It's been a busy, crazy week! I cannot believe that it's already Sunday. The weekends are definitely my favorite part of the week, since it's a time to sort of slow down and not have a lot of fixed commitments.
On Tuesday, something really cool happened. I had been planning on doing all of my homework for Wednesday in the afternoon, but then there was an opening for work that evening, so I took it. (I need to make up some work-study hours from last semester, so I'm trying to go whenever possible.) I got back to campus around 6:30, ate dinner, and then I had a mission trip meeting for Guatemala at 7:00. So it wasn't until about 8:00 when I actually got started on my homework. At that point, I was completely exhausted physically and mentally. Plus, I had a headache. I laid down on my bed and prayed, "Lord, I need you. I need your strength to get this homework done. Please take away my headache." As soon as I finished praying that, my headache was gone, and I had a renewed energy, and I was able to complete most of my homework that I had for the next day.
Another thing that has been great to see is God's provision in various areas. On Thursday, I did laundry, and I was sort of overwhelmed with how many clothes God has provided me with, when some people don't even have two T-shirts. He also provided more work-study hours for me on Saturday, which was really neat.
It has also been astounding and overwhelming to see how God has provided support for the mission trip to Guatemala. I had been sort of getting worried about it, but then some money came in the mail, and I also got an email from the leader of the trip, telling me of some money that had been sent directly to him. $750 is due by Wednesday this week, and right now, I'm at $585, but I'm trusting God to work in awesome ways to get that amount in on time.
Even when it doesn't seem as though God is working, He is! That's an important thing to remember when praying for someone's salvation or when showing kindness to someone. From outward signs, it may appear that the person has a rejectful attitude, but God is working in the person's soul.
What college students do in their spare time: shoot their professors with nerf guns. :)
Words I learned this week: spurious, chicany, pettifogging, unctuous, hiatus, ratiocination, bequeath.
Quotes:
"We're good at fighting for causes, but we're not good at loving people."-Dr. Stratman, my Honors English II teacher
"Do you think if the Bible was a bad book it would make men good? Do you think if it was a false book it would make men good?"-Dwight L. Moody
"Many of the passages appear to us difficult to understand, but if we could understand it clearly from front to back at first, it would be as a human book, but the very fact that we cannot understand it all at once, is the highest proof that it is the Word of God."-Dwight L. Moody
I love you all! Email me at butterfingerleah@aim.com. I'd love to hear from you!
Leah Jarvie
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