Thursday, April 15, 2010

Life…God…Trusting vs. Control

This is going to be one of those random posts that combine a lot of different things because I’m too busy (lazy?) to post more often. The good news: I finally found an internship – I need it as part of my MBA program, and wasn’t finding ANYTHING – talking to everyone I know, but nobody with any links to opportunities for students.

On Tuesday night, I had class with Professor Tang, the head of the GMBA program. He asked if everyone had found internships. All but 6 people had – (me being one of the 6). Needless to say, I was feeling rather bummed. Walking home after class that night, I was praying, and I realized that I had been worrying….I knew that God was the one who would provide the internship, but I was thinking about how I needed to do my part…I prayed “Ok, God. I’m done. I don’t know what else to do, who else to talk to. I don’t know what I’ll do if I can’t find an internship, but there’s nothing more I can do. I had an appointment the next morning with a lady at ITRI (a government scientific research institute here in Hsinchu). This appointment had been canceled twice already, and I was thinking that I was just being put off indefinitely. When I got there, however, I was offered an internship doing patent research, and a possibly the chance to work with a company implementing a new product. We’ll see…

So…ya….I’ve had that lesson before, but I’m always realizing just how slow I actually LEARN! Can’t blame the Israelites too much…I’m the same way!

In other news…School is starting to get a bit overwhelming. Another fun part of this whole ITRI thing is that I’ll be working 2 days a week, starting in May. Sooo….I have even less time than I did before! I can’t wait until the semester is over! I just need to get through 2 ½ more months, and then I don’t have to think about it for 2 months!

I have NO idea how people make it through life without God! It’s tough enough, and I’ve got a Friend, a Brother, and a Dad who help me get through every day!

Saturday, April 3, 2010

He Is Risen

Let me say it again…HE IS RISEN! Those three little words separate Christianity from all other religions and belief systems this world has ever known. We aren’t following a system, a list of rules invented by some guy who lived in a time long ago and at a place far away. We’re following a Person, who is alive and well today, who sits at the right hand of God Almighty, the absolute master of the universe.
We don’t do good things in order to get saved, we do good thing because we are saved, and we want to show our love to the One who saved us.
That, in a nutshell, is what life is all about. The single, solitary goal and purpose of life on earth is to bring honor and glory to Jesus Christ. Granted, I mess up every single day, but I pray that I never lose sight of the goal, and become distracted by other, temporary things.
Why would the King of Kings leave His throne, become a slave, allow himself to be killed by other slaves, for the sole purpose of saving those same other slaves from themselves?
I don’t understand it, but I’m thankful for it every day!
He is risen, indeed!