Whew! One more week to go until spring break and I'm on my way to Guatemala. I'm sort of nervous about the trip, so please pray that God would fill me with His peace about the matter.
Today, I figured that I would share with those who don't know (and perhaps refresh the memory of those who do know) about how I got my nickname Triple B. For those of you who don't know, I went to a really small Christian school, Livingston Christian Schools, located in Pinckney, Michigan. Due to its small size, everyone is family and students really get to know the teachers well. I think I was about in 9th grade, and it was Easter time. Mr. Nast, the principal of the school, had a big jar of Jelly Belly jelly beans on his desk. I usually had volleyball practice at 5:00, so I had some time to kill between the time that school let out and the time that volleyball practice actually started. I probably should have been doing homework, but most of the time I would find myself wandering into Mr. Nast's office, sitting in a chair, and eating jelly beans while talking to Mr. Nast about various things. I ended up eating so many of the jelly beans from the jar, that Mr. Nast dubbed me with the nickname Belly Bean Bandit, or Triple B. The nickname has stuck ever since. So, in case any of you were wondering where the name "Triple B" came from, that is the story behind it.
This week, I have really realized where the Lord has been gracious to me in my own life. Where has He been gracious to you? Thank Him for his grace and faithfulness.
Words I learned this week: protectorate, per annum, apposite, mete, salacious, wheedle, abnegate, raffish, attenuate, redolent, preen, vituperation.
Quotes:
"True beauty does not come from fresh makeup, the latest hairstyle, or how you look in your blue jeans. Rather, it radiates from the inside out, from a heart that delights in the Lord."~Shannon Ethridge
"Your words matter to God-- both what you say and how you say it."~Shannon Ehtridge
"Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind." Psalm 26:2
Just a reminder that because I will be in Guatemala, I will not write a blog next Sunday, nor probably the next, but I will be excited to share everything about the trip in my next blog post on April 1.
Have a good week, everyone! Thanks for reading!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Week in Review Jan. 27- Mar. 4
Greetings, everyone!
Tornado season has arrived! However, nothing has really affected Northwest Arkansas yet. I was looking at the tornado maps though, and it seems like April is the most dangerous month for where I am at, so it looks as though it will only get increasingly worse. So please pray for protection and safety. Also, please pray for the families and cities who have already been hit horribly by tornadoes. Pray for them as they rebuild. Speaking of tornadoes, sometimes I wish that God's power and might could be displayed through tornadoes without the destruction and death that comes with it, but that thought also reminds me of Isaiah 55:8-9, "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'"
This week, strangely, I was homesick for the first time since the beginning of this semester. It started off with me just missing family life/the family unit. I was missing how in a family, there always seems to be someone to go to for a particular need. For example, if I need advice on some important topic, then I go to my dad. If I need advice on women things, I go to my older sister. If I just need to relax and be goofy or need someone to make me food, I go to my younger sister. (She's an excellent chef!) If I need fashion advice, I ask my younger brother. Just kidding! That role is actually reserved for my mother. But you get the picture. Here at college, however, sometimes I do not know who to go to for certain things. Certainly I have my best friend Janeen, but it would be a lot to ask of her to provide all of those things for me. Thus, I think I learned two important lessons from the homesickness episode I had earlier this week:
1. I need to connect with other people more. I need to attend activities and events that will help me to get to know other people on campus. (I already do this somewhat, but I also think I need to be more intentional about it.)
2. Find what I need in God first of all. When we have times of brokenness, I feel that God may sometimes be testing us to see if we will really rely on Him. Certainly He provides us with other people from whom we can obtain encouragement at times, but I also feel that He should be our ultimate source of strength and hope.
I also learned this week that it is easy for things to start out small and progress into even bigger things. It is often this way with sin. So, be on your guard. Is there anything in your life that you need to reassess and do differently? What sins are you indulging that seem small, but then may progress into bigger things?
Only two more weeks until spring break, and that means only two more weeks until Guatemala! I cannot wait to see what God is going to through all of the people who are going. Of course, it is important to remember that the satan is at work trying to impede what we want to do. So please pray that everything would work out according to plan.
This week, I have also learned what a great struggle it can be to live a Spirit-filled life. Though those who are in Christ have been filled with the Holy Spirit, we still have a sinful nature. These two natures are always at war with one another. We are engaged in a great spiritual battle.
In addition, I must say that as a result of my Honors English class, I have come to better appreciate poetry, more so than I did before. Much of the Psalms is poetry, and it amazes me to think that God formatted His part of His Word that way, which makes it easier to memorize.
Words I learned this week: missive, eclectic, cabaret, facile, recalcitrant, macabre, torte, suppurating, pyracantha, volition, pseudpigrapha, epistolary, parenetic, hortatory.
Quotes:
"What a great responsibility is laid upon us as Christians, to be imitators of the love of God in Christ."
"Nothing reveals the character of a man like his tongue. The tongue reveals what is going on inside."
"All the speeches you are making may be very fine and true, but I'd rather see your Savior by observing what you do; for I may not comprehend Him through the fine advice you give, but there's no misunderstanding when I see the way you live!"
Please pray for me in the week ahead, because it will be a busy one. It's also a busy week for the nation, with Super Tuesday and everything. Pray also that I might live a Spirit-filled life.
If you have any suggestions for how I might improve this blog or any ideas of what you would like to see in it, then please let me know.
I'll finish this post with some verses that brought me great comfort this week: ""May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." ~1 Thessalonians 5:23-24. Thank goodness that it does not depend on us to sanctify ourselves. Thank you, Lord, that you are not finished with me yet!
Tornado season has arrived! However, nothing has really affected Northwest Arkansas yet. I was looking at the tornado maps though, and it seems like April is the most dangerous month for where I am at, so it looks as though it will only get increasingly worse. So please pray for protection and safety. Also, please pray for the families and cities who have already been hit horribly by tornadoes. Pray for them as they rebuild. Speaking of tornadoes, sometimes I wish that God's power and might could be displayed through tornadoes without the destruction and death that comes with it, but that thought also reminds me of Isaiah 55:8-9, "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'"
This week, strangely, I was homesick for the first time since the beginning of this semester. It started off with me just missing family life/the family unit. I was missing how in a family, there always seems to be someone to go to for a particular need. For example, if I need advice on some important topic, then I go to my dad. If I need advice on women things, I go to my older sister. If I just need to relax and be goofy or need someone to make me food, I go to my younger sister. (She's an excellent chef!) If I need fashion advice, I ask my younger brother. Just kidding! That role is actually reserved for my mother. But you get the picture. Here at college, however, sometimes I do not know who to go to for certain things. Certainly I have my best friend Janeen, but it would be a lot to ask of her to provide all of those things for me. Thus, I think I learned two important lessons from the homesickness episode I had earlier this week:
1. I need to connect with other people more. I need to attend activities and events that will help me to get to know other people on campus. (I already do this somewhat, but I also think I need to be more intentional about it.)
2. Find what I need in God first of all. When we have times of brokenness, I feel that God may sometimes be testing us to see if we will really rely on Him. Certainly He provides us with other people from whom we can obtain encouragement at times, but I also feel that He should be our ultimate source of strength and hope.
I also learned this week that it is easy for things to start out small and progress into even bigger things. It is often this way with sin. So, be on your guard. Is there anything in your life that you need to reassess and do differently? What sins are you indulging that seem small, but then may progress into bigger things?
Only two more weeks until spring break, and that means only two more weeks until Guatemala! I cannot wait to see what God is going to through all of the people who are going. Of course, it is important to remember that the satan is at work trying to impede what we want to do. So please pray that everything would work out according to plan.
This week, I have also learned what a great struggle it can be to live a Spirit-filled life. Though those who are in Christ have been filled with the Holy Spirit, we still have a sinful nature. These two natures are always at war with one another. We are engaged in a great spiritual battle.
In addition, I must say that as a result of my Honors English class, I have come to better appreciate poetry, more so than I did before. Much of the Psalms is poetry, and it amazes me to think that God formatted His part of His Word that way, which makes it easier to memorize.
Words I learned this week: missive, eclectic, cabaret, facile, recalcitrant, macabre, torte, suppurating, pyracantha, volition, pseudpigrapha, epistolary, parenetic, hortatory.
Quotes:
"What a great responsibility is laid upon us as Christians, to be imitators of the love of God in Christ."
"Nothing reveals the character of a man like his tongue. The tongue reveals what is going on inside."
"All the speeches you are making may be very fine and true, but I'd rather see your Savior by observing what you do; for I may not comprehend Him through the fine advice you give, but there's no misunderstanding when I see the way you live!"
Please pray for me in the week ahead, because it will be a busy one. It's also a busy week for the nation, with Super Tuesday and everything. Pray also that I might live a Spirit-filled life.
If you have any suggestions for how I might improve this blog or any ideas of what you would like to see in it, then please let me know.
I'll finish this post with some verses that brought me great comfort this week: ""May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it." ~1 Thessalonians 5:23-24. Thank goodness that it does not depend on us to sanctify ourselves. Thank you, Lord, that you are not finished with me yet!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Week in Review Feb. 20-26
Hello all! This week, the chapel focus was "re-live defining moments of faith." Phil Vischer, the guy who came up with the idea for VeggieTales, came to speak. How exciting! My intent is to use the majority of this blog post to "re-live" my defining moments of faith.
I grew up in a Christian home. When I was about 8 years old, I went to Camp Michawana for the first time. It was there that they had something called "birthday night." Of course, they were referencing spiritual birth. Up to that point, I did not remember a time in my life when I had accepted Christ. My heart was pounding like crazy. I really felt the Spirit was working in my heart for me to accept Christ, but I did not. Then, two years later, I went to Camp Michawana again with my sister Hannah. It was then that I felt the Spirit really calling me, and I conceded. I went and prayed with a camp counselor. After that, I tried to do everything as perfectly as possible. I would try to read my Bible and make my bed. If I messed up, I would give up and try again the next day. I sort of equated routine with being sinless, which I know now is definitely not the case. When I was about 11 years old, I was baptized.
God blessed me with different mentors while I was in middle school and high school. Two people in particular helped me greatly. (I won't mention names though, because you know who you are.) I learned so much and eventually incorporated into my day a time just for God.
Now, I am at John Brown University, and I continue to learn a lot about my Savior, Lord, and Treasure. I cannot wait to see what the future holds.
Words I learned this week: monger, iconoclastic, antebellum, Brahmin, solipsism, baroque, shrift, ebullience, decadence, immanent, polemically, nascent, motley, nexus, chagrin, inebriate, dialectic.
"We will never be satisfied with anything less-- each day, each hour, or each moment in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit-- than walking with God."
"If we are to be a people who reach the 'uttermost parts of the world' with the good news of Jesus, we need to learn what Peter learned. We must know that there is no limit to the love of God, that prejudice has no place in the kingdom of God, and there is no kind of uncleanness that God cannot redeem."
"Lord, you have given me another day in which to enjoy and serve You. I offer it back to You; lead me in the way You would have me to use it."
"What becomes important is not that I manage time, but that I let God manage me."
Have a good week, everyone! May God teach you many great things!
Leah Jarvie
I grew up in a Christian home. When I was about 8 years old, I went to Camp Michawana for the first time. It was there that they had something called "birthday night." Of course, they were referencing spiritual birth. Up to that point, I did not remember a time in my life when I had accepted Christ. My heart was pounding like crazy. I really felt the Spirit was working in my heart for me to accept Christ, but I did not. Then, two years later, I went to Camp Michawana again with my sister Hannah. It was then that I felt the Spirit really calling me, and I conceded. I went and prayed with a camp counselor. After that, I tried to do everything as perfectly as possible. I would try to read my Bible and make my bed. If I messed up, I would give up and try again the next day. I sort of equated routine with being sinless, which I know now is definitely not the case. When I was about 11 years old, I was baptized.
God blessed me with different mentors while I was in middle school and high school. Two people in particular helped me greatly. (I won't mention names though, because you know who you are.) I learned so much and eventually incorporated into my day a time just for God.
Now, I am at John Brown University, and I continue to learn a lot about my Savior, Lord, and Treasure. I cannot wait to see what the future holds.
Words I learned this week: monger, iconoclastic, antebellum, Brahmin, solipsism, baroque, shrift, ebullience, decadence, immanent, polemically, nascent, motley, nexus, chagrin, inebriate, dialectic.
"We will never be satisfied with anything less-- each day, each hour, or each moment in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit-- than walking with God."
"If we are to be a people who reach the 'uttermost parts of the world' with the good news of Jesus, we need to learn what Peter learned. We must know that there is no limit to the love of God, that prejudice has no place in the kingdom of God, and there is no kind of uncleanness that God cannot redeem."
"Lord, you have given me another day in which to enjoy and serve You. I offer it back to You; lead me in the way You would have me to use it."
"What becomes important is not that I manage time, but that I let God manage me."
Have a good week, everyone! May God teach you many great things!
Leah Jarvie
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Week in Review Feb. 13-19
On Monday this week, the Siloam Springs school district didn't have school, due to about 2 inches of snow. Unfortunately, since John Brown is mostly a residential college, I still had to go to class. Other than that, nothing really exciting happened to me this week.
Some small blessings: peanut butter and oreo chocolate truffles, five quarters returned to me when I inserted a $1 bill into a change machine.
Words I learned this week: amain, lave, arras, carminative, runnel, declension, gravid, wraith, domicile, and some other word, but I cannot remember right now.
I apologize to my regular readers who enjoy the quote section of my blog, for I did not come across anything that quote-worthy this week.
It is getting to the time in the semester when everything just gets hectic, so please pray that God will provide me (and everyone else at college) with strength to get everything accomplished.
With much love to everyone in Michigan, especially to my lil sister, Hannah, who is going to be my maid of honor whenever I get married :)
Leah
Some small blessings: peanut butter and oreo chocolate truffles, five quarters returned to me when I inserted a $1 bill into a change machine.
Words I learned this week: amain, lave, arras, carminative, runnel, declension, gravid, wraith, domicile, and some other word, but I cannot remember right now.
I apologize to my regular readers who enjoy the quote section of my blog, for I did not come across anything that quote-worthy this week.
It is getting to the time in the semester when everything just gets hectic, so please pray that God will provide me (and everyone else at college) with strength to get everything accomplished.
With much love to everyone in Michigan, especially to my lil sister, Hannah, who is going to be my maid of honor whenever I get married :)
Leah
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Week in Review Feb. 6-12
First of all, here on some major highlights from my week:
On Thursday this week, my heart strayed from the Majesty and goodness of God to other things. I desired and thought about other things above Him, thus committing idolatry, not to mention adultery. As a result, on Friday, I felt so messed up spiritually and I felt like a hypocrite. I thought to myself, "How can I say that I desire God when I'm running after these things?" Soon, though, God uplifted my spirit distracting me with class and other responsibilities. These idols are things that I struggle with on a regular basis, but I pray that God will help me to overcome them.
On Saturday, I worked on homework until about 2:00, and then my mind basically turned off. Thus, I wasted the rest of day, even though I had a mountain-load of homework to do.
As a result of my decision on Saturday to quit doing homework way before the end of the day, this morning I was feeling overwhelmed with things, and the thought entered my head, "Perhaps I should just skip church this morning." The idea only lingered for a few seconds, and I went to church. I felt so blessed and uplifted by going to Sunday school and having fellowship with everyone. The experience definitely reminded me that it is important to go to church, because we need each other. It's amazing when God does those sorts of things in my life, and even amazing when He doesn't! His amazingness (is that a word?) does not change!
Today, it was also communion Sunday at church. I feel like I've been de-sensitized to what Christ did on the cross, so I was praying and confessing that to God and saying, "God, give me a fresh glimpse of the crucifixion and resurrection. Show me a picture of your love." As the elements were being passed out, I saw a a 9 or 10 year-old girl draw near to herself her 4-year-old sister who has spina bifida. At that moment, the human sisterly love was remarkable and overwhelming, but it was also a picture to me of how God wants to draw me near to Himself as His daughter, because of His love for me.
Thus far this afternoon, it has been quiet and peaceful and relaxing working on homework and just spending time in God's presence at the same time. I know that God is always present with me, but one of the signs that sometimes happens to me is a physical heaviness in the chest area. Before I became a Christian, my heart would always pound whenever some pastor invited people to receive Jesus Christ as Lord, Savior, and Treasure. Well, I'm experiencing that physical heaviness this afternoon, and it just feels great. God has been speaking to me about a lot of things. I still have a lot to get accomplished before tomorrow, but I have a peace about it.
Words I learned this week: halcyon, stadholder, nonage, epoch, ethology, castigate.
Quotes from the week:
"The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning."~Stephen Jay Gould
I must say that I highly disagree with the above quote. In fact, the cause of life's history does solve the riddle of life's meaning. If one acknowledges that God is the Creator, then that also means that the created thing has some sort of purpose. For what would be the reason for creating something that has no use? Thus, knowing that we have purpose, we must adhere to the purpose for which our Creator made us, otherwise we would still be of no use. Our life is filled with meaning as we follow the purpose that God has for us.
Similarly, if we turn this concept on its head and say that we just came about by chance, then what is there to live for? If we're just accidents, then life has no purpose.
"If God's thoughts and ways are higher than our own (as a jet flies higher than a bird), then God is to us as we are to the preschooler, only more so. Just as the preschooler cannot fathom adult logic, indeed is baffled by things that adults easily understand, so we can expect to be baffled by mysteries and paradoxes that are, perhaps, mere simplicities to God."
"If God's thoughts and ways were like our own, God wouldn't be God, or else we would be gods, too."
Have a great week everyone! May our great, sovereign God reveal Himself to you this week in many ways!
On Thursday this week, my heart strayed from the Majesty and goodness of God to other things. I desired and thought about other things above Him, thus committing idolatry, not to mention adultery. As a result, on Friday, I felt so messed up spiritually and I felt like a hypocrite. I thought to myself, "How can I say that I desire God when I'm running after these things?" Soon, though, God uplifted my spirit distracting me with class and other responsibilities. These idols are things that I struggle with on a regular basis, but I pray that God will help me to overcome them.
On Saturday, I worked on homework until about 2:00, and then my mind basically turned off. Thus, I wasted the rest of day, even though I had a mountain-load of homework to do.
As a result of my decision on Saturday to quit doing homework way before the end of the day, this morning I was feeling overwhelmed with things, and the thought entered my head, "Perhaps I should just skip church this morning." The idea only lingered for a few seconds, and I went to church. I felt so blessed and uplifted by going to Sunday school and having fellowship with everyone. The experience definitely reminded me that it is important to go to church, because we need each other. It's amazing when God does those sorts of things in my life, and even amazing when He doesn't! His amazingness (is that a word?) does not change!
Today, it was also communion Sunday at church. I feel like I've been de-sensitized to what Christ did on the cross, so I was praying and confessing that to God and saying, "God, give me a fresh glimpse of the crucifixion and resurrection. Show me a picture of your love." As the elements were being passed out, I saw a a 9 or 10 year-old girl draw near to herself her 4-year-old sister who has spina bifida. At that moment, the human sisterly love was remarkable and overwhelming, but it was also a picture to me of how God wants to draw me near to Himself as His daughter, because of His love for me.
Thus far this afternoon, it has been quiet and peaceful and relaxing working on homework and just spending time in God's presence at the same time. I know that God is always present with me, but one of the signs that sometimes happens to me is a physical heaviness in the chest area. Before I became a Christian, my heart would always pound whenever some pastor invited people to receive Jesus Christ as Lord, Savior, and Treasure. Well, I'm experiencing that physical heaviness this afternoon, and it just feels great. God has been speaking to me about a lot of things. I still have a lot to get accomplished before tomorrow, but I have a peace about it.
Words I learned this week: halcyon, stadholder, nonage, epoch, ethology, castigate.
Quotes from the week:
"The causes of life's history [cannot] resolve the riddle of life's meaning."~Stephen Jay Gould
I must say that I highly disagree with the above quote. In fact, the cause of life's history does solve the riddle of life's meaning. If one acknowledges that God is the Creator, then that also means that the created thing has some sort of purpose. For what would be the reason for creating something that has no use? Thus, knowing that we have purpose, we must adhere to the purpose for which our Creator made us, otherwise we would still be of no use. Our life is filled with meaning as we follow the purpose that God has for us.
Similarly, if we turn this concept on its head and say that we just came about by chance, then what is there to live for? If we're just accidents, then life has no purpose.
"If God's thoughts and ways are higher than our own (as a jet flies higher than a bird), then God is to us as we are to the preschooler, only more so. Just as the preschooler cannot fathom adult logic, indeed is baffled by things that adults easily understand, so we can expect to be baffled by mysteries and paradoxes that are, perhaps, mere simplicities to God."
"If God's thoughts and ways were like our own, God wouldn't be God, or else we would be gods, too."
Have a great week everyone! May our great, sovereign God reveal Himself to you this week in many ways!
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Week in Review Jan. 30-Feb. 5
"Change my heart, oh God, make it ever true. Change my heart, oh God, may I be like you. You are the Potter; I am the clay. Mold me and make me-- this is what I pray."
I forgot to mention last week that I got my hair cut. This time, I didn't skip school to get it done, nor did I lead anyone astray by having them skip school too. :) In fact, the girl came to my dorm room to do it! Talk about awesome service!
I feel like I am waiting on God for three main things:
1. Whom my spouse will be
2. What I will major in
3. What I will be doing this summer
Of course, some of these are more urgent than others. For instance, I have plenty of time until I get married. :)
There are different spiritual seasons that people go through. Some people are in valleys of trouble and despair. Other people are at the mountain top, experiencing God with joy. Some might be in between. I feel like I'm at the mountain top, but then again, I feel like I'm sort of going downhill. Either way, embrace the spiritual season that you may be in because God uses all of them to cause you to grow closer to Him.
One blessing that I realized in my life this week: my best friend Janeen. She is the first person my age that I have ever really opened up to about spiritual things. Before, I think I may have been a bit elusive about the subject with people, and I felt awkward whenever I did talk about it. I'm glad that I am comfortable telling Janeen what God is doing in my life, and I think she would agree that it has been a mutually beneficial, growing friendship.
I hope that one day I might be able to sing joyfully to the Lord, "Lord, you are more precious than silver. Lord, you are more costly than gold. Lord, you are more beautiful than diamonds, and nothing I desire compares with you." This week, I've struggled with what it means to desire God in terms of action. I keep on saying to myself, "Okay, if I really desired God, then I wouldn't do this, or I would do that."
God continues to provide for my every need.
As with any other piece of writing, I urge my readers to understand that I am selective in what I write on here. For the most part, I like to write about positive things (since if you want to read about negative things, you can just read a newspaper). However, I still try to be genuine in what I write.
As ya'll begin a new week, I pray that the cry of everyone's hearts will be, "Jesus, draw me close; closer, Lord, to you. Let the world around me fade away. Jesus, draw me close; closer, Lord to you, for I desire to worship and obey."
Leah Jarvie
I forgot to mention last week that I got my hair cut. This time, I didn't skip school to get it done, nor did I lead anyone astray by having them skip school too. :) In fact, the girl came to my dorm room to do it! Talk about awesome service!
I feel like I am waiting on God for three main things:
1. Whom my spouse will be
2. What I will major in
3. What I will be doing this summer
Of course, some of these are more urgent than others. For instance, I have plenty of time until I get married. :)
There are different spiritual seasons that people go through. Some people are in valleys of trouble and despair. Other people are at the mountain top, experiencing God with joy. Some might be in between. I feel like I'm at the mountain top, but then again, I feel like I'm sort of going downhill. Either way, embrace the spiritual season that you may be in because God uses all of them to cause you to grow closer to Him.
One blessing that I realized in my life this week: my best friend Janeen. She is the first person my age that I have ever really opened up to about spiritual things. Before, I think I may have been a bit elusive about the subject with people, and I felt awkward whenever I did talk about it. I'm glad that I am comfortable telling Janeen what God is doing in my life, and I think she would agree that it has been a mutually beneficial, growing friendship.
I hope that one day I might be able to sing joyfully to the Lord, "Lord, you are more precious than silver. Lord, you are more costly than gold. Lord, you are more beautiful than diamonds, and nothing I desire compares with you." This week, I've struggled with what it means to desire God in terms of action. I keep on saying to myself, "Okay, if I really desired God, then I wouldn't do this, or I would do that."
God continues to provide for my every need.
As with any other piece of writing, I urge my readers to understand that I am selective in what I write on here. For the most part, I like to write about positive things (since if you want to read about negative things, you can just read a newspaper). However, I still try to be genuine in what I write.
As ya'll begin a new week, I pray that the cry of everyone's hearts will be, "Jesus, draw me close; closer, Lord, to you. Let the world around me fade away. Jesus, draw me close; closer, Lord to you, for I desire to worship and obey."
Leah Jarvie
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Week in Review Jan. 23-29
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
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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