Turns out she just stepped wrong off the ladder from the bunk bed, and an x-ray showed she did quite a bit of damage. The doctor was amazed at the fact that she managed to break it that bad with just a step. So needless to say today has been a little rough for her, but she knows that this is apart of what God has been teaching her lately about trust. Just keep her in your prayers as she visits a specialist sometime this week to see how bad the damage really is.
Today's class experience was pretty intense. We had a session from 8:20-11:30, then another from 12:00-3:00.
Dr. Tackett was our speaker today, and let me tell you it is an honor to learn from him. Not once did my mind stray away. I barely took any notes because I was so focused on what he was saying. The first hour of class was spent on a devotion so you can imagine how incredible the rest of it was. I am so blessed to be here. It just blows me away how awesome this opportunity is!
There is way too much stuff to try and write down, but my favorite part of today's lesson came in the last two hours. We examined relationships and how has designed them because that is a huge part of who He is. The trinity serves as a model for all of our relationships. I think the one thing that stuck out was the relationship between husband, wife, and the children. Lately, marriage has become less of an appealing idea to me mainly because of its inaccurate portrayal in society. However, I saw today how the marriage and family order was designed based off the relationship of the trinity. I can't even begin to try and type it all out for you because I just sat through a 2 hour explanation. ha. But I would love to talk to you about it sometime. I guess what I want to say is I am more excited about the idea of relationship in all its forms. The trinity, the church,and the family! When we follow God's design there is blessing, but if we stray away from that, and one part doesn't function properly everything will suffer. For that reason, I am even more serious about making sure that someday my husband is not what the world calls a man but what God calls a man. Yes, there is a huge difference. A man can't love you how God designed, if He does not model his love for you after God's example of love for the church and for His son. In the same way, women must understand how to respect and honor their husband which isn't a common value presented by the world today. Men are depicted as weak fools in most areas of media today which leads to the degrading of them by women. Even Christian women fall into this trap. I realize I'm not married and so therefore I don't get everything that there is to know, but I can see how I can better relationships with my guy friends in building them up in Christ because they live in a world that doesn't see them as much sometimes. I'm so glad God is teaching me these things early on!
Anywho, we only have 82 pages of reading tonight so that will be a bit of a break from yesterday! And we are meeting at the park for dinner in a bit so it should be a pretty relaxing evening! Oh! And we're having Chipotle so it doesn't get much better than that! :)
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