I am doing so well! Friends are good, life is good, weather is GORGE.
I got a 41/50 on my math midterm.. not as well as a I would have hoped, but an honorable score.. :)
I’m working on 16.3 right now in the library. I just talked to my “Study Session” leader about becoming a study session leader for next quarter and it seems like that is going to be a great option for a job for me.. flexible hours, teaching experience, math... I think it will be great!
So when I first got here, on one of the first weekends, there was an evening “Java Jam” on Santa Lucia’s back lawn. There were people performing and I wanted to join in, so I grabbed my guitar and signed up for one of the slots. I asked that God would change the atmosphere through me and that people would see the light in me.
Recently, I received an e-mail asking me to play for another open mic event for the halls this weekend! I replied that I would love to, and so, I will be doing that on Friday evening! Please pray that it would not be about me, but that the people listening would be radically touched by God. mm. amen.
I miss you guys so much and CANNOT WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS!!! WHOO HOOOO! It’s only like 8 weeks away until I’ll be home! I should start a countdown.
OooooohH!!!!
7 weeks and 1 day
!!
LOOOVE,
-Jess <><
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
In Sickness and In Health
I think I’m getting sick.. beginnings of a sore throat.. bummer! I’m trying to adjust my sleeping patterns and begin to live more healthily with regards to what I eat and the activities I do (more exercise).
With each of you as my witness, I am committed to getting to bed before 11:00 every night and waking up early to have some intense alone time in the morning before I start my day. I will choose to eat more fruits and veggies and eat only when I’m hungry. I will take better care of my body and exercise more frequently (e.g. take walks, bike rides, hikes, runs and stretch more).
As much as I’m doing this physical overhaul, I’m really showing on the outside what’s happening on the inside. God is taking me through this rigorous process of cleaning me out. Praise you Jesus. I love you.
He’s teaching me SO much about love, life, happiness, trust, focus, spirit, truth...
Pray that I have the strength to take all this instruction and learn it with every fiber of my being.
Update on my mind (since you got physical, and spiritual, let’s throw an emotional in there :) I have a ticket home and back for Christmas break! I was SOOOOO excited to see that beautiful itinerary. I’m already getting so pumped to come home and be with you in the lovely Tri-Cities winter. : )
It’s October and feels like May here. : ) Pumpkins, scarves, hot chai tea lattes??? Where art thou?
I want my spark back. I want to be so passionate about life. I’m on the track back into physical, spiritual, and emotional health, but it’s a CONSTANT battle, so your prayers and thoughts are much appreciated!
With each of you as my witness, I am committed to getting to bed before 11:00 every night and waking up early to have some intense alone time in the morning before I start my day. I will choose to eat more fruits and veggies and eat only when I’m hungry. I will take better care of my body and exercise more frequently (e.g. take walks, bike rides, hikes, runs and stretch more).
As much as I’m doing this physical overhaul, I’m really showing on the outside what’s happening on the inside. God is taking me through this rigorous process of cleaning me out. Praise you Jesus. I love you.
He’s teaching me SO much about love, life, happiness, trust, focus, spirit, truth...
Pray that I have the strength to take all this instruction and learn it with every fiber of my being.
Update on my mind (since you got physical, and spiritual, let’s throw an emotional in there :) I have a ticket home and back for Christmas break! I was SOOOOO excited to see that beautiful itinerary. I’m already getting so pumped to come home and be with you in the lovely Tri-Cities winter. : )
It’s October and feels like May here. : ) Pumpkins, scarves, hot chai tea lattes??? Where art thou?
I want my spark back. I want to be so passionate about life. I’m on the track back into physical, spiritual, and emotional health, but it’s a CONSTANT battle, so your prayers and thoughts are much appreciated!
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Bye!
I love you guys... sorry I haven't been blogging much!
I am on my way out of the Tri-Cities for a while. I'll be going to California with my mom and sister on Monday morning this next week! Cal Poly here I come!
I'll be taking a two math classes and a physics class and an "Orientation to the Math Major" class.
That's right folks, I'm switching to a Math major!
:)
No longer will I be pursuing architecture as the career of my dreams, but will now be taking tons of math classes to hopefully become a math teacher. I've always loved math and loved teaching and.. teaching math. :)
This change is totally God and I feel incredible peace about the decision.
SO, linear algebra, new friends, and living on my own... all new experiences. Happening within the next couple of weeks! Wow!
Thanks to all for your support and love. You mean the world to me. God bless each and every one.
MUAH,
- Jess <><
I am on my way out of the Tri-Cities for a while. I'll be going to California with my mom and sister on Monday morning this next week! Cal Poly here I come!
I'll be taking a two math classes and a physics class and an "Orientation to the Math Major" class.
That's right folks, I'm switching to a Math major!
:)
No longer will I be pursuing architecture as the career of my dreams, but will now be taking tons of math classes to hopefully become a math teacher. I've always loved math and loved teaching and.. teaching math. :)
This change is totally God and I feel incredible peace about the decision.
SO, linear algebra, new friends, and living on my own... all new experiences. Happening within the next couple of weeks! Wow!
Thanks to all for your support and love. You mean the world to me. God bless each and every one.
MUAH,
- Jess <><
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Surrender... What does that mean?
All to You
I surrender
Everything, every part of me
All to You
I surrender
All of my dreams, all of me
- Surrender
What does surrender look like?
Well, it looks humble, given over to God, selfless, free.
This is the automatic outflow of asking God to take it all.
Father, you gave everything, now I, Father, give you everything.
Lord bless people I meet today. Let them receive a God-touch just by breathing the same air.
Love you Daddy,
- Jess <><
p.s. worship music is so powerful
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I surrender
Everything, every part of me
All to You
I surrender
All of my dreams, all of me
- Surrender
What does surrender look like?
Well, it looks humble, given over to God, selfless, free.
This is the automatic outflow of asking God to take it all.
Father, you gave everything, now I, Father, give you everything.
Lord bless people I meet today. Let them receive a God-touch just by breathing the same air.
Love you Daddy,
- Jess <><
p.s. worship music is so powerful
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Brokenness
Father, bring me to a state of brokenness. I am so full of myself sometimes. Almost all the time.
God, you and you alone are deserving of praise. Not I, not anyone on this earth can comprehend your vast greatness and mercy. You loved me first. I can't believe you could love me like this.
The following pieces from an excerpt out of Real FamilyLife magazine (Nov. 1997) have hugely convicted me of my desperate need for brokenness and repentance.
The Beauty of Brokenness
Proud people look down on others.
Broken people esteem all others better than self
Proud people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit.
Broken people have a dependent spirit and recognize the need for others.
Proud people need to maintain control: must be my way.
Broken people surrender control
Proud people have to prove that they are right.
Broken people are willing to yield the right to be right!
Proud people have a desire to be a success.
Broken people have the desire to be faithful to make others a success.
Proud people feel confident in how much they know.
Broken people are humbled by how much they have to learn
Proud people are self-conscious.
Broken people are not concerned with self at all.
Proud people are concerned with being "respectable"
Broken people are concerned with being real
Proud people are concerned about what others think
Broken people know that all that matters is what God knows
Proud people compare themselves with others and feel deserving of honor.
Broken people compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel desperate need for mercy
WOW.
That last one is incredibly convicting.
God is SO big. He is so LOVE. Let him deal with your pride.
We are entering a rapidly-moving, humility-requiring, intense spiritual era on this earth. The ball is rolling, but we need to make sure our hearts are clean and ready to move with Him.
The Lion, Jesus, has awakened my heart.
Let's roll.
God, you and you alone are deserving of praise. Not I, not anyone on this earth can comprehend your vast greatness and mercy. You loved me first. I can't believe you could love me like this.
The following pieces from an excerpt out of Real FamilyLife magazine (Nov. 1997) have hugely convicted me of my desperate need for brokenness and repentance.
The Beauty of Brokenness
Proud people look down on others.
Broken people esteem all others better than self
Proud people have an independent, self-sufficient spirit.
Broken people have a dependent spirit and recognize the need for others.
Proud people need to maintain control: must be my way.
Broken people surrender control
Proud people have to prove that they are right.
Broken people are willing to yield the right to be right!
Proud people have a desire to be a success.
Broken people have the desire to be faithful to make others a success.
Proud people feel confident in how much they know.
Broken people are humbled by how much they have to learn
Proud people are self-conscious.
Broken people are not concerned with self at all.
Proud people are concerned with being "respectable"
Broken people are concerned with being real
Proud people are concerned about what others think
Broken people know that all that matters is what God knows
Proud people compare themselves with others and feel deserving of honor.
Broken people compare themselves to the holiness of God and feel desperate need for mercy
WOW.
That last one is incredibly convicting.
God is SO big. He is so LOVE. Let him deal with your pride.
We are entering a rapidly-moving, humility-requiring, intense spiritual era on this earth. The ball is rolling, but we need to make sure our hearts are clean and ready to move with Him.
The Lion, Jesus, has awakened my heart.
Let's roll.
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