my view...

...from under my desk. I've always wanted to nap down here. today, I got sleepy enough and the vault got empty enough for me to do it.

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faculty meeting

and sharper ones.

that's my boy!

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sandpaper kisses

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I've been adopted

how do you know when an animal considers you her person? when she fights to protect you. by this standard, my adoption process has been completed for Molly.

Dori and I have a unique bond. we aren't lubby dubby, both of us are a bit quirky, but neither of us is complete without the other. we love to play, and we love to play rough. I almost always bear physical scars from our most recent wrestling match.

it was during one such match last night that Molly woke up, panicked, and leapt hissing and clawing toward Dori, whom she perceived to be my attacker. She totally owned him as I unsuccessfully screamed for her to stop. in the end, I had two cats to console: my boy, who had been innocently playing with his mama, and my Molly, who had thrown herself into peril to defend her person.

fun times!

-mo

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reflecting God's radiance

Exodus 34.33-35 - "When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. But whenever he entered the LORD’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, they saw that his face was radiant. [...]"


Acts 4.13 - "The officials were amazed to see how brave Peter and John were, and they knew that these two apostles were only ordinary men and not well educated. The officials were certain that these men had been with Jesus."


I pray that my appearance, speech, emotions, and actions will be a reflection of God's radiant power and love, that although I am "only ordinary," others will be certain that I have been with Jesus.
-mo

worldview

worldview (by my definition): what's at the very core of one's being, affecting the way he/she approaches life and engages the world.

My world view: missions. God has called me to a life of domestic and international missions, teaching and taking His hope to the world. When I am at my best - which certainly is not as often as I'd like, everything I do is about ministry. Wherever God leads, my life is His, and my goal is His glory.

While I believe every Christian's call is to share Jesus with his world, I also believe each Christian has a unique intersection of giftedness and passion. It follows that few people will share my exact world view.

But, the ministry partners (specifically, the life partner) to whom I will be most attracted are those who share my ministry passion. IF (and i cannot type this IF big enough) I marry, I will marry a man whose heart beats missions.

So... I broke up with Marc. Not because he does not love Jesus, not because he does not desire and strive to serve Him daily, not because he and I are not great friends who have fun times. None of those reasons would be true. Marc is an incredible man with incredible drive to succeed in his work, to know God, and to be righteous. But, God has not called Marc to missions.

I am not spiritually attracted to Marc. I wish I were. I am attracted to him in every other way a woman can be attracted to a man. Marc is a man of God. Marc will be an excellent, loyal, and loving husband and father. I am grateful for our time together and for what God has taught me through him.

-mo

I'm glad God invented faith because He really doesn't make much sense sometimes.

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new year's prayer

purge from my life anything that is not of You. if it's not what You want, it's not what I want. Amen.

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hey, sister, wanna play?

becoming siblings

molly

dori has a new sister. 7-year-old Molly, whose previous family moved and could not take her. so far, she mostly stays under the couch. this photo is their first good stare-down. dori is trying hard to get along, but Molly is a bit apprehensive.

David & Brady at AEFBC