The deep breath before the plunge…. October 24, 2008

This is a summer project through Campus Crusades for Christ. It is in Unganda, working with orphans and reaching out to the locals for 2 weeks.  These dates do include travel time so it will be about 8 days in country…November 1st is when registration starts so there will be more up dates about this adventure of mine once that happens…

http://gosummerproject.com/showproject.php?id=597

 Ok so update. As of right now I am Not going on this trip because they have changed the dates so that it interferes with my finals. I am now looking into my second option of going to Central America with Jeff and Nancy. Which I am actually super excited about and am also trying to talk my roommate from last year into going with me too.

Web page October 23, 2008

you should go check out my web pages that i had to make for my CS class. the Potter’s Hand Photography link is a page of my favorite pics that I have taken : )

http://studentweb.montana.edu/josie.burnfield/

October 18, 2008

Isaiah 53:3-6

He was despised and rejected–a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest

grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went

by. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he

carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his

troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins! But he was wounded

and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was

whipped, and we were healed! All of us have strayed away like sheep. We

have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the guilt

and sins of us all.

 

“The blood was his, the tears was mine”

-Some WIldflower in my Heart

One love October 18, 2008

Isaiah 49:16

See, I have written your name on my hand.

I just like this verse because it reminds me of when girls write the name of the boy that they like on their hands, and everything else for that matter. It makes me realize how much I am loved. The hole in Jesus’ hands is my name and it will be there forever. When he died on the cross and I accepted that gift my name was added to those who already had theirs on Jesus’ hand, those holes are there because of me but he would have it no other way.

 

 

Isaiah 30:15 October 18, 2008

Isaiah 30:15

This is what the Sovereign Lord,
      the Holy One of Israel, says:
   “Only in returning to me
      and waiting for me will you be saved.
   In quietness and confidence is your strength…

Talkin’ the talk October 18, 2008

Isaiah 29:13

And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.”

 

This is so often the down fall of Christianity. People who are not believers see people who say that they are Christians but the way they live their lives would suggest otherwise. I have seen many examples of this complaint while living on campus, my roommate for example. She believes in a God but does is not sure about the whole “organized religion” thing because she has seen so many people who are in the front row of church every Sunday but as soon as they walk back into their everyday lives, they become a different person all together. She sees the hypocrisy and associates that with the character of God, not with the flaws of people. This is one of the saddest and most devastating truths to me about the world that we live in. Those around us that believe in a God but refuse to accept him because of our short comings and failures, not His. People see the hypocrisy and then reject our faith because we are not genuine and truthful. We are challenged to be different but not a weird different. Our eccentricity should be something that is desired, not mocked. We are called to reflect the character of God, his love, kindness and truthfulness and when we fail to do this we not only hurt ourselves but we also may be leading others away from a faith that is life changing and the most important thing they will ever discover. It’s a scary thought but it is the truth. We are God’s people and His light to the world so lets do our best in reflecting that while still being open and honest about our failures and shortcomings.

 

This little light of mine October 18, 2008

Isaiah 28:23-26

 

Listen to me; listen as I plead! Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting it? Does he not finally plant his seeds…each in its own section of his land? The farmer knows just hat to do, for God gives him understanding.

 

This is when we turn our faith and our focus inward. If we are forever learning and building our personal relationship with God but not also pouring into others and sharing our faith then what good are we? We become the proverbial lamp hidden under the bed.

 

Mark 4:21

Then Jesus asked them, “Would anyone light a lamp and then put it under a basket or under a bed to shut out the light? Of course not! A lamp is placed on a stand, where its light will shine.

 

We often avoid this aspect of our walk because in all fairness it is scary because we are afraid that we will be rejected or not say the right thing, but just as God gives the farmer wisdom, he is always with us and guiding us. As long as we remember this we are never alone and we cannot be brought down.

 

 

 

Let it snow October 8, 2008

updates coming soon

I am His! October 2, 2008

Isaiah 51:12-16

I, even I, am the one who comforts you. So why are you afraid of mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear? Yet you have forgotten the Lord, your Creator, the one who put the stars in the sky and established the earth. Will you remain in constant dread of human oppression? Will you continue fear the anger of your enemies from morning till night? Soon all you captives will be released! Imprisonment, starvation, and death will not be your fate! For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar. My name is the Lord Almighty. And I have put my words in your mouth and hidden you safely in my hand. I set all the stars in space and established the earth. I am the one who says to Israel, “You are mine!”

How Great is Our God!

Un qué fabricante maravilloso October 2, 2008

You spread out the skies over empty space
Said, let there be light
To a dark and formless world
Your light was born

You spread out your arms over empty hearts
Said, let there be light
To a dark and hopeless world
Your son was born

You made the world and saw that it was good
You sent your only son, for you are good

What a wonderful maker
What a wonderful savior
How majestic your whispers
And how humble your love

With a strength like no other
And the heart of a father
How majestic your whispers
What a wonderful God

 

 

No eye has fully seen how beautiful the cross
And we have only heard the faintest whispers
Of how great you are

– Jeremy Camp