Friday, January 30, 2009
Day-14
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Day-13
I really never have understood alot about this story
-Why did Abram need testing, was it proving something to him? or God or the angels?
-What was Isaac thinking as his own dad was tying him up?
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Day-11
Day-10
Abram- once returning to land found his old alter and called on the "name of the Lord" there. Would it do us any good to go to a place we formerly and differently meet with God and try to meet with Him there. Would He show up? Would we find the same God there this time as last. What would we do if God did not meet with us there.
Why did God keep telling Abram that He would make his children more than the stars of the sky?
1-why is He retelling him over and over?
2- why would Abram need to hear it over and over again? doubt, remembrance?
3-did writer just want reader to hear it over and over again?
Day-9
How did Abram know God was talking to him? Was it a voice? feeling? angel?
He did not have a history or background to understand who God was nor a written book to compare the message to.
Day-8
I never have understood why John had to be killed. I guess that gets into the disussion God allowing verses God causing, which confuses me.
Day-7
I always like the fact that John the Baptist, at his last moments of life needed to know if what he was doing and who he was following was indeed the Messiah. I also like that this shows the frailty of humanity and how doubt is always there and can creep in.
Jesus tells John to look at the evidence, but what if we were to look at the evidence for Jesus' existence and for proof of His identity. Our final answer may then depend on which evidence we choose to look at at that moment,
Why did tell people that John was Elijah, if they were willing to accept it. What did the peoples attitude have to do with it being the truth.
Day-6
I thought it was strange to read the John the Baptist said Jesus had more power than he did, mainly because I have never thought about John having power. I have always just thought about him being a preacher not having power.
Why did Jesus get baptized, was there a spiritual need for His baptism or was it merely an example?
Day-5
The story of Elizabeth and Mary becoming pregnant.
I have never understood why Zachariah was condemned and Mary helped when they had the same response to being told they were going to have a child under strange circumstances.
v-37 says nothing will be impossible with God. I guess I struggle with this sometimes because I have seen some times when the impossible was needed and did not come, but I have also needed the impossible and it came through better than I ever expected at other times.
Day-4
I like seeing rainbows because it reminds me of this verse.
What did Ham really do to Noah? I believe there is more to the story than is reveled here, because it seems like a harsh reaction to do what happened to Ham.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Day-3
v-20 Noah offered sacrifices, I have never understood why the death of perfect innocent creatures pleased or atoned for sin and pleased God?
v-22 I like that God promised ebb and flow of life.
Day-2
Why did God really want to start over, what were the people doing which angered Him so much? Or were they just beyond the point of ever being able to repent themselves.
Are we as a world comparable to these people at this time? I say we are or maybe even worse.
Can our medium of renewal last 150 days? Noah's medium was the ark and they had to stay in it for 150 days, how long will we stay on ours. Did Noah and family have to stay in ark this long because of their own internal conflict or the outside environment took this long to change?
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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Thursday, January 1, 2009
2008 The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful
2008 has been a very eventful year. As you can tell by the title of the post there was a lot of beautiful things which have happened this year, but as with most things, some of these beautiful things have come wrapped in hard work and worried nights. I will try to cover the year in chronological order.
-We had the miss fortune to experience a miscarriage in early January. We had not told anyone we were pregnant and this left us with having to tell our family that we were pregnant and lost the baby all at the same time. This was very difficult and painful but hopefully it will allow us to better empathize with those who are going through the same thing. I know I have had to deal with some people in the ER who were having a miscarriage and it defiantly made me treat them with a little more compassion.
-I was also given a large gift by a very gracious family in our church. They found out I needed to take a class to prepare for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). This class was very expensive and I knew there was no way I could afford to pay for the class. So every Tuesday and Thursday night for four months I spent 4 hours in class, learning to take this test. I am so grateful to this family because there was no way of doing this one our own. I also spent countless hours studying for the MCAT in empty class rooms at church. I took the test once in June in
-We were told to wait a few months before trying to get pregnant again. Well we thought differently so we started trying again in February. To our (at least my) surprise we got pregnant the first month. Leigh was a trooper through the entire pregnancy. The first few months we were a little anxious but every doctors visit went wonderfully. We were both convinced that it was going to be a boy but the early ultrasounds proved us wrong. We decided early on to name her Aubrey Jane, Aubrey we just liked and Jane after my mom. (more on our little girl later)
-We did get the opportunity to go to
-I finished up all of my prerequisites for medical school in May. I have to say I did better this go around than ever before. Maybe I just needed the motivation to know where I was going?
-Our pastor was also teaching through the book of Proverbs. When he came to Proverbs 31 he asked Leigh to teach on this passage. She did a wonderful job teaching how a woman can live Godly, but even better than that she has lived it every day.
-My mom had a persistent cough for several months. The doctor put her on every antibiotic they could to clear up her cough. In early spring they finally did a CT of her lungs to find out what was going on. The CT caught the top of her kidney which showed a large mass. She was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June. They scheduled her to meet with the urologists in July. But before she could make it to her appointment her pain became unbearable and she was also experiencing some mental status changes and I was forced to take her to the ER where I work. Luckily, rather we were blessed, by the fact of knowing all of the doctors and surgeons and they jumped on her case quickly. They did another CT and found it was an abscess instead of a tumor. They had her in surgery within minutes and drained the abscess. She did become septic and spent several weeks on a ventilator in ICU. This was a very tough time, but it was a miracle to find out she did not have cancer.
-Also both my sisters were pregnant during this time. My little sister, who was pregnant with twins, ended up spending almost two months in the hospital on bed rest. It was the same time mom was in the hospital. She gave birth to Cooper James-Paul and Evann Ashley-Isabell on Sept 9th. They are two healthy babies and we are so very blessed to have them. My older sister is also pregnant but she is not due until the end of January. So Marleigh is going from the only grandchild to one of five in only four months! Oh ye a big side note about Marleigh. She accepted Christ into her life this past fall in Awana. She is waiting for her Grandaddy to baptize her.
-So the biggest news of the year. Leigh gave birth to our little girl on Nov 7th. She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 20 ½ inches long. Even though she looks like me she is the most beautiful little girl in the world, haha. Leigh truly amazes me everyday as she takes care of her. She is the most amazing mother I have ever seen. She never gets tired of feeding in the middle of the night and does a wonderful job when I have to work nights. Aubrey just amazes me, I find myself just holding her and looking at her. I do admit it scares me sometimes. But I have already learned a lot more about love than I ever thought possible, both from Leigh and from Aubrey. Luckily we have had the help of her mom Peg and step dad Lonnie (who stayed with us for two weeks after the birth) and my family, who live relatively close.
-I have also completed my applications for medical school. I had to wait until I got all of my MCAT scores back. But I do have an interview at ETSU in January. And I am waiting to hear back from several other schools to see if they want an interview. Those schools are, Marshall, LMU, Virginia Tech, Pikeville, PCOM-Georgia Campus and West Virginia SOM. I honestly do not know which school I stand the best chance with, but we are hoping for ETSU because it is a great school and it is very close to our house.
So 2008 has been a wonderful year filled with many miracles. I thank God everyday that I have Leigh to walk this journey with. She is so often the strength that I need when I can not see the road ahead. I pray often that our little girl is filled with her faith, her beauty, and her love.
