Relationships

Relationships are the hardest thing on earth to work.  You have to juggle staying in touch with old fiends and spending time with new friends.  With such a busy schedule, I find it hard to keep up with relationships as I should.What types of things do you do to say in touch with friends that really matter when you have a hectic schedule. 

Seek and I will find

I commute about an hour and a half to school on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  Needless to say I can get pretty bored on the 3 hour round trip by myself.  I have started listening to different Podcasts.  I know, its kind of dorky but I really enjoy them. I have heard some great sermons and talks by some outstanding teachers.  Right now I am really enjoying the Mosaic podcasts by Erwin McManus.  He is the author of several books including, The Barbarian Way and Soul Cravings which I really love.  On my commute today, I was listening to several different ones. The podcast “Seek” really hit home for me. It was very basic in content but it was something I really needed to hear.   I have become so busy with my schedule and my own concerns that I don’t seek out the face of God as I should.  As a result I fall back into old patterns and behaviors only to wonder how I ended up in that same old place again.  McManus was talking about his family….how he felt most loved not when he was being loved by his wife, but how He felt loved when he loved his wife and spent time with her.  Odd I know, but I started thinking about that.  Its so true.  I feel closest to God, the most love from God,and the most love towards God when I am earnestly seeking Him and not just relying on the knowledge  in my head that He loves me.  When I seek Him and find Him as He promises, I feel more love and give more love. God has given me this gift of being able to return to school and finish up my degree.  However, I have come to realize that this time is also a time when I have to be still and can learn to listen.  I love the way the Lord uses where we are in life to mold us, grow us, and use us.    

Sapelo

So…I was told tonight that my blog on Sapelo didn’t make much sense.  After I reread it…my friend was correct!  I wrote this blog last night when I was really really sleep.  Please excuse my poor excuse for grammar and spelling.  With that said, I decided to rewrite this entry.  I went this past weekend with two of my closest friends to Sapelo.  We stayed in a house in a very tiny community of about 70 people.  It was a very refreshing weekend of rest, time with friends, laughs, and some good times admiring God’s creations.  The scenery on Sapelo is beautiful.  I took a ton of pictures while visiting.  Photography has becoming one of my favorite things to do to relax.  I love shooting nature and random objects.  I hope you enjoy a sample of the photos I posted with this blog.  

who wants to work out?

have you ever wondered what it means to “work out” your salvation.  i have struggled with this thought more than once.i once thought it meant to do good deeds so to obtain salvation.   then moving on i thought it meant to believe in christ and then do the things of the lord.i now know that it means to simply be obedient to god.  to be able to hear god’s voice and be obedient to his commandments and “work out” my salvation.not being a huge physical fitness buff, working out left a bad taste in my mouth.  the more i thought about if i worked out physically, my efforts would lead to endurance and to great physical health.like my physical fitness, my spiritual fitness is very important.  being obedient to the lord produce endurance of faith, spiritual growth, and great spiritual fitness.  in conclusion, “working out” my salvation is not such a difficult thing to understand.  it just starts with me being disciplined as in becoming physically fit.  

My first day back..

So…yesterday was my first day of class.  I woke up to sound of my nasty alarm at 5:15 in the morning.  Its probably the earliest I have been up in quite some time.  I drove out my driveway at 6:30 to commute to school in Savannah about an hour away.  My first class was Elementary Spanish.  I had two years of spanish in high school, but that was over 12 years ago.  As soon as the professor walked in she started speaking in spanish.  I had no clue what she was saying.  Needless to say, I didn’t remember anything as I thought I would have.  As she called roll, she stated that the older students in her class…the 30 and older crowd, might have a harder time catching on than the younger students would.  I thought to myself..  Yep…I’m in the old student category now.  If it wasn’t that comment that made me feel a little over the hill, it was the fact that I was in a classroom full of infants…they were all babies.  I’m also taking Abnormal Psychology and Anthropology. Overall, I am super excited about being back in class.  I realize that I love to learn and just being back in a classroom setting makes me feel right at home.  As nerdy as it sounds, I find myself trying to et the first seat right in front of the professor.  Yes, I’m that girl. 

school days…

I am settling down for the night. I am getting up bright and early tomorrow to visit the college campus of Armstrong State University.  My friend that attends the college is going to take me on a tour and help me find my way around.  I am looking forward to starting back to school.  I love learning.  Its become sort of an addiction of mine.  I love watching educational tv, reading, being told random facts, sitting in a classroom, or anything else that allows me to stretch my brain.  I guess I can admit that I am becoming a nerd….or maybe just embracing it!  Well…off to bed I go….good night!