Wednesday, October 26, 2005

God has stirred up our hearts to pray and we have responded. We, as a college, came to recognize the intense spiritual attacks happening in this college. Class and Student Ministry meetings were cancelled and a bunch of us came together in Room 1 to pray and to seek the face of God. It was a beautiful time of surrender unto God and the work of the Holy Spirit. We repented as a Church and as Canadians. We came together at the front of the classroom to confess sins in general, then had our RDs, RAs, SRC, and WAT and Student Ministry leaders gather in the middle so we could pray for them, committed ourselves to submit to their authority and to pray for them throughout the year, and they committed themselves to submit to God. We took a brief break then had a time of one-on-one confession of sins, repentance for sins, and prayer for one another. We took another brief break, then came back and broke into groups of about 10 and (heading in different directions) "marched" in a line outside around the campus and dorms, praying for our school and the town. Our group detoured to Kentwood to pray over it as well, then continued on around the dorms and the campus. We got to the chapel to continue worshiping through music, prayer, and communion.
For those who are not here, please hold us up in your prayers. For those who are here and participated in this, please remember the commitments you made this day.

God has also been at work in physical healing: my friends' mom is done with chemo FOREVER! God, thank You so much for displaying Your love for us in these ways as well!

One thing that also stood out to me today during prayer: We live in a country of freedom, where we can preach the gospel without persecution, yet we (the Church) are hardly on the scene. OF COURSE WE'RE NOT BEING PERSECUTED!!! WE RARELY DO ANYTHING TO THREATEN THE ENEMY!!! (Apathy and complacency anyone?) When are we going to press into God and step out and make a difference in this world???

Monday, October 24, 2005

I strongly desire to do overseas missions. I have always had a desire to be immersed in the unknown and to find my place in sharing God's love with others. After I finish blogging, I am going to fill out my WAT form for going to China. I will talk to my mom in a couple days to find out if God has spoken to her about it. If she says yes or that she's not sure, then I will hand in my form. If she says no, I will likely submit to this once again.

I also have a strong desire for street ministry in cities in North America. I have done some of this in the past, but was not sure what to do. I have come to learn that to begin, I just need to ask them about themselves and listen to them share their stories. And seeing as this is one of my favorite past times, it shouldn't be a problem. Going to people, getting to know them...I can do that. God can work through this simple step.

No matter where I go, I just know that I need to go and to love.

Have a good night. God Bless.
I found out this afternoon that a few adventurous, risk-taking friends of mine could have died yesterday (a vehicle going over a cliff). One of them seems a little concerned about it, but they are just brushing it aside like an everyday occurence. I am SO thankful that they are okay! I am also at peace with our friendships, knowing that I would not have wished that I would have done more in our friendship. They have a special place in my heart and I am thankful that the world is blessed to have them here for a longer period of time.
To these friends: (if you happen to read this)...I love you so much!!! Take care.
To everyone: How are your relationships? Would you have wished you had done something more, or done something differently? Don't wait! You never know how much time you've got with those around you.
"Love your neighbor as yourself" (Mt. 22:39).
"Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry" (Eph. 4:26).

Friday, October 21, 2005

This is inspired by two friends of a friend and a lunch conversation today...

When I go throughout my day, I am often caught up in my own little world, with my own problems, needs, and desires. Once in a while I will get out of this view of the world, that "It's all about me", will begin to see the needs of those around me. Once I see these needs, sometimes I will go to the people and will talk with them or give them what they are needing, other times I will think about doing these things, but not do anything about it because of fear and selfishness. I was reading previous entries in some people's blogs or whatever today and was struck by the Christlikeness of one individual and reminded of that same Christlikeness of another individual when I had read that person's blog. These two people are not afraid to approach people of any appearance, nor do they "go out of their way" to talk to total strangers. It has become a natural part of who they are. They do not fous on the outward appearance of people, but rather they see those people as people with a story, people with a purpose, and they will engage them in conversation and love on them in an unconditional way. I greatly admire these two individuals because of this and desire to show this love to others, rather than being caught up in being intimidated by people, or wondering why nobody is showing me that they love me, or being "too busy" to stop and give and receive the love of God.

Monday, October 17, 2005

I miss doing gratis (campus service). I had so much fun tonight, I just wanted to keep going...so I did! Clearing trays, wiping tables, putting away some small and large sink items, kitchen laundry. Yep! It's all good! Even though there was less kitchen laundry than I thought there was going to be, I decided to do a couple loads because I remember how frustrating it was when we had nights like this when everyone would storm the kitchen to clean it, leaving so many extra towels and cloths to be washed, and how people wouldn't think of that gratis because it's not as in the open as most other kitchen gratises. Well, I'm off to do some more laundry before I head home to get ready for another sleepover in the dorm! Dorm 4 this time!!!
The problem with blog-ranting is that if you haven't talked to the person you are ranting about and that person ends up reading what you've written, or other people know who you are ranting about, is that it can cause tension. So I suppose that until I talk to the person or decide it would be beneficial to blog-rant about the circumstances, I will hold onto it because I am not ready to deal with that kind of tension yet, or possibly ever. I know it's not guaranteed that the person will read what has been written, but there is always a chance. GRRRR!!!!! Please pray for me! I need to pray about this before I make anymore decisions. Why am I putting it (praying about it) off??? AAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Anyways, goodnight all.
1.Worship 2.Fellowship 3.Discipleship 4.Ministry 5.Mission
The 5 keys to a "Purpose Driven Life".

Monday, October 10, 2005

Why do I resist playing the sports that I love???
Last night my hands had the privilege of holding the most amazing football ever! It just felt so right in my hands. The amount of air, the weight, and most importantly: the texture! My fingertips have never been so happy. If heaven was a football...*sigh*
There was some sort of mix up, so Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants will have to wait another week to be watched :(
My Canucks are winning at the moment :)
I am hungry. Perhaps I will go home for supper.
But first, I have a book to return.
Adios!

Saturday, October 08, 2005

Who are You?

You created the earth and everything in it, the world and all who live in it.
Grieved that You made man on earth, You flooded the earth, killing all but 8 people and 2 of every kind of animal.
You sit and talk with a Samaritan woman and You open Your arms to the little children to come to You.
You send Your chosen people to destroy other "nations", specifying that no one is to be left alive, including women and children.
You are my King.
You are a Servant.
You are just.
You are merciful.
You are the Lion of Judah.
You are the Lamb who was slain.
You are transcendent.
You are imminent.
You are a Warrior.
You are the Lover of my soul.
You ask me to go into all the world.
You ask me to be still.
You were.
You are.
You are to come.
You reveal so much of Yourself.
You will always be a mystery.
You are faithful even when I am faithless.
You give and take away.
You give me freedom when I become Your servant.

So many things to wrap my mind around. God, thank You for not giving up on me. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for allowing me to contemplate the paradox that is You. Thank You for letting me cry. Thank You for letting me laugh. Thank You for giving me a heart that can break and that can love. Thank You for the peace You give me in the midst of all that comes with this life. Thank You for being patient when I am not. Thank You for who You are.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Bad news: 1.Dean Pinter cannot come back for grad this year. 2.Flames lost to Wild last night:(
Good news: 1.My books came in the mail today. 2.Canucks beat Coyotes last night:)

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Ever have one of those days where you can't seem to get anything done no matter how hard you try? I love this song ("I Can Only Imagine"). I need to come into the office later so I can make some phone calls to people who wouldn't be home now. I'm going to a school in K-town tomorrow with Danielle and possibly a couple others. I've gotta get a 10ish minute testimony together for it. I'm excited to go do this, but I know it'll have to be all God. I think I'll leave work now 'cause it's pretty pointless being here right now. I'm looking forward to chapel tonight. I'm expecting great things from God.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Sorry everyone...I had to add the word verification to my comments because I was getting sick of all the advertising comments. I know it's a pain, but i hope you will still leave comments.
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Saturday, October 01, 2005

There were a few of us watching Law and Order:SVU tonight and Matthew brought up the question: What do you say to someone who's not a Christian who's asking about a person who rapes/murders/etc people and then becomes a Christian pretty much right away? We all got distracted pretty quickly and didn't discuss this at all, but it really stuck with me. This is something I have contemplated before and I have some idea, but I would like to hear what you think.