thought on it, and made it my own. It was more like a lifestyle. Like the monologue says, I noticed God was there, but I was in control. It was not until my certainty in life was taken away that I realised I couldn’t be in front anymore. It was sort of like I had crashed the bike and realised I sucked at steering. It prompted the best decision I’ve ever made: giving Christ the lead. I still get nervous and try to take back my position in the front, but let’s be real… Jesus really does know bike secrets. Or rather, life secrets. I mean he came and lived the perfect life on earth. That guy was nice, he never lied, he was nice to his parents and siblings…<i>all the time</i>…loved the convicts and prostitutes and low-lifes, and touched the people with contagious illnesses that made your skin fall off only to <i>heal </i>them. Seriously, if Jesus came to earth today I’d want to be that dude’s BFF. The New Testament tells us about how much he kicked every else’s butts at doing life right. Given the option, I’d much rather him help me out and steer me in the right direction than screw it up myself. So, that’s pretty much what I did. I definitely still reach for the steering wheel at times and sometimes Jesus slaps my hand and says “Hands off.” Other times he lets me try and I either realise I’m going to crash and quickly jump back to my spot in the backseat. Other times, I crash and he picks me up, dusts me off, and sets me back on my seat. Either way, life is much better when he is in front. I am so glad I believe in a God that has a plan for me and wants to help me along the path to accomplish it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">My time at Capernwray is two weeks to close. As the end draws near, I am realising many things about this place that are so unique and nearly all of them involve the people. It is amazing to be in a room of 150 people and know without a doubt that nearly all of them love you because Jesus loves them. I love 1 John 4. It is a chapter of the Bible where the apostle John attempts to convey who God is in His deepest essence. When I read it, I can nearly see John sitting there thinking to himself, “how can I explain God to the church? How do I make it clear?” And then he writes out the next fourteen verses which go something like this… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Dear friends, let us love one another, for </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>love comes from God</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>. </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>. Whoever does not love does not know God, because </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>God is love</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>. This is how </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>God showed his love</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i> among us: he sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>This is love</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>: not that we loved God, but that </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>he loved us</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i> and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>God so loved us</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>, we ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>his love is made complete in us</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>God is love.</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i> </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>Whoever lives in love lives in God</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgement: in this world we are like Jesus. There is </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>no fear in love</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>. But </i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><i>perfect love drives out fear</i></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">This passage tells us all about how God totally embodies the characteristic of love. All of his traits flow out from this one fact. If I know God, as well as the 152 other students living in this place we call home, then we know his love. I am going to boldly state that if you know God’s love, you will want to show it to others. That is why Capernwray Bible School is such an amazing place. It is a body of students looking to support you, encourage you, pray with you and for you, be kind to you, give you things, and ultimately be God’s love to you. What an amazing place of encouragement for Christians! There are a few places on the Sarah Girard Heritage Tour (the places where my faith was impacted), and I can tell you for sure: Capernwray is one of them. As I think about going home and leaving this place, my sorrow is evident. I am really going to miss it here. I find solace in the fact that I still <i>get </i>two more weeks in this place, with these people. What a blessing. I can only praise God for giving me this time here and allowing me to make such amazing friends. It will be really difficult leaving and not having them around at all times to talk to and turn to for help, but I know that I have made more sincere and genuine friends here than I have ever made in my entire life and I thank God for them each and every day.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-80005811842931822332014-04-22T08:25:00.000-07:002014-08-19T23:51:47.172-07:00A Wee Scottish Adventure<div>
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">About two months ago I had the immense pleasure of spending a week and a half in Scotland on an outreach trip. It was much the same as a missions trip. We had a very wide range of fields we worked in, such as school, in the church, with the elderly, with toddlers, and most everything in between. It was quite the adventure. I was incredibly blessed by the experience and hope I was a blessing to others as well. It was an emotional roller coaster, but I enjoyed every moment. There is something about an experience that stretches you that makes it so much better. I have never been put out of my comfort zone so many times in such a short period (but in the best way possible). Personally, I did not go looking for opportunities to share my life story in front of thirty or more people. I do not particularly love doing new things, like gigantic live paintings (see youtube link below) in front of one hundred students without practice. Thankfully every situation turned out well, but overall I cannot tell you how much the experience truly meant to me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It began with the people. God amazingly blesses us with the people he puts into our lives. I was one of six girls on my team. An unlikely group of near strangers turned into an amazing group bonded by hard work, laughter, and love for each other and the Lord. The pastor my team worked with could not have more perfect. A father of two grown boys, he was way out of his comfort zone with six ladies. Di is David’s wife. She is so kind and incredibly funny. Their home was our home for the ten days we spent there and even when we were giggling, dancing, playing record albums, painting, or making sandwiches they loved having us all the same. (Or at least I hope so…) We grew incredibly close and started calling them mom and dad by the end of the week. Then there was our extended team, made up of Lynsey, Laura, and Robbie. They helped with driving, support, organisation, and making our team a hundred times better. I am so glad I had the chance to get to know them because they made me feel comfortable and when I was nervous about anything, their encouragement and smiling faces eased my worries about the task at hand. Then there was the church family. They opened up their homes for us to stay in and fed us amazing food. If I were to thank them solely for the food they provided, it would need to be one ginormous thanks. That was just how they cared for our physical needs. I know they prayed—and continue to pray—for us often. As well, they provided transportation for us, cared for us, went out of their way to get us resources like church cookbooks with Scottish delicacies in them, and were genuinely interested in us. Even simply their interest would have been incredible, but they went above and beyond for my team and I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The second big part of outreach was what my team did. As I said previously, we did quite a variety of things and like most would, I have my favourites. Everything we did was very fun, but my top four were giving my testimony at the Sunday evening service, visiting some of the church members in their homes, doing the live painting at the school assembly, and spending time with the Youth Fellowship. They were all rewarding in different ways and taught me different lessons. Giving my testimony showed me that my trials and the lessons I have learned, even in just my short 18 years of life, can make an impact on others lives. Visiting the church members blessed me by showing me that even those who are blind or struggling with old age or loss have joy throughout their undesirable circumstances. Doing the live painting showed me that artistic talents can be used to impact others in Jesus’ name. And spending time with the Youth Fellowship helped me realise that generation holds the next missionaries, pastors, evangelists, business men and women, teachers, and leaders. They are those that will impact their peers, children, and even their elders in whatever circumstances life leads them through.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-36131574196463801312014-03-03T03:58:00.002-08:002014-08-19T23:48:27.311-07:00Walking with God<span style="font-family: inherit;">I often find myself going through my day focused on all that I need to get done, bustling around and when I finally fall into bed at night I think back on my day and realise I was entirely consumed with myself or others all day long and very unfocused on God. And to think I'm at bible school. Sometimes I feel inadequate of my place at Bible School, until I realised and remembered that I am not perfect. I will always be held back by human nature and it takes a long time to get rid of old, bad habits. That is no excuse for not praying during my day, but it was something that I needed to recall when I started getting down on myself because of that reason. Before I really started developing my relationship with God, I did not take much care for how often we talked throughout the day, but the desire for that continuous conversation was one of the main reasons I chose to come to Bible School. What a difficult yet rewarding goal to try to achieve! I often still find myself getting to the end of a day with a lack of prayer, but it isn't a one day switch. I'll be working on this through to the end of Bible School, and for every day after for the rest of my life. But the reward comes in those God moments you get to experience while trying to accomplish the goal. I have had the extreme joy of experiencing God in a very real way on one of my walks. I was talking to God while on a walk alone, and I turned next to me as if I was talking to a real person because I had forgotten that God wasn't visually present. I felt him there and turned to talk to Him like he was there and it was amazing to experience that very real presence. Even in the smaller circumstances like talking to a friend that you can see God in, or seeing someone doing a kindness for someone when they are hurting. One of the greatest things about Bible School is experience God in such a real way. It is something that I intend to take back with me and pass along. It's a real gift to be able to see God in the little things.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-39804033511400156052014-01-07T10:51:00.003-08:002014-08-19T23:48:51.783-07:00"The One" and Dr. Seuss Crossroads<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">I’m not sure if you’ve ever heard of Jefferson Bethke, but he posts videos on youtube about various Christian topics. He has some amazing videos out there like “Counterfeit Gods” and “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” I was watching a few of his newer videos the other day and happened upon one entitled “How Do you know Someone is ‘The One,’” and it really got me thinking, like many of Jeff’s videos do. His answer to this question was... there is no “one” and my dreams of fairytale came crashing down. And rightly so. Jeff went on to say that if there was “the one” for each of us, someone must have messed it up somewhere because we’re humans and that’s our method of operation to perpetually mess up without the help of our Savior. Therefore, there couldn’t be one for us, but many people that could make each of us happy, and we get to choose which one fits us best and draws us nearer to God. This logic makes a lot of sense. Jeff continued by saying that we, especially women, become way too obsessed with our ideas of our perfect “one” and it creates an impossible dream that no man will ever be able to fulfill. By this point in the video, my head was reeling. I realized very quickly that I had begun creating a perfect man and it would only create a very sorry, lonely me. But what is more, Jeff had proposed and backed up a view very contrary to what I believed, and it scared me. My mind flipped through faces and back again wondering if my idealistic and utterly unattainable view of my perfect man had made me pass by the right guy for me. I was all of the sudden very confused. This new perspective didn’t make sense to me. I realize now that what it didn’t allow for was my lackadaisical perspective on following God’s plan for my life. I wanted to rely on God to insert the perfect guy into my life at just the right time. But that’s not what He does. I view my life and all the paths it could take much like a Dr. Seuss crossroads. I have many possible paths and I need to discern which path leads me closer to God. But just like in life, there are many possible ways to get from Point A to Point B. From my house I can take probably ten different routes to get to where I’m sitting right now in Starbucks. Two of those take exactly the same amount of time, just having seen different scenery along the way. The point I’m trying to make is this: I believe God allows us a bit of wiggle room in our decisions; the gift of free will. There are a million ways I could go with my life and a thousand that will end up bringing me closer to my Lord and Savior. A hundred of those are paths I would enjoy and learn a lot through. Depending on what course I take according to the decisions I make, life will introduce me to different people. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” Our God promises and assures us a life in which we will blossom into beings closer and in better resemblance to Him, if we choose to follow Him. What He does not promise is there will always be one path to choose from nor does He ensure that we will always choose right. He will help us along the way, but we will inevitably mess up and take a less than perfect route. Thus far in my much less than perfect life of decisions, I have had the pleasure of meeting thousands of people. Any one of those thousand, or the thousands more I will meet, could make me very happy and help me to lead a Christ-centered life. God knows the plans He has for me. He knows which path I will end up taking, but it is up to me to take it. He knows the man I will end up choosing, but it is up to me to choose him. I can’t get anywhere if I don’t actually decide where I want to go. I have to take in active role in life, I can’t just expect God to do it for me. I am blessed with the assurance that He has a divine plan, but He can’t live my life for me, and I have realized if I want Him to then I am missing out on living life for myself. I was given the gift of life and I choose to live today, yesterday, and every day forward.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-24451605771420670612013-12-10T08:52:00.002-08:002014-08-19T23:49:02.282-07:00Christmas is Coming!<div>
<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">First term is wrapping up and school is coming to a close before a long break. I’m super excited to go home and see my sisters and parents and friends, but at the same time it is going to be so weird to be away from this place. I honestly love Capernwray. From my roommates to my friends to the lectures to the atmosphere as a whole, I love each and every piece. Save maybe for some of the meals... It is such an encouraging place. I still struggle with different things, but I know there is always someone to listen to me and offer me advice or a prayer. I am truly blessed by the people here each day. It’s so odd to think that I’ve only been here for three months. And yet I have learned so much. Here’s just a few things:</span></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My life was given for a purpose, and that purpose is to serve my God with my whole heart</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I have some amazing friends that love me a lot</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Lectures and assignments have helped me come to know my Saviour on a deeper level</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">God’s plan for my life needs to be sought</span></li>
<li style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">My family is something I deeply cherish, enjoy, and love</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And that’s just a very, very few. I didn’t even go into details about what I’ve learned during lectures. But that is probably because I’m still processing all that information (info overload!). And I am grateful for each thing I have learned. It’s crazy to know that this year is equipping me for the rest of my life. As a Christian, my life should be used to tell the gospel and the more I’m here and the more I learn, the better equipped for life I am.</span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-47689304977683306762013-11-26T11:09:00.003-08:002014-08-19T23:53:39.088-07:00My Roomies (aka My Family)<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">Well, this isn’t a typical post for me, but my gorgeous roomies want me to post about them, so I will. Because I love them. Every day I get to wake up to the most awesome six girls I have ever had the chance of living with, and every evening I get to come home to our little family of seven (or should I say eight. We adopted one. :) ) They make my life bright. From our dance parties to our Christmas music debacle, from the newly thrifted Christmas tree on our table to Samm’s funny comments when she’s half asleep, from the advice and comfort they give to our prayers together, they truly are the best. I don’t know how I got so lucky to be with these amazing ladies, but God was certainly good to me. I cannot imagine having any other roommates. It is going to be very hard when Christmas break rolls around and we all have to pack up our stuff knowing that when we all return we won’t be with each other any more. I hate that. I want to stay roommates with them forever. Sure our room is super messy and maybe we should get in bed before midnight each night, but we love each other and that’s all I care about. It makes me sad that all you reading this don’t know them, so I’m going to tell you a bit about each one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Emilie is from Canada. I’d tell you which province, but let’s be honest, they’re all the same in my mind. She is super fun to be around and is always bursting with energy. We both enjoy our dance parties very much and play on the same floor hockey team here. Canada is Almost America (yes, that is our team name) will be entering the playoffs after an amazing victory tonight. We won 4-2 and Em scored twice. That’s my girl!!! She loves to joke around and laugh her adorable laugh that makes me smile. She is absolutely beautiful inside and out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sam is also from Canada. She is such a sweetheart. You can just tell that as soon as you start talking she is listening and really cares to hear what you have to say. She loves to have fun and her dance moves are really good. She reminds me of my little sister in that regard. She has such a kind heart and her caring attitude just melts your heart. She sincerely embodies tender-heartedness and I love that so much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Clare is also from Canada (sensing a theme?). This sounds funny but she is my adorable, little dinosaur. She is just a cutie through and through, from her clothes to the things she says. I really appreciate her willingness to share, and her tolerance for our loudness when she is going to sleep. She has such a gentle heart, and her outlook on life is very happy and excited. Her love for life is refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Marissa is from the USA. She lives in a town called Linden on the west coast. She has a mother’s heart through and through. She is tender and caring, but is firm when necessary (like at 12:30 in the morning when we still haven’t turned off the lights). She is very comforting and is always there to listen and give advice when asked. Her faith in the Lord is incredible and very apparent by her life and way of living it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Maggie is also from the USA, but was born in Egypt. She is crazy at times, but I love her. She is always thinking of us, and when she gets things, she gets them for the room, and not just for herself. She purchased our Christmas tree, and is always doing funny things. She makes me laugh, but she also is so sweet. She comes up to me nearly every day just to give me a hug and tell me she loves me. I am blessed by her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Karen is from Canada too. She is the quietest in our room, but her sincerity is loud and clear even when she is silent. She is slow to speak, but quick to love. She is so passionate about many things in her life like drama and music, and it is so refreshing to behold. She has a beautiful smile and this sweet, soft laugh. I am so grateful for her presence in our room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And Samm is our adopted roommate. She is Sam’s best friend (I know, lots of Sams). She is from Canada as well. She is so strong at heart but at the same time so incredibly caring. It is a truly beautiful combination. I don’t understand how she manages both sometimes, but she does. Every night she says goodnight to us all individually, and her love is apparent. She is there to rub my back and soothe me when I’m down. It is so amazing to be able to have her in our room even if she doesn’t usually sleep there. She is a wonderful addition to our room, and I am so happy we get to love her on a daily basis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Those are my roommates in a nutshell. We are crazy. We are loud. We are messy. We are silly. But we are sisters, and I thank God for them each and every day. I love you ladies!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-51418758086098404372013-11-26T11:08:00.002-08:002014-08-19T23:49:28.534-07:00Random Acts of Kindness<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I feel as though many times we, as Christians or even simply as human beings, have a tendency to sit back on our haunches and watch others pass us by. Of course we have our friends that we love and will do nice things for sometimes, but even at a Bible School there are plenty of people that cross my path each day that just look a little down. My question is, why don’t we ever do something about that? Why not try to be a bright point in a person’s day? I was given a note the other day from a friend. He wrote it for no reason other than to just encourage me. I wasn’t down. I wasn’t crying or angry or frustrated. He did it just ‘cause. The note said that he really cherished our friendship and that he was so glad he got to know me. He said we should hang out soon since we hadn’t in awhile, and you know what? It was really nice. A few days later, a friend complimented me on my kind heart. I had not really realised that I was being that kind, but obviously it is noticeable to others. That’s a really cool thing to learn that one of your qualities really sticks out to others. Last night a different friend said to me, “Hey Sarah. I just wanted to let you know that I’m really impressed by your servant’s heart.” What precious words... I really have been trying to embrace the idea that I should refresh someone each day with a kind word or deed, and therefore be refreshed myself by their reaction. Through this new goal of mine, I have come to know that I truly delight in making others happy. I knew this before, but in the past few days this fact has become so real. I am so blessed by the people here, and I only find it fair to bless those around me in return. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Now I know my realizations about my life do not apply to you all, but it does not change the fact that you can be refreshed by refreshing others. I challenge you all to refresh yourselves this week. Maybe give a friend a bar of chocolate, or write an encouraging note, draw someone a funny picture, or just give a hug. Let others’ smiles delight your soul. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-73773346410740992422013-11-14T08:39:00.000-08:002014-08-19T23:49:41.693-07:00Wow!<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello my lovelies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well I'm missing my art a lot right now. I really want to post another DIY for all you independent people out there, but I have no supplies! Gah! I'm working on it, though. I will do my best to find a few and just stock up on supplies next time I'm in town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But on a more interesting note than my shopping plans, I went to Scotland two weeks ago. We left from Capernwray on Friday (the 1st) in the morning and arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland at around 3 in the afternoon. We spent the rest of that day just walking around and exploring. We walked down the Royal mile and found a pub to eat at for dinner, and just hung out. I was pretty wiped so we ended up heading back to the hostel at a pretty reasonable hour and I watched How to Train Your Dragon and then went to bed. Great movie.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day, we just sort of explored. We didn't have anything specific planned so we walked around and ended up going in and seeing a church. Then we grabbed some lunch at a little cafe called Hula. I had some delicious soup and a bagel toastie. It was the perfect lunch to warm me up on that rainy day. After lunch we saw Edinburgh Castle. It was pretty fun. Laura, Marissa, Christian, Sierra, and I weren't really in the museum mood, though, so we ended up reading maybe six signs and laughing our way through the rest of the castle. A little heads up: it's not a traditional castle. It's more of a conglomeration of buildings that served various purposes in their day. We ended up watching the sunset from the castle and then heading out to buy groceries so we could make dinner. It was a nice day, and I snuggled in and watched Pirates of the Caribbean that evening.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sunday morning, there was a large group of students from school going to a local church. So we all attended and it was a really nice service. It was good to be in the natural swing of church again because church at Capernwray doesn't have the same feel of getting up and actually driving to the church that you spend one or so days at every day. It gives church a different feel when you are not there all the time. The rest of that day, I spent walking to and hiking up Arthur's Seat. It is a big bluff that overlooks the city and it was really pretty. I enjoyed it a lot.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday, was the day to go home. I was sad to be leaving my mini vacation, but I missed home. I missed my Capernwray family. I missed coming home to my roommate family in the evenings. So, even though I enjoyed my time, I really realised how much I love the place where I'm at right now. I love my surroundings and the people and my life. God is so prevalent in everything here and I am just happy. God is good, all the time. All the time, God is good.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-3383854122635313602013-10-27T17:05:00.002-07:002014-08-19T23:49:56.404-07:00How are you?<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;">Week four ends today... As I think through my emotions, I realize how happy I am here. The more time I spend in this place, the more I fall in love with the people, the surroundings, and my God’s presence. This place is not without it’s hardships and struggles, but if you fall there are 200 people waiting to help you up. I have some amazing friends and companions and roommates and the like that come alongside me and actually care. There are many times in a person’s life when you are asked simple questions out of habit and not truly out of care for the person. A common greeting is “How are you?” How often do you actually desire to know how the other person is doing? Or how often do you answer honestly? I always answer the same way. “Good, how are you?” But I am realizing that I really do want to know how people are doing. Truly and deeply. I desire to hear about their struggles and what is going on in their head and heart. And I answer honestly too, and that has truly helped me work through lots of the issues I’m having on a day to day basis. I certainly do not have it all together, and there are many things that I still do not understand or know how to handle. But it all seems just a little bit easier.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And then there’s God. He is always there when human relationships just do not suffice. Sometimes you just need Him to help you sort through everything. I am so happy to be able to call on Him no matter where I am. Being here and immersed in the Word is incredibly fulfilling. God fills you from tip to toe, if you let Him, and it is so sweet. If I did not have Him to lean on, I do not know where I would be. Probably sitting in a dark corner going slowly insane. I am so blessed. I am so blessed. I am so incredibly blessed.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-6857979891695257502013-10-18T17:13:00.000-07:002014-08-19T23:50:08.329-07:00The Littles<br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As week three comes to a close, I have realised that after going thru the initial homesickness, you stop missing the big things as much and start to miss the little things. Like specific things people say or do or a certain food or a particular comfort of home or the convenience of life at home. It really makes you appreciate those little things. One big little thing that I miss is being able to be alone and uninterrupted in my room when needed. It's incredibly difficult to be alone here. Most of the time I really love that because it's really nice to always have someone to hang out with and talk to. I have not been bored once since being here. But, on the flip side, when a quiet place is not readily available, you tend to not look for one. At Capernwray, you are constantly learning things about your faith, and one thing I have realised it that I get very distracted when I pray in my head. I wish I could pray aloud, but that is next to impossible here. It is also hard to tear yourself away from the fun everyone else is having to be alone with God. Even though I know God is much better than any earthly friends I could ever make, they still bring me joy and make me laugh. They are incredibly company to keep, and they love God as much if not more than I do. It is crazy! I am so blessed to be in a place like this. God is very present here. I will be honest and say I have not heard His voice since being here, but He is working in other ways. Last night there was an impromptu worship service in the lounge and it was crazy to look around and be able to see God speaking and moving in others at the same time as He is moving in you. I could not say is any better than this: God is good. I would never ask to be anywhere else, but it is sad to be missing out on the little things. I know that my being here is part of a bigger plan, and I praise God for that. It does not change the fact that missing out on those things is hard, though. I suppose they will just be that much sweeter when I return then, and I am okay with that.</span><br />
Until next timeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-28459887226756506412013-10-07T07:42:00.000-07:002014-08-19T23:50:26.058-07:00A Week in the Life...<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22px;">Well, cheers to me for making it through week one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's not like it was hard or anything… Just long. The constant friend-making mode is a little overwhelming and very tiring. But it was an extraordinary week. I have made so many amazing friends and I thank God for each and every one. They are a support and comfort and make me smile. I have played games and watched movies and walked the loop and sat around a most likely forbidden campfire. I have star gazed and scottish danced and hiked in the Lake District. I have gone out with my girls and gone to lectures and sat and chatted all in just one short week. And those are just the highlights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been loads of fun here at the castle. I am so glad God sent me here because it truly is an amazing place. Today in lectures, we started learning how to summarize the whole of the Old Testament in three minutes. With hand motions! It is an incredible lecture, if you can even call it that. It's more like an interactive. We have a guest lecturer teaching it named Paul. He's very funny and really a great guy. I'm excited for the rest of his lessons this week and that he will be coming back during spring school to teach us the New Testament portion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Other than that particular short lecture series, we also have series called Introduction to the Bible, The Transforming Friendship, and A Praying Life. Intro to the Bible is part of our accredited course of lectures, which basically means we get tested on it. (I have a multiple choice and short answer quiz on that this Thursday.) The other two lectures are supplementary lectures. No lecture lasts more than a couple of weeks, which is nice because I'm not a huge fan of all of them right now. Some can get a little boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I really like the course of my days, here. We typically have three morning lectures and one morning "other" period. Tuesday mornings we meet with our family groups which are randomly created groups of people assigned to a set of Capernwray staff "parents." Monday mornings we meet with regionally-based interactive groups, which are peer-led bible study groups. (I will eventually end up leading once or twice with a partner.) And then Wednesdays and Thursdays our other period varies. Fridays, half the student body goes to a seminar while the other half does duties around the campus. And then Saturday is free, as well as most of Sunday (we have one morning and one evening chapel service).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So that's how my weeks go! In the future I will be posting more on one specific thought, but since everything is so new I wanted to give everyone the low-down. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-61143789482546974232013-09-30T07:43:00.002-07:002014-08-19T23:50:39.753-07:00Firsts<span style="font-family: inherit;">You see me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What beautiful song lyrics to comfort on the first night in a very new place. I will admit, it is incredibly hard to be here. At my aunt's house I felt more at home, as is expected. You feel safe in a place where you know others. Having that safeness stripped leaves you with such a raw and exposed feeling. I am comforted immensely by the similar feelings around me and the expectation of great miracles in the lives around me and my own. It helps to know that love can span oceans. It's nice to think about the sweet reunions later. And it's certainly awesome to think about the many friends I will make. I am so glad that God sees my sorrow and catches the tears that fall. I totally understand why God is able to move so well here. Separated from family and friends, you really fall back on God. You rely on Him to catch and hold you. When I was sad, I found mind reeling with who I could turn to. Laura is in another building, my roommates don't know me, so I was left with God. It's funny how we always turn to other humans. And even funnier how they can't comfort us even a tiny bit like God can. Yet, we still tend to look towards other earthly companions first. But God is the ultimate comforter. And He forever will be.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329540263101313021.post-85606067669321553672013-09-30T07:42:00.001-07:002014-08-19T23:50:53.931-07:00Wholly Dependent <span style="font-family: inherit;">So I'm on the bus to Cape, and what amazing people I have met already. A guy named Jack asked me a question a little bit ago. He said, "What would a superb year at Cape look like to you?" Now, what a thought-provoking question. I mean I know God intends to work in my life in crazy ways, but what do I think that will look like? I will be honest and say that I haven't purposefully made that picture in my mind. I think it's mostly because I accept the reality that I will walk away from Capernwray at the end of these nine months, changed. And I want that. I want an end result that is as close as possible to God's perfect image of and plan for me. I hope and pray that I will become a God fearing servant of my Lord. He knows I have never been wholly devoted, and that is something I deeply regret and wish I had made it a point to change. But this choice to go to Capernwray is my first step to becoming wholly devoted. I'm very excited for a year focused on Him and our relationship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That one question made me think and realize so much about what I had been thinking and expecting. I guess I wasn't really expecting specifics and I'm very glad about that. I expect a lot of God's work in my life, though. I'm really glad that I'm putting that on Him because I know He will always follow through. Even if it's not in the exact way I expected. I'm wholly depending on His plan. And just like runners have to take that first step to get where they want to go, I've made my first step in being wholly devoted. And I think that step is being wholly dependent.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02425159681561442908noreply@blogger.com0