Passion

Desperation Passion Mission! Fall retreat 2010!

The two most impactful questions from CRUs annual Fall retreat this weekend

1. What would people around you say you are passionate about?
2. What is your purpose in life based on those passions?

I could not answer these questions, I dont think my lifes passions are necessarily evident to the people in my life.
3. Why? Why arent the things I am most passionate about consume the majority of my time, thoughts and speech. If God is so important in my life and I put my future and life in his hands why is that not evident!!

I am a sinner...afraid of rejection...afraid of responsibility... many things.
What I learned is I need to stand for what I stand for and not shy away.

Nursing School!

Pictures!

Demonstrating what the organs look like in the body

Starting to realize I dont know how to put the organs back...

Pretending I know whats going on...putting the brain back!

Kathryn Doyle!! The patient we assess EVERY friday! poor lady

The lovely arms we learn to put IVs in

Computer IV's...pretty legit! 

 Assessment test room!

 YAY nursing

God Consciousness

What decisions would I make differently, what actions would I take, how would I live my day to day if I lived it with God standing behind me...

In Bible study Priscilla Shirer gave an example of her sister at a bootcamp workout, and how the workout would become 100x more enjoyable and easy for her sister when the instructor was nearby. This applies to our daily thoughts and actions and living for God. Waking up each morning with the knowledge that God is here and watching and helping, will have a definite impact on the actions and choices you make. She mentioned that having God awareness is going to cost you something and cause you to make decisions that you normally wouldnt make. God calls us to certain tasks and allows us to be part of his mission and plan for the world. How do we know what those plans are? He talks to us... The more you know God the more clearly you will be able to hear him. The more effort and time you put into a relationship with Him the easier it will be to distinguish Gods voice and desires from those of this world. Just as with family and friends the more you know about them, the easier it is to distinguish them in a crowd.

I just thought this was funny

Last semester

We have to register for our LAST semester of nursing school next week! Awesome right?

Yes, but I have so many choices to make! which hospital do I want to work at, what area of nursing, I have no idea! too many choices! aaaaaa

Do I go for the hospitals I have never been too or the ones I already know I like? Do I go for peds even though there is only one spot or try and get the medsurge area I want?

Panic Attack completed I will fill out my request survey now...

America's 4 views of God

My dad showed me an artical today about how America views God. He brought up an interesting point, does/should this effect how we approach people with the idea of God and salvation? Does their preconceived view of God effect how open they are to the gospel, and how well they understand the idea of the gospel.

The artical can be found at http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-10-07-1Agod07_CV_N.htm
It says that people have one of views of God, and these views effect their attitudes on political issues
1. Authoritative
2. Benevolent
3. Critical
4. Distant

I decided to take the quiz at http://www.thearda.com/whoisyourgod/index.asp my results:

Based on your answers, you view God as being authoritative.

An authoritative God is one who is engaged in the world and judgmental of it.

23.2% of the people who have taken this survey responded with a God type of authoritative.



Of the people who have taken this survey and responded with a God type of authoritative:

7.2% are female.
8.3% are ages 18 to 35.
4.3% are of having some college or technical training.
15.7% are Protestant.

My life is average

There is a puppy in my bed...

A Spock on my wall...

An alligator on my keyboard...

A puppy by the door...

A koala in the hallway...

An assortment of empty bottles in the kitchen...

A flag on the fridge...

AND an invasion of leprechauns and koalas around the house...

Whats that Mr. Gorilla? You're afraid of hieghts? why are you on the trophy?

Sustained and Established by God

I found this quote by George Muller very eye opening "The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety." When I am worried, or stressed I am trying to control my life and I am not trusting that God is powerful enough or faithful enough to have control of my life.

Some verses from my Bible study homework that I found encouraging and...

2 Cor. 3:5 Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.

1 Cor 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me

Eph. 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.