Monday, September 17, 2012

LHSON - 0 ; Self - 1 BAM!

Working out
Not working out
New churchies
Head-to-Toe Assessments
Limebeertos
Creepy Asian movie about eating fetuses
Exploring Narnia
Sleepovers
Birthdays
Mint Chocolate Cookies
Kitty memes
Gangnam style
Baby owls, baby leopards, baby sea turtles, baby foxes
Breakfast for dinner
Free M&Ms
Breakups, breakups, breakups and moving on
Taboo
Banana crumb cake x2
Test #1 anxiety
Test #2 anxiety
First clinical rotation
Commuting
Dance parties and rowboats in the car

Boy, has it been an insane first almost-month of school!! And I wouldn't ask God for anything less.

A couple weeks ago at House Church (smallgroup), one of my fellow HCers challenged us all to challenge ourselves. Mine was to pray for hardship. Why would anyone in their right mind do such a thing? Because I know that in my most vulnerable times, my God is more real to me than ever. When I walk around struttin' my stuff, believing that I'm okay because of my own works, that is someone who is not in their right mind.
Don't get me wrong - I love having a good time with my friends, studying & learning, and just relaxing sometimes, enjoying His creation, but I also believe it's good to suffer. Be in a situation you simply can't control, because it makes me stronger.

"Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." 
Romans 5:3

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