Thursday, August 22, 2002
Thursday 8/22/2002
Today was a super easy day. All I had was a physics lab at 2:00, because my NHV lecture was cancelled. So I lazed around pretty much all day!! I did finish up my chemistry and I also read an article for NHV, so I'm all caught up on homework, which is a nice feeling. I got a hold of Aunt Cindy and she has a ticket for me for Women of Faith this weekend. I'm really excited to be going, but I wish Mom could be there too. I called Grandma & Grandpa Ott, just to let them know how I was doing and it was nice talking to them. For FCA tonight, we did a scavenger hunt around campus to find clues to solve this mystery.
Wednesday, August 21, 2002
Wednesday 8/21/2002
Romans 1:7-17
I really like verse 12, where Paul says he want to come to Rome to impart a spiritual gift on the believers - "that is, that you & I may be mutually encouraged by each others' faith." Think of it, here the Romans probably feel that Paul is something of a demigod, a paragon, but he is saying that they will each grow & encouraged by the others' faith. How much just reading that must have encouraged the Romans, to know that their faith is just as important, just as Godly, as Paul's.
Of course, verse 16 is famous - "I am not ashamed of the gospel", but I really like verse 17, where it quotes Habbakuk 2:4 "The righteous will live by faith." Lord, I don't need to be some sort of paragon to live righteously. As your child I can live by faith & I will then be righteous through you. Help me do that all important action of letting you take control and just living by faith.
I had P.A. (physical activity) this morning. It was basically just all the info, and then we were able to go. Then I had physics, which was, once again, basically just info & then we took an assessment test. After that I was free until 1:00, because the NHV recitation was cancelled all this week. I took that opportunity to get some reading (of my library books done). Chemistry was at 1:00, but our professor is out of town, so a TA just came in , handed out a syllabus, took attendance and let us leave. Economics was at 2:00, and guess who was in my class?!! Jill, from FCA. She's a senior, but apparently she's just never taken principles. She introduced me to Margo, a transfer junior who I found out is my chemistry class. I think the economics class will be pretty easy, although the class is huge! The entire time the professor was talking, I kept thinking about how this is what Dad used to do. She's more of an engineer, though, than he is. =) I didn't go to FCA tonight, because they were going to be playing sports out on the IM field and I figured that w/ a bleeding toe, that probably wouldn't be the best idea. I did get a lot of chemistry done, so that was good.
I really like verse 12, where Paul says he want to come to Rome to impart a spiritual gift on the believers - "that is, that you & I may be mutually encouraged by each others' faith." Think of it, here the Romans probably feel that Paul is something of a demigod, a paragon, but he is saying that they will each grow & encouraged by the others' faith. How much just reading that must have encouraged the Romans, to know that their faith is just as important, just as Godly, as Paul's.
Of course, verse 16 is famous - "I am not ashamed of the gospel", but I really like verse 17, where it quotes Habbakuk 2:4 "The righteous will live by faith." Lord, I don't need to be some sort of paragon to live righteously. As your child I can live by faith & I will then be righteous through you. Help me do that all important action of letting you take control and just living by faith.
I had P.A. (physical activity) this morning. It was basically just all the info, and then we were able to go. Then I had physics, which was, once again, basically just info & then we took an assessment test. After that I was free until 1:00, because the NHV recitation was cancelled all this week. I took that opportunity to get some reading (of my library books done). Chemistry was at 1:00, but our professor is out of town, so a TA just came in , handed out a syllabus, took attendance and let us leave. Economics was at 2:00, and guess who was in my class?!! Jill, from FCA. She's a senior, but apparently she's just never taken principles. She introduced me to Margo, a transfer junior who I found out is my chemistry class. I think the economics class will be pretty easy, although the class is huge! The entire time the professor was talking, I kept thinking about how this is what Dad used to do. She's more of an engineer, though, than he is. =) I didn't go to FCA tonight, because they were going to be playing sports out on the IM field and I figured that w/ a bleeding toe, that probably wouldn't be the best idea. I did get a lot of chemistry done, so that was good.
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Tuesday 8/20/2002
Today, I am going to start a study in Romans.
Romans 1:1-6
What an amazing testimony to who Jesus is! In these 6 verses, Paul has outlined all the salient points. He is David's heir as well as God's son, which we know by his death & resurrection. He is the fulfillment of all the OT prophecies. It is for and by Him that we have received grace & share it w/ others. In other words, Christ is the reason we have hope for living, and we need to share that hope w/ others.
Lord, thank you for the awesome work you did yesterday, showing me all those great people on campus. As I start my first day of college classes, please help me be a light for you. Show me the opportunities where I can let you shine through.
Today was the first day of class, but all I had was Nature & Human Values. My other two classes were labs, so they were both cancelled since we hadn't had lecture yet. Since I had such a lot of extra time, I walked down to the Golden Public Library and checked out some books. It only took about 10 minutes to get down there, but coming back was all up hill and man! was it a trek! I think I hurt one of the toes on my left foot, because they sure hurt. I don't know how often I'll be making that trip to the library. I went to dinner w/ my suitemate Jessica. She's a nice girl, and I think I'll get along w/ her best of all. She brought a car and she lives in Ault, so maybe she'll be willing to take me home on some weekends. I then went to the FCA game night and had a ton of fun playing Scattergories, Guesstures, & Big Booty! I'm sure Elsbeth will be happy to hear that!
Romans 1:1-6
What an amazing testimony to who Jesus is! In these 6 verses, Paul has outlined all the salient points. He is David's heir as well as God's son, which we know by his death & resurrection. He is the fulfillment of all the OT prophecies. It is for and by Him that we have received grace & share it w/ others. In other words, Christ is the reason we have hope for living, and we need to share that hope w/ others.
Lord, thank you for the awesome work you did yesterday, showing me all those great people on campus. As I start my first day of college classes, please help me be a light for you. Show me the opportunities where I can let you shine through.
Today was the first day of class, but all I had was Nature & Human Values. My other two classes were labs, so they were both cancelled since we hadn't had lecture yet. Since I had such a lot of extra time, I walked down to the Golden Public Library and checked out some books. It only took about 10 minutes to get down there, but coming back was all up hill and man! was it a trek! I think I hurt one of the toes on my left foot, because they sure hurt. I don't know how often I'll be making that trip to the library. I went to dinner w/ my suitemate Jessica. She's a nice girl, and I think I'll get along w/ her best of all. She brought a car and she lives in Ault, so maybe she'll be willing to take me home on some weekends. I then went to the FCA game night and had a ton of fun playing Scattergories, Guesstures, & Big Booty! I'm sure Elsbeth will be happy to hear that!
Monday, August 19, 2002
Monday 8/19/02
Morning
Matthew 18:1-9
-Little children are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
-Woe to him causes others to sin
-Cut off your hand if it causes you to sin
This passage seems to echo what the sermon was about yesterday. "Better for you to enter life maimed or crippled (or ashamed) than to have two hands or two feet (and your secret safe) than to be thrown into eternal fir." I think the Lord is trying to tell me something. The past few days, as I've tried to become friends w/ my suitemates, I've just gone along w/ their joking and swearing. I don't want to become a self-righteous nut, but neither should I allow myself to be pulled into their lifestyle. Lord, help me to be a light to these people, because it's obvious they need you. Lord, help me to stay strong even when I desperately want to fit in. Finally, Lord, I ask you to send me a strong Christian friend who shares my belief in you. I'm feeling in desperate need of encouragement here!!
Evening
Thank you, Lord!! Today was awesome! I survived the M-Climb an managed to get most of the paint off me (the M doesn't look that much better, all the whitewash was on the students!!). I then had some time to go figure out my computer account, get my meningitis shot, figure out my calc credit & meet G. & G. Barr, who brought over some stuff I had left at their house, namely my glasses!! I sure missed those last night! I still don't have my schedule all figured out. By the time I got my Calc III credit figured out, the registrar had closed, but I figure I had better pick up a class, since I only have 13.5 credits now!! Consequently, I haven't bought my books yet. We also had freshman convocation, which is our formal induction ceremony into the school. I must admit I slept through most of it!! For dinner, all of us suitemates went over to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for dinner and I felt so uncomfortable. But here's the great part. After we ate dinner, we all left pretty quickly because most of the girls had to get to volleyball practice. I walked over to the FCA ice cream social, sure I was late, since it was 6:30 and everything I saw said that it started at 6:00. Well, when I got over there, there were only a few people standing around. I probably would have left, being too embarrassed to ask them if the knew anything, when I recognized a guy I had worked w/ up at a Young Life camp and who I knew was involved in FCA here at CSM. It turned out that the event didn't start until 7:00. So, I helped them set up and in the process met a bunch of cool people. It's amazing how much more comfortable I felt around the FCA people vs. those at the frat house. It is quite true that you can feel that common bond when you meet a Christian!! I don't know if I've met my "kindred spirit" quite yet, but I do know that the Lord has provided plenty of people for me to choose from. Thank you, Lord, you are so awesome. It is completely awe-inspiring how you brought all the circumstances together (me being early, knowing the one guy, etc.) so that could be encourage and meet other committed believers. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord!! No words can describe my love and respect for you!!
Matthew 18:1-9
-Little children are the greatest in the kingdom of heaven
-Woe to him causes others to sin
-Cut off your hand if it causes you to sin
This passage seems to echo what the sermon was about yesterday. "Better for you to enter life maimed or crippled (or ashamed) than to have two hands or two feet (and your secret safe) than to be thrown into eternal fir." I think the Lord is trying to tell me something. The past few days, as I've tried to become friends w/ my suitemates, I've just gone along w/ their joking and swearing. I don't want to become a self-righteous nut, but neither should I allow myself to be pulled into their lifestyle. Lord, help me to be a light to these people, because it's obvious they need you. Lord, help me to stay strong even when I desperately want to fit in. Finally, Lord, I ask you to send me a strong Christian friend who shares my belief in you. I'm feeling in desperate need of encouragement here!!
Evening
Thank you, Lord!! Today was awesome! I survived the M-Climb an managed to get most of the paint off me (the M doesn't look that much better, all the whitewash was on the students!!). I then had some time to go figure out my computer account, get my meningitis shot, figure out my calc credit & meet G. & G. Barr, who brought over some stuff I had left at their house, namely my glasses!! I sure missed those last night! I still don't have my schedule all figured out. By the time I got my Calc III credit figured out, the registrar had closed, but I figure I had better pick up a class, since I only have 13.5 credits now!! Consequently, I haven't bought my books yet. We also had freshman convocation, which is our formal induction ceremony into the school. I must admit I slept through most of it!! For dinner, all of us suitemates went over to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for dinner and I felt so uncomfortable. But here's the great part. After we ate dinner, we all left pretty quickly because most of the girls had to get to volleyball practice. I walked over to the FCA ice cream social, sure I was late, since it was 6:30 and everything I saw said that it started at 6:00. Well, when I got over there, there were only a few people standing around. I probably would have left, being too embarrassed to ask them if the knew anything, when I recognized a guy I had worked w/ up at a Young Life camp and who I knew was involved in FCA here at CSM. It turned out that the event didn't start until 7:00. So, I helped them set up and in the process met a bunch of cool people. It's amazing how much more comfortable I felt around the FCA people vs. those at the frat house. It is quite true that you can feel that common bond when you meet a Christian!! I don't know if I've met my "kindred spirit" quite yet, but I do know that the Lord has provided plenty of people for me to choose from. Thank you, Lord, you are so awesome. It is completely awe-inspiring how you brought all the circumstances together (me being early, knowing the one guy, etc.) so that could be encourage and meet other committed believers. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord!! No words can describe my love and respect for you!!
Sunday, August 18, 2002
Sunday 8/18/2002
Well, Beca, you gave me this journal so I'll try to use it, even though I'm terrible at journalling. This weekend has been rather stressful. On Friday, Mom & Dad drove me down here to CSM to move in. Patty was at practice so I didn't get to meet her, but I got to check out our room. It's nicer than the one we saw at Explore CSM, but it's still pretty small. Everything fits though, but I'll have to be sure to keep it tidy, otherwise stuff won't fit. We then went to Grandma & Grandpa Barr's to eat dinner and stay the night. Grandma Margaret came up for the evening so I got to spend some quality time talking to her. Saturday morning, Mom & I went shopping for school supplies (at a pretty dismal Super Target, I must say) and then went with Dad over to my dorm room. Patty was there so we went down to Clear Creek and found some rocks we hope are 10 lbs for the M-Climb on Monday. We then took Patty to lunch at the Q-doba in Denver West (hmm, I love the poblano pesto chicken wrap), after which we dropped her off at the dorm room and then we went back to G. & G. Barr's. The Sorrel's were up so we played Phase 10 until dinner. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, especially Westin. Then things got tense as I found out Mom & Dad weren't going to stay after dinner to finish the game. I went off to my room crying and Mom went to her room, upset as well. I don't think either of us is really prepared to be apart. Well, Mom & Dad eventually came & talked to me and then left. I must say, I was a wreck! I decided to watch Harry Potter after they left so I would be so completely tired I would fall right to sleep. Well, I did, but I had some terrible dreams. I woke up halfway through the night in a panic. Needless to say, it wasn't a very restful night! Well, we (me & G. & G. Barr) went to church this morning and then they took me out to lunch at the Imperial Gardens, a very nice Asian restaurant. Ymm, I have to enjoy these last few good meals. =) They brought me back here, changed our refrigerator door, and left. Orientation started at 2:30 and now I have my schedule, but I still have to figure out the Calc III credit. I met a lot of people, but no one who I felt I really connected with. I'm hoping that at the FCA Ice Cream social tomorrow night, I'll meet a strong Christian girl. None of my sweetmates are what I would call kindred spirits, unfortunately. They're all nice girls, but I haven't clicked with any of them. Me, being the friend lover that I am, well, I'm pretty depressed right now. There, I said it. I hate admitting that I'm sad and upset, but I am!! I'm just praying that the Lord has picked out a special friend for me. I know He knows what He's doing, but right now, that doesn't seem to help!!
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