and the adventure continues

Well it certainly has been a long time since my last post here.  I have been rather busy with homework and study, not to mention being a father.  The semster is coming to an end.  There are only 5 more weeks with the 5th week being for finals.  So far in all my classes I am receiving an A.  I have certainly worked hard.  I'm already registered for the next semster taking 2 classes:  Human Physiology and Nutrition/Diet Therapy.  Physiology is the study of the function of human anatomy and I'm really excited and looking forward to it.  I'm currently in Human Anatomy and am simply in awe at this work of art by our God called the human being.  Also this spring I'm hoping to have the funds available to take a 6 week CNA training program offerd by LMC.  This will prepare me for the state exam so I can earn the certification and get a job as a CNA.  I'm thinking I will most likely be working at a nursing home/long-term care facility.  I may even work third shift so I can continue attending school.  We'll see.

Please pray for my family and I as we continue on this wild and crazy adventure together.

What a ride!

Wow...it has been such a loooooooooong time since I've posted here.  Too long perhaps.  My life has been a whirlwind of taking steps and emotions too much to write down here.  I'll just say it has confirmed what I've heard said before, and this is anything worth doing is going to be hard.

My semester back a college has so far proven to be a challenge, but worth it.  I do have to devout much time for homework and study.  It has all been worth it as my grades reflect it.

Something that Jesus spoke that is written in Matthew 6 has really captured my attention recently and now I hold to heart passionately.  He said not to worry about anything because our Father in Heaven will take care of us.  He knows what we need and when we need it.  All I need to do is seek Him first.

And now, back to study.

LIfe can be real scary

Well...I've been laid off since the end of September and while I have been searching for jobs and applying for them, I still haven't a new job.  I am going back to college to pursue a Nursing degree so I can become an RN, but still have bills to pay.  I do not know what will happen next, and it scares me.  The only comfort I have is knowing that God is always with me and will never leave me nor forsake me.  I trust God will take care of things, I just don't know how or when.  I can only take life one day at a time now.

Parenthood: The adventure is just beginning

Well parenthood is indeed an adventure.  You just never know what is going to happen next.  One day can be wonderful with amazing 'firsts' for the little one.  Another day can leave you exhausted and frustrated.  All in all, it is well worth it.  You just have to take the good with the bad.  I can't even imagine who and what my little princess will grow up into.

God v. the world

As you know, and if you don't you do now, my last day of employment is tomorrow.  It is indeed a time of trial on my soul as well as on my lovely wife.  Sure it appears something bad is happening, but with God there is always more than meets the eye.  I believe God is closing this door so that I may enter into another one.  This next door, I believe anyway, is the pathway for me to become an RN.  I am at least exploring the possibility of returning to school and get the education in Nursing to pursue a career as an RN.  I also believe this path will certainly challenge and develop me to become all that more like Christ.  I don't know how I'm going to get there, but I do know I must desperately depend on God to come through.

 

I also don't want to boast about how I get there because of such and such government assistance or whatever.  No, I want to boast about how it was all God who showed up and came through working all things together.  His word teaches us that He does work in all things for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).  So if it is His purpose for me to become an RN, He will indeed make it happen.  All thoughout His word He shows up and comes through over and over again and again.  He came through for Abraham, and for Joseph, and for David, and for Gideon, and so many more!  I want to believe He will show up for me, but it is hard.  Mind and heart just don't get along sometimes.

 

So yes, I don't want to depend on government to have my bills paid and food bought and all the other household expenses.  I only want to depend on God!  Besides, with what I'm reading now in the book of Isaiah (somewhere around chapters 30-40) our Heavenly Father doesn't like it when we go to depend on some government or another nation (Egypt) for provisions.  He wants us to depend on Him, to come to Him first, to seek His kingdom first!  So...that's what I'm going to do, pursue Him like a passionate lover after a captivating beauty!

 

 

I do ask that you pray for my wife, daughter and I asking God to show up and do what He loves to do for us.

There is always more than meets the eye

We've all heard it before, "Don't judge a book by its cover."  This is very true, especially with people.  You simply cannot assume anything about people.  While it may not be apparent, even to ourselves, there is so much depth to us all.  The hard part is building up the courage to engage the journey to discover just what is underneath.  Circumstances are like this too.  A circumstance may appear one way, but be something else altogether.  Sometime we don't know until after something happens.  Then we're like, "Oh, that wasn't as bad as I thought."  Or, "That was worse than I thought."  You just never know.

Computers are fickle too.  I have one right now that refuses to boot up.  So I don't know what is going on.  I'm going to have to spend much time troubleshooting and exploring what the problem is.  My gut tells me it got a virus.  Who knows.  Only time will reveal the truth.

Oh how He loves me!

Yes!  Above and beyond everything else, God loves me!  No matter what the circumstances, God loves me...and He loves all of you too (psst...take a look at John 3:16 for starters).  We really have nothing to worry about because God is bigger than all things and all circumstances in this world.  There is no circumstance that God cannot handle.  He is bigger than all of that.  So when the goings get tough, just remember:  Oh how He loves me!