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Easter Thoughts

Today is Good Friday.  When I was a kid, Good Friday was little more than the day off before Easter.  While I understood what the day meant, I didn’t feel the significance of the day.  I’m glad that I feel the significance of the day now.

Good Friday and Easter are part of the core beliefs of Christians.  That God sent his son to die on the cross for our sins, and that three days later, he rose from the dead with all power in His hands.  This morning as I prayed, part of my prayer was for God to continuously help me to be mindful of the sacrifice.  And while I do want to be mindful of the sacrifice, I also want to continuously be mindful of the power of God.

Part of the Good Friday story is one, that I believe, represents struggle.  Yet Jesus, who was ever mindful of his purpose endures the struggle so that the purpose and the prophecy may be fulfilled.  That’s a lesson for all of us- we will endure many challenges on the road to our purpose.  However, we must stay diligent and endure so that our own purpose and the prophecy over our own life may be fulfilled.

I am limited.  I am a human with very real limitations and inabilities.  Yet, I serve a God who is completely limitless in the range of things that He can do.  As I reflect on how God has moved in my life, just over the past weeks and months, I’m in awe.  And for me, that is the other side of the Easter story- the power of God to accomplish anything.  The resurrection of Christ, for those who don’t belief, is perhaps a bunch of loony crap.  But for me, it fully encompasses the ultimate sacrifice and simultaneously expresses the love and power of God.

My prayer is that I’m always mindful and thankful of God’s expression of love; and that my heart is always open enough to yield to Him so that His power may work in my life.


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More About Me

Part of the reason that I love to spend time alone, is because I enjoy my own thoughts.  Some of these I share with others, some I don’t; and of course, there are reasons for that.  However, in the last couple of days, I’ve realized some things about me that I’m willing to share:

  1. I wish I could have a job that would allow me to talk with my friends every day.
  2. Life is about being thankful.  Being thankful leads to happiness.
  3. I am terrified that I may one day run into the end of the internet.
  4. Television, though appreciated, is overrated.
  5. I don’t regret things that at one point, made me happy.  I take the lessons, accept the fact that I have grown from the experience, and move on.
  6. I’m on a mission to have the highest quality of life possible- surrounded by people who love me, and who are also pursuing their purpose and their dreams with the same intensity that I am.
  7. Cereal and cupcakes are a part of my balanced diet when on vacation.  I generally maintain a kosher diet while I’m at work, so vacations are okay for splurges.
  8. North Carolina basketball is the stuff that dreams are made of.  Seriously.
  9. I’m generally bad at keeping in touch with people because I hate feeling like the burden of keeping in touch should be mine.  At the same time, if it’s a burden, perhaps I shouldn’t keep in touch with you anyhow.
  10. I’m more organized inwardly than outwardly.  I partially think that if I could organize as well outwardly as I do inwardly, I would be insanely OCD.
  11. After being pretty far away from my family for the last 4 years, there’s a part of me that wants to be home.
  12. I think that I would be an awesome mother and wife- partially because I desire to, but moreso because I see wonderful examples of Christan wives and mothers who inspire me daily.
  13. I constantly remind myself that who I am is not limited to my occupation.
  14. I think that God is going to allow me to live a long, full life; mostly because of His favor, grace, and mercy; but also because He has given me so many dreams.
  15. While I reflect on my times at UNC with great joy because of the people I met, I often feel that my time at UGA was a bit isolating and more introspective.  At the same time, I experienced great personal growth while at UGA, which made it worthwhile.  I have yet to determine how I feel about my time in Florida, other than it’s made me realize that I’m a lot stronger than I thought.