Acceptance

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men? For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos," are you not mere men?
What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building.
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If any man builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved, but only as one escaping through the flames.
-- 1 Corinthians 3:1-15

I love when you come across these amazing passages without even really trying. :)

People shouldn't be defined by their denominations... They should be defined by their actions and their professed faith in Jesus Christ. I wonder sometimes why it is that Protestants will be so judgmental towards Catholics.. who believe the exact same thing as we do! It's hard sometimes to get past the traditions and all the man-made things that make religion simply religion, rather than a real relationship with Christ. I find it hard to believe why we can be so callous and rude to Catholics, but so warm and loving to others who do not share our spiritual beliefs.If we can get past the small details of what makes us "different", it would be that much easier to truly accept our differences and become a better and stronger Church...as a whole. Our faith would be stronger and we would be united for one general cause... Jesus Christ.

Isn't that the goal anyway?

:)

the sweet smell of success!

I'm DONE :)

...with this semester, at least. Yay!

I actually finished on Monday, but I've been busy working. I'm hoping I did good on my math exam, I did the best that I could and I guess that's all I could really ask for... :/

As for history, well, I didn't even have to take the test!
True story!

On Monday there was a "bomb threat" in the Graham Center (I know, surprise... bomb threat on finals week). My exam was scheduled for 6:30pm, and they let everyone into the building again at 6:15. How convenient! So my teacher was about 15 minutes late, and she came in looking upset. She said that, due to the bomb threat, Duplicating Services was unable to finsh making copies of her exam, so we had the following three choices:

1) Not take the exam, but stay with our current class average
2) Retake the exam at a later rescheduled date and time
3) Complete a take-home exam, which would be significantly harder than the original final

She gave us back out final papers, with the grade for the paper and the grade in the class on the front. I was pleased... 94.3, A in the class. :)

Needless to say, I chose not to take the final. :)


So I'm anxiously awaiting my final grades report!!! eeeek!! I know I most likely got A's and B's, but I want to make it official!!!! :D

I should also mention that one of the reasons for my wonderful grades this semester... my mom told me that if I got all A's and B's this semester, she would buy me a laptop. And I was NOT about to let that opportunity slip by. ;)

So I'm looking at a Dell... I know, I know, it's a blah PC. But unless someone can convince my mother to buy me a MacBook, it looks like that's what I'll get.

I've already groveled. Any other ideas? ;)

decisions, decisions...

So this weekend started out great!

I have officially been accepted to the Certificate Program for Event & Meeting Planning at FIU! Yay me! :) I'm so excited for fall already, I want to start the Event Planning class! Well, I really shouldn't get too ahead of myself... I still have to finish this semester off well. And I'm happy to say, it seems to be turning out pretty well after all. I've worked hard and I have A's and B's in almost every class.. my only "if" is that elusive math class that I just can't seem to get down. But hey. As long as I get my GPA up to a 3.0, I'm not complaining.

Yesterday was Kristel's bridal shower! It was beautiful. The perfect day. The location was adorable, it was small and quaint, but just right for the occasion. Kristel looked lovely, as usual, and I was just really excited for her. This is a huge step in her and Alex's lives and I wish them nothing but the best. :)

Anyway, I've been getting ideas for summer jobs... I love my new position at the FIU Testing Center, but I'm pretty nervous that with all the budget cuts facing FIU, I might get a pay cut or not be able to work 40 hours during the summer (which I need to do). So I'm looking for something in an event planning company.. maybe an internship? Anything that will get me experience! I don't want to get this Certificate for nothing. I was thinking of e-mailing some local party planning places to see if they're hiring, but part of me says its pompous of me... what do you think?

:)

Human Tetris

Just in case anyone needs a good laugh. ;)

It's a sign...

Share with God's people who are in need.
Practice hospitality.
--Romans 12:13

Well, that answers that question.