So last night we had an amazing Old Testament Survey class. We went through Genesis and talked alot about Abraham and Joseph. Dr. Ferris taught us about the sacrifice that God required of both of these men of God and how God requires things of us too. And what God requires isn’t some trivial thing as what shirt to wear. No, God wants your very life, your very will. He requires what you love the most.
But what we learned was that after this, God begins to work in your life. Looking into the life of Joseph, we see tha God had promised him massive stuff, and then it looked like nothing was going right. God was developing the character Joseph needed to lead a nation.
Yesterday was really one huge lesson on the sovereignty of God.
Awesome!
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:10-13
Oh the joy of being ok where God has you… Peace at knowing God is in control. I love you lord. let your will be done
So for the longest, i have wanted to watcht the move Once. I ended up getting it for my birthday and had been holding out so that I could watch it with some others that wanted to see it again. I decided there was no point in waiting any longer, so I just finished watching it. Amazing! I loved the way they weaved each character’s backstory into the main plot. Superb! So yeah Once was worth the wait even if I watched it by mysef.
So it would appear that I am finally at a resting time. We have just finished, i would have to guess, a good week and a half of hurricane relief. I’ve been at dad’s, mom’s, winbourn, Dville, and the HPSM apartments. I’ve done security at winbourn, food distrubution at Highland, water and ice giveaway in Dville, and a ton of cleaning. It’s been long nights and even longer days, and yet it was one of the best times of ministry that i can remember. I loved being able to help all of those in need. I feel honored to be able to serve them. I’ve also learned what it truly means to be “on call”. IDK it was a great few weeks of ministry.
I also feel that as a team, the full time HPSM full time interns really grew closer together. IDK just felt like i needed to blog since I haven’t in so long.
So yeah, it’s about seven and i think i’m going to bed. not setting an alarm and i hope i don’t wake up till at least 10. peace out tommorrow!
So I just realized I got internet back and I’m so excited. I finally get to check up on all the things i’ve been following. Yes! so I’m going to post more updates about Gustav a little later as there’s so much to say. I thought it’d be sufficient to express my delight at having internet service.
So my mom has two little yorkies. One is Miley and the other is Lilly. Well Lilly loves to go outside and pretend to go to the bathroom so she can get a treat. Here she is after not using the bathroom.
So yeah the treats are up there, but alas, no one would give her one.
“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm 37:4
I have been really thinking about this scripture a lot the past few days. I’ve quoted it to myself numerous times on numerous occasions. Mainly when I wanted something. I would say, “Oh Lord I delight myself in You…now can I have ____” It seems this scripture, at least for me, is always used when I want something.
But I’ve really been thinking and desiring to delight in God, just to delight in Him. No strings attached, just unabated desire for my king. My prayers have been, “Lord teach me delight in You. Just for who You are. Nothing more.” What would my life look like if my every moment was simply spent delighting in Him. I’d be a lot less stressed, a lot less selfish, a lot less insecure. It would change the entire way I looked at life.
So I ask you, oh faithful few who read my blog, when was the last time you delighted in the Lord to simply delight in Him?
So we haven’t done too much yet. Just some basic orientation stuff. Kinda getting to know everyone. Today we ran a 5k and had an amazing little service. God rocked it. So for the 5k I wanted to try to hold back and run and encourage everyone; you know be a leader. But I soon realized I’m not that good of a leader. I just couldn’t do it. Call me competitive or whatever, but I just couldn’t. Give me some slack because after I finished I took a lap with Mary Beth.
But yeah, everything has been going great. Can’t wait for everything to really get in the swing of things. Amazing race tomorrow and Wednesday. so yeah, bunches of fun
Ok so I love how faithful God is. It amazes me how far in advance He can think. How he sets you up and you don’t realize it till way later.
So last year in Elevate in group prayer we prayed for each person on a day and told them what we felt God was speaking to them. I just found the paper from on my day. It’s dated May 7, 2008. Here is what it says:
1. See a man laughing- let God fill you up with joy and laughter and happiness each day.
2. Stand close to God. He’s moving in you and has put you where you are for a reason.
3. Altitude: Your on an upward climb. You’ve bee making decisions to move upward, but let God progress you toward the top. Let Him decide what you need and don’t need in your life. Let God direct you and don’t let it be you.
4. Not by your strength!!! God is pleased with you but He wants you to depend on His strength.
5. Pioneer-It will be difficult to do new things, but He will go before you and make a way. That will be the hard part.
6. John the Baptist-John was really strong in the beginning. Then in prison, he sent out to ask Jesus if He was really the one. Don’t lose sight of who you are preaching Don’t lose focus of where it all started.
So yeah. When I read that today it really ministered to me like never before. You know when you first hear something like this, it’s hard to really apply it or sort it out, and then it’s like HELLO.
Today it said, HELLO.
So I’ve been pondering this thought kinda through out the week. Why is surrender such a hard thing to do? I mean it’s easy to say, “Lord I surrender this or that to You?” But then our lives don’t really reflect that declaration. I know in my life there have been many times where I told God that I surrender whatever and then I go on clinging to it. It’s like my head says yes and my heart says no. Ever found this to be true? I don’t think it has to do with a lack of desire. I really don’t know where to blame the inconsistency. So how do you really surrender something? Rather how do you know when you’ve truly surrendered it?
I guess it has to be when you can say that your content where you are or without the thing your trying to surrender. Easier said then done. IDK just a thought that’s been floating in my mind today.
