Great Expectations

We all have things we want and expect God to do. When we go on mission trips, we expect God to move in a mighty and powerful way. But what about at school, work and the grocery store? Do we expect God to move there? In life its easy to have a routine and become complacent.We feel that because its not an extraordinary situation then it does not require God. When we place God in a box we are only hurting ourselves. By placing limits on the Creator of the universe then it gives sin a foothold. It can lead us to doubt God's sovereignty and create doubts and fear. Its a topic I have come to encounter in my own life because there are people I want so badly to know Christ but I forget that it takes a willing heart to extent that friendship or asking the hard questions. God wants to us every single one of us in his plans but he is not going force us to. He is the God of the universe so he can accomplish his plans how ever he wants. However he chooses to give us the opportunity to be his vessel. If we expect God to show up then he will but we have to be watching for it.

Joyfully
Joannah

Why I love college reason # 44: Professors who say rules are more like guidelines.

Cupcakes, Muffins, and Purpose

Oatmeal muffins are great. So are zucchini muffins. A chocolate chip muffin: not so much. A chocolate chip muffin is a cupcake with an identity crisis. There are a few differences between these closely relates foods. Muffins are more dense then cupcakes. The recipes have similar bases of flour, sugar, etc. The key difference is when they are consumed. Cupcakes are for dessert while muffins are for breakfast or as a side for dinner. They serve a different purpose.  What is your purpose? As a follower of Jesus Christ, my purpose is to glorify my Savior. How that looks practically is not up to me. Part of following is trusting your leader has everything together. With God, he has everything together. He is not up in heaven saying "oops I really dropped the ball on that". Everyone is searching for their purpose in life. In order to find our purpose, we often look everywhere but up. We try to find our purpose in something we are not. We each were designed with the purpose of serving God but sometimes we find ourselves getting sidetracked. Like the chocolate chip muffin, we do not serve our purpose if we try to change. So are you going to serve your purpose? Or are you going to be a chocolate chip muffin and find a new one?

Joyfully,

Joannah

Why I love college reason #5: It is acceptable to survive on pretzels and Dr Pepper.

Tim Hawkins Videos

Tim Hawkins is a christian comedian who has tons of videos of youtube. He pokes fun at common christian stereotypes.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Tim on Different Churchs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTzu3UQ27aU&feature=related

Tim on Hand Sanitizer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzxlv5vdN9I&feature=related

And my personal favorite Tim on Corporate Worship Songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYaTSbCGY50

Joyfully
Joannah

Why I love college reason #4: Events such as Wear Red, Get Fed. Free food for wearing red. Free stuff is good.

rain does not equal straight hair

It never fails. Every time  I straighten my hair, it rains. Let me correct that, every time I think about straightening my hair, it rains. Guess what happend today, yes it rained/poured/misted. Please take your pick. Sometimes that is the way life goes. Sometimes thats the way God goes too. I know from personal experience how easy it is to put God in a box. Yep thats right, me, the mortal, trying to put the perfect, holy, almighty God in a box. Its laughable truly, I know but since I don't have the big picture I don't understand all of the details. God does what he wants and I am great with that. If I really ran the world, it would not be pretty. If you don't believe me, according to Isaiah 46:10 ¹⁰ I make known the end from the beginning,  from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’

Joyfully
Joannah


Why I love college reason number #3: Chickfila is with in walking distance of almost everywhere.

One of my favorite songs is You're Beautiful by Phil Wickham. Here is the link to the video on youtube.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSCeYfA3seE


I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You're beautiful

I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It's all proclaiming who You are
You're beautiful, You're beautiful

I see you there hanging on a tree
You bled and then you died and then you rose again for me
Now you are sitting on Your heavenly throne
Soon we will be coming home
You're beautiful, you're beautiful

When we arrive at eternity's shore
Where death is just a memory and tears are no more
We'll enter in as the wedding bells ring
Your bride will come together and we will sing
You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful

I see Your face, You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful
I see Your face, You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful
I see Your face, I see Your face
I see Your face, You're beautiful, You're beautiful, You're beautiful




Joyfully,
Joannah






Why I love college reason #2 - Professors can and do cancel class.

First Post!

Hey everyone! I have been wanting to start a blog for sometime but it was just until now that I finally found the time to make it happen. One thing I have learned is how much I love to communicate. Well, I have found how much I love to listen and be there for people. Well almost as much as I love talking. With this blog, I wanted to keep you involved with my life. Anything I talk about is coming from personal experience. Its so important to just talk so we do not get caught believing we are the only ones who have ever dealt with any specific situation.

One of friends told me how I see metaphors in everything and its pretty true. My church at state meets on campus. It just reminds me that we do not have to be in a "church" to meet with God. He created everything so technically you are meeting with God everywhere. Because of the resurrection, there are no special things to say, do, or problems to solve to prove our worth. I am joking about the last one. In the days of the old testament and a portion of the new testament, the only way to communicate with God was to go through a priest. Today we can talk to God anytime we want to with out having to jump through hoops to do so. I encourage you to take a pause and thank God for his accessibility to us.

Joy and Peace

Joannah

Psalm 138:1-3