Hoping for an A!

Well, I took my last final yesterday....WHEW! I am so thankful to be done. I am now just anticipating my grades! I can't change anything now, so why worry, but I am hoping for all A's. I am fairly sure I got an A in two of my classes, but my Counseling Theory class has me worried. The final yesterday was so hard and I had two papers due yesterday and I am not sure how he will grade them. I got an A on a paper back at the beginning of the semester for him, but barely. He grades pretty tough. But I tried to adapt to his grading and maybe, hopefully, he will give me an A on these two! The final is 200 points and I studied and studied and studied, but it still seemed hard. Actually, the entire thing didn't seem hard, but some of the questions did. I know I missed one, because I just didn't know it and I guessed and I looked it up as soon as class was over and I missed it. It was the definition for "nouthetic". I had no clue! I knew what Christian nouthetic counseling was....Scripture alone....but I didn't know exactly what that word meant. I chose "listen", but the answer was "confront". Soooooo, I missed it!

Oh well! I know life goes on and when I get to heaven someday, I know the Lord won't say, "now about that question you missed on nouthetic!!!" He will, however say, "what did you do with the talents I gave you?" So that is my focus. And right now I am working on my powerpoint that I am sharing tomorrow with the youth in Brookfield. I am so excited to see them! I am excited to get lots of hugs! I want to share the information I have in a way that is honoring God and I want to be a vessel that God uses to glorify Him. I have to share about Secular Humanism for my class, but more than that, I want to share my heart. I want them to understand something I feel is very important. I believe that God has answered my prayers that I have prayed since I first knew I would be speaking to these youth. I have asked the Lord to show me what He most importantly wants me to tell them. All this week I have been seeking His will and searching His heart for what He wants me to share. This morning it finally came! I was getting worried! But this morning during my time with the Lord I was reading and it came to me. We cannot be the blind leading the blind. It makes no difference if we understand Secular Humanism. It makes no difference if we have knowledge of every single cult in this world. It only matters if we know the hope that is within us. Then and only then can we really discern and make wise decisions and be a true light to others. Then we can be salt to the world. We have to be able to profess what we believe. I fear that some of these students can't tell me exactly what it is that they believe. Knowledge of Secular Humanism isn't enough. We can't understand truth if we don't understand and know the Giver of truth. So that is my focus for tomorrow. I pray God's will be done and I point them to HIM!

Well, I need to get back to work! I have a lot to do and I still want to hit the gym and the treadmill and mail some Christmas cards and meet Susan by 6! I am excited to be back at Park Baptist tomorrow! Yeah!

"Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A student is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher." Luke 6:39-40