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This year at Bible Study Fellowship, we studied the book of Isaiah. I had not systematically studied this book, so it was a good discipline. However, some of the reading and homework was too much for me to keep up with. It was time consuming just to get the answers the questions and I didn’t really spend time thinking through what I was reading.
We watched The Lightning Thief on Netflix, it was quite entertaining. Since I had not read the Percy Jackson books, I decided to get them from the library.
The Sea Monsters is book 2 of the series. The story line is clever and intriguing, but it’s written at about a 4th grade level, not much style but it gets the point across.
I recommend it for light reading, good entertainment value.
Yesterday, one of the kids in Sunday School broke one of my Resurrection Eggs. It made me upset, I might even say I was mad!
I know, it’s just an ordinary plastic egg, and if it was just any plastic egg, it wouldn’t matter. But the Resurrection Eggs are special to me…not the plastic egg itself, but I had hoped that the kids will see the Resurrection Eggs as something special, even sacred.
Good Friday come and go, usually with nothing more than attending a Good Friday service at church and a fish sandwich at McDonald’s, the last day of the discount btw.
I did a quick search to see what John Piper has to say about Good Friday that I can meditate on, and found his wonderful teaching on responding to suffering:
People say, Let’s talk over a cup of coffee. But I don’t drink coffee.
Or they say, Let’s do lunch. But I don’t want to spend money eating out (unless they’re treating).
How about getting together to walk and talk?
In addition to being a healthier alternative, which is already a good enough reason, here are more advantages:
Don’t let the title confuse you. I am 100% pro-life. But a friend brought up an interesting thought yesterday.
Let me see if I can get this to make sense: She said that in America, life is so precious. In other countries, ie Libya and other war-torn nations, so many people die. We always think dying is a bad thing and value life so much that we would never choose to die – we don’t want to die for anything, we are not willing to die for any cause. That means we have fears of dying for Christ. If we are not willing to die for Him, we can’t live for Christ to the fullest. Fear holds us back. We fear suffering, we fear being rejected. Perhaps it’s because we value life too much.
Another good read from Max Lucado.
Max on Life is a book of Q & A on all sorts of topics in life, as the name of the book is aptly titled. The book is so readable it’s almost like sitting down with Lucado and asking him these questions. Most answers are contained in one to two pages. Though the answers are short, Lucado has a way of getting to the heart of the issue without giving trite responses. However, given the nature of Q & A, you can’t expect a full in-depth treatment of the topic, but with Lucado’s sharp insights, it’s enough to satisfy.
The topics of the Q & A are categorized into seven chapters – Hope, Hurt, Help, Him/Her, Home, Haves/Have-Nots, Hereafter. The best thing is the topical index in the back. You can search for the question you may be asking. For example, if you have a question about choosing your vocation, search Vocation, and you see three listings under “choice of” and one listing under “honoring God in”.
While I enjoyed the book, I’m not sure if it has wide appeal. I would rather buy a book that addresses the specific topic I’m most interested in, rather than having a book that touches on a lot of topics, many of them do not relate to me.
Disclosure: Thomas Nelson provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for this review. Opinions are entirely my own.
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Before every big event that I am involved with, I usually have a nightmare.
Last night, I dreamt that I was late to the event we are having tonight, tables weren’t set up the way it should, the food was not there, and to top it off, I realized I was booked to MC two events simultaneously happening in two different places.
I called my husband to help and he didn’t answer his phone. I redial and redial, and I’m so mad at him! What a relief when I woke up.
These nightmares are a sign for me to pray, and ask God to do His work. I am weak, but He is strong.
To retrain for jobs in this economy, it’s a good idea to take classes from an online college. You can do it at your own time, without wasting travel time, and it’s cheaper too.
While the degree options may be limited, there is still enough to choose from, both undergraduate and graduate classes are available. There are even online degree programs in game design. Kids who like to play video games should look into that as a way to make a career with their interest in gaming.
If you need help with the financial part of it, go to http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/ for federal student aid. It may be costly, but your education is worth it. Just make sure the program and degree will actually help you in advancing your career.
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