REST....at last!
I am done finals for this semester! Yaaaaayyyy! ((Dancing and bunny hopping....thank You God, thank YOU for carrying me thru)). It has been a pretty fun week and a half or so though. I got to go to Van Dusen Gardens for the Festival of Lights twice and it was amazingly beautiful....went for a massage and facial on Sat (I know, rough life).....church young adults dinner (yay! finally got to meet and know some people)....and a friend's party and Bubble tea! So, even though this exam season has been drawn out, it has been fun to sneak in some good times lately.I feel really crappy about not being all Christmas-y though....there are so many things I wish I had a chance to have done, especially get some Christmas cards out. I also wanted to make this a really special Christmas because it will probably be the last one I spend in Vancouver for the next two years due to Stinting and travelling. It will be difficult next year to be in a place without lights and carols and celebration. When I think about it, it makes me really sad. I will miss my friends and family so much as well.
Even so, I also know that being away will have its perks. I am looking forward to discovering a deeper meaning to Christmas, and really celebrating it by spending more time in worship to God for the most beautiful gift ever given to us: our source of salvation. I know that the lights and songs and gifts can actually be a way of glorifying Him, but I am definitely guilty of letting them blind me from truly coming before God and thanking Him for the birth of Christ. When I am away I have a feeling that the lyrics to the songs, the symbolism of the lights etc etc will take on more meaning than ever. Yet for now, I pray that I don't get deceived by thinking that I have to go away for this enlightenment. I pray that I can grasp and wrap my soul around the heart of Christmas this year instead of relying on the future to draw me closer to Him. This, I am aware, can be accomplished partially through an act of my will, and largely by succumbing to His grace.
"The hopes and fears of all the years are met in Thee tonight. Amen."
posted by SarHa @ 11:31 PM
6 Comments:
FREEEEEEEEE! oh, very profound stuff you wrote. No christmas with you next year - so, so sad :( Well, enjoy this year's! I'm so gonna miss you when you're gone for the year...ok, suck it up and deal with it...ya, ya, ya.
I’m just some random that was reading your blog. That sounds kinda weird now that I think about it. I was reading some of your posts and I thought they were awesome because of how openly you speak about your faith, and God’s involvement in every aspect of your life. I felt compelled to say so. I was surprised to read that you live in slurrey, (I’ll save the jokes cause I’m sure you’ve heard them all) which is pretty close to my neck of the woods. I’m a burnaby boy. I go to willingdon church, dunno if you have heard of it…If not you damn well should have!!!!!LOL I’m pretty sure you should come check it out some time. Here’s my email/msn jaygiff2@hotmail.com . , it will change your life! HA!
P.S. I’m a 63 year old fat bald guy that lives on the internet. Well if you’re not laughing, I am. LOL
Jason G.
i miss youuuu - counting the dayz. Happy new year!
Hi Sarah,
My names Will, and I'm not really sure how this whole blogger thing works. I was told by one of my (at this point, but i'm praying it'll change) non-believing friends who apparently "blogs" (???) to look at your profile cause apparently you sound perfect for me. So I read it and some of your blogs and you sound very solid (faith wise as well as in alot of other areas), which is awesome! I go to Northview Church, as well as go to UCFV in Abbotsford as a Business Student. I am under a soccer scholarship there which is nice, definitely eases the financial stress of school. It's alot of fun; discouraging at times cause i felt God tugging at my heart to go there, not for soccer but for the guys (who are now my teammates). Its been tough at times, i've got them out to church with me a couple times. Its kinda funny cause i'm now known as the "non-drinking, christian virgin"...which is fine by me cause they actual help hold me accountable as i hold them accountable cause i've explained to them countless times why i uphold the values i have and they've told me that they respect that so they will try to keep me out of temptations way, which is cool as well cause they've said they think more about where they're headed and find my values and my relationship with Christ all very interesting. so yeah i'm pushing to plant seeds, may not see any harvest, but thats ok. some day i hope to :) anyway, i read your whole "non dating" clause or "blog" and don't get me wrong thats not why i'm writing this despite my friends urge for me to read your profile. I feel quite similar along many of those lines you discussed and have gone through and am going through a similar thing right now were i'm fully satisfied not dating or being in a relationship. i don't do the blog thing, don't have a blog profile or whatever its called, but my email is phat_patch@hotmail.com if you ever feel like chatting. i'll explain the email address so that it doesn't freak you out. I have a cat. his name is Patches (he's a black and white mongrul...hes awesome). He's also HUGE!...some say fat (hence the phat) but really he's just a 20 pound big boned beauty! so I put the big cat named Patch together and came up with ... phat_patch@hotmail.com
Hope to hear from you. Take care Sarah, enjoy your school break and happy new year.
~Will
teehee, sarah's getting admirers on her blog. Awwwe.
Hey guys, um thanks to the two people here that posted.....glad to know that I can encourage some people I dunno, hehe. Um, so, maybe I will email you sometime soon. Just gotta lot going on right now! But, yeah, awesome to hear from you. And yeah.....I know quite a few people at Willingdon. I also have some friends who go to UCFV. Kewl.
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