Prayer and Full Surrender

This is so sad. It's been a whoooollle month and some change since I've been on here. Lots and lots have been happening. Week 4 of school is upon us, and mer.cy.! But thankfully, week 4 is starting on an awesome note :) so Praise God. Anyways, so today I was reading E.M. Bounds on Prayer's "Prayer and Full Surrender" chapter. I honestly think sometimes that we are afraid fully surrender because of the power that God will bestow on us. Isn't that sad? Here are a few quotes that stood out to me: "Jesus learned obedience in the school of suffering. At the same time, He learned prayer in the school of obedience" (p. 163) "If the will of God does not master the life, the praying will be nothing but sickly sentiment. If payer does not inspire, sanctify, and direct our work, then self-will enters and ruins both the work and the worker" (p. 164). "Faith is the fruit of prayer" (p. 164) "The lack of obedience in our lives breaks down our pryaing. Quite often our lives are in rebellion. This places us where praying is almost impossible, except for pardoning mercy" (p. 165). E.M. BOUNDS ON PRAYER. GET THE BOOK!!!!!

a whole new year.

This past weekend marked a whole new year since I started my whole new journey. And to sum it all up- it's been a very great and blessed journey. There were challenges and mountains to confront and climb but there is no doubt that the positives, the highlights outweigh these challenges. :) Umm, where should I start? Well, as previously stated this summer turned out to be sooooo much better than I had expected. I would've never thought. I came to grad school knowing only a handful of friends and family and I feel like I left with a family :). I am thankful for the people that God has placed in my life. I am always thankful for them. God has always place people in my life--and always the right ones. I feel so privileged to have such an amazing support group at all times. God opened so many doors and I pray that I will be able to follow through in all of them. Continue to keep me in your prayers..and I will do the same. I like this song :)

Let Us Worship

Okay, Fridays are NOT supposed to be this hectic...right? ...in fact, what happened to a restful Sabbath? My gracious! So much to get done for the Sabbath...Mer.cy. Some things need to change, because I can not be running around so much on Fridays to get ready for the Sabbath! Maybe I should start preparing for the Sabbath once the sun goes down on the Sabbath...ummmm. (Yea we talked about this in SS once...)

Anyways, just wanted to share this song. I started my day with it. Very awesome.

Dear Tye Tribbett,

I'd love to meet you one day!! :)

i love that song!!!

Isaiah 26:3

Wow. It has been such a long time since I've updated this blog....where do I begin?

I wish I did not have to take classes this summer.
I wish I were somewhere much more exciting than this small town.
I wish that I could go on a vacation RIGHT NOW.
It is going to be one of the most painfully slow and boring summer.
Have MERCY!!!

(my thoughts before summer started)


--God has been good. Sooo good. I feel like nothing much has been going on, but yet so muuuchhh has been going on. Should I get into details?...ummmm. Too much. But God has been good. I spent the past year just trying to refrain myself from over-committing to things happening on campus ground, primarily because all my life, I have felt like I've always been doing "things" and never taken a step back to breathe and relax.

But when I look back at this past year, no matter how hard I tried, I still found myself extremely busy....always! doing something!!!!!..... So then I began to think, is this a curse or a blessing?

I started praying that God would provide me with opportunities to serve Him because the things that I was doing were all academic-related not necessarily spiritual. As soon as I shared my thoughts with God, a load of opportunities came rushing. "Oh Lord," I thought, "I am so hesitant right now to dig myself in a hole of responsibilities." Blah Blah. To make a long story short, I am back again to being "super busy", but more so with spiritual duties than academic (though I should be).


it's been such an awesome summer so far (still wish I didn't have to take any classes though).
This past Saturday, for instance, I don't think I can remember the last time I laughed soooooo hard/had as much fun. Friday was extremely hectic!! (hair, cook/food, homework, preparing for a friend's last potluck that Sabbath, preparing to help with worship and vespers on Friday, going to church, preparing preparing preparing....) but it was great. I loved every minute of that weekend. :-D

BUSY SUMMER.
[I def complained too soon].

In any cases, I am looking forward to next weekend. I am also looking forward to the last weekend of July.

I am looking forward to December 2010.
I am looking forward to July 2011.
I am also looking forward to May 2012.

:)

I believe in MIRACLES!!!!
My mind is staying on Thee, Lord.!

Better than a Hallelujah!!!

God is still here!! Listening! :)

Some people's normals are other's miracles: READ ON!

I have been slacking big time with this blog!! But God has been good, as always! Completed my first year in graduate school! (Hooray!), and if I had to grade my time there I would go all out for an "A." I learned so much in and outside the classroom--not only about the world around me, but also about myself. I really enjoyed the classes I took, especially this last semester. I always considered myself to be an open-minded person but I realized that there's always room to be "more" open-minded... in a good way :).

One of the classes that I took was Intro to Special Education, and man that was one humongous eye-opening experience. At the end of the day, as J Moss puts it "nobody is a nobody God doesn't make mistakes. Nobody can ever take your place that doesn't exist in grace..."

We all want to feel loved, accepted and respected at the end of the day...Some people know how to meet that need, others simply don't. If able, use the moment you have to teach! Biggest reminder ever. Imagine having a child who has a disability, how many of us would be happy to take care of that child and treat that child like s(he) was still one of the greatest person on planet earth? I am not going to lie. Before taking that class, I am not sure how happy I would be if I were to have a child with a disability, and I have a feeling that I probably would be quite bias when dealing with the child....but now I have learned to understand that diversity comes in different forms and that being different, especially in that manner, does not mean that God has forgotten the person, or that He doesn't love that person...It also does NOT mean that He can not use that person with the disability to change the lives of others.


Check this out: (Such a touching video!)




One of the best classes I could have taken. I praise God for that.