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quinta-feira, janeiro 29, 2004
cool website
Quoteable quotes from ABC's own Dr. Reiter:
Common sense is not altogether common...some people dont get it.
It is better to be untited by truth than to be divided by error.
Live now as you wish you would of at the Judgment seat of Christ.
Between your ears is the greatest temptation.
More to come...
quarta-feira, janeiro 28, 2004
Been thinking about... compartmentalizing
Definition: to separate into isolated compartments or categories
I've been thinking about this in relation to my life and how I put God in a box. I let God be involved in certain areas, but then other areas are mine and I let God have no say. I'm "super Christian" one minute and then totally apathetic the next--, there's no real balance. I just want to be real and let God reign in every aspect of my life. Like, I know when I'm ignoring Him and I know what I'm doing is sin or just not taking the higher road, but it's fun and I always do it and I'm not hurting anyone, but I'm hurting myself because I'm being hypercritical! I have selective Spiritual sensitivity. I'm trying to think of verses that talk about compartmentalizing, but I can't at the moment. Here's one that kind of goes along with it...
For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Romans 7:19
I know I'm not the only one like this, am I?
terça-feira, janeiro 27, 2004
Took this lil brain quiz: http://mindmedia.com/brainworks/first-paragraph.jsp
Here are my results:
Auditory : 46%
Visual : 53%
Left : 52%
Right : 47%
*a good bit of this is true and I've highlighted the part that I think are right on*
Samantha, you exhibit an even balance between left- and right- hemisphere dominance and a slight preference for visual over auditory processing. With a score this balanced, it is likely that you would have slightly different results each time you complete this self-assessment quiz.
You are a well-rounded person, distinctly individualistic and artistic, an active and multidimensional learner. At the same time, you are logical and disciplined, can operate well within an organization, and are sensitive towards others without losing objectivity. You are organized and goal-directed. Although a "thinking" individual, you "take in" entire situations readily and can act on intuition.
You sometimes tend to vacillate in your learning styles. Learning might take you longer than someone of equal intellect, but you will tend to be more thorough and retain the material longer than those other individuals. You will alternate between logic and impulse. This vacillation will not normally be intentional or deliberate, so you may experience anxiety in situations where you are not certain which aspect of yourself will be called on.
With a slight preference for visual processing, you tend to be encompassing in your perceptions, process along multidimensional paths and be active in your attacking of situations or learning.
Overall, you should feel content with your life and yourself. You are, perhaps, a little too critical of yourself -- and of others -- while maintaining an "openness" which tempers that tendency. Indecisiveness is a problem and your creativity may not be in keeping with your potential. Being a pragmatist, you downplay this aspect of yourself and focus on the more immediate, obvious and the more functional.
*The last sentence in bold I think is funny and I know that someone else will readily agree with!
What I learned in Marriage and Family Counseling today:
* One of a parent's goals is to be your child's best friend.
* You got into marriage without a parachute, meaning there's now way out, you're committed to the end.
domingo, janeiro 25, 2004
Currently Reading Marriage Takes More Than Love by Jack and Carole Mayhall
I am reading this for my Marriage and Family Counseling class because normally I wouldn't read something about marriage just for my own leisurely reading, but this is a pretty good book. It emphasizes the importance of communication and how men and women do communicate in very different ways and at different levels. Also, a lot of Biblical truth is presented which is applicable to everyone, not just married people. But I would highly recommend to married couples. In the chapter called "Choosing to be Open," they quoted a passage from John Powell's book why am i afraid to tell you who i am? and I thought it was an interesting to approach people, especially those we think we know best:
"My person is not a little hard core inside of me, a little fully-formed statue that is real and authentic, permanent and fixed; person rather implies a dynamic process. IN other words, if you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.
I have experienced more of life. I have encountered new depths in those I love, I have suffered and prayed, and I am different. . . . Approach me, then, with a sense of wonder, study my face and hands and voice for signs of change; for it is certain that I have changed."
I like the part that says "Approach me, then, with a sense of wonder" just because that is how I want to seen--vibrant, different, ever-changing (for the better!), growing in God--but do I see others like that, probably not. I get bored easily and then want to see what else and who else is out there, but if I would spend time getting to know people--I mean really knowing them--wow I just wonder what I could learn--how would they impact my life? But, that's hard for me, I'm a "social butterfly" and want to know everyone on a superficial level, rather than just a few people on a deeper level. So...it leaves me thinking...pondering...
Dr. A says, "Learn from other's mistakes--you won't have time to make them all yourself."
what do you think? e-mail me or maybe post something here
quarta-feira, janeiro 21, 2004
OK so everyone keeps asking me if i'm gonna put anything on here and I seriously would if I had interesting stuff to write about, but who wants to hear about class and assignments and reading and writing papers, but that is the bulk of my life right now. I am actually unmotivated, but today I gained a bit of motivation--I bought my plane tickets to go to California for Spring Break--woo-hoo! It's a big praise though because we got them at a really good price and at the times we wanted. California here I come! That's why Adam is important--(well one of the many reasons) because he is there!
sábado, janeiro 17, 2004
quarta-feira, janeiro 14, 2004
I have been looking at the future all wrong...
I have been worrying about what to do after graduation, job and ministry wise, and just where I am going in general...
this is my life verse and I need to remember it!
Proverbs 3:5&6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He shall direct your paths.
terça-feira, janeiro 13, 2004
I am back!
yes after an extended perioded of profound laziness, I am back to blogging. And no, I won't be posting only song lyrics:)
So it's the first day of classes of my last semester of college and I missed my first class. That seriously annoys me because it just does, don't know how to explain it. Anyway, I don't have that much to post but here is a verse I am thinking on:
Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when the desire comes,
it is the tree of life.
Proverbs 13:12
comments to come!
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