Snow Day Anyone?

I am thinking about the possibility of a snow day. The kid part of me wants a snow day. I have not played in the snow for a long long long time. It just isn't physically practical for me. I would love just not to be practical sometimes.
I have learn that I am a very calculated person. I plan things way in advance and rarely do I just do things I would love just to be spontaneous once in my life. Maybe a random road trip. Though I would have to plan for a ride. LOL
Why do I want a snow just to be stranded inside a dorm room? To be honest it is because to be honest snow is one of the most beautiful things to me. MBU just looks awesome when under a blanket of snow. May we never grow so big that we loose that beauty. To be quite honest the beauty of the campus was one of the things that attract me to the campus.

The only thing that I don't like about this snow is that I need to get home. It is going to snow from here to home. I want to see the family and check in on mom who is not doing to well but still in good spirits.

My goal is to post again this week we shall see.

Decipleship and Evangelism

I promised to blog about my favorite class this semester so here it is.

I have taken D&E twice now (not proud of that fact). I will say how ever that I am glad I did. There is a young "old" man in the class who is 85 years old he has been married for 58 years. That would be the reciprocal of his age. He has been married longer then any other married persons in the class combined. He has been through so much. He got back from WW2 at the age of 20 wow.

I say all of that to say this, I respect this man and I don't even know him really. He has been married twice as long as I have been alive. He has seen more hartache, confusion, as well as other trials then I can imagine. This is a man who fought for some of the things I hold dear and often take for granted

It frustrates me to see young people these days and even people my age not respecting seniors. Whom are we to learn from if not from generations before us? We haven't had to fight for to much since the sixties, my generation by far is the pampered generation.

If you know me you know I am opinionated. I like to be heard. But when this man speaks of God I listen. When this man speaks of life I listen. When this man speaks of anything I will listen. Why do I listen? I listen for two reasons:
1. He knows more then me.
2. It is a form of worship of God. To respect those wise people God places in your life is to worship God's wisdom.

What What do I love most about D&E it is the diversity of people. from 18-85 years of age and all for the same purpose to learn how to make disciples. It is amazing that a man who is 85 would humble himself to learn. But then isn't that wisdom? I love this class but most of all I love the people.

2 weeks down. 13 to go.

This semester has gotten off to a good start. I enjoy my classes though Greek will be tedious (Greek is always tedious). I had what should be my last grad check last week 9 more hrs after this semester.
I find myself in a unique position, I have never been this close to graduating from college. The last time I was close I transfered to MBU. For the most part I started over, though I will say it was worth the move.
7 years as an undergrad has it advantages and disadvantages. I find myself with so many awesome friends that I would not have if I had graduated when I was supposed to(this is not to say my way has been the best way). I have learned so much about myself in these seven years. I have learned about myself, love, school, and life. These have not been the greatest lessons though. The greatest growth has come between God and I. I know and love Him more now then at any other point in my life. I just plain love God. He is making something out of this crippled fool. I think I may be becoming a man in the Biblical since of the word.

My favorite class this semester would have to be Discipleship and Evangelism. Why is this class so awesome you ask? Not only is the material awesome but there is a Man it the class that is such an inspiration to me. I will talk about him in a separate post.

My God bless all of you.
More to come in the near future.
Future topics:
My friend in D&E
Relationships
College
and More from the Bible (yay)

Break in Review

1. Break started it was like 50 degrees
2. Break ended it was like 10 degrees (I love Heartland Weather!!)
3. Mom went to the Dr. on December 13 she goes to the Dr. again on the 3 (My return date.)
4. I got cloths for Christmas (and it's actually a good thing.)
5. Mom was not healthy when I left, now she is on the mend. (What a difference three weeks can make.)

I did not get to cook over break, but I did get to do some of my favorite chores LOL such as:

1. Take out the trash
2. Wash the dishes (which is my least favorite chore. (Perhaps Hatred is a better description.)
3. Took care of Mom (that was nice and yet not nice at the same time)

It seems I have learned more then one thing from Dr. Greever 1 of them being how to make a list. I love you Dr. Greever!!

I have learned once again that there will never be a time when God is not awesome to me. He has yet again left me in awe. You see this is why I serve God. Because I cannot grasp His Awesomeness. It is not because of my choice that I serve Him it is because of His choice. I serve Him because He makes that service possible. I love Him because He changed my heart in such a way to make it possible for me to love Him.

To some it may seem that God is jealous. It is a good thing that God has a passion for His glory, because within that passion we find a willingness and an action to save us. So if that makes Him jealous then I say so be it. I have nothing to loose and everything to gain by my creator being jealous over me.

Would you like some Scripture? I'm in a Scripture sort of mood.

2 Corinthians 12:8-10 (ESV)

8^(M) Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9But he said to me, ^(N) "My grace is sufficient for you, for^(O) my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that^(P) the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10^(Q) For the sake of Christ, then,^(R) I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For^(S) when I am weak, then I am strong.