Showing posts with label blog challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blog challenge. Show all posts
"Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life." ~Proverbs 4:23
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I love driving... for many reasons but one of them is because its where I spend most time listening to music. At the start of this week I choose an album that I hadn't listened to in a while and I knew would do my soul good.
It is 'Jesus and Justice' by Brian Houston. It is a wonderful collection of old hymns and beautiful written lyrics by Houston himself. I love Brian's sound and his talent in breathing musical creativity into timeless words.
The theme of the next 10 days for me is worry, stress and fear as exams draw ever closer. But throughout the past few days I have heard God whisper, come to Me...tell Me about your struggles...because I care for you! (1 Peter 5:7)
One song in particular reminded me of God's constant care and desire to lift our burdens from us and give us peace. It also reminded me of the times I needlessly forfeit peace from God because I don't share my heart and worries with Him. So today I have carried everything to Him in prayer knowing that He is big enough, strong enough and willing to carry my burdens with me.
What A Friend We have in Jesus:
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Ev'rything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Ev'rything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer:
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus Knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge;
Take it to the Lord in prayer:
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee;
Thou wilt find a solace there.
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One more thing, I had a wonderful day today....mostly because of photos. First of all Corey and I had a Photo Booth session, it was so adorable....Corey would wait for the 3...2...1....countdown and would make several poses. He is just so amazing. Then at dship we celebrated Petra's time with us this year by taking photos together around Saintfield. It was so much fun! I love you girls!
I hope you're all doing well and those of you who are doing exams are surviving! My sympathy and support are with each one of you :)
It is 'Jesus and Justice' by Brian Houston. It is a wonderful collection of old hymns and beautiful written lyrics by Houston himself. I love Brian's sound and his talent in breathing musical creativity into timeless words.
The theme of the next 10 days for me is worry, stress and fear as exams draw ever closer. But throughout the past few days I have heard God whisper, come to Me...tell Me about your struggles...because I care for you! (1 Peter 5:7)
One song in particular reminded me of God's constant care and desire to lift our burdens from us and give us peace. It also reminded me of the times I needlessly forfeit peace from God because I don't share my heart and worries with Him. So today I have carried everything to Him in prayer knowing that He is big enough, strong enough and willing to carry my burdens with me.
What A Friend We have in Jesus:
What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Ev'rything to God in prayer!
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Ev'rything to God in prayer!
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer:
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus Knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Are we weak and heavy laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Saviour, still our refuge;
Take it to the Lord in prayer:
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He'll take and shield thee;
Thou wilt find a solace there.
**********************************
One more thing, I had a wonderful day today....mostly because of photos. First of all Corey and I had a Photo Booth session, it was so adorable....Corey would wait for the 3...2...1....countdown and would make several poses. He is just so amazing. Then at dship we celebrated Petra's time with us this year by taking photos together around Saintfield. It was so much fun! I love you girls!
I hope you're all doing well and those of you who are doing exams are surviving! My sympathy and support are with each one of you :)
This was a big day for me today.
Today I felt achievement.
I got the go ahead to print my dissertation from my supervisor this morning so after last minute tweaking I printed 40 pages (times two) and journeyed to Queens to get it all bound. It looked great.
I am so happy that I got to share this moment of joy with two wonderful ladies, as we walked over to the Theology office I kept wanting to pinch myself...somehow this didn't seem real.
I remember deliberating the decision whether to undertake the task of a dissertation...10,000 words sounded like a lot. I even remember my first meeting with my supervisor and feeling completely daunted by his intelligence and thinking 'why on earth did I agree to do this?'
But I am so thankful I did do it, I have learnt so much along the way. This is probably the only assignment that I have enjoyed both reading and writing for.
At times it was hard to want to keep going because I felt so burdened by the fact that what the church perceives discipleship to be today is not what I think Jesus had in mind when he called the first disciples. As I reflected I became frustrated.
But there is a way out, we need to refocus on our Founder and how he journeyed with his disciples.
Anyways, I won't start to try and condense 10,000 words because my head is way too sore for that right now...so if you wish to read my attempt to study Jesus' discipleship model let me know and I'll drop it to you in an email.
Thank you to all who supported me throughout this time of reading, writing and ranting. I couldn't have done it without you!
