Life Issues Category
Memorial Service
Ben’s memorial service is going to be held in the chapel at 7 p.m. tonight. It’s going to be a rough day for many of the students and faculty. If you’re reading this entry, if you could please just say even a short prayer for us, it would be much appreciated it.
I’m not going to [...]
Published on Sep 4, 2008 at 1:59 pm.
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A Glimpse of Eternity
I think one of the biggest blessings God gave me when He took Ben back home into His arms was a better view of eternity and a better grasp on just how precious, how marvelous, and how amazing Jesus’ sacrifice for me really was. Now the words “one day every tongue will confess you are [...]
Published on Aug 1, 2008 at 10:14 am.
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To Guard…To Hurt…To Love
C.S. Lewis wrote:
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; [...]
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Published on Jul 10, 2008 at 11:27 am.
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Where God Has Placed You…
To be honest, I’m having a hard time at work. I’m currently searching for a babysitting/nannying job with no luck yet. My back up has been to work where I’ve worked the past two or three summers (at Third Mill with my dad). I love the mission and the work this company does, but I [...]
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Published on Jun 2, 2008 at 12:24 pm.
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Knowing the Body
This isn’t meant to be offensive. Instead, I hope that it will provide another perspective on the church’s cross-cultural unity in Christ.
Something that has always irked me about many Christians in America is their lack of care for our brothers and sisters in other countries. We often forget that “the church” is not just the church in America, but [...]
Published on Mar 29, 2008 at 5:08 pm.
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Obstacles
Yesterday, my mom and I were discussing the difficulties in counseling people who have faced great losses and I was telling her how I often don’t know what to say or how to comfort them in their time of need. (Specifically we were discussing birth defects, gene mutations, etc). I said something along the lines [...]
Published on Mar 4, 2008 at 1:30 pm.
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Relationships-are they worth it?
So I’ve been reading this book called “Relationships: A Mess Worth Making” by Tim Lane and Paul Tripp. (While I’m on the subject, Paul Tripp is actually speaking here at Covenant Feb. 18-20 for the Dating, Marriage & Family Conference).
My mom gave me this book when I went home over winterbreak–not for a particular reason, [...]
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Published on Feb 7, 2008 at 1:58 pm.
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Life Lessons…Class Lessons
Everything I’m learning seems to be overlapping this semester: classes, sermons, small group, lectures, and relationships. It’s pretty neat because I’m starting to realize how all aspects of life are intertwined and not separate sections. It’s also pretty confusing because I can’t remember what topics came up in which classes–it makes it pretty hard to [...]
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Published on Feb 4, 2008 at 10:20 pm.
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Self-Worth
I think many people struggle with their sense of self-worth. I struggle with it a lot and I just recently wrestled with it this past weekend. But here’s what I learned.
I find my identity and self-worth in God and in God alone. God sees me naked, just as I am, without my masks. He knows [...]
Published on Jan 15, 2008 at 7:19 pm.
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Plead for Guidance
It took me a while to decide whether I should post the following entry or not. Because it is more personal, sharing it would make me a lot more vunerable to whoever is reading my blog. After contemplating for a while, I thought, “Who am I afraid of? What can man to do me?” So [...]
Published on Nov 30, 2007 at 2:41 pm.
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