Current Temp: 7 degrees
I've been able to watch a ballad of vehicles all today as I've been studying. Here is a picture from my window (taken with my macbook) of the parking lot down below. The slight hill on the right has given many vehicles difficulties, all for my general amusement as I take breaks from Aristotle to watch the ensuing dance.
It's good to be back at school. I love Pastor Woods and his family so much. He truly has the heart of a pastor. Today he preached on Romans 3:19-20, reinforcing the understanding that we are not saved by any works of our own.
If you would be so kind, there is a deal of no small significance coming up here at school which I am playing a key role in and would appreciate your prayers for. The leadership of Hillsdale Christian Fellowship (The Christian organization on campus) decided to put on a rally for all who profess belief in Christ. The purpose is to have Christ's entire body come together and magnify Him as Lord of our lives and of this campus, committing ourselves to radical change here in this, our temporary home. The belief is that God has brought quite a few Christians to this campus for a specific reason, and until we surrender our lives in obedience to Christ for the sake of seeing His name magnified in the hearts and lives of our fellow students, then we are missing our point in being here. When I heard about the rally and that they were asking for volunteers, I immediately signed up, and have become the point man for making it happen.
We are seeking to draw out all who profess belief in Christ on this campus, an event of a magnitude never before witnessed on this campus. Thus I seek your prayers and counsel. I require great wisdom and tact as I seek support and gain the help from the many scattered parts of Christ's body here at Hillsdale. We are shooting for a date sometime in the week before easter for this rally. Please remember me in your prayers as I talk with fellow followers of Christ and build a team of people committed to making this happen. Pray that we might have peaceful and unifying discussions, with each representative being willing to discuss matters calmly, and for the glory of Christ.
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Perhaps you can ask the pastor why children get cancer. Is it because we are wrong to think of Jesus as god of love. Perhaps he is more capricious than we give him credit viz Bill Hicks and Dinosaurs.
God is a God of love, and Christ is loving. The wickedness of pain in this world does not tell us that our God is capricious but rather magnifies our need of a savior. We live in a sinful and fallen world. And this is not to limit God's sovereignty-because He is in control. But God's ways are totally not our own. God works all the evil and pain in this world to bring Glory to Himself and for the good of those who love Him. This does not make Him any less gracious and good though.
i could go on for a good while-but one very good book which looks at scripture's answers(though it isn't all clearly stated in scripture-we can only get a vague picture of God's plan in this) is called How Long Oh Lord by DA Carson.
Those Pictures downbelow with the ice are soo cool loooking! :) Exspecaily the red bush. I hope your doing well. :)
Rose
Oh your graduating soon?
Yeah I have alot of fun with my camera. I would do more than self pics if I had another model that would want to do it and if I had a better camera I'd do nature photography... hehe... :) but I dont, so I work with what I got. :)
I put some new pictures up that I took today. :)
I hope your not to cold over there in that fridged weather!!!!
Rose
Hey man, what kind of camera do you have? I love the pictures.
Hey Michael, thanks for stopping by. I use a humble Sony DSC-H1. It's a decent camera, but not one of those fancy-schmanzy DSLR's. One day I'll open that door, but for now my Sony has been a great stepping stone into the world of photography. I'm glad that you like my pictures. Take care, Nathan
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