"The winds of change are abundant; so are God's blessings."
October came and went. November swept in to clean up the candy, giving Autumn a softer glow that compliments the Californian warmth. The evenings are bitter cold, a friendly reminder that time still moves, and we still live and change and grow. Now is what we can control, and the present is ours to take advantage of if we so choose.
Thus far, I'm getting my "spiritual work-out" by taking daily leaps of faith. In other words, my days are sketchily planned but in actuality, I leave it all to God...and you know what? It's working, it's really working! He hasn't failed me yet in filling my life with meaning, joy, and many WONDERFUL surprises. And it's not just social, spiritual, or personal fulfillment. God fills my life with tangible segments for studying homework, hanging out with friends, scheduling stuff and filling in odd jobs in need of an extra helper (like helping build the set for this year's Opera). I'm hoping that when the time comes to make a BIG leap of faith, all these little hops, skips and jumps will equip me to make that leap, and make it boldly!
Thus far, I'm getting my "spiritual work-out" by taking daily leaps of faith. In other words, my days are sketchily planned but in actuality, I leave it all to God...and you know what? It's working, it's really working! He hasn't failed me yet in filling my life with meaning, joy, and many WONDERFUL surprises. And it's not just social, spiritual, or personal fulfillment. God fills my life with tangible segments for studying homework, hanging out with friends, scheduling stuff and filling in odd jobs in need of an extra helper (like helping build the set for this year's Opera). I'm hoping that when the time comes to make a BIG leap of faith, all these little hops, skips and jumps will equip me to make that leap, and make it boldly!
GUESS WHAT??
I got my schedule (mostly) planned out.
Here we go:
I got my schedule (mostly) planned out.
Here we go:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
8:20-9:15 Music Theory I
9:30-10:30 Chapel
11:50-12:45 Fitness 4 Life: Dance for Musical Theatre
1:00-1:55 Practical Musicianship I
2:10-4:10 Bel Canto Women's Choir
*Potential Private Piano Lessons Here
Tuesday/Thursday
9:45-10:40 Health Education
8:20-9:15 Music Theory I
9:30-10:30 Chapel
11:50-12:45 Fitness 4 Life: Dance for Musical Theatre
1:00-1:55 Practical Musicianship I
2:10-4:10 Bel Canto Women's Choir
*Potential Private Piano Lessons Here
Tuesday/Thursday
9:45-10:40 Health Education
1:05-2:30 Acting Fundamentals
2:45-4:10 Exodus/Deuteronomy
Isn't it wonderful?
So much music, so much theatre, so much Bible! (Well, one class. But still.)
The refreshing part of it all is how much these classes MEAN something to me.
They are important, significant, and will feed my creative pool so that I can maximize the talents instilled within me.
Therefore, we shall not worry about the trivial woes of the world and it's temptations.
I am awake-- aware.
And it's time to sit down... and listen. Learn with an open heart and a patient, grace-filled mind.
Fact: I have no idea where I am going, but I choose to keep moving and walk by faith.
And I would not have it any other way.
2:45-4:10 Exodus/Deuteronomy
Isn't it wonderful?
So much music, so much theatre, so much Bible! (Well, one class. But still.)
The refreshing part of it all is how much these classes MEAN something to me.
They are important, significant, and will feed my creative pool so that I can maximize the talents instilled within me.
Definition: Talent
(noun): including passions, interests, and experiences as well as/intertwined with natural born skills or inclinations.
For the first time, there is something stirring inside my soul. I can't NOT trust in my wonderful, heavenly father when I'm otherwise all alone in a foreign land. Without faith, I am lost, lonely, meaningless, and sporadic, constantly restless without tranquility. But that is when the "be fruitful and multiply" verse pops into my head, and that's when I know God is sending his disciples, his children, all over the nation and all over the world to fill the earth with his glory; one church, worshiping with true, relentless, uninhibited joy! Because we are FREE! Because we CAN!(noun): including passions, interests, and experiences as well as/intertwined with natural born skills or inclinations.
So you see... essentially... we have the capacity to be anything and everything we need to be.
Nothing is impossible.
If there is one thing- nay, two things- I've gotten out of this year thus far, I've learned:
a) Nothing is impossible. And
b) Trusting in the Lord equals obtaining a life bursting like an overstuffed pomegranate with unreserved Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. Jump! ...and the net will catch you in midair.
I feel alive, awake, and enthusiastic even when I'm tired and run-down.
Nothing is impossible.
If there is one thing- nay, two things- I've gotten out of this year thus far, I've learned:
a) Nothing is impossible. And
b) Trusting in the Lord equals obtaining a life bursting like an overstuffed pomegranate with unreserved Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-Control. Jump! ...and the net will catch you in midair.
I feel alive, awake, and enthusiastic even when I'm tired and run-down.
Therefore, we shall not worry about the trivial woes of the world and it's temptations.
I am awake-- aware.
And it's time to sit down... and listen. Learn with an open heart and a patient, grace-filled mind.
Fact: I have no idea where I am going, but I choose to keep moving and walk by faith.
And I would not have it any other way.
"I want more and more of this, because it is so real."
-a new friend.
-a new friend.
oh wow this is arie and i thinki just posted as you. LOL
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