Penn State?

In less than two weeks I will start my senior year of college. I am not much closer to knowing what I want to do with my degree than when I entered college 3 years ago. I tell everyone that I’d like to be a writer or work in a corporate communications position, but that’s just my back up plan. Trouble is that my primary plan has nothing to do with my degree.

There are a couple things that I would like to do with my life.
1) Be a well-known performing and recording artist.
2) Own a shop of some sort.

The first item usually seems impossible to me, but I have a God who is completely capable of the impossible. The second item will probably be something involving food. I like food, and I like working with food, and most of my jobs have been with food.

I am not exactly sure where a bachelor’s degree from Penn State is going to be used in my life. Sometimes it seems I’m working towards something I won’t really need. It’s funny though — I know that Penn State is exactly where God wants me right now. I’m just not sure why.

Momentum Arrival!

We’ve arrived at Momentum! My dad drove the kids and I drove our cargo van the whole way here. I think we’re all pretty worn out from the drive. It’s looking to be a great week, and we’re all excited to be here!

Zues, Josh and I had a little party this evening. Since conference hasn’t officially started, there are technically no rules .

Love the Lord your God

with all your heart
This means your emotions. Your feelings and desires should be primarily for His will. Selfish desires and wants are important to Him, but they are secondary to His plan. The joy of your heart should not come from the fulfillment of your requests to Him, but rather because His plan is perfect.

and with all your soul
This means your life. We have been created with a life that can choose to seek God, His salvation, and His ways. We need to entrust the path of our physical life to Him, and truly love Him through our life by obeying His commands.

and with all your mind.
This means your thoughts. Sometimes wrong thoughts occur to us spontaneously, and we can not do anything about that. But we can choose to continue pursuing that thought or dismiss it from our mind. We need to make sure that our thoughts are pure and glorifying to God.

–Matthew 22:37