this is definitely substituting for real human interaction

I wanted to write and just be excited about what happenned on campus tonight. First of all, I just got home (it is 1:15 a.m.) and I spent the whole night talking with strangers (most of whom I assume are not believers) about life, Jesus and the Bible. It was SO fun.

We had our first evangelistic Bible study in Abel tonight. There were probably 10 or 11 folks there. A couple guys and the rest were girls. We talked about why people kill in the name of religion, if it was important to explore your faith and whether or not the Bible was true. And it was honest good discusion. The coolest thing though was that even after it was done people kept coming by the room. We would give them pizza and they would ask about our "Bible discussion" and invite themselves to come the next week. There were probably 5 extra people that stopped by as the night went on.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!
I love my job!

ponderance before bed

If you seek to validate a rumor you have heard by typing it into google and do not find it can you assume the rumor is incorrect?

adult life

Alright, how many of you hate being an adult? Managing your own finances, having your overdeveloped college sense of idealism crushed, finding fellowship in the realm of the real world, finding meaning in life. All of these things have compounded recently to make me frustrated with life in the real world as an "adult."

But tonight was a moment when I saw hope in the midst of all of that. I started in a small group at church. It was so fun. We are doing this book called Fire and Reign. Tonight we shared about our different struggles in giving God full reign in our life. It was so sweet. There are people in this world that are in my stage of life that are trying to find their way and want that way to be one that brings honor to God! Wow! I am pumped.

Other than that, I saw End of the Spear this afternoon with my freshman. It was good but I am still unsure what to think of the Christian movies that have come out recently. I am really curious if they have any value to a nonbeliever.

Anyways, despite the beginning of the post I am really encouraged. It has been a good weekend. Guess who is still going dancing later tonight?

Cal was in town this weekend. It was so fun to hang out. I felt like a college student all over again!

long day...

How do you define a workaholic?

I spent 18 and a half hours at "work" today! 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

dreams and my childhood

I am feeling particularly pensive tonight and not quite tired, so I thought I would post a poem that I loved when I was little.

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly, Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams go, Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow."

I don't completely agree with it anymore. Give your dreams to God. He is the one who makes life not barren and worth living. Besides he knows what is best for me (and for his glory and his worthy reputation) and loves me perfectly. He can be trusted with my heart and my life and is worth NOTHING LESS!

Not something to comment on

That last post just wasn't something to comment on, was it? Uggh. My life has been turned upside down the last couple days. Thank you to everyone who has loved me so well in the midst of this. I have the best friends anyone could ask for!

I have a funny story for ya though... the other night I was in downtown Lincoln getting some copies made at Kinkos and I couldn't find a meter to park in so NATURALLY what do I do? I go ahead and park in this parking lot that is completley illegal and has "Authorized parking only, violators will be towed" signs up. I send up a quick prayer in the midst of a lot of apathy (I didn't really care if they towed my car or not) and go into kinkos. I was intending to spend 20 minutes at kinkos, almost an hour later I come out a little frazzled (kinkos does that to a person). I go to get my car and there is this big black gate closed in front of the lot and I barely figured out how to get to my car. I threw up a quick prayer (still a little apathetic though) and see a woman walking through a gate that I think will get me to my car. Halleluyah. Alright one problem down. One to go...

I get in my car and still have no idea how I am going to get the gate open. I drive up to it hoping it is one of those automatically opening ones. No luck. As I am doing this, I see a woman walking out of the building attached to the lot. So I decide to ask her if she knows how to get out of the parking lot? She says "Umm, were you in Swanson and Russell? (this is apparently the legitimate reason for being in the parking lot)." I am BUSTED. I do the only thing I can and say No very sheepishly.

She smiles and says let me see what I can do. She went back in the building and got the gate open. Close call! What a fun random way God provides.