I’ve been studying the book of John lately. Tonight I was reading chapter three, and the Lord really spoke to me.
The study I have raises some really great questions and makes me think past simple answers, causing me to learn and understand.
In this chapter of the study, one of the questions- more of a command [...]
Archive for the ‘Compelled’ Category
22 Sep
For God So Loved Ben
1 Jul
Should students get paid to go to school?
Tonight I was watching the NBC Nightly News when they did a segment on a school district in Washington, D.C. that was paying its students for good behavior and good grades. The lady who was heading up the push for this program said that her school at one point had only 8% of it’s eighth [...]
25 Feb
Have a Good Day
This semester I’m lucky enough to be able to eat breakfast in our cafeteria everyday, something I never was able to do before. I like it so much, because it’s very slow paced and I have plenty of time to do as I wish before class.
I normally eat breakfast by myself -there are normally about [...]
12 Nov
I’ve Left My Heart In China
…but I’ve never even been there.
Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday I fall in love with China all over again. See, I’m taking an Elementary Chinese course this semester, and I have just grown so close to the culture and language. My professor is an amazing lady from the Shandong province of China. She has such [...]
14 Oct
I Love My TOMS!
So last week or so I went to this TOMS Shoes, “Style Your Sole” Party…absolutely the greatest thing. What it is is this company, TOMS, sells very simply designed-yet comfortable- shoes and you get to design what you want on them. They start of looking like this:
I Love My
TOMS Shoes.
Help spread the word about [...]
4 Sep
Ananias and His Wife
Today I’ve felt unfocused, confused, and both mentally and physically sick. During my classes I was unable to pay attention and write notes…I couldn’t carry on a conversation with a person I normally talk to for hours on end…and I also just wanted to do nothing but sleep because I felt so gross inside, like [...]
19 Aug
The Whole Idea of Obedience
These past couple of days I’ve been reading through the book of Haggai, all two chapters, and really learning about obedience to God. I know the concept of obedience and the need to be obedient, but I still don’t really understand and show obedience to God in all facets of my life.
So in reading the [...]
9 Aug
Breaking Bread with a Man of Many Talents
People have always fascinated me. Any kind of people. I find interest in people who spend their lives in and out of prison, people who have traveled the world over, people who live to experience, and people who’s lives are full of stories from all they have done. Today I was lucky enough, though it [...]
23 Apr
Ranting on Manners
*mounts soap-box and clears throat loudly*
I’ll make this short and to the point, because I don’t like talking about others. So here it is. Several times this week and last while eating dinner with Doug, we have set near a group of African-American students (about 8 of them) who show no sense of manners. In [...]
13 Mar
Pain in the Offering
There is a song we sing at our weekly Bible studies called “Blessed Be Your Name,” and recently it has convicted me of how I live. There is a line in the song that says:
“Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there’s pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name”
The part “though there’s pain [...]
