This week has been hectic. Master Plan has arrived again and that means new freshmen and lots of activities. Sweat by the gallons helping them move into their dorms. It's rewarding to see them so excited to be moving in and setting up their rooms. Unfortunately, they feel like moving in the dorm is the greatest thing ever. That feeling will soon change as they begin to realize it is really more like a sarcophagus (that word is spelled funny). We tried something a little new this year. We went on top of the tallest dorm on campus all the way up to the 25th floor (yes, we have a sky scrapper on campus). The idea was to go to the tallest place on campus and pray over the campus. It was such a powerful moment. I felt the love and protection of the Lord spreading it's way all over the campus as we stood there praying. We prayed with our eyes open so that we could look over the beautiful campus that we were blessing and it was such a neat feeling. I am usually a stickler for bowing heads and closing eyes (reverence). However, I really enjoyed this and felt it was more appropriate for the time. It's nice to know that even in a world that seems to want to push God out and silence him we could go and pray over the campus so that even though everyone doesn't want God on campus He now knows that we want him there and will be there presiding over it. I feel the same way about America sometimes. We are supposed to be "one nation under God" but that has changed. America has turned away from God. I think of Sodom and Gahmorra and how God searched for even 10 righteous people to save the nation. I am thankful that even though this country continues to appear like God has no part in it He is still ever present and the prayer of the righteous people in this country will abound much blessing. This week, I have discovered Nerts. I went -12 my first round but eventually I evened out and broke even. For those of you who are Nerts players, you understand how awful that is. I am learning though! I still think it is the greatest thing ever, even if I am awful at it.
Last night was the first storm in my apartment. I lay in bed talking to Alex on the phone. This storm could not have been better timed. I needed a good storm to show me God is still with me. I always know he is but sometimes it just feels good to have Him so present in a storm. I feel like storms have always been a sign of love between God and I because He loves me so much and knows that a good storm will make my fears be relieved even if only for a little while. I am also thankful that I have Alex. He is always there to be my shoulder to cry on. When I am weak, he is strong and when he is weak, I am strong. He really helped me last night dealing with our being at different schools again. Sometimes it is not so bad and other times like last night it just gets me down a bit. He is only and hour away but sometimes that feels like decades. I know God has a plan for us both where we are right now but sometimes that is hard to accept. I miss him every single day and wish he were here with me. I am so ready to marry him and never have to be apart like this again. We had a good lesson at church this morning about marriage. The speaker used 1 Peter 3 for his lesson. The lesson was entitled When the Honeymoon is Over. As you can guess, he talked about keeping a marriage strong after the butterflies go away. He talked about the needs of a man or a women in marriage that have to be filled as part of submitting to each other as the Bible commands. Alex and I talked about this sort of thing last night too. People these days seem to just give up and call it quits just because they don't "love" each other anymore. Just because you begin to disagree or the butterflies go away doesn't mean marriage is over. There will be times when marriage takes extra work. There will be times when you don't "like" the other person but love is commitment. Commitment says that we will endure for richer or poorer and in sickness and in health. This means good times and bad, when I like you and when I can't stand you. The Bible says that marriage makes a man and woman one flesh. In the eyes of God, you become one. That bond is inseparable. The Bible states "What God has put together let no man tear apart." Marriage is forever, in all seasons.
Tonight, I built things. I built two shelves. You might say that is no big deal but to me, it was huge. I do not read instructions well. I have not the attention span for them. Tonight not only did I read the instructions but I correctly assembled two shelves. I am awful proud of myself. I also browned hamburger meat for the first time by myself. Again, that may seem like something so small but to me it feels like a big deal. I also used a shopping cart at Wal-Mart. I unloaded a dishwasher for the first time. I nailed a key holder to the wall next to the door to put my keys on. I like doing grown up things.
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