This time four years ago I had just moved to Seguin and was days away from my 1st semester of school @ TLU. Fast forward to today and it has been a whirlwind of experiences. Tomorrow is my last 1st day of my undergrad career. I'm excited and anxious. Excited to learn and anxious to get started and do well. The prospects of what I'll learn in field this semester seems to line up perfectly.
At Camp Fire, the majority of my work will be at a macro level of service. Grant writing, program development and organizing, etc. Though an individual component will be included, for the most part the day to day work will be more focused at the organizational level. That's exciting to me because my desire is to establish a non profit one day so getting the exposure now to some of the core pieces of an organization is exactly what I need. My previous experience and future study in the Masters program in clinical social work will equip me with the individual level skills that I want to further develop...this internship this semester will provide the skills from other side of the spectrum that I need.
The semester is going to fly...I'm ready to get started...I'm ready to finish...I'm ready to jump into grad school...and finish that too!! I'm ready to move forward. But I can't look too far forward yet...I still need to focus, one day at a time!
The best is yet to come!
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Instructions
One of my favorite verses this past year or so has been Ps 27:14...
"Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD."
This is how we should handle every situation. 1st...wait for the Lord...this means seek Him, trust Him enough to wait..this does NOT give us permission to be idle however. We are to be still & wait, but that requires action (the seeking) while being idle does not. After we seek God? 2nd...be strong (in Him) & take heart (this has to do with trust again!). When we take heart in Him our response should be to be bold in whatever it is He leads us to! God doesn't want us to move ahead of Him, but He certainly doesn't want us to be left behind either...so after we seek we need to move forward in confidence! 3rd..we wait on God again! Yep...after we seek Him and move, He follows it up again with the command to wait...to trust! After you have stepped out in obedience God reminds us that trust is still required through the ENTIRE process..not just in the intial step of faith. Circumstances may not seem to be coming together we had expected it to, but we cannot be moved by what we see...it takes trust in every step.
So in everything...wait on God...be strong & take heart...then wait on Him again!
"Wait for the LORD;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the LORD."
This is how we should handle every situation. 1st...wait for the Lord...this means seek Him, trust Him enough to wait..this does NOT give us permission to be idle however. We are to be still & wait, but that requires action (the seeking) while being idle does not. After we seek God? 2nd...be strong (in Him) & take heart (this has to do with trust again!). When we take heart in Him our response should be to be bold in whatever it is He leads us to! God doesn't want us to move ahead of Him, but He certainly doesn't want us to be left behind either...so after we seek we need to move forward in confidence! 3rd..we wait on God again! Yep...after we seek Him and move, He follows it up again with the command to wait...to trust! After you have stepped out in obedience God reminds us that trust is still required through the ENTIRE process..not just in the intial step of faith. Circumstances may not seem to be coming together we had expected it to, but we cannot be moved by what we see...it takes trust in every step.
So in everything...wait on God...be strong & take heart...then wait on Him again!
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