This past week I kick-started my modelling career!!! And I'm loving it, such a great job! Hehehe, I wish. But I was a model. Just not that fancy type I suppose... Here's a bit of a sneak peak... :)
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Firsts and Lasts
The past seven days were full of firsts and lasts. No, I didn't move house again... But there are still times for firsts and still time for lasts. This was one of those weeks.
First time a very good friend got engaged... Congrats C & C!
First time I did paid work at a school! I got called in to do some relief work in CES, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
First time I was a model for a budding photographer... maybe I'll post some photos when I get them.
First time I've seen Oma since we moved from Albany.
First time I got really quite mad and hurt during a uni tutorial because of a disrespectful mocking of Christianity and religion. It's happened before, but this time it really shocked and annoyed me, to the point of putting me in a bad mood for the rest of the tute.
First time I got a good traffic run on my way to uni. That's probably a last as well though...
Last time volunteering for swimming with school. I'm a bit sad that it's finished, especially seeing they had to cancel the carnival. But in another way I get my Thursday afternoons back.
Last time I can just relax and not think about uni whatsoever... Assignments are due so no more relaxing for me!
Last REDC lecture for this Ethics unit. Just an exam in two weeks, then another unit and assignments, and then hopefully I'll have my diploma!
Last time I'm getting up for uni at 6am. I decided I can manage another 10mins of sleep, so 6:10 it will be.
Last time I'm going to write such a long blog post! (we'll see about that one!)
First time a very good friend got engaged... Congrats C & C!
First time I did paid work at a school! I got called in to do some relief work in CES, and thoroughly enjoyed it!
First time I was a model for a budding photographer... maybe I'll post some photos when I get them.
First time I've seen Oma since we moved from Albany.
First time I got really quite mad and hurt during a uni tutorial because of a disrespectful mocking of Christianity and religion. It's happened before, but this time it really shocked and annoyed me, to the point of putting me in a bad mood for the rest of the tute.
First time I got a good traffic run on my way to uni. That's probably a last as well though...
Last time volunteering for swimming with school. I'm a bit sad that it's finished, especially seeing they had to cancel the carnival. But in another way I get my Thursday afternoons back.
Last time I can just relax and not think about uni whatsoever... Assignments are due so no more relaxing for me!
Last REDC lecture for this Ethics unit. Just an exam in two weeks, then another unit and assignments, and then hopefully I'll have my diploma!
Last time I'm getting up for uni at 6am. I decided I can manage another 10mins of sleep, so 6:10 it will be.
Last time I'm going to write such a long blog post! (we'll see about that one!)
Sunday, March 20, 2011
God's Control and Prayer
The Japan earthquake, tsunami, nuclear disaster... It's been in the news for over a week, and yet it's not over yet. But one thing is for sure- God knows. He knows why. He knows when it will end. He knows what happened. Why? Because He is in control. He did it!
A big earthquake is only a little push of God's fingers... A mighty God and also our Father. Yes, our Father. He will care for His children! He is mighty. Things will happen to us that we will question, that we will ask why, that we can't understand, that we feel don't measure up to His characteristics. And He is not just a mighty God, but Almighty God. And not just Almighty God, but the one and only Almighty God. He is all mighty.
When things reach the border of our understanding, then we should not question further than our capacity allows. God lets us know everything we need for His glory and our salvation. Now to bring it to a personal context. When we pray "Do not lead us into temptation" what do we mean? Are we saying that God would/will lead us there if we don't pray such a petition? No? What are we saying then? Firstly, God is not the author of sin, but He does execute in a just manner even when men act unjustly. It is also important to recognise the two types of temptation- to disobey God's revealed will and do the negative, and to despair God's hidden will and forget the positive. But we pray "deliver us from the evil one"- we need power from above to resist the evil one. Lead us out of temptation... Let Satan not win if You test our faith! God tests that we may show faith in Him, Satan tempts so that we do not show faith in Him (remember God does not tempt!). In other words, we pray, God don't leave us alone with Satan but uphold us with Your Spirit. Keep us!
God will keep His children. He is in control. Satan's power is received from God- he is permitted but also limited.
Prayers every day keep the devil away.
So pray! Prayer doesn't fit us for kingdom work, but is the work of the kingdom.
Christ be with me
Christ within me
P.S. Pray for Japan, that they come to know the One in control.
A big earthquake is only a little push of God's fingers... A mighty God and also our Father. Yes, our Father. He will care for His children! He is mighty. Things will happen to us that we will question, that we will ask why, that we can't understand, that we feel don't measure up to His characteristics. And He is not just a mighty God, but Almighty God. And not just Almighty God, but the one and only Almighty God. He is all mighty.
When things reach the border of our understanding, then we should not question further than our capacity allows. God lets us know everything we need for His glory and our salvation. Now to bring it to a personal context. When we pray "Do not lead us into temptation" what do we mean? Are we saying that God would/will lead us there if we don't pray such a petition? No? What are we saying then? Firstly, God is not the author of sin, but He does execute in a just manner even when men act unjustly. It is also important to recognise the two types of temptation- to disobey God's revealed will and do the negative, and to despair God's hidden will and forget the positive. But we pray "deliver us from the evil one"- we need power from above to resist the evil one. Lead us out of temptation... Let Satan not win if You test our faith! God tests that we may show faith in Him, Satan tempts so that we do not show faith in Him (remember God does not tempt!). In other words, we pray, God don't leave us alone with Satan but uphold us with Your Spirit. Keep us!
God will keep His children. He is in control. Satan's power is received from God- he is permitted but also limited.
Prayers every day keep the devil away.
So pray! Prayer doesn't fit us for kingdom work, but is the work of the kingdom.
Christ be with me
Christ within me
P.S. Pray for Japan, that they come to know the One in control.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Musing
Okay, so I'm sitting here at uni, musing over the past couple of weeks. A new start. Fresh outlook on uni life, new friends and classmates, different surroundings and conversations, strange faces and coffee lounges, normal routine and tiredness, positive optimism and negative pessimism around every corner. And I love it. Making new horizons and travelling on a different road must be a good thing. I have thoroughly enjoyed every moment of my journey, and it has only just begun.
When I contemplate the last three months, I don't think I would change much. God has certainly been great in directing me throughout what I thought would be tough times. And sure there were challenges, but I got through them. There will still be challenges and rough patches, but all in all I'm feeling prepared and up to facing them.
What did these few months of new, strange experiences bring? A little confidence, a little surprise, a little trust, a little hope, a little perspective, a little purpose. Add a lot of little and you get something big.
Life-changing? Maybe not. But I don't regret it.
When I contemplate the last three months, I don't think I would change much. God has certainly been great in directing me throughout what I thought would be tough times. And sure there were challenges, but I got through them. There will still be challenges and rough patches, but all in all I'm feeling prepared and up to facing them.
What did these few months of new, strange experiences bring? A little confidence, a little surprise, a little trust, a little hope, a little perspective, a little purpose. Add a lot of little and you get something big.
Life-changing? Maybe not. But I don't regret it.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thin Airrogance
Nope, that title isn't spelt wrong. It's supposed to be that way. Despite the time reading 12:18 at the current moment I haven't lost my brain quite yet. Maybe I should add '(sic)' to the end of the title. Actually, no, that would just be weird. Yep, it's Thursday and despite promising to blog once a week about REDC, I failed last week. So this week I'll have to make up for it. Uhum. Not gonna happen. But I will share one interesting thing I learned tonight. From Lucado (I hear something from him every Wednesday night I think, but this particularly caught my attention). Especially when in society often the focus is on aiming high, on achievement, on how far you can get in life, on how well you can do things. Of course, I'm not suggesting that something like this is always bad, as such, but I was certainly woken up by the fact that it can get too much.
You can climb too high for yourself. Linger too long at high altitudes, and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims. David (the king, from the Bible, to give a bit of context) had never been higher- he had established and distinguished himself as a great king. Think of the contrast from when he was in the valley of Elah choosing 5 small, smooth stones. Here he was never lower, and never stronger. But now it had been reversed. Never higher, never stronger.
But the thin air messed with David's senses. The high altitude meant he couldn't hear his Lord. He lost his vision. He got altitude sickness... (and then follows the story of adultery with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah).
Thin airrogance.
You can climb too high for yourself. Linger too long at high altitudes, and your hearing dulls and your eyesight dims. David (the king, from the Bible, to give a bit of context) had never been higher- he had established and distinguished himself as a great king. Think of the contrast from when he was in the valley of Elah choosing 5 small, smooth stones. Here he was never lower, and never stronger. But now it had been reversed. Never higher, never stronger.
But the thin air messed with David's senses. The high altitude meant he couldn't hear his Lord. He lost his vision. He got altitude sickness... (and then follows the story of adultery with Bathsheba and murder of Uriah).
Thin airrogance.
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