Finals Week

So during a very late night of studying, a very delirious Heidi and I were studying away on the bottom floor of the library, all by our lonesomes since everyone else had left! But nevertheless, we got sidetracked. Possibly an result of it being very late at night/very early in the morning. So we:

1. Had a long conversation about a previous conversation

2. Laid on the floor imaging we were outside looking up at a beautiful, sunny sunshine with trees and birds chirping. (Heidi needed a moment of peace and calm)

3. Were entertained by Clay and James who put on a puppet show for us

4. Watch Clay and James get fussed at by the library lady who supposedly suspected something was up with them when they walked in without any books.

5. Proceeded to Facebook stalk a girl neither of us have ever met.

6. Went to bed at 3:30 am and got up at 8 am to take an exam. Might I say it is a miracle from God that I did not fall asleep during my exam!

Oh the joys of finals week!

What Do I Know of This Love?

This song by Addison Road pretty much encompasses the way I feel a lot of the time in my walk with Christ and as I struggle through not being able to know all of Him and not being able to understand everything. It's so frustrating at times.

I made You promises a thousand times
I tried to hear from Heaven
But I talked the whole time
I think I made You too small
I never feared You at all No
If You touched my face would I know You?
Looked into my eyes could I behold You?

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

I guess I thought that I had figured You out
I knew all the stories and I learned to talk about
How You were mighty to save
Those were only empty words on a page
Then I caught a glimpse of who You might be
The slightest hint of You brought me down to my knees

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of wounds that will heal my shame?
And a God who gave life "its" name?
What do I know of Holy?
Of the One who the angels praise?
All creation knows Your name
On earth and heaven above
What do I know of this love?

What do I know of You
Who spoke me into motion?
Where have I even stood
But the shore along Your ocean?
Are You fire? Are You fury?
Are You sacred? Are You beautiful?
What do I know? What do I know of Holy?

What do I know of Holy?
What do I know of Holy?

Hulu - Greek: The Half-Naked Gun

anyone up for PC's first ever Undie Run? :)

Summertime's Calling Me

So with only one week left of my freshman year (i cannot believe it's over!) summer time is calling my name! Relaxing by the pool, watching a lot of tv, sleeping in, and many many movie nights with my friends is usually how I spend my summer's and although right now that sounds like paradise, especially now that I am facing 5 tough exams next week, this summer I'll be doing a little bit of that and a lot more of something else. For the months of June and July I'll be living at the beach. Legit, right? Now getting a job at the beach for the summer, living with friends, and ultimately have lots of fun everyday sounds like the ideal summer right? Sounds like it to me! So that is what my summer plans are, but on top of all that, I'll be getting discipleship and evangelism training. So not only will I spend my summer at Myrtle Beach, getting to know some great people, but I'll also be learning how to and growing in my relationship with the Lord alongside them. And we'll be learning how to and practicing how to share our faith, God's great commission for us as Christians!

"¹⁶Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^{a]" style=" line-height: 0.5em; ">[a]} the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Matthew 28:16-20

a video from The Leadership Project 2007!

Be praying for me and everyone else this summer but especially that God would open the hearts of the people in Myrtle Beach to hear His Word!

Crunch Time

And so blogger friends, Easter break comes to an end. In the midst of family, friends and most importantly remembering the sacrifice Jesus paid on the cross for us and the amazing feat of conquering death by being resurrected, at the end of this time is when reality checks in, much to my dismay. As I realized just today I have only 3 weeks of school left! 3 weeks and my freshman year will be over! It is so crazy to think about. But what has really hit me is that I have only 2 weeks of classes left and then exams. Oh no! Is it really time to start studying for exams already? I still have so much classwork to do. Papers to write, tests to study for, etc. And so blogger friends if any of you are also feeling my pain I thought I would share with you my tips for stretching out a paper. You know when you just don't want to write any more but unfortunately your professor requires your paper to be about half a page longer than what you have. and its due in ohh... t minus 2 hours or so. Even through all of the many papers I had to write in high school, for some reason I did not perfect this art until this year. Why oh why did God not grace me with this knowledge beforehand? Anyways, I thought I would save you all the stress!

1. Go with the old grammar rule your teachers were taught: 2 spaces after every period!

2. Cheat the margins. Not obviously, please do not turn in a paper with 3 inch margins because that is just plain dumb. If your professor requires 1 in margins make the margins slightly bigger: 1.2 or so. you may not think it will help that much but trust me, every little bit and every line helps!

3. increase your font size. again, go with the idea of less is more. change 12 pt. font to 12.5 not size 20.

4. Add more to your header line.

Name

Date

Professor's Name

Section Number

Assignment Number

5. Increase your tabs by one or two spaces, no one notices that anyway!

6. Increase your period sizes.

7. Check for synonyms of words that are longer.

Ex. said vs. declared, communicated, expressed, conveyed, remarked

all of these sound better in your paper and they are much longer!

8. LASTLY, only if you simply cannot do anything else, you can go back through and find things to expand on or talk about a little bit more.