School is finally over for the summer. :) It's been a little over a week since finals ended. (I've been catching up on a lot of lost sleep this past week! At one point during finals weeks I had had only 15 hours of sleep in 72 hours. I have no idea how I was still functioning.)
Alyssa and I got all but one of our Gen Eds done in the past two semesters. And, apparently, that's one of the hardest ways to go about doing your Gen Eds. Who knew? She and I figured that it was just normal for the work to be that hard and frustrating. We knew that the Lord was the only way we were making it through. Now that we know that this was a hard way to go about this, it's hit more how the Lord was the only way we made it through.
This reminded me of how easy it can be to forget that we can do nothing on our own. Without the Lord, we are helpless. With this realization, 2 Corinthians 12.9 becomes even more comforting. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. Also, Philippians 4:13 becomes more precious. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." We serve a gracious and giving Lord :)
Monday, May 16, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
The Joy of the Lord
Hey y'all. For all of those who are friends with me on facebook, you'll already know this. But, I'll mention it anyway. I went to the Pep Rally at Gample Pavilion for UConn's Men's Basketball team. The Lord blessed them with a victory Monday night and they came back to UConn as National Champions! It was amazing to see them walk in! Everyone went NUTS cheering! You could feel the energy exuding from everyone. It was an amazing feeling. It was like being on top of the world. I just wanted to stop and soak it all in. Seeing the joy on the basketball players' faces was a great feeling too. You could clearly see that they were feeling sky high!
As I sit here at home reliving it all, though, a sinking feeling has begun to set in. I have this longing to know that these guys are saved, that this isn't their ultimate source of joy. The only place ultimate joy can come from is from the Lord. He's blessed us with providing sources of temporary sources of joy here on Earth, but they're only temporary. He is the only One who can give lasting joy. I thought this was a good reminder for me. It makes me wonder what I rely on to give me joy. Do I look at the Lord as my ultimate source of joy or do I seek to fill His space with something from this world? I think that this is a good question for all of us to ask ourselves.
Finally, I would like to ask you all to be praying for the men on this team and for their coach Jim Calhoun. The Lord has placed a burden for them on me. Please be praying that this will not be their only joy, that they will know the joy that only the Lord can give.
"In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." - Psalm 16:11
As I sit here at home reliving it all, though, a sinking feeling has begun to set in. I have this longing to know that these guys are saved, that this isn't their ultimate source of joy. The only place ultimate joy can come from is from the Lord. He's blessed us with providing sources of temporary sources of joy here on Earth, but they're only temporary. He is the only One who can give lasting joy. I thought this was a good reminder for me. It makes me wonder what I rely on to give me joy. Do I look at the Lord as my ultimate source of joy or do I seek to fill His space with something from this world? I think that this is a good question for all of us to ask ourselves.
Finally, I would like to ask you all to be praying for the men on this team and for their coach Jim Calhoun. The Lord has placed a burden for them on me. Please be praying that this will not be their only joy, that they will know the joy that only the Lord can give.
"In Thy presence is fulness of joy; at Thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." - Psalm 16:11
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