Y'all, I am sorry for the complete lack of blogging. I have all these blogs running through my head but I fail to put thought to keyboard. But I will give you a teaser of what the thoughts are so that you can expect several blogs to come out within the next week. :) Perfect Timing, Rehash of Spring Semester, May = celebrations, and Summer plans. Hopefully, I will get one of these out today.
17 May 2012
11 February 2012
take it in..
As life goes on and on and on, there are moments that slip by too quickly and become but a mere flashback of what was. Though that statement alone is very pessimistic, this post is not. :)
Before I get to the meat of this post, I must give background information...on the extremely dry humor and often found stupid yet hilarious show The Office, there are two characters, Jim and Pam, and they are in the few days before their wedding when Pam mentions to Jim about mental pictures....basically in the great moments of life in which a phone or camera is not present pretend to have a camera and take a photo.
I can testify that to those that do not know what you are doing it looks strange. And this leads me to the gist of the post. The other week Kissimee had a sisterhood event at a local place with those big ole jumpy bouncy things inside with blacklights. 1) If you are wondering what Kissimee is, it is a social service group of girls that can be parallel to a sorority. 2) Yes, the big ole jumpy bouncy things was lots of fun!!!! Anyways, we left the place around 11pm and was heading back to MC on I-55 passing downtown Jackson that gives a beautiful picture of the State Capitol building. Oh, it was a beauty. Late at night, only street lights and the full moon..a sight for sore eyes. As we passed by, I did the whole mental picture thing because I remembered it from The Office and found significance in its meaning and Lauren was like "Kristina, what are you doing?" and I said nothing but when she reads this she'll know what on earth I was doing.
One might think, "Really? The Mississippi Capitol building is worthy of a mental picture, Kristina?" While some of my other mental pictures are of my experiences in Europe and random breathtaking moments with friends or family...this mental picture is one of its own. Not everyday is guaranteed and you cannot take moments for granted, even moments that involve a state that you might loathe. I found myself being grateful for the fun night with my sisters, my wonderful roommate, and a country that I was blessed to be born in with the freedom's so often taken advantaged.
So..in moments of life that might take you for surprise in which you do not have a camera on you, take a mental picture.
28 January 2012
a new year..
Good thing one of my resolutions was not to blog more often in this new year or I would have failed epically at that! Anyway, happy new year..I hope 2012 has been treating you well. So this post will be a nice update from last.
Last time, I mentioned how I was disappointed in the effort I had put forth in some of my classes and the sticky mess I put myself for finals..well it turns out that I busted my butt in the name of the Lord to glorify Him in my academics..something I should've done all semester. In reference to the class I had to make nearly a 100 to receive an A, I knew what the first three questions would concern: if you read the 3 books for the class...well I hadn't read Mark during the school year but have before so Yes, skimmed read another book so Yes, and the other Nope. I figured those answers would suffice so I remained focus on the materials we learned in class hoping that that was the majority of the test. So I STUDIED for that test! Test day comes and sure enough the first three questions--Have you read _____ this semester in its entirety? Shooot! He got specific with the question...so I was not going to lie; so I marked No for the first three questions out of 50....which would mean that I already made a 94....a B even though I knew all the other questions with precision. I was living with the B because that was what I deserved. However, it is truly by grace that either did not count those three questions or appreciated my honesty...either way, I came out with an A in the class. When I found out, I was overwhelmed with tears of joy. It painted a picture of G0d's grace and mercy...I deserved to receive a B but didn't and received an A instead. Oh His grace, cannot be more thankful for his living saving Grace!!
Next I got to start off my new year in a different but joyful, memorable way. Passion2012 began Jan 2 in the Georgia Dome...to those that do not know about Passion Conference..google it! But I had already decided at the beginning of the semester to not go for multiple reasons but knew I could watch it live stream....just what I did. I invited over friends each night for the three night sessions...amazing. Got to see G0d's Word brought through praise and teaching from some great folks but what I loved most was that it was a glimpse of Heaven. As my blog references, this life is just a mist...and some days I often wish like Paul that this mist can vanish so that I can be at the feet of God...but Passion live stream gave the small glimpse of worshipping before the throne of God. 45,000 college students were in the Dome and it was said that 50,000 plus were tuning in live from 19 countries around the world. Though I was not in the Dome personally, my sisters and I got a chance to worship with the community of Christ in an amazing way. Tons of folks worshipping the Most High! Cannot get over that...nor the fact that 19 different countries tuned in, which means that many of folks were up in the wee hours of the morning watching Passion..and some of those could have very well been from countries that deny His Name proclaimed. Just amazing! And in addition, the cause Passion supported this year was to end modern-day slavery: human trafficking and forced labor. Check out all that was raised in the four day conference to end oppression effecting 27 million people.
I hope this year does not just pass by without thought to who G0d desires for you to be..but it be a year that you proclaim His Name in any and all ways. Remember Jesus' grace and mercy has covered your sin and flaws and that is not something to keep bottled up but something to shout with praise.
Last time, I mentioned how I was disappointed in the effort I had put forth in some of my classes and the sticky mess I put myself for finals..well it turns out that I busted my butt in the name of the Lord to glorify Him in my academics..something I should've done all semester. In reference to the class I had to make nearly a 100 to receive an A, I knew what the first three questions would concern: if you read the 3 books for the class...well I hadn't read Mark during the school year but have before so Yes, skimmed read another book so Yes, and the other Nope. I figured those answers would suffice so I remained focus on the materials we learned in class hoping that that was the majority of the test. So I STUDIED for that test! Test day comes and sure enough the first three questions--Have you read _____ this semester in its entirety? Shooot! He got specific with the question...so I was not going to lie; so I marked No for the first three questions out of 50....which would mean that I already made a 94....a B even though I knew all the other questions with precision. I was living with the B because that was what I deserved. However, it is truly by grace that either did not count those three questions or appreciated my honesty...either way, I came out with an A in the class. When I found out, I was overwhelmed with tears of joy. It painted a picture of G0d's grace and mercy...I deserved to receive a B but didn't and received an A instead. Oh His grace, cannot be more thankful for his living saving Grace!!
Next I got to start off my new year in a different but joyful, memorable way. Passion2012 began Jan 2 in the Georgia Dome...to those that do not know about Passion Conference..google it! But I had already decided at the beginning of the semester to not go for multiple reasons but knew I could watch it live stream....just what I did. I invited over friends each night for the three night sessions...amazing. Got to see G0d's Word brought through praise and teaching from some great folks but what I loved most was that it was a glimpse of Heaven. As my blog references, this life is just a mist...and some days I often wish like Paul that this mist can vanish so that I can be at the feet of God...but Passion live stream gave the small glimpse of worshipping before the throne of God. 45,000 college students were in the Dome and it was said that 50,000 plus were tuning in live from 19 countries around the world. Though I was not in the Dome personally, my sisters and I got a chance to worship with the community of Christ in an amazing way. Tons of folks worshipping the Most High! Cannot get over that...nor the fact that 19 different countries tuned in, which means that many of folks were up in the wee hours of the morning watching Passion..and some of those could have very well been from countries that deny His Name proclaimed. Just amazing! And in addition, the cause Passion supported this year was to end modern-day slavery: human trafficking and forced labor. Check out all that was raised in the four day conference to end oppression effecting 27 million people.
I hope this year does not just pass by without thought to who G0d desires for you to be..but it be a year that you proclaim His Name in any and all ways. Remember Jesus' grace and mercy has covered your sin and flaws and that is not something to keep bottled up but something to shout with praise.
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