Monday, October 24, 2011

The Knowledge of the Holy

So I am involved in a book club called Launching Pad. It is called launching pad because it is launching us into the college world.
Anyway. We just had our second meeting last Saturday to discuss our latest book The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer. (I strongly recommend that you read it.) The whole book is about God's attributes and us trying to understand them better.
One of the chapters is called God's Infinitude. This quote is from the book, "Infinitude, of course, means limitlessness, and it is obviously impossible for a limited mind to grasp the Unlimited." "...to say that God is infinite is to say that He is measureless." That brings me to the thought that I wanted to say to whoever reads this.
I was at the Creation Museum on Sunday and went to the planetarium there. Just to see and hear all about space and all the different stars and galaxies was amazing!! But even more amazing than that was knowing that the God I serve is infinitely bigger than all of that!! How amazing is that!! YET! He is every where at one time.
There's another quote that I like from the chapter The Divine Omniscience, " God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creaturehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell." Knowing all of that just puts me in more awe of Him!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Poem

This is my rhyming poem that I had to write for school. I am very excited that I finished it so i decided to post it on my blog for it to be official that it's done!


Golden leaves are falling
Playful birds are twittering
Chilly winds are coming
Is it Autumn today?
Warm fires are crackling
Colorful kites are flying
Fluffy coats are zipping
Is it Autumn today?
Footballs spiraling are spinning
Tasty hot chocolates are steaming
Excited football fans are cheering
It is Autumn today.

I hope that I did alright. Thanks for reading!

Friday, September 30, 2011

Love your Bible!

People take the Bible for granted every day. I have to say that sadly I am one of those people.
What I mean is that we have the Bible available to us and a lot of us have 5-10 Bibles in our homes and all in different versions! People in foreign countries don't have that luxury (I'm mainly talking about the poor foreign countries). They might have a Bible or they have some of It but not all of it. If our Bible was to start losing pages we would either retire that Bible and only use it when we really needed to read a passage from our favorite Bible. But most of us would go grab another Bible from our home library or go to a Christian book store and try and decide if we want the same version we had or a different one, a study Bible or a Bible with room on the margin so we can write little notes in it. They don't have all of the different versions that we are used to seeing.
Also in a lot of foreign countries Bibles are illegal to have in your possession. So here's another thing that we don't have worry about. We don't have to hide our Bibles under the floor boards or in the wall. We don't have to be afraid of the police finding out that we own a Bible and them coming to arrest us.
I have been convicted lately of not using my Bible to the best of my abilities and pushing it aside at times when there is something more "important" that I want to do and reading my Bible would just take up too much time. It blows my mind that I do that and the people that are in those foreign countries want desperately to be able to read the Bible whenever and wherever they want! What's better than learning about Christ and things that will help us in our daily lives?? NOTHING!

 

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

the ohio life...

since my last post i have moved to ohio with my family-which many of you know-and getting adjusted to ohio life. UPDATE!
i am babysitting two very cute girls every wednesday and sometimes thursdays. i am going to a girls bible study which is different than the one i'm used to but its good. i am apart of the tenebrae service at our church this friday. i am one of the candle lighters. i was at a rehearsal last night and it is an amazing service!!! anyway. my family and i are going to Bill and Beth's for Easter! i am very very excited about that!! what else can i tell you? oh! i'm coming to washington may 25-june 15! be ready for Olivia everyone!! :) nothing else is coming to my mind so i will be done for now. see you all soon!!