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| now that it's finals and papers season, here is some encouragement.  Beauty of Your Peace
Tim Hughes
Your voice has stilled the raging storms
The wind and waves bow down before
Your still small voice brings hope to all
Who wait on You, we'll wait for You
To lead us to the place where You'll restore our souls
And all our earthly strivings come to cease
Take from our souls the strain and stress
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Your peace
The beauty of Your peace
Bright skies will soon be overhead
We'll enter in to Heaven's rest
There'll be no death, there'll be no pain
The things of old will pass away
You'll lead us to the place where You'll restore our souls
And all our earthly strivings come to cease | | |
| life has been good!
spring break missions trip to nicaragua!! it was GREAT. ask me about it - I still need to write up about it, but I'll let you know when I'm done!
school: my days are pretty full, but it's amazing how God gives me the time and arranges everything to work out, even when I have things back to back, and am walking back and forth campus all day.
church: really loving Living Water. the people there are such a blessing to me =)
summer: things starting to take shape. applying for internships in Berkeley - I know I'll be here for summer. will probably take the GREs? but don't really know what to apply for in terms of grad school.
fall: still in process of figuring out classes. will take it step by step.
yup. that was a quick update...but yea. in the meantime... learning what faith really means. being patient and trusting, not putting hope on what I can see and what things are now - but rather on what will be, and God's promises.
Starfied ~ Hiding Place. This song speaks truth to my heart.
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n the shadows I can hear Your voice singing to me
In the valley I can hear Your heart reaching for me now
And I weep flooded with the strength of Your peace
You’re my defender, the shield of my heart
You are my hiding place
When terror surrounds me
You keep me from harm
You are my hiding place
In the darkness I can feel Your light wrap around me
In my suffering I can feel the strength of Your peace
Here before You Jesus in this place
Here before You now face to face
Under the shelter of the mist High
Will I be safe and will I abide
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| When people ask me what I study as an anthropology major, I never knew how to explain it. I would say "cultures, people"... then sorta trail off. I think I've found a good definition now - it's from a book I'm reading for class, to study for my history of anthro theory midterm:
"Anthropology addresses a series of questions that humans have considered for millennia: What is the nature of society? Why do cultures change? What is the relationship between the person as an individual and the person as a member of a distinctive social group?...Why are cultures different?" or... "a science of humankind 'in its widest sense' " - Visions of Culture .... to this definition, I would like to add, "Why do people do what they do?" and "What influences people, and why... also, what is the cause and effect, the relationships and correlations?"
Woot. Gotta remember that. The next question people usually ask me is, "What are you planning to do with that major?" haha... the answer to that question is not as easily found in a book. It is in progress, a step-by-step sort of thing that everyone goes through. I've got decisions to make for senior year, but we can't know exactly what will happen ahead of time - some people do, but it's not always the case. For most of us there's some degree of uncertainty. We can either worry about it, or we can trust that God has a good plan for us that is in line with who He is made us to be. I see these two positions as a process and also a journey, which it is often referred to as: moving from anxiety and doubt to faith despite the unknown. Even so, we backtrack, we jump around on this line, we stumble, and sometimes we run in the opposite direction of where we should be going! I should know, haha. Just get back up and keep walking.
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| I haven't updated in a while, so I thought I would.
This semester I am taking 3 classes, all of which I am very interested in and am excited about. History of Anthropological Thought; Violence, Social Suffering, and Human Rights; and Jewish Civilization (Biblical Period). Have class only two days out of five, on Tuesday and Thursday. But still I am busier than it sounds! =P
Random history fact: in Europe, when working people used to live in the countryside before they were forced off their land, used to eat healthy breakfasts of porridge (ie oatmeal) and milk. Afterwards, they moved to the city and drank coffee with toast instead (products of industry). Less healthy. See, coffee replacing food - people getting energy from caffeine rather than food. That might not bother you, but it is depressing to me T_T
I am thankful for: cafes where I can stay for hours and study, journal, eat, whatnot...sunny days in winter, friends to hang out with, cafeterias with unlimited DIVERSE food, friendships with brothers and sisters from different fellowships and churches, music, Berkeley (school and city).
Let me know how you've been doing =)
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| January 2, 2008!
Break has been good. More sleep, lots o time with amily. (sidenote - my r and f keys don't wok.. I've been copying and pasting but it's too much wok to switch between the two...I hope it won't make that much o a diffeence..) My dad's contract with his company ended so he's looking for a new job.. mom is off fo two weeks, and sis is back fom college, so it's the fist time my I've been with my family fo soo long...it's been like one HUGE long extended weekend. I've actually enjoyed it. time to chat with paents, and just hang out, which I didn't seem to have the time for back in high school.
2007 reflection
I bought a book last week by Joyce Meyers called Battlefield of the Mind. It's about taking control of our thought life (against worry, depression, anxiety, doubt, fear) and to put on the mind of Christ - using truth to battle lies. In it, Meyers points out that it took the Israelites 40 years to reach the Promised Land, when it was only an 11 day journey!! So much time wasted because they had to wander in the wilderness after disobeying God. I feel that 2007 for me was like wandering around in the wilderness, kind of going around in circles, not knowing where I was going. I worried a lot, was confused about my future and calling in life, often felt discouraged. I would feel close to God, then distant...close, then distant. I wasted a lot of time. But God, being a redeeming, forgiving God, didn't let all of the time go to waste. I'm wiser now than I was this time last year. I've been apathetic about certain attitudes and habits in my life (pride, passivity, backsliding, etc..), but I can't be any longer...can't be lukewarm. I pray that God will change me, because I don't want to stay like this. can't afford to.
While I still do not know exactly where I am headed in 2008, I have a hunch that this next semester will bring direction. I will trust God with this.
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