~Re-fill~

Last night at CCF was great...it was great because God is awesome. I arrived at CCF very tired, both in mind and body. I was happy to be there but felt a sense of "disconnect" from the huge crowd...in one of those rare moods (for me at least) that I just want to walk around campus aimlessly and pray by myself.

As a side-note, I had a wonderful 3-hour conversation with Vicki last night in the wee hours that made a lot of things clear...it's so great to have a friend like that who I can share with openly, and who will share back equally open. Thanks Vicki! In rambling last night, I realized that university has really taught me to think, and that I was never a "thinking person" in high school...school for me involved virtually no thinking, but here, I mysteriously started spending more time in reflection about philisophical things - which weirded me out, because hey! All those tests say I'm 100% extroverted! I certainly don't think that's true anymore...

Anyhow, back to last night, and me in my "introverted mood". We had a Bible study about revelation from God. It became apparent to me why Jesus was often so cryptic in his teachings...because He understands how people work. They want to figure things out...even NEED to figure things out for themselves. But they can't figure out Absolute Truth on their own. So he gives them something to chew on, and they can come to a place where they are vulnerable to the Holy Spirit, who reveals to them the Truth.

I know this may seem elementary to some, and I knew most of this already, but to have it articulated so succinctly made me understand one more trait of Jesus that had previously confused me (i.e. "Then he told them not to tell anyone he was the Christ"). And so, I can once again tick off an item on my prayer list -- that in studying His word last night, that I would learn something important.

It's so cool! That's why I could read a passage in the Bible and it will sometimes only 'click' after reading it over a couple years later...because the Spirit has His timing, even with what He wants us to understand.

Wow....

~Happy Birthday Sarah~

A note for happiness and blessings today on Sarah's 22nd birthday. Miss ya Sarah, watashi no (awesome) tomodachi desu yo.

I guess I'm overdue for a bit of an update. I have been fighting a cold for over 2 weeks and it finally took over Saturday night after the Alpha conference (which was so helpful by the way!...and so nice to eat dinner with Alex, Jenny, and Yu-Ling). So, I was knocked off my feet for Sunday and slept a good 75% of the day. It was the first time I actually felt rested since before Christmas holidays. Everything happens for a reason...I'm actually quite thankful I got sick to help me re-coup from moving and Christmas travels =)

I know, I'm a weirdo!

Random thoughts of the moment...

- Thankful for my Mom and Dad
- Alpha is going to be really exciting...I know that God will do amazing things!
- Thank you to Helen for the vitamins!
- Need to start chapter questions in physical biochemistry
- Loving jazz class!
- Wishing I could join so many cell groups this term!
- Learning so much serving in CCF and happy knowing that I am where God wants me to be
- Praying hard about fishing!
- Wondering how Noella and Aimee are doing...
- Thinking about and missing the Bible Study girls in Montreal..."Jesus Goggles", Croquette, BAMMM!!!
- Adoring the proximity of home to class! (and friends ^_^ )
- Enjoying the best time with two GREAT roommates (oh how long we waited Victoria!)
- Happy birthday Sarah!

Better go pick up my laundry! Peace be with you =)

~My Second Home~

So here I am, back in Waterloo once again for another term of hard work and hard play! Quite frankly, I feel very grateful to be here at all...the weather today was so atrocious and slippery that Dad and I were almost hit by a couple of cars who couldn't stop on the highway, and we came upon around 10 accidents only a minute or two after each occurred. I am thankful that my Dad is such a good driver...if I was driving, we would have been one of the poor souls in the ditch!

So, I have my room all looked after. I was very pleasently surprised upon my arrival at UWP...they renovated! It's so much nicer than that time Victoria and I snuck in for a peak. It's so perfect now! Not only am I much closer to everything, but the digs are pretty nice as well.

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! I hope that this Christmas brought each of you one step closer to the image of Christ! Now time for sleep...