One thing I absolutely without a doubt love love love to do is SLEEP. Ahh I mean who doesn't? It's so nice to just be curled up in bed and catching some zzz's. At school, sleep was rare. Yes, my own volition to stay up late and talk or catch up on the days work bec of talking, and due to responsibility of classes, I still had to arise in the morning. I loved late nights and still have many at home in the summer. However, an early morning at school consisted of waking up at 8 am for an 850 class or possibly 720 for a 740 PL class during the week. Pathetically, a 10 am shift at CFA on a Saturday was an early shift. O how things have changed!! Now, I understand the value of those early hours with being home! Yesterday I had a 5:30 AM shift. I thought 630 was rough, I thought 6 was rough...but then the limit was officially pushed back to 530 AM. With knowledge of this, I still decided to hang out with friends til 1230 the previous night. I mean, why not? I'm young! The funny thing is, despite the early morning, it def was not as bad as I thought. When people clocked on at 7 I was thinking psshhh that's nothing! I did pretty well throughout the day minus falling asleep in the dressing room while my mom and sis tried clothes on.
I officially now have bragging rights and now desire to change my actions at school to wake up earlier and do things I don't normally do til later such as work out at the gym or do my devotions esp because I won't have an 850 class MWF. The possibilities are endless and I know that I am ambitious. But maybe, just maybe, being on a hall without many of the same people I'll go to bed earlier??? Nah. Probably not. I think mostly, I want to not sleep to maximize my daytime...basically, I want to be superhuman. Hey, a girl can dream, right? (No pun intended)
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Camp!!!!
Tomorrow I will be trekking on a super exciting adventure to camp with Calvary High School at Camp Lurecrest. I went to camp every year in high school and a few in middle school before leaving for Greece. Going into my senior year of high school I met God face to face in Wait Chapel on Thursday night at Wake Forest University during the. During worship I felt a call on my life to be a world-changer for Him and submitted and surrendered my will to His. I didn't make that decision lightly, and I can confidently say that at that very moment and throughout that week my life was redirected and I would not be the person I am today or know most of the people reading this if it was not for that week at camp (mostly for major starters, I would not be at Liberty). I could go on and on about how awesome Student Life with the Seeekasss '08 and all the fun games and inside jokes we had, but I'll save ya the words. Mostly, what I want for this year as a camp "tribe leader" is to be able to be used by God to minister to the girls he has graciously blessed me with the opportunity of serving. I want the students to BE BRAVE in their walk with Him and know Him intimately, not starting and ending with a week of camp with a mountain top high, but with true confession and lifestyle and directional change, surrendering their all to Him to experience life that is truly life. I want for them to build friendships with others and be sharpened by each other.
I am stoked for all the fun stuff that will happen, but even more for what God will do. BE BRAVE SUMMER CAMP 10!!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Enough to Let Me Go
I've been stuck on this song for a month or two by Switchfoot. I love the music and lyric combo, and it's thought provoking. A cool spin (and not my creation) on the song is if you replace the word "love" with "trust" it speaks volumes as well since trust is a huge part of love. I included Jon Foreman;s (the writer and lead of Switchfoot), interpretation of the song at the end if you're interested :)
“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.” -Carl Jung
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.” -Soren Kierkegaard
This one started with the guitar hook I came up with during sound-check; however, most of the song took shape in a hotel room in Australia. I was thinking about how love (not just lust or codependency that commonly flood the tunes on the airways) actually involves quite a bit of faith. There’s a lot of letting go involved. Two souls in love is an intricate dance of give and take. I can be a fairly solitary person from time to time. Sure, I love being with people, but I also need time alone. I guess I thrive on the poles. So this song is about the dance involved in a relationship the coming together and letting go. The song equates love with breathing- pulling in and releasing. Or a seed, for the seed to grow it has to be dropped and buried.
In our barcode media, love is often portrayed as consumption. As consumers in a commercial driven culture we can begin to view other souls as objects, or potential cures for our deepest fears and insecurities. “Perhaps if I found the right lover I would no longer feel this deep existential despair.” But of course no human soul could be the Constant Other, the face that will never go away. Only the infinite can fill that role. But the silence can be deafening. It’s a fearful thing to be alone. Do you love me enough to let me go? “I can’t live without you”- “I would die if you ever left me”- These are not the songs of love, these are the songs of consumption.
enough to let me goOh?
I’m a wandering soul
I’m still walking the line that leads me home
alone
All I know
I still got mountains to climb
on my own
on my own
Do you love me enough to let me go?
to let me follow through
to let me fall for you
Do you love me enough to let me go?
Back from the dead of winter
back from the dead and all our leaves are dry
you’re so beautiful, tonight
back from the dead we went through
back from the dead and both our tongues are tied
you look beautiful tonight
but every seed dies before it grows
breathe it in
and let it go
every breath you take is not your to own
it’s not your to hold
Do you love me enough to let me go
“Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.” -Carl Jung
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further.” -Soren Kierkegaard
This one started with the guitar hook I came up with during sound-check; however, most of the song took shape in a hotel room in Australia. I was thinking about how love (not just lust or codependency that commonly flood the tunes on the airways) actually involves quite a bit of faith. There’s a lot of letting go involved. Two souls in love is an intricate dance of give and take. I can be a fairly solitary person from time to time. Sure, I love being with people, but I also need time alone. I guess I thrive on the poles. So this song is about the dance involved in a relationship the coming together and letting go. The song equates love with breathing- pulling in and releasing. Or a seed, for the seed to grow it has to be dropped and buried.
In our barcode media, love is often portrayed as consumption. As consumers in a commercial driven culture we can begin to view other souls as objects, or potential cures for our deepest fears and insecurities. “Perhaps if I found the right lover I would no longer feel this deep existential despair.” But of course no human soul could be the Constant Other, the face that will never go away. Only the infinite can fill that role. But the silence can be deafening. It’s a fearful thing to be alone. Do you love me enough to let me go? “I can’t live without you”- “I would die if you ever left me”- These are not the songs of love, these are the songs of consumption.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Yoforia
I have discovered the place that will probably take all of my paychecks from summer- YOFORIA! It is delicious frozen yogurt with many flavors from ferreo roche, vanilla bean, cookies n cream, pineapple, green tea, cheese cake etc and that's only the beginning!! It is self serve and you can sample as much as you want to ensure that you have picked the right combo (or sample as much as you want if ya know what I mean...haha). After choosing the flavor(s) you can load up on a variety of toppings. There are two options, known as the healthy options aka fresh deliciously cut fruit, and the sweeter options such as graham cracker, oreos, m&m's, chocolate chips, reeses cups, and many more other flavors (altho, sadly, no sprinkles because it doesn't weigh enough for any profit). The best part about it is that you can have as much or as little as you want because you weigh it at the end and pay by the ounce...only 39 cents and ounce. I've had it so many times this summer and writing about it, makes me want to go in my car and have some more. An added plus is that it's basically guilt free deliciousness---regular ice cream if you have one ounce it's 110 calories easy, if not more, with yoforia it's 25 calories per ounce. I absolutely love it!!! I'm addicted to yoforia....I think I need to get a t-shirt, bumper sticker, and key chain to display my affection...maybe open one up!!! Unfortuately tho, it's only in North Carolina and Georgia. So for my friends from other areas, this means one thing, you'll just have to come visit to try heaven on earth. hehe. :)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
How Comfortable Are You?
1 Corinthians 4:9-16
9For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena.
We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men.
10We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!
11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children.
15Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
9For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena.
We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men.
10We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!
11To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
12We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
13when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
14I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you, as my dear children.
15Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
16Therefore I urge you to imitate me.
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