Do Not Rebel, and Do NOT be Afraid

One of my favorite chapters in the Bible- Numbers 14: (7-10)

And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

Sometimes, it is easy to give up after running 14 miles out of the 15miles of the struggle. It always seems that the last mile is the hardest, but God who sees the end from the beginning bids us to NOT give up,do NOT rebel and NOT be afraid because the land ahead of us is SWEETER, and EXCEEDINGLY GREAT. The next chapter in our lives is better, sweeter than honey. Though the enemy tries to discourage, God is so ever faithful.

So whatever fire you are through right now, as long as you have God on your side (meaning you ARE doing His will), here is my word for you.

Do NOT rebel from your journey (do not complain, murmur, doubt, run away)
AND do NOT be afraid (as you go through this fire, go with CONFIDENCE)
because GOD IS WITH YOU.

Be like the three Hebrew boys today! Count it ALL A JOY to face trials and tribulations (James 1)




Blessings!

Bear Each Other's Burdens

How frustrating it is when you are trying to get someone to "get it" and s(he) is taking forever to get to "your level of understanding". If only they were perfect...well, if only WE were perfect.

A Perfect person in his/her eyes, is someone who:

UNDERSTANDS them.
is PATIENT with them.
is HELPFUL.
is able to MAKE HIS/HER life EASIER.

When you are frustrated with someone (especially family members), remember that the PERFECT person LOVES, and that regardless of the person's shortcomings, that person wants to feel loved and valued...


Love is: patient, kind, NOT easily ANGERED, keeps NO records of WRONGS.
IT ALWAYS protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Bear their burdens, and Pray. GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST. NO matter how IRRATIONAL they may appear to be. :)

For the first time in a WHILE!!: To do List!

Okay, so for the first time this ENTIRE! semester, (we're in Week 5 now), I am feeling "hopeful" interestingly enough because I feel like I am once again gaining control of my "environment". Though today started on a rough note (slightly)...went to bed later than usual as of late (around 12:30am this morning); woke up mighty early (*dear mother, please don't call me as such early morning hours!* :); got to the campus, found the PERFECT parking spot; went to the library and immediately found a room that I could reserve for the next 2 hours; went and situated myself in the room; and where is the worksheet that I needed to work on and finish before class this afternoon?...You have GOT to be kidding me.

Yup. I left it at the apartment. So needless to stay, I was quite frustrated, irritated, just uuuugggggghhhh! But then, when I made back to the apartment, I whispered a VERY short prayer (it's hard to pray for real when you're annoyed lol), and walked out the door. I could not WAIT for the day to be over before it even began.

And once again....what I thought was going to be an unpleasant day....turned out fine. In fact better than I thought.
Among many other things and people that made it a brighter day (aww lol), I was so productive today, it was just unbelievable. Now, the only thing left for me to do for class tomorrow is...write a journal (just two pages), and my work for Thursday is half way done. WOW. I even took care of all the bills that I needed to take of. Doubly wow.

Once again, I can't stop but PRAISE THE LORD for undeserved patience and kindness.
        Definitely making sure that I dedicate time studying his Word every night has helped TREMENDOUSLY. I will explain in another post. I am trying to keep this as short as possible.

To do list this February:

• Stay up to date with the "Read the Bible in One Year" and continue to write 1-page summaries of the chapters read that specific night. [It should help with remembering facts/interesting notes]
• Finish 25 hours of classroom observation for one class
• Finish Research Paper for another class
• Study and do well in Mid-Term for class #1
• Book Report for another class
• Obtain mastery for assessing [a specific intelligence test] for yet another class
• Keep working on those Fruits of the Spirit! :) by continuing my morning daily devotions.
• Oh and continue to get my EIGHT hours of sleep, preferably BEFORE midnight!! (umm except tonight though cause it's already late and I am hungry, and I am very alert) So proud of myself for being productive today. Thank you Jesus!!! :-D

Have a great night! and rest of week :)

who is she!?!?

Who AM I? [this blogger.]

I initially started this post to keep everyone I left back home updated, because I knew that once school started, It'd be hard to keep in contact with everyone :(. For those of you who know me, you know that I can write....alot. sometimes. However, more than anything, I really aim to encourage others in everything I do. So when I was asked to share my blog with the wiiserve community a couple days ago, I gladly gave my permission. I plan to keep this blog authentic so don't expect any alterations (don't worry...it'll still be good stuff).

For those of you who have NO idea who I am, or do not know me personally, I am currently taking a 15 minute break from my studies and I thought it'd be a great idea to tell you a bit about myself with the help of an online All About Me survey (c'mon you know you've done one before all you myspacers and facebookers...:)) and a visual.
  
1.Name: LyDiE

2.Location: Somewhere in the Midwest

3.Birth-date: August 30. Year? Here's a hint. Born on the Sabbath. :)

4.Siblings: Yes, three sisters. love 'em [possibly too much].

5.Height: Apparently, I am 5'5 !! I rebuke the devil. He is a liar. I believe I am still 5'6.5''.

6. Hair Color: brown.

7.Eye Color: light brown.

8.Do you wear contacts: :(

9. Right or Left Handed: Righty. There was a period I wanted to be a lefty so badly though. :)

10.My interests/passions:

• 1. God [eternal life]- can't nobody do me like Jesus. He's my bestest Friend. [Psalm 139]
• 2. Family (friends included:))!
• 3. Equality in education.
• 4. Service. [Proud AmeriCorps Alum!]. Check it out!! Missionary Work. Still looking for a good one.
  
• 5. Children. (on my way to become a school psychologist....word). {Child Advocate!}.
• 6. Anything that deals with psychology and political science (my undergrad degrees).
• 7. Proving that christians CAN live a happy life without conforming to societal pressures. [Matt 7:13]
• 8. Staying busy/multi-tasking.

Since I am on here, I'd like to share the following with you. So here is something to think about, taken from one of my prof's lectures: Speaking of James Marcia's 4-stages of psychological identity development. After explaining the second one "Identity Foreclosure" where an individual makes commitments hoever has no life crises to confront, he states, "the test of your strengths is to go through crises. Life with commitment and no crises = impaired development ".

Think on that...then check out James 1:2-6. God knew that already. =)

btw, please feel FREE to comment on any blog entry- agreeing, disagreeing, agree TO disagree, advice, suggestions, questions, answers to questions, etc....totally welcome.

[i shall be the one on the left.] SMILE!!!