No man knows the way to it:
It is not found in the land of living men.
The depths of the ocean say, ‘It is not in us,’
and the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’
Red gold cannot buy it,
nor can its price be weighed out in silver….
Where then does wisdom come from,
and where is the source of understanding?
….God understands the way to it,
he alone knows its source.
And he said to man:
The fear of the Lord is wisdom,
and to turn from evil is understanding
(Job 28:13–15, 23, 28 NEB).
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Archive for February, 2007
I ran out of vegetables on monday. Right now I’m eating a frozen chinese dinner where the rice is clumped together in indigestible chunks and is quite unappetizing (i think it wasn’t packaged right cuz there was a layer of thick ice on top of it…it has freezer burn…the poor frozen dinner). And so I only ate the curry beef? chicken? (some sort of meat)/potato parts.
I can’t wait to go home.
Yesterday for my human anatomy lab, we looked at the internal organs. It was such a cool experience.
The kin students are fortunate (or for some, unfortunate) enough to be able to use human cadavers. I must say it’s been scary/interesting/eye-opening. I actually got to hold a human heart, liver, spleen, kidney, intestines…. Anatomy is such a complicated subject (for me), but it’s times like these where you think “God, you’re so cool!” Thanks for making the pericardial sac so that there isn’t friction between my heart and the lungs. Thanks for designing every part of the body and making it work. But why oh WHY did you have to make it so complicated?
So here’s an anecdote that hopefully will make u smile. Here is where I pretend my life is [also] very interesting:P
Today I brought with me my thermos to my first lecture of the day, where I had to write a midterm. Anyways, I was too busy thinking about how I did on the midterm, whether I wrote the right answer. And so I forgot to take my lovely thermos with me as I left the room.
Of course, I didn’t realize I left it until I was on my way to RCH for toxicology. Plus I couldn’t go back because people in the following lecture in that room were writing a midterm. Yup, so after toxicology, I walked back to AL (it’s okay if you don’t know the abbreviations, it’s not that important) and I looked for my thermos. I looked at where I sat, under my chair where I’d left it. Nothing. Nada. I went down to the front and looked around for some sort of box. I’m sure there are other people who leave things like me…right? nope. I tried looking around some more, but then the next class was coming in (also to write a midterm).
At this point I was really angry. Who the heck would steal my thermos???? It’s not just ANY thermos. It’s a beautiful red, thermos with a coooool lid. Plus it has sentimental value.
To make things worse, I couldn’t find my mitts. Somewhere in between my first and second class, I lost them. They didn’t mean as much to me, but still…I felt so bad for missing so many things.
Anyways, I stormed out of the room andwent to my anatomy class in a huff. I was plotting really evil thoughts. I knew it had to be someone from the class after me, so my plan was (if I didn’t find it) to wait outside the doors leading into the room and scout the people to see if they’re holding a red thermos. And then I’d jump them. Serious.
But after anatomy, we (Jo, Ree, Katy) and I all went back to AL and Jo found it! It was on this table at the back of the room where other people had left stuff. Hehe…YAY.
And then, after play badminton, the gremlins returned my mitts in my backpack! (I’m seriously, I looked alllllllll through my backpack and couldn’t find it. So it must’ve been the gremlins)
What a wonderful day. I thought I lost my mitts and thermos, but I found them (they were found)! And I cherish them all the more now. Isn’t it funny how you don’t realize how much you love something until it’s gone? Everytime I lose things and find them, I rejoice. It also reminds me about the story about the lost coin and lost sheep etc in the bible, and how much more lost people mean to God (than mitts and a thermos). Oh the simple lessons that are so fun to re-learn.
by Jeremy Camp
Have you been walking on a surface that’s uncertain
Have you helped yourself to everything that’s empty
You can’t live,
This way too long,
There’s more than this,
More than this
Have you been standing on your own feet too long
Have you been looking for a place where you belong
You can rest,
You will find rest
[CHORUS]
Let this old life crumble,
Let it fade,
Let this new life offered be your saving grace,
Let this old life crumble let it fade,
Let it fade
Have you been holding on to what this world has offered
Have you been giving in to all these masquerades it will be gone,
It will be gone
[CHORUS]
Are you carrying the weight too much,
Are you running from the call
