With an injury, depending on the severity, comes many emotions: fragility in my injured body, frustration that comes with the inability to do “simple” tasks, embarrassment, determination, just to name a few. These “simple” things become so mundane, we forget to thank God for them. Sadly, not until God temporarily took away my ability to walk on two feet, did I fully appreciate the gift of being able to physically walk. In midst of these circumstances, one feeling I did not expect to have from the injury was joy. Joy in knowing that there is a heavenly body awaiting me at the gates of gold. That although there is much pain and suffering in this world, we carry on and live joyfully in faith with eyes fixed on the coming of our Savior and King. “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.”-James 1:2-3
Update on what happened this past Friday at Wooden. Teammate stole the ball threw an outlet pass to me, I drove left and went up for a layup, and the opposing player fouled me up in chest area and my face. Suddenly my upper body was falling backwards and my right leg was straight up in the air. My left foot touches the ground first, then the rest of my body came crashing down on it. It was too much weight for my foot to handle, so the ankle gave out. I think it’s a sprain… hopefully that’s all it is.
Just enrolled for the last classes of my college career. Yikes senior year is ending quickly. Senior year has been busy and seems to only get busier as time goes on, but all to the glory of God…well hopefully I’ve been able to be faithful in that. Tack on work starting on Tuesday and that equals some busy times ahead. Busyness tends to bring out the worst in me sometimes. The danger of focusing too much on the busyness and not on God, forgetting to care enough about others, thinking about what I need to do next, being impatient, being terse with people, among probably other things. These all boil down to selfishness. Selfishness being an exalting of oneself, therefore a lack of humility. Well this is what Peter has to say about it:
What a comforting promise that is, that we ought to humble ourselves before Him and cast our anxieties on Him BECAUSE HE CARES FOR US. What a boundless love it is.
Another year wiser? I can only hope to strive to learn and understand more of what Solomon writes in Provers 1:7 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” Wow I’m 22 now. 21 is supposed to be a landmark year and in many ways it was. What a crazy year, lots of challenges, , lots of sin, lots of growth, a lot learned, and grace that abounded it all. Too much for this one page. Here’s to another year of blessed life. Thank you Lord, and thank You for family and friends.
well potentially… with this Linguistics degree from the illustrious institution of UCLA I will be starting an internship as a Financial Advisor of all things. First thing people say when I tell them I got a job: “you got that with ling?? how??” Funny how things work out, I guess I have ET to partially thank for that.
Proverbs 3:5-6 is so true: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight”
The whole job search/planning for your future can bring out the worst anxieties in people. I for one had some of those fears, many of them this past summer, but if it’s one thing I’ve learned through this is: why worry? Matthew 6 Jesus tells us not to worry about tomorrow because each day has enough trouble of its own and to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all things will be added to us. God will and has always provided for all our needs, so why do we so often lack trust and feel anxious?
Funny how I posted on the subject of anxiety nearly 2 years ago http://jdeezy.blogspot.com/2007/03/stop-being-so-stubborn.html I guess God still has a lot to teach me…
The start of Christmas break has been such a blessing so far. Spending this past weekend in norcal was a BLAST, and the best was being able to spend it with friends. Whenever I get to go out somewhere is an adventure in it of itself because I’ve pretty much been a homebody since I was little (though not by choice!, don’t get me wrong, I do love experiencing new things!). After spending some time to look back at this weekend, remembering funny things that happened, etc, I realized that without the friends I have, much of it wouldn’t have been possible. God has definitely blessed me with the relationships I have made the past few years, especially in school, and to think that in less than half a year, I’ll be out of here, never to come back to the books, studying, apartment, and possibly the fellowship and church I’ve called home for the past few years. It’s a sad reality at first, and accepting the fact that the amount of time left here is getting shorter and shorter and there’s nothing I can do about it. But with great joy I can say that by the grace of God, my relationship with Him is not like those I have here. Though the relationships I have here on earth may be constantly changing over time, and we can be swayed every which way, my Savior is constant and unchanging.
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8
