Fall Focus

For those of you that didn't know, I attended fall focus in Brentwood this weekend. Fall Focus is when the Baptist Collegiate Ministries from all over Tennessee come together and worship, go to sessions (this year focusing on missions), and meet and interact with other colleges students. I originally was only going to be able to go on Saturday but do to certain circumstances, I was able to go the whole time.

This was a great experience. I got to talk with my friends from the BCM that I don't normally get to talk to as much here at MTSU. I met some new people and I was able to take time off from this busy schedule and focus (see the theme?) on where I am and what I'm supposed to be doing. I didn't have any obligations, I wasn't in charge of anything, I was just going and seeing what God had to say.

The turning point for me this weekend was during our morning worship time. They had all these "worship experiences" set up, and we were able to take advantage of it during worship. Me however, my first thought was I needed to get away from all the noise and journal. So I took my Bible, Journal, and a blue pen (I write only in blue pen in this journal because I am crazy) and I went outside. It was beautiful sunny weather in Brentwood that day and being outside was just what I needed. I wrote about my thoughts, what I wanted to hear this weekend, and things that have been crossing my mind. I came to the conclusion that I wanted to hear two things: One was that God will reveal to me what I need to do now that I know what he wants from me, and two was how to find opportunities to form relationships with people who don't know Christ.

God answered a lot in the very next breakout session I had. One of the main points of that session was, "Be Obedient to God in the small things, and trust him with the things you can't control." When I heard that, an old man in my head yell BINGO! All the dots lined up on that card, and it was all vertical; simple answer for what I thought was a tough question.

I kinda have a feeling on what I need to do for the next question, but I still need to figure that out. For the time being, I am going to search and pray about it.

Fall Focus was centered around living Missionally. I'm going to leave with a quote from the Blues Brothers that is very applicable to our lives.

"We're on a mission from God."

Titans, school, and peanut butter

The Titans game was awesome!!! My dad and I went after the first service (so we did go to church for all of you who called me a Heathen). We got there, got some lunch (foot-long hot dog for Dad and Bratwurst for me), and sat in our seats. They were good seats and we were shaded from the sun, so it was really cool. The people around us weren't cursing or being rude but just enjoying the game. We both had fun and it was great to see them win :-) Then we got home and watched the Broncos' game, and they won too! It was a good day for football.

When I pulled into school today I said to myself, "Uh-oh...I have a test today!" It was a Cultural Anthropology test that I just finished with 10-20 minutes ago. I think I did all right. We'll see soon. But I did have a nice lunch of Peanut Butter and Kettle Chips, so I had some Brain food to work with. At least I think it was Brain food...all I know is that it was filling.

I have to sit down and look at my schedule this week because I have four-five projects I need to be working on. They aren't too hard, just very time-consuming. Depending on how far I get with one of my projects will determine if I can go to the BCM retreat this Saturday. I don't see it being a problem.

Overall, things are going very well. I hope you all have a great rest of the week!

This one-liner is Good

I found a really funny one-liner that I have used for my Facebook status. It is, "Support bacteria, they're the only culture some people have." Isn't that funny?!? It can work on many different levels. If you are in the medical profession, science major, or like me, need a clever status update. My last one didn't really attract any responses. Silly people.

So, this post is also from the MTSU library. Do you see a pattern here?!? It's all right. I'm not super good at updating these things anyway, so this helps me to sit down and do it. I just got out of my Grammar class. I will be happy to pass this one. I will shoot for an "A" in all of my other classes, but this one I just want to pass. My problem is I just can't really explain why I do what I do. I know that it's correct, but I can't explain why it is. Using the answers, "It sounds right" Or "I put the verb in this column because it evens the page out." doesn't work very well.

On a very different note, guess who gets to go to a Titans game this Sunday?!? I got tickets from one of the guys in my Lifegroup. It was a funny moment because right when he did that someone came up to me and asked, "What do you have there?" and I replied, "A Bribe!" I am very thankful for it. Dad and I are going to go, so it should be a lot of fun. It won't be like the Jets vs. Broncos game where we were able to cheer, "J-E-T-S SUCK SUCK SUCK!" but it also won't be as cold. Which I know Dad will appreciate as well as me. I just hope all the people won't be cursing and drunk. That always makes the game less enjoyable...or more depending on if they are a happy drunk :-)

I guess that's about it for me. I'm still moving along. Senior year is very busy which is sad because it's going to be a long Senior year with my Victory Lap.

All right everyone. Be sure to vote in the upcoming election! (Unless you are voting for someone silly, then just stay home)

Dreams, Choir, Kids

I think of the several years I have been blogging, I have only submitted a couple from the MTSU library. This is one that is being submitted from the MTSU library! I am waiting for Zach to go to lunch, so I thought I would update people on my life....or at least some random things happening with me.

First off, I had one of the coolest dreams last night. You know those things they use for the luge or skeleton? You know, where it's the one guy in that sled-like contraption and he is going down hill? Well I was riding a motorized one of those across the country because I needed to make it someplace or else something bad was going to happen. I had people following me who were trying to take me out, I was stuck in horrible rains, a fire, and long stretches of no life. It even came to the point where I found a place to stay, but discovered he had a camera and was taking video for the local church who was planning on assassinating me. Why? Because my death for the church would be the one thing that would help bring unity. Weird?!? I THINK SO!!!!

I started to listen to some of the choral arrangements on my Ipod. It made me realize that I miss singing in choirs doing grand choral arrangements. I listened to, "Oh My Luv's like a Red Rose" and it reminded me of the standing ovation we got when I was in All State when we sang, "Sleep." That moment still ranks in my top 10 by the way. My schedule and everything permits me from really being in choir except for maybe certain occasions on Sunday. I'm pretty rusty anyway. But there are lots of opportunities here, so I may be taken with some of them.

I'm also going to be tutoring this semester as well as doing Junior Achievement. My Senior Year is full! I love going into classrooms though. Which is probably a good thing since that is where I will spend most of my professional career!

Other than that, I have Genesis Weekend coming up which is like an overnight youth event for Middle School. Talk about God...stay up all night...fun stuff. It's okay though. I'll have help this year :-) I'm also getting used to being part of the leadership team for Oasis. It's fun, just a whole different mindset towards the ministry than what I was used to thinking.

I hope you all have a great rest of the day!