people recently joked about me being old since i'm born early in the year and there are just so many december birthdays! however i recently came across an interesting quote: Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
It definitely made me kind of think that these simple things i overlook and take for granted yet words like "i wish i wasn't so old!!" easily slip out of my mouth but i don't really know what the implications or the meaning of those thoughts are...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
You alone are the real joy giver!
I feel like God has opened my eyes to many things this week and has showered me with many blessings this term :)
One thing I think that I have improved in this term is filling my responsibilities to do well with being a student! I'm definitely working harder than previous terms and it feels good to not have to do assignments at 4am in the morning! But I think at some point I got lost in the school part of it and forgot the reason why I want to fulfil my studently responsibilities in the first place and to not focus on getting good grades and doing well relative to my friends (since they are all so smart! :P) but what helps me to remember too is just being blessed with the ability to be in school particularly when I hear stories of children that love to learn and wish they could be in school and would travel miles to be in class! So what a blessing and joy it is to be able to learn!
As well, I was talking to someone about the respect we have for doctors and nurses and how they are able to help so many people and even save lives!! and it constantly makes me wonder why I am not in such an amazing profession that must be wonderfully rewarding and then I remember that God must have a grand plan for those who aren't skilled to be a doctor! It's absolutely beautiful how we are all blessed with different gifts and passions to do different things with one thing in common: to bring glory to God and "save" people (perhaps not physically and also cause we don't actually save them!) by telling them about the One who has saved them :) We had a lady share at our church about the need to be humble in recognizing the skills we don't have as well (and perhaps what we aren't called to) and let other people who are gifted in that area to do that and to help in areas where we are so gifted, which is really nice to consider when we often talk about knowing our gifts - but what about knowing what our gifts are not?
And then another amazing thing this week was the Merge! Though for the most part it was just having really great laughs with people and meeting new people, taking a step back it was really a night of great fellowship! It was amazing to know the different people that willingly came out for the purpose of getting together because of a common love for God! What made this night extra encouraging was at the end when I re-met N.W. who I had not seen in a long time but we had shared prayer requests awhile back and that this person actively seeked me out to again ask how I was, which definitely encouraged me to see how this person loved people and it is clearly a love overflowing from God!
anyways taht's a really long blog i guess for having not blogged in awhile and definitely tons more stuff have happened than recorded but this week has been very encouraging for me and i thank you God for it!
One thing I think that I have improved in this term is filling my responsibilities to do well with being a student! I'm definitely working harder than previous terms and it feels good to not have to do assignments at 4am in the morning! But I think at some point I got lost in the school part of it and forgot the reason why I want to fulfil my studently responsibilities in the first place and to not focus on getting good grades and doing well relative to my friends (since they are all so smart! :P) but what helps me to remember too is just being blessed with the ability to be in school particularly when I hear stories of children that love to learn and wish they could be in school and would travel miles to be in class! So what a blessing and joy it is to be able to learn!
As well, I was talking to someone about the respect we have for doctors and nurses and how they are able to help so many people and even save lives!! and it constantly makes me wonder why I am not in such an amazing profession that must be wonderfully rewarding and then I remember that God must have a grand plan for those who aren't skilled to be a doctor! It's absolutely beautiful how we are all blessed with different gifts and passions to do different things with one thing in common: to bring glory to God and "save" people (perhaps not physically and also cause we don't actually save them!) by telling them about the One who has saved them :) We had a lady share at our church about the need to be humble in recognizing the skills we don't have as well (and perhaps what we aren't called to) and let other people who are gifted in that area to do that and to help in areas where we are so gifted, which is really nice to consider when we often talk about knowing our gifts - but what about knowing what our gifts are not?
And then another amazing thing this week was the Merge! Though for the most part it was just having really great laughs with people and meeting new people, taking a step back it was really a night of great fellowship! It was amazing to know the different people that willingly came out for the purpose of getting together because of a common love for God! What made this night extra encouraging was at the end when I re-met N.W. who I had not seen in a long time but we had shared prayer requests awhile back and that this person actively seeked me out to again ask how I was, which definitely encouraged me to see how this person loved people and it is clearly a love overflowing from God!
anyways taht's a really long blog i guess for having not blogged in awhile and definitely tons more stuff have happened than recorded but this week has been very encouraging for me and i thank you God for it!
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