We have Ladies' Bible Study every Tuesday at 8 P.M. and we've been going through the book, The Ministry of Healing. We started reading it at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year and we've been going strong since! It's been such a blessing!
Anyways, I just wanted to post up a passage that I really liked so I don't forget it:
"Men and women have hardly begun to understand the true object of life. They are attracted by glitter and show. They are ambitious for worldly pre-eminence. To this the true aims of life are sacrificed. Life's best things--simplicity, honesty, truthfulness, purity, integrity--cannot be bought or sold. They are as free to the ignorant as to the educated, to the humble laborer as to the honored statesman. For everyone God has provided pleasure that may be enjoyed by rich and poor alike--the pleasure found in cultivating pureness of thought and unselfishness of action, the pleasure that comes from sympathizing words and doing kindly deeds. From those who perform such service the light of Christ shines to brighten lives darkened by many shadows." page 198
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
soooo cool.
As I was browsing through the GYC website during my study "break," I came across this page and I thought it was so cool! =)
no more sleep!
Last night and this morning, I decided that I rather have prayer and devotion than to sleep (earlier...not so much early) and review for clinicals. Lately, I've been saying a quick word of prayer and reading a few verses and then starting my day. But today, I remembered testimonies of my friends and I was reading about it in Set-Apart Femininity by Leslie Ludy (a wonderful book! All girls need to read it, forreals!), and I decided to take the time.
Well as it turns out, the Lord has blessed! This day is starting out wonderful and I know it's because I took that time to spend it with Him. I hope this experience draws deeper conviction into my heart about the importance of prayer and devotion.
I also pray that I don't waste this day, but use it to the glory of God by preparing and studying for my classes and reviewing my skills to best serve His children when I go to clinicals.
Well as it turns out, the Lord has blessed! This day is starting out wonderful and I know it's because I took that time to spend it with Him. I hope this experience draws deeper conviction into my heart about the importance of prayer and devotion.
I also pray that I don't waste this day, but use it to the glory of God by preparing and studying for my classes and reviewing my skills to best serve His children when I go to clinicals.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
less than 24 hours.
The girls of the Ladies' Bible Study and I have decided to go on a social networking website fast for seven days! We begin tomorrow, January 21, at 9 P.M.
Craziness! Haha, okay not really. We were discussing it today after our weekly reading of The Ministry of Healing and it was quite obvious that we really need to go on this fast, especially with the beloved Facebook site.
Why are we doing this? It's not because networking sites are wrong! It's because of the way that we've been using them and how it's basically taken over our lives. I actually admitted that Facebook has become my best friend. How sad is that? When I, one who has proclaimed many times that I've decided to live for Jesus, have named Facebook as my best friend. That's when you know something is forreals wrong! When something in your life takes the place of where Jesus Christ should be, I believe that you really need to take a look at that and make the change!
So...since I won't be using MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Army of Youth, for the next week...I may be blogging more often...or not. LOL.
BTW, History was made today! It's exciting to know that history books are being re-written at this very moment. Not so exciting for students and teachers who will have to purchase those new editions of history books...but good thing there is www.amazon.com!
Craziness! Haha, okay not really. We were discussing it today after our weekly reading of The Ministry of Healing and it was quite obvious that we really need to go on this fast, especially with the beloved Facebook site.
Why are we doing this? It's not because networking sites are wrong! It's because of the way that we've been using them and how it's basically taken over our lives. I actually admitted that Facebook has become my best friend. How sad is that? When I, one who has proclaimed many times that I've decided to live for Jesus, have named Facebook as my best friend. That's when you know something is forreals wrong! When something in your life takes the place of where Jesus Christ should be, I believe that you really need to take a look at that and make the change!
So...since I won't be using MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Army of Youth, for the next week...I may be blogging more often...or not. LOL.
BTW, History was made today! It's exciting to know that history books are being re-written at this very moment. Not so exciting for students and teachers who will have to purchase those new editions of history books...but good thing there is www.amazon.com!
Friday, January 16, 2009
out of this world.
Yay, it's Sabbath! So glad that I don't have to think about beta-blockers, adrenergic antagonists, hypertension, focused assessments, etc. today! =)
School has been...well, let's just say I'm trying to stay afloat. I haven't been stressed out or anything yet! Maybe that's because I know God will take care of me! =) But because I haven't been stressed...I haven't had that "fear" to study or anything. LOL, and I know that even though He will take care of me, I still need to strive for excellence! Pray that I stay focused!
Anyways, back to the title: "out of this world." Do you feel like you don't fit into this world? We are pilgrims just passing through and we just don't...fit into the world. Meet some people who don't fit into this world and are boldly proclaiming that they are "Misfits." Visit them here: www.gomisfits.com and gomisfits.blogspot.com
School has been...well, let's just say I'm trying to stay afloat. I haven't been stressed out or anything yet! Maybe that's because I know God will take care of me! =) But because I haven't been stressed...I haven't had that "fear" to study or anything. LOL, and I know that even though He will take care of me, I still need to strive for excellence! Pray that I stay focused!
Anyways, back to the title: "out of this world." Do you feel like you don't fit into this world? We are pilgrims just passing through and we just don't...fit into the world. Meet some people who don't fit into this world and are boldly proclaiming that they are "Misfits." Visit them here: www.gomisfits.com and gomisfits.blogspot.com
Thursday, January 1, 2009
hungry.
As I was (and still am!) cleaning out my desk, I came across some letters from Finish the Work's time in the Philippines. They reminded me of the friends that we had made and I'm so thankful that the Holy Spirit used us to be a blessing to them.
In the pile of notes, cards, and pictures from the Philippines, I found some letters that Mike had left in the Philippines that I had picked up. I shook my head thinking about what I would say to him when I'll give him the letters at our meeting on Sunday. I saw my note to Mike neatly folded and I wondered what I had written, but pushed it aside until I had placed the other notes in a special folder. After, I picked up the note and unfolded it. I smiled at the words I had written to him; I can almost remember writing the letter! As I came to the middle of the letter, I read a story I had written to him. I had forgotten about this story--this was a memory that stuck out the most from the time in the Philippines.
It was about the first quiz we had during our evening program at NDC Tagum City. Tina was the quiz master and she had us girls go out into the audience and watch and pick the students who raised their hands first. I remember her asking the first question and I think that this student was the first person to get the right answer. She handed him the Bible and his reaction was SO priceless--He was so excited to get a Bible, that he waved it up in the air and had the biggest smile. I remember that I looked to the rest of the team that was sitting on stage and I met Kurt's gaze and we both had the biggest smiles on our faces because of that guy's reaction. I had never seen anyone react so joyfully when receiving the Bible! I wrote to Mike regarding that experience saying, "That reaction was worth more than anything the world can give."
When we came back to the States, that memory still stuck in my head. I shared it in front of my church and just told them about how blessed I was to have experienced that. It had shown me that there were so many people that were just hungry for the Word, and just searching for the Savior.
It's only been about six months since that experience and if it weren't for cleaning up my room and finding that letter to Mike, that memory would have remained forgotten. I realize that it's because I've been so caught up in myself and my desires that I've forgotten that there are many in the world seeking for the Savior and hungry to study the Bible. I've forgotten that my purpose here on Earth is not to be what the world considers a "success" and seek for happiness in this world, but to give glory to God in all that I do and to share what He has done to all the world.
Let's keep each other accountable, friends: let's not forget our purpose. Just like the well-known song says, "People need the Lord."
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:19-20
In the pile of notes, cards, and pictures from the Philippines, I found some letters that Mike had left in the Philippines that I had picked up. I shook my head thinking about what I would say to him when I'll give him the letters at our meeting on Sunday. I saw my note to Mike neatly folded and I wondered what I had written, but pushed it aside until I had placed the other notes in a special folder. After, I picked up the note and unfolded it. I smiled at the words I had written to him; I can almost remember writing the letter! As I came to the middle of the letter, I read a story I had written to him. I had forgotten about this story--this was a memory that stuck out the most from the time in the Philippines.
It was about the first quiz we had during our evening program at NDC Tagum City. Tina was the quiz master and she had us girls go out into the audience and watch and pick the students who raised their hands first. I remember her asking the first question and I think that this student was the first person to get the right answer. She handed him the Bible and his reaction was SO priceless--He was so excited to get a Bible, that he waved it up in the air and had the biggest smile. I remember that I looked to the rest of the team that was sitting on stage and I met Kurt's gaze and we both had the biggest smiles on our faces because of that guy's reaction. I had never seen anyone react so joyfully when receiving the Bible! I wrote to Mike regarding that experience saying, "That reaction was worth more than anything the world can give."
When we came back to the States, that memory still stuck in my head. I shared it in front of my church and just told them about how blessed I was to have experienced that. It had shown me that there were so many people that were just hungry for the Word, and just searching for the Savior.
It's only been about six months since that experience and if it weren't for cleaning up my room and finding that letter to Mike, that memory would have remained forgotten. I realize that it's because I've been so caught up in myself and my desires that I've forgotten that there are many in the world seeking for the Savior and hungry to study the Bible. I've forgotten that my purpose here on Earth is not to be what the world considers a "success" and seek for happiness in this world, but to give glory to God in all that I do and to share what He has done to all the world.
Let's keep each other accountable, friends: let's not forget our purpose. Just like the well-known song says, "People need the Lord."
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matthew 28:19-20
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