Saturday, April 29, 2006

 

ELC

ELC was this weekend. It was pretty good. Jarrett Stevens one of the speakers was really good. And Dave was good as always. I enjoyed doing powerpoint for the band this morning, it was all songs I know really well, so I didn't have to wonder where the band was going next at all and I could really enjoy it.
I'm kinda tired now, but not as tired as last night though. I had a headache last night. I still have the Alt to get ready for tomorrow. I hope everyone has fun tomorrow at church after such a busy weekend.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

 

Got my grades!!!

So I got an A- and a B. Decent grades. Hopefully high enough for them to let me into grad school.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

 

My Day

Today I went shopping with Bre and Emma. I went to bed at like one last night, and I was up at 8:30 this morning. Snickers wanted some attention and it was one of those I'm going to bug you until you do. Sometimes I feel like when she does that it is a wakeup call from God saying don't sleep in, get out of bed. So I called Bre at like 8:45 and ended up leaving at 9:10 to go to her house so we could go to the mall. I got new socks! Nice ones with stripes that won't wear out quickly.
I went to the dentist this afternoon, I've got the achey gums feeling. I floss everyday, but that still doesn't prevent the achey gums.
Tonight I'm going to go swimming with Doug, Bre and Emma for an hour, and then go help Karra with her math.
Right now I'm working on slide for the ELC.
So overall a full, but good day.

Monday, April 24, 2006

 

To Kiss or Not To Kiss

A friend told me tonight that he and his girlfriend are waiting till marriage to kiss. Another friend lent me a book once and it was written by a guy that did the same thing. Before I read that book I would have never considered waiting till marriage to kiss, wait for sex definitaly, but kiss, why? The book did challenge me though. It talked about how special it made a kiss and what a big deal it made it. That is major staying away from the line and not toeing it. Another friend talked about he and his wife stopped kissing when they got engaged. And then some people think it's ok to kiss, but not french kiss. It's definitely a line that couples have to decide on together. My problem is that shouldn't you have in your head where your line is so that you don't do anything you will regret when you start dating? I guess saying no kissing at all till marriage would keep you from going too far, I guess I just don't entirely like that idea. But come to think of it you wouldn't have to worry about where the line is at all, it is in your face. If you don't kiss it is hard to get carried away.
It is amazing how my view of things has changed the more I get to know God. A few years ago I wouldn't have even considered not kissing before marriage and now I might even do it. I have kissed before, but know I've changed and I have so much more desired to save even kissing for my husband. I try to think of it as what would I want my husband to have done with another woman, and then I realize how important it is to wait for the littlest of things.
So God when do you have it planned to send me the guy you have planned for me? Sometime soon would be nice. :)

 

Going to Arbitration

So I had my meeting with the union this afternoon. It was two hours long. We basically went over my whole story again, so we'll be ready for next Monday when we see the arbitrator. So I don't know what will happen, but hopefully I'll get some money out of it.

 

Changed Lives

I just got an email from Dave O forwarding an encouragment he received this morning about the Alt. Someone had been praying for her friend for years and a few weeks ago he became a Christian. She had brought him out to the Alt because she thought it would be a non threatening way for him to get to know God. It really made me think about how all of us at COTR really have an impact on people's lives. What an awesome feeling that is, to have made a small impact on peoples' lives that I have never even met. Thanks to all the amazing people who also help out at COTR.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

 

Alt

Alt was sooo awesome tonight. I can't wait to have a week off from powerpoint again, or atleast an Alt. Alt is so different from the morning service, why can't it be more like the Alt?
It was so good to remember how awesome the Alt is. I've been working at it for so long that is easy to get caught up in the work and forget what it is all about.
Worshiping God tonight was so awesome. I know I keep saying so but it was so awesome. :) Dave's message was awesome too. He preached on the Da Vinci code, and I loved hearing about all the historical facts about Jesus and Christianity. It was cool to think back about all the questions I asked a couple of years ago about where the bible came from and to see how much I've learned and remember that I know the answers to these questions now and I don't wonder, I know. What Dave said about the so called extra gospels and how the ones being written so long after, and the ones we accept being written by the apostles, clarified what I had learned, and made is so much more clear.
This morning Steve talked about not forgetting what you learned but letting the Holy Spirit teach you about it. I hope I don't forget how awesome the Alt is.
It was so good to have a break today. :)

 

Day Off - Weird

I don't have to do powerpoint tonight at the Alt and its going to be really weird. I haven't sat in an Alt for almost three years. It's not like I haven't had a Sunday off in three years, I had a few Sundays off in the summer, and I get most morning services off, and we used to have UPS every second Sunday, but it has definitely been a while since I had an Alt off. It is going to be weird. I know I won't be able to focus at the service tonight, just on God, I'll be thinking about the powerpoint and not about God, which I need to learn to stop doing. I would really like to have a service where I can just sit back and relax and worship. It didn't work this morning, I wasn't very focused on God at all. I wasn't sitting in the service the whole time, I was on greeting duty and then I had to go to the bathroom after the sermon, and then I got distracted on the way back and missed the end of the service. I really hope things go better tonight.
I've felt kinda far from God this week, which sucks. I don't know what I need to do, just focus or what? I keep feeling like God is telling me to not worry about it and just relax, lean on him. I guess that's what I should do, not put so much pressure on myself and just enjoy him.
Last night I was holding my niece Allison and it was really cool. She fell asleep in my arms and I just felt an overwhelming sense of peace and love. I also felt that that's how God feels about us. We're his children and he just wants to hold us close and love us. Pretty cool. :)
So what else is new in my life? I have a meeting tomorrow with CUPE which is the union at mac. I filed a grievance almost a year ago because mac wouldn't hire me because CUPE had negociated a contract change and I got paid at the higher rate. It was pretty nice getting payed around $33/hr instead of $15. So now after having three big meetings they are probably going to arbritration to try to get me some money that I missed out on last summer by not getting hired at mac.
I'm also waiting to hear from mac to see if I got into grad school in stats. One of my profs told me that they needed to see my grades for the two courses I took this semester to decide if they're going to let me in or not. Just a bit of pressure on my exams. :) I'm glad they're over with, but now I have to wait to get my grades. I am at peace, but I would really like to know.
I spent a lot of time with Bre and Emma this week. It was really cool. I love spending time with them.
So if anyone wants to pray that I can relax and just enjoy God, that would be awesome.

Saturday, April 22, 2006

 

Kinda Weird

It's kinda weird to think of just putting your words out there for anyone to see. But kinda cool too. Whenever I've journaled before it's usually in a prayer journal and I'm talking to God, but here it is talking to people you know, but you're not sure who is going to read it. And you're not just talking to one friend you're talking to a bunch of them. Also, anyone could stumble across this, but that is actually more safe than someone you know seeing what you write. Someone you don't know won't see you in person, and won't see the public self that you portray, only what you write. To be real in writing and let people you know see it can be scarey, but it's something that I am learning to do. This should be fun. :)

 

These are my nieces, Allison and Emma.

 

My First Post

So I decided to start a blog, not just because everyone else seems to be doing it, but I thought it would be cool to let other people know what's going on in my crazy head. :)

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