By amy_import on November 9, 2005
Last double digit!
Hearing Tom Harmon speak yesterday was a great thing, he is always so
honest and real to life. One of his points was very interesting to me,
because it had to do with ice cream. You may not have heard it but I
think my ears are tuned a little different. He was talking about
Abraham and Sarah and how they had tried to “help” God out with what
needed to be done. Fact of the matter is, I had done that very same
thing with ice cream just last week. See, Kim has given me free access
to her personal ice cream stash any time I want, but wanting the Lord
to work, I normally wait until it is offered, letting God bring it to
their minds instead of me and so far He has provided in other ways.
Well last week I was getting worried as the week drew to a close
(though why I’m not sure, God has been faithful since the beginning of
Feb.). I was in the kitchen after dinner to sample the eclairs from
the cooking course and I hinted about ice cream, Kim said it was there
if I wanted it, but then she walked off. Ignoring a familiar little
voice, I headed off to the freezer and brought some out. Well, I had
dish pit, so I fixed a little bowl of cake and ice cream then put it
back in the freezer until after we had finished. While I was bending
over the sink, scrubbing dishes and sweating, the Lord started talking
to me, telling me to give up the ice cream because it was gained in my
own strength and not His. As I looked at the situation I realized that
I was pretty bad off; I had already had some sweets so I wasn’t really
hungry for ice cream, I was eating just because I felt like I had to,
and it was off-brand vanilla, my very least favorite. That’s all my
self effort could muster, a poor representation of the idea that I
wouldn’t even enjoy. I know my God could do so much better. So I threw
it away. That was the first week that I have not eaten ice cream since
the start of this year, but it’s okay. Just as Abraham had to put aside
Ishmael for God’s better fulfillment, so I had to put away my own
efforts and will wait for God’s richer blessings.
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By amy_import on November 8, 2005
Well
apparently there is something going around that if somebody tags you
and you have to list ten things that make you joyful. I was tagged, so here are the first ten that came into my head.
Random calls from my little brother
Singing with my sister
Helping the kitchen staff
Trash bags :) jk
Enrolling in my college
Writing entertaining emails
Running
Soccer
Ice cream!!!!
Good rousing music
Going home!
Wow, I feel a lot better now!
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By amy_import on November 7, 2005
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Pray for all the '06 people, there are many on the verge of emotional breakdown. Home is coming soon!
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By amy_import on November 6, 2005
The countdown continues!
Friday I walked out of the testing
center for the last time – again. This is the third time I have
come out thinking that I would never set foot in there again.
Thursday I found out that I needed to come up with one more credit
somehow and many options were presented, but the underlying outcome
was the same, here was yet another thing standing in the way of being
done. This has seemed to happen a lot, just when I think everything
is set and ready, some new qualification comes along and messes up my
schedule. I can’t complain though, each time I was frustrated and
wrestled with what to do. Each time I purposed to keep plowing ahead
and complete the task the Lord set before me, and each time, when the
dust settled, it came out for the better, leaving me less work to do
when I got home.
As as prayed over this newest
“setback”, I felt God prompting me to take the course of action
that would speed me up even more. This required a little faith
because I felt that He wanted me to take a test the next day. Friday
morning I took a practice test, sort of a fleece to see if I could do
it, and then asked our test administrator if I could test at one.
Everything worked out and I walked into a test without specifically
studying for it. I walked out with six more credits, and confidence
in the direction God was pointing me.
God
has his hand so largely on my life it’s kind of scary, but wonderful at
the same time. I have been worrying about what to do when I get home,
but honestly if God will bless me with a test I didn’t study for, that
speaks volumes to me on the course He wants me to take. All in all,
it’s been an adventure in learning to trust.
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By amy_import on November 5, 2005
Days left until we go home!
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