I went on a Facebook fast on Friday, March 19, 2010. I can't believe it was only a week ago! It seems like an eternity-but that's because I only logged on to Facebook every free moment I was on the internet, which probably averaged 2-3 times a day. No wonder it was hard to suddenly drop it! Of course, though, it would be difficult to suddenly drop anything which you have become so attached to. :-)
Just two more weeks of teaching! In fact, this is my last weekend for planning lesson plans. I am going to do 5 lessons for my last week, but of course it won't be any sort of work and planning that I've been doing for the last 10 weeks. I have a few more lessons to write and get ready, but I've learned how long each one takes, so I can more wisely determine my course of action for my day.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Facebook Fast
Wow! I randomly decided last Friday to go on a "fast" from Facebook for 3 weeks until I am finished student teaching. This has been the hardest three days of my life on the internet! I was in such a habit of checking Facebook, often multiple times a day, that now I have to pull myself away before I sign into my FB account out of sheer habit. I am ashamed of how quickly I got addicted to this social website. In fact, I probably wasted more time on here than I have wasted other places during the course of my life.
How many times have I simply logged on to see if someone commented on a post I put up for the sole purpose of seeking to gain ungodly attention? I am ashamed to admit it, but that is the truth. Yes, I am still swamped with busyness as I seek to finish out my last days of student teaching strongly. Yes, ridding myself of this Facebook addiction is hard. However, it is an awesome feeling to seek strength from the Lord during this time of trials in my life.
He will lift you up and give you all the strength you need if you just ask Him. Quitting Facebook for three weeks is just another area where I am sure God will teach me to grow in Him and seek His face more. May His name be praised forever and ever! For He has done great things. God IS in the business of saving lives.
How many times have I simply logged on to see if someone commented on a post I put up for the sole purpose of seeking to gain ungodly attention? I am ashamed to admit it, but that is the truth. Yes, I am still swamped with busyness as I seek to finish out my last days of student teaching strongly. Yes, ridding myself of this Facebook addiction is hard. However, it is an awesome feeling to seek strength from the Lord during this time of trials in my life.
He will lift you up and give you all the strength you need if you just ask Him. Quitting Facebook for three weeks is just another area where I am sure God will teach me to grow in Him and seek His face more. May His name be praised forever and ever! For He has done great things. God IS in the business of saving lives.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Laws of Nature
The laws of nature have once again come upon us, and this past week has been full of cancellations and school delays. I had 8 lesson plans written to do this week, and I only did one. Talk about a great start to my student teaching! Oh well. "Thus begins the blessed winter of my soul," as my friend Shakespeare once commented. (Note: that is not the exact quotation; in fact, it very well could have been altered in slight ways)
I am looking forward to days of sunshine and warmth which promise to come. It is only January, but I always get excited for spring around this time every year. Then spring turns to summer, and days are filled with outdoor activities, dripping sweat, sun burns and sun tans, lazy hours by the pool, warm nights wandering the streets of downtown West Chicago, and singing praises to God around bonfires. Ah, the days of summer! Such memories they hold for me. Yet, thinking of them now, they hold a bittersweet sigh for that which is no longer.
Never again will we travel from Dubuque to the dear old West Chicago lands to spend our summers with the greatest Christ-followers on the face of the earth. Never again will we roam the streets looking for souls to add to the kingdom of God in the historic town of West Chicago. Never again will this happen, for, you see, we have moved further than the streets of West Chicago. Yes, they will be evangelized upon in the future; however, we have moved beyond Jerusalem to Judea, and even to the remotest parts of the world, to paraphrase a Biblical reference. Those of us from Dubuque have started the Core College Ministry; others have moved to Purdue to minister on campus; others are working on moving to certain churches who need help; and still others are staying where they are planted in order to minister in the areas where God wants them.
I say we will "never again" do such and such things, but I know nothing is impossible for God. As bittersweet as it is to remember my last two summers in Chicago, I know God has amazing dreams planned for each and every one of us who seek to do his will. Perhaps we shall never see each other again on this earth, but we will be together for eternity worshiping our Savior together. Perhaps my brothers and sisters are asked to bring the gospel to China and India and Egypt and Angola and Russia. Perhaps we are separated and never hear from each other again while living on this earth. As long as we individually seek to do the will of God, we together will be united. And that, my friend, is a promise we can stake our lives upon.
I am looking forward to days of sunshine and warmth which promise to come. It is only January, but I always get excited for spring around this time every year. Then spring turns to summer, and days are filled with outdoor activities, dripping sweat, sun burns and sun tans, lazy hours by the pool, warm nights wandering the streets of downtown West Chicago, and singing praises to God around bonfires. Ah, the days of summer! Such memories they hold for me. Yet, thinking of them now, they hold a bittersweet sigh for that which is no longer.
Never again will we travel from Dubuque to the dear old West Chicago lands to spend our summers with the greatest Christ-followers on the face of the earth. Never again will we roam the streets looking for souls to add to the kingdom of God in the historic town of West Chicago. Never again will this happen, for, you see, we have moved further than the streets of West Chicago. Yes, they will be evangelized upon in the future; however, we have moved beyond Jerusalem to Judea, and even to the remotest parts of the world, to paraphrase a Biblical reference. Those of us from Dubuque have started the Core College Ministry; others have moved to Purdue to minister on campus; others are working on moving to certain churches who need help; and still others are staying where they are planted in order to minister in the areas where God wants them.
I say we will "never again" do such and such things, but I know nothing is impossible for God. As bittersweet as it is to remember my last two summers in Chicago, I know God has amazing dreams planned for each and every one of us who seek to do his will. Perhaps we shall never see each other again on this earth, but we will be together for eternity worshiping our Savior together. Perhaps my brothers and sisters are asked to bring the gospel to China and India and Egypt and Angola and Russia. Perhaps we are separated and never hear from each other again while living on this earth. As long as we individually seek to do the will of God, we together will be united. And that, my friend, is a promise we can stake our lives upon.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Time
Oh, for the days when I could jump on and blog for hours on end, when I could write lovely stories and make sure every word was correct, and peacefully write with no worries in mind. Yes, those were the days. However, it has come to my attention lately that my blogging has come to a definite standstill. It most definitely will remain this way until Christmas break. Such is the life for a college student who enrolls in 3 colleges all in the same semester to take all the classes she needs to in order to finish on time. And no, I would not recommend it.
I must turn my undivided attention once again to my homework, which I think must be like a lover: it is always around me, rarely leaves, keeps me up at night..., demands my attention 24/7, and I even bring it with me everywhere I go. Somehow, I don't have the same feelings for it that it must have for me. Ah, yes. What was that? I'm wanted again? I must go, my friends. Farewell. :)
I must turn my undivided attention once again to my homework, which I think must be like a lover: it is always around me, rarely leaves, keeps me up at night..., demands my attention 24/7, and I even bring it with me everywhere I go. Somehow, I don't have the same feelings for it that it must have for me. Ah, yes. What was that? I'm wanted again? I must go, my friends. Farewell. :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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