Thank you so much mom and dad! I cant express
enough how much the both of you mean to me! I came to
Masters this year with one goal in mind. I wanted to
know what God's will for my life was. Not knowing that
I would gain so many relationships in the process. I
have to thank Pastor Nathan and Pastor Lawrence, and
my 3rd year leaders Scott and Michael. I want to thank
Chantel, Sonya and Angie! Ya'll have aggervated me to
no end and I would not be the woman I am today without
ya'll.
This year God has pushed me and slapped in the face a
few times 100x. I have grown in so many ways I cant
say them all. I personally think God has taken my
faith and strength to a whole new level in the past 6
months, with hurting my back and having to rely on him
and others around me. Don't get me wrong I'm still
very stubborn. But I have to remind myself that I'm a
process!
I plan on coming back to Masters for a 2nd year and
then joining the United States Air Force in the late
spring of 2009! After Joining the USAF I plan on going
to Med School and becoming a Cardiothroasics Surgeon,
Heart Surgeon. I couldn't have done it with coming
here.
My Life Verses:
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be
removed, Yet my unfailing love for you will not be
shaken, Nor my covenant of peace be removed from
you, Says the LORD who has compassion on you!
Isaiah 54:10
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if
only I may finish the race and complete the task the
Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the
gospel of God's grace.
Acts 20:24
Thank you, Destiny Masters Commission
I love you all!
Last night we had a great service. Pastor hit on a few different things, and one of them has been ringing in my ear all day today. He told us a story about how one time he went to speak in Washington(at the time it was where Pastor Nathan was working). he got up in front of the congregation and said, "This church must be dealing with these two issues, because that's what we're dealing with in Oklahoma." (Note: this is not an ezact quote...haha!) At the end of the service, Pastor Nathan got up and confirmed that the church was indeed dealing with those two issues. Crazy! He gave us a verse in Galatians that really helped me understand how to deal with carrying other's burdens.
"Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gemtly and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself." Gal 6:9(NLT)
Guard your heart, and help your brothers and sisters in the faith. It's a beautiful thought. Well, God is definitely confirming this idea in my heart. I was watching Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and there is a line toward the end that stopped me in my tracks. I've seen this movie three or four time already, but the timing was a total God thing. For those of you who aren't LOTR savy, here's a brief summary. There is a ring. There is a bad side and a good side. epic battle for Earth. This movie is the last installment of the trilogy. Frodo(the hobbit trying to destroy the ring so the darkness will be defeated) and Samwise(Frodo's friend) are so close to the one place the ring can be destroyed, when Frodo realizes he just doesn't have the energy to go any further. Samwise, being the great friend he is, looks at him and says, "I can't carry it for you. But I can carry YOU." Who can you carry today? We need each other! Much Love!
I've been thinking about what the dirtiest thing in the world is a lot lately. Yes, I know that's very weird, but just hear me out(I suppose read me out would be more appropriate). What's the one thing in the world that gets the dirtiest? Is it our hands? The doorknob? The remote to the tv? I don't have a scientific answer to give you. All I have is my opinion. I've decided that the dirtiest thing in the world has got to be the soap dispenser. Think about it, what do you do when your hands are dirty? Hopefully, you locate the nearest sink and grab the soap and push down on the dispenser deal and wash your hands. No one takes the tine to wipe off the soap dispenser either. There doesn't seem to be a point! Well, my friends, there is now. Much Love!
PS- This is in no way me giving my approval or support of not washing your hands. Soap is our friend.
Well kids, it has been quite an interesting 5 days since graduation. I feel like kind of a loser because lots of other people are continuing to vox a lot after it's not required, and I haven't written anything in at least a week lol. I just have to say though that...everything is somehow amazing right now...I mean, I still don't have a job and to be honest I haven't done a very good job of trying to find one, but there are a couple of possibilities that I really can't do much about unless I get a call back...and really, I need a job for tuition and for gas money but...I'm not worried about it, you know? I think that God gave me this amazing peace somewhere in the last couple of weeks and I have no idea when it happened...I was so worried about so many things the last couple of weeks of MC but now...it's like why did I even bother? Worrying and stressing out just bring you down and don't help you accomplish anything at all. Just remember that next time you start freaking out.
God is good ALL the time. He is good when I'm happy and have everything. He's good when I'm happy and have nothing(which is usually the case...haha!). I just want to give God my everything! He deserves so much more than I could ever give, but I'm going to do everything in my power to give Him as much as I can. I don't want to just give Him praise when something good happens in my life though. I want to give Him praise ALL the time. After all, He did give me life, protect me from a lot of crap that could've happened, gave me wonderful parents, and brought me to Oklahoma where I would discover my destiny. I'll always have something to give thanks for, but more importantly I'll be eable to give thanks to God just for being who He is. Much Love!
So a couple of nights ago the team went to hang out and eat some delicious stromboli at Jason and Sara Smith's house. Jason had a relationship/marriage class with us after dinner that was really interesting. He had a story about how once he was cooking something and his mother-in-law (I think) said he wasn't cooking it right. He made the point to us that whether he cooked the food his way or her way, it wouldn't make a difference in a year, and the argument was pointless. Well, this has just been a huge revelation to me and so with a lot of different things I have been thinking, "Will this matter a year from now? Or 5 years? Or 6 months?" And I have a couple of different commitments I've made to God that are a little tough but since Tuesday I have thought about how breaking those commitments would affect 6 months and a year from now, and it would most likely have a negative effect, or possibly neutral, but definitely not positive. I am just really glad that Jason brought this point because now I will look at the things I do a little differently.
I don't like volleyball and we are practicing for our big staff VS. MC Students volleyball game after graduation. I'm actually just being stubborn but hey what else do you expect! LOL I'm excited to see what happens
Anyways here are some fun movie qoutes
I'll have what she's having. - When Harry met Sally
Love is like the wind you can't see it, but you can feel it. - A walk to Remember
Why you wanta marry me anyhow?...So I can kiss you anytime I want. - Sweet Home Alabama
Show me the Money. - Jerry MaGuire
What we have here is a failure to communicate.- Cool Hand Luke
I went to enroll at the University of Central Oklahoma this morning, but when I left, I still wasn't enrolled. I have my student ID(which actually looks decent!), I know exactly what classes I'm going to take, and I took these tests that made me feel super smart. They had accidently written down the wrong score for me, and if you didn't have a high enough score you were required to test. So, I took three different tests, and I did really good on two of them. I cannot tell a lie, I failed the math test by two points, but I haven't taken a math class in two years, so don't judge me. Then, my student advisor told me that I didn't even need to take them(which made me feel both smart and relieved). The sad thing is that I have a hold on my immunization records because there was no record of me getting Hepatitus(or however you spell it) B shots. Until I get those shots, I can't enroll. I was bummed, but I'll get it taken care of. Much Love!
I'm facing a lot of things that have the potential to destroy me. Ok, destroy might be a little dramatic, but it sure can feel that way sometimes. I have a lot of decisions and a lot of debt that both need to be dealt with very soon. So, naturally, I want to pray about it. This morning during our MC devotion time, I had every intention of praying my heart out over the matters at hand. God, however, had a different pan in mind for me this morning. He told me to start praying for the team. I started off with praying for the first person I saw, and I ended up praying for each person. I didn't even have to think about what to pray, because God was leading me in the prayer direction that HE wanted. It was absolutely amazing! After I had covered all the team, I kept praying for people in my life. I prayed for Zack, for Pastor Nathan, for Destiny, and even for Africa. I just couldn't get my mind off of other people's needs. Time flew by, and before I knew it, devotions were coming to a close, and I hadn't prayed about my need at all. I felt this undeniable peace that I knew was from God. It was then that I realized that if I need to look beyond my own needs and pray for someone else. If they get breakthrough, I'll have breakthrough. It's absolutely brilliant! Much Love!
Something I wrote during morning Day!
Collapsed Lung? No Worries I have plenty in the storehouse
Cancer? I can take that, I paid for it...
Worried about not having enough? I fed 5,000
Lost Job? I have plans
Does it all seem too big to bare? I'm bigger than all these things.
Some hard times are hitting my family BUT God is bigger than all of it...Finding a job for you is like picking dirt from your finger nail.....LOL it's pretty simple.
Life is worry-free when I realized simply this....God is taking care of it....all of it!
