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| I graduate from college in 16 DAYS!!! well, I'm at least walking in the ceremony...won't technically graduate til August. But I'm ok with that.
Just thought I would give a brief update on life. I got neither job from McKendree University or Univ. of Indianapolis. I'm ok with it. God obviously didn't want me there. :) I did however have a job interview with Olivet for a Resident Director position - I'll find out soon about that - either this weekend or the beginning of next week. Life is absolutely crazy right now because I have so little time to get everything done. So say a prayer for me if you think about it. I may not know where God is calling me in ministry. I may not know what I'm going to be living in a few months. I may not know anything in life. But one thing I am certain of...I have a relationship with a God that PURSUES ME! And not just any god, the GOD of the UNIVERSE! Even when I stray or don't seek Him, He still comes after me and proves over and over how much he LOVES me! I have a complete peace that God will reveal to me where he wants me. For one of the first times in my life, I'm ok with question marks. I'm ok with not knowing anything. It is an AMAZING feeling, and I encourage you all to give everything up to God. He will handle EVERYTHING. I am going to leave you with the verse that has gotten me through the past 2 months of school and the constant questions concerning my future and what I'm going to do after school... Proverbs 16:9, "In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps."
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| So...I have a job interview!! Well, phone interview! But thats good.
I have a phone interview for a Resident Director's position at McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois (its about 20-30 minutes away from St. Louis!)
Thought that those who are true followers of my seldom blogging might want to know :)
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| I apologize once again for the long time between posts.
Here's for an update:
1.) I'm starting MY LAST SEMESTER of COLLEGE!!! --How crazy is that? I still remember the tearful good-bye on the first day.
2.) I still have NO IDEA what I am going to do career-wise with my life. If you have any suggestions, please, feel free to share! However, here are a few of the options I'm considering...
a.) Being a Resident Director at Olivet. (If a position opens up and I get chosen for it.)
b.) Going to Seminary (Nazarene Theological Seminary). However, if I go to seminary it will be because the military is paying for it, and if the military is paying for it -- I will be in the military as a Military Chaplain.
c.) Applying for a job at a church somewhere...but yet, I still don't know what I want to do and what area of a church I'd want to work....SO..with that, I have no idea what I would do.
d.) Work at some Organization somewhere -- Once again, don't know what organization or doing what.
e.) Get Married and stay at home. Oh wait! That's not an option...I'm missing one key ingredient. A man. Oh well, I don't want to get married yet anyway. haha and believe me! I'm being serious about that one!
f.) Be homeless. You know, that actually wouldn't be so bad! Jesus was homeless right!?
---One thing that I've learned about myself in the past few months is that I can get passionate about something very quickly and very easily, but the passion for it dies down pretty fast and then I'm left feeling ready to move on to the next thing. This rise and fall usually happens in the length of a month -- SO with that being said, I DO NOT want to begin a job with a lot of passion about it, only to be disinterested a month later.
It is funny though, I get asked ALL THE TIME what I want to do when I "grow up."
I don't get annoyed with the question, really. You would think that I would, but I really don't. It is however an ever present reminder that I don't have much time to figure it out.
You know, normally I would be a basket case full of worry and fret about this MAJOR decision, but in all honesty, I am at complete peace. Yes, I still think about it often, but when I think about it, I'm not worried. I know that God will take care of me. I think the only thing that really makes me want to panic is the fact that I will have to do all of my own finances by myself (which is definitely something I'm not too confident in myself with) but really, other than that, I'm good. ha!
In all of this searching for career, I have found a few things that I do want to do before I die. I think I'll share a few of those with you.
1.) Go to a professional baseball game at every stadium in the U.S. and Canada (Toronto Blue Jays!)... I'm sure that isnt a surprise to any of you.
2.) I would like to write a book or a series of books.
3.) I want to visit all 50 states.
4.) I want to live on my own for awhile and travel while I'm still single and unattached. However, I would like to take my children on many travels and excursions, but there are some things you can only do when you're young :)
5.) I would like to travel to Calcutta, India -- work in the orphanages and hospitals there -- and maybe even sleep on the rat infested floors -- just like Jesus would if he were to go there (in a physical sense of course)
6.) And the goal I am fulfilling this year -- Reading through the entire Bible in a year. Sadly, and ashamed as I am to admit that, I have not yet done this -- close!-- but I haven't and close doesn't count except in horseshoes and hand grenades SO! this year I'm going to do it! As much of a struggle as it will be to make it through Leviticus and Numbers (which I actually have read! surprisingly!) I'm going to do it! :)
Until next time (which will hopefully be sooner rather than later!)
God Bless you and always remember the words of John the Baptist ---
John 3:30 "He must become greater, I must become less."
(If I wouldn't get in trouble for tattooing that on my arm I might have done it!)
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| Last night I went on a "date night" with my Resident Director and other Resident Assistant and we went and saw "Fireproof"  If you have not seen "Fireproof" yet, I STRONGLY recommend that you go see it. If you're married, go see it together. As cheesy as some Christian films can be, this is by far the best I've seen...ever. I would say that this movie has moved into one of my all time favorite movie spots. And I'm not just saying this from the emotion of a great movie, this movie really is that great. Time for openness...(first off, I apologize for not writing in a REALLY long time)In the past 2 months I have listened to nothing but Christian music. This is a big thing for me considering I used to LOVE and I do mean LOVE country music. Its funny how God can work. Since I have stopped listening to country music I have been more content in my singleness, more so than I probably ever have. I think it is somewhat of an unconscious thing, but when I listened to country music I often found myself thinking, "aww...I wish a guy would treat me that way," or "man, why won't a guy sing THAT kind of song to me?" or "if a guy ever sang that to me, I'd die of happiness." Ok, some of those are a bit extreme however, you get the point; it was making me desire something that in all honesty isn't like a "true" relationship. The same thing goes for movies...have you ever caught yourself at the end of a [secular] chick flick thinking..."wow! i want a man like that" (even though it is a completely fictional character, or if you're married or dating, "i wish my husband/boyfriend treated me THAT way!" Movies (and books!) can give us a false sense of what a true relationship should be like. I know that for myself it is a more empty kind of feeling... I even had a friend once that fasted from chick flicks after a broken relationship...because she got the same feeling. When watching "Fireproof" I caught myself wanting a relationship just as many chick flicks make me feel, however, this time it was different. It made me want a Godly relationship, not just some sappy "this is all about emotions kind of love." I have come to realize that I give up sometimes way too easily...I find that I think way too often that there is no hope for some people or that they are a lost cause. Even though this movie was completely fictional in its characters, it was not a story of fiction in many of the lives and marriages we see today. All in all, this movie gave me hope in more ways than one. It gave me hope in people. There is not a single person that is a "lost cause." I know that there are great men out there, my Dad and brothers have proven this to me, but it gave me hope that one day I will, not might, I WILL find someone that will be worth the wait out there. Yes, this movie had parts that broke my heart, I found myself wanting to yell and scream at them in warning, I also found myself cheering them on and wanting to yell and scream in fits of joy. Incredible film. Absolutely Incredible. It will be on my Christmas list for sure. "Fireproof"....GO SEE IT!!! | | |
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