Monthly Archive for February, 2005

Mood Elevators…

Published on February 28, 2005 in Life in General. 1 Comment

Chocolate is a mood elevator. or so I thought.

Which is why, after about four hours of working on a PE project, I decided to pull out the package of chocolate in my bottom drawer–it was well over a pound of the mixed, bite size hershey’s candy bars. I tell Josh and Dan and David (who were in the room working on the project with us) that chocolate is a mood elevator as I happily reach for the bag. Well, once I uncover it, my face turns from joy to consternation as I immediately realize that a mouse has eaten my chocolate.

So that’s what’s been happening around here lately. Sign up for my mini mac on my last post, please!!!

When will you trust?

Published on February 25, 2005 in Bits & Pieces. 1 Comment

Sand was everywhere. In our packs, our food, our eyes. We tasted it when we woke in the morning. We hated the sand. The sand was hell.

Our salvation, the glorious Shekinah cloud of YHWH, spread shade over the desert by day and struck awe in us at night in a terrifying hurricane of fire. It guided us, it shaded us, and it threw more sand into the weary sky.

We were nowhere. The Red Sea lay behind, and with it Pharaoh’s army– and the last water we would ever taste. Moses brought us here to die. Better he had left us in Egypt where we could die in old age but no! He sought a deliverance of death, of dehydration and sand. Curse him!

A murmur in the crowd rose to a riotous pitch. Our children are dying. There is no water, no water these three days, and our children die before our eyes! Moses must die, die now while we linger on. Curse him for his cruel leadership!

A rock in the sand. A man stoops to pick it up, aiming for Moses’ head. Wait! why the yelling in the front. Water? Life has found us! A surge forward. Babies hauled toward to cool desert pool. But a groan reaches them first. The water is bad! Poisoned! A groan. A yell. An angry mob of desperate parents.

WHAT SHALL WE DRINK!

Madness. They will kill him.

Stop! the voice of Moses thunders. His face is darkened in rage. Fools! Would you doubt the Lord our God, the God of our Fathers, even YHWH? He turns to face the glowing cloud, now fierce in its wrath.

“Your stiff-necked people despair! What am I to give them?”

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Moses returned from talking with YHWH. The crowd makes way as he passes through toward the pool. A half burned log rots at its edge. Moses grunts as he lifts it, then hurls it into the pool.

Nothing.

He turns.

“Drink, and be filled.”

The crowd stares. He mocks our pain. Unbelief is overcome with bitterness. You will die for this! But at that moment, a child steps forth: dry. dirty. dying. She falls to her knees, inches from the water. She cups a hand, dips water in her filthy fingers. Up, up to her mouth, and then a sip, cool, sweet.

A smile on her face.

The crowd is silent. Humble. Slowly they quench their thirst in the pool.

All hope was gone; we were dead. My child was dying in my arms, with only tears to quench his thirst.

Yet He provided again. When will we trust?

Another quote to finish off the night…

Published on February 24, 2005 in Life in General. 1 Comment

Jon says, “I’m gonna go out on a limb here…”

Phil says, “You can go out on that limb and stay out there.”

My Day:

Published on February 23, 2005 in Life in General. 0 Comments

I killed a rabbit…

…and stole a piece of cheese.

Ask me no questions and I’ll tail you no lies.

(and no that’s not mispelled)

ummm.

Published on February 21, 2005 in College News and Life in General. 0 Comments

ever feel like if it wasn’t spring break in less than two weeks that you would die???

I’m reading you loud and clear.

Quote of my life:

Dan: I’ll give you a dollar worth of love.
Jon: A dollar’s worth of love from you would be four quarters.

a delightful breeze…

Published on February 17, 2005 in Life in General. 2 Comments

It is sometimes sad for me to look back over life and see how I go through certain patterns. Times of growth and drought, of remembrance and disremembrance. Lately I’ve completely neglected the awesome sovereignty of our God, a theme of my life that was so beautifully clear to me two short years ago.

But tonight, I remembered, primarily through an open forum with Dr. Nielson. How? His vision for this school is based upon God’s providence and His mission for His people. And I think Dr. Nielson tries to base the school’s practices on that, which I find so encouraging and refreshing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lately I have been discouraged by the general attitude of the students here. Partly it is because I am not one who greatly enjoys scholasticism in and of itself. I love learning. But I hate sitting in school and learning to learn just because. I want to learn so I can get off my duff and do something!

So, in the midst of that frustration with the highly intellectual attitude that sometimes permeates this place, I go to this open-forum, expecting it to be outside of sovereign control (that was a joke). And I find that the administration here, in spite of the continuous clamor I hear of discontent, has as its primary goal to be an effective world for Christian growth to be “culture-shattering.” And I think that is awesome. Hard to work out, yet revolutionary.

And a large part of making this work at a Christian college is for us students to start acting like Christians. To do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with my God.

So I’m preaching to myself, I know. I am unkind more than kind; proud almost always.

Here’s an interesting solution. We say we hate change. Yet I’m supposed to be changing into the likeness of Christ every day, to be conforming to Him. That’s a lot of change, and I resist it a lot. That’s why dying today was such a good thing. And dying tomorrow. And the “day after tomorrow.” And not just with a water gun wound; with three nails and a rough-hewn log. And you just pick up that cross and follow Him

All men die, but some men never live

Published on February 17, 2005 in College News. 1 Comment

Marley was dead, dead as a doornail.

There is no more need to wonder why people have their hands in their pockets; no more fearing those echoing footsteps falling behind me; no more fear of Great Hall hitmen or of being taken out during practical service.

I am dead. Shot through the head.

Finally, back online…

Published on February 17, 2005 in Life in General. 2 Comments

After numerous vain attempts to get this blog to do other various cool things, I have given up and finally gotten it back to where I can post again, thanks to Josh who saved me from going down to the lab.

Today is just a day. I’m trying to figure out how I’m supposed to live with Christ in control of my life…it’s difficult to live purposefully for Him all day long, to trust in Him for everything. but he gives a great grace.

My dad is coming up this weekend! :) rock on.

I posted the following picture on my Xanga because I thought it had UNmissable similarity to the three crosses we read of in our Bible. But no one recognizes them at first. Well, it was just a thought…to keep the cross at the forefront of our thinking, along with the empty tomb.

A Startling Reminder

Published on February 15, 2005 in College News. 0 Comments

“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”
Mark 19:41

Maybe we’re being too quiet.

The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
Psalm 19:1-2

My dear Allison…

Published on February 8, 2005 in Life in General. 0 Comments

…how silly of me! Of course I haven’t forgotten you! I just didn’t know which allison you were! So that’s that. Well, I am still posting to my xanga… I haven’t completely made the switch to this one. You should check it out bc i posted last night :)

Wilson