Honduras

So... I haven't blogged in a very long time. Probably because things have been pretty hectic lately. Getting ready and all. I am leaving for a 2 and a half week mission trip to the country of Honduras. I am sooo excited because this is my FIRST mission trip!!!! So I think that's a pretty good excuse for not writing in awhile, hopefully it won't happen in again. Just please pray for my class and I as we go to spread God's gospel to more people.


Chao!

Death Be Not Proud

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally

And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

So, in English class we had been studying this poem. I really like poetry and this poem really speaks to my heart. It makes me realize that I shouldn't be afraid of death. Jesus conquered death when He rose from the grave on the third day. Besides death is just like sleeping, except that when you wake up the first face you'll see will be Jesus's face. Can't wait to see Him! 

DUM..DUM..DUM

I stood before my dean, my knees where shaking badly back and forth. I was expecting the punishment, the vivid, raw anger. Then the unexpected happened, my dean forgave me. I walked out into the cold January night still trying to process what had just happened.

I had broken the rules; I had purposely gone against what our school stood for. Yet I wasn’t the one who got the consequences. I should have felt elated, but I didn’t. I couldn’t. I kept seeing the eyes of my dean looking in mine. What I saw in them bothered me. I saw pain. Pain that I had caused.

Judgment day came and I was pardoned, when I didn’t deserve it. 

God has pardoned us too. Every time that we sin we are going against God. But He is always willing to forgive us. Some might see sin as a glamours life without boundaries, but when we sin, no one wins. It doesn't satisfy your soul and usually you end up hurt. But nobody gets hurt as badly as God. He has all the reasons to get rid of us, but instead of death, we got life. God has been merciful to us. We will never deserve the goodness and mercy of God, yet somehow He has chosen for us to be called His Children. Not only forgiving us but also adopting us. Praise the Lord for His mercy! 

Praise the Lord for nice deans!