Hmm.

I have no news on the Navy or PA School front. I am waiting to get a pre-medical clearance before I can move on (due to my migraines). After that, I will either be disqualified, or will begin the application process.  We'll see...

Anyways, I have an iPhone, and I got the free "Holy Bible" application, that I use for church.

Today, the pastor used the passage 1 Corinthians 11:26.  Along with this app comes the "notes" section. Usually it is really good and has some pretty useful and interesting notes to go with the verse. 

Unfortunately, I found something that was very upsetting in the notes for this verse. 

Apparently, some guy is writing a blog about the "Thoughts of a Non-believer." He is an atheist and is reading the Bible and blogging about how ridiculous the Bible is.  I find this absolutely revolting. I wish I had some good reason, but mainly I find it HIGHLY inappropriate to take something and make fun of it.

Again, I have no credible or strong arguments why I disagree with this man and his blog, but I will pray for him. I will pray that he reads the Bible with some seriousness and can find that he believes it's contents.

In the meantime, I will just stay away from his blog :)

And on another note, Happy Valentine's Day.

Prayer

I need some good-old fashioned, hard-core 

PRAYER

for a very dear family extremely close to my heart. God DOES heal and prayer DOES work. 

Sometimes I feel like sermons are like research papers. 

TONS of fluff, and a little bit of message.

Ugh.

(Confession idea stole from Mary over at Great White Snark -- Thanks)

Church Camp

Now, obviously you can tell by the look on my very young face that I hated camp. Every miserable day I was at camp, I just wanted to get out of there. I think I'm like the only one in the world to hate camp, but sharing a room with 10 girls, not sleeping, and forcing me to go into a lake, NOT my idea of fun. At all. I probably look so unhappy in this picture cuz I hadn't slept in days due to giggly girls at 4 in the morning, not to mention they force you to wake up at 7:30 to eat breakfast.

Wow, off that soapbox. I have a point. I promise :)

Anyways. Camp is one of those places that give people the ultimate "high" that churchgoers get.  You know, the spiritual "highs" and "lows"...You come home and you feel great about God and your life WILL be different this time... (and it rarely ever is). I, at some point during the years, have come to dislike that feeling.

I have become so bitter at this "high" that christians get that I had been trying to avoid it. Yes, you read correctly. I have been trying to AVOID the spiritual high. In my avoidance, I learned that I can not avoid it, if I want to remain close to God.  I, of course, realize that lows will happen, but I believe they will bring an even better spiritual high.  I have been in a spiritual low, for quite some time. I am confident that God is teaching you something when you are in a spiritual low.
 
I need to learn to disconnect myself from the "camp feeling" and realize that spiritual highs are a good thing. Everyone who is a believer should feel close to God as often as possible. Spiritual highs are necessary.No one should ever be content in their spiritual walk, because God is always trying to teach us something! Yay!