At the request of friend and fellow blogger adam I figure those who have been following my journey so far since my graduation from CNC. I decided to take a brief sebatacle from being a student instead of starting my seminary training right away. I'm gonna use the next few blog posts to stew over things that I've learned during my one year respid.
I've learn over the past 10 months that there is no such thing as a perfect job. I've been working in what pop culture calls the "real world" dealing with the general public on a day to day basis. Each and everyday I'm faced with challenges that I have either conquer or be conquered by. This has made me realize that I will face the same thing in the ministry field. By working in the regular world for a brief time has enabled me to learn and observe how I react to times of difficulty as I mentioned and make mental notes so that I will be better prepared when they present themselves in the ministry field.
I find it funny how things work sometimes. I think it has finally occured to my Mom that both My brother and I will be moving away; college for my brother and as you all know seminary for me. My mom mentioned to me in passing the other day that if I had any reservations about going Southeastern she said, " You know you can always find a place to live around here and go to Southern Seminary at Maryville College."
with that I will close out this edition stay tuned for more installments.
Grace and Peace <><
This Blog will be my personal monologue of my thoughts feelings and experiences whenever the inspiration strikes feel free to join in on the conversation. Little bit about me, my name is Jared Lucas and I'm a 29 year old graduate of Carson-Newman College. I currently reside in West Columbia, SC with my wife Katie. I am in my last year of my MDIV in Christian Ministry at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Getting Closer pt. 1
At the request of friend and fellow blogger adam I figure those who have been following my journey so far since my graduation from CNC. I decided to take a brief sebatacle from being a student instead of starting my seminary training right away. I'm gonna use the next few blog posts to stew over things that I've learned during my one year respid.
I can say at this point I think I made the right decision I don't think that I was in any way prepared to enter into the living on your own supporting oneself life. During my year off I've been able to finally realize that you must treasure and spend wisely every dollar you make, cause once its gone you gotta wait that 1 week, 2 weeks, and even maybe month for that next paycheck to come around. Fortunately for me my current job has a bi-weekly pay method (ha ha ha).
One thing I've learned is that despite all the things you say upon graduation such as: that you promise to stay in touch and to hang out every once in awhile. I've learned that maintaining those tight knit college friendships that you made become very hard to keep.
thus it has made me aware of the importance of a simple email,phone call.
I can say at this point I think I made the right decision I don't think that I was in any way prepared to enter into the living on your own supporting oneself life. During my year off I've been able to finally realize that you must treasure and spend wisely every dollar you make, cause once its gone you gotta wait that 1 week, 2 weeks, and even maybe month for that next paycheck to come around. Fortunately for me my current job has a bi-weekly pay method (ha ha ha).
One thing I've learned is that despite all the things you say upon graduation such as: that you promise to stay in touch and to hang out every once in awhile. I've learned that maintaining those tight knit college friendships that you made become very hard to keep.
thus it has made me aware of the importance of a simple email,phone call.
Monday, June 05, 2006
One Day At A Time
Greetings everyone...it has definantly been awhile since my last post. my schedule has much of the same work, eat, and sleep.
Each day I draw closer to H-hour or moving day when I'll pack up my belongings and head for Wake Forest. I feel that my question marks have finally been answered and I'm able to move down there and not feel that I'm moving into the unknown. This is in part due to the fact that I'm finally starting to get regular correspondence from them.
We have been experiencing lot of death and lost here recently @ FB Concord. A very good family friend died suddenly. He was in the Army the 278TH survived a tour of duty in the current Iraq war to come home and die of a heart attack. For some its hard to understand God in this situation but I trust that God knows what He's doing and that He can even use death to gather people unto his side. I trust that God was finished using my friend and God said "Well Done" and brought him home. People even Christians try to understand the mind of God in situation where He takes a Husband away from a wife, a Dad away from a young family but if we understand the mind of God there was be no reason to have Faith.
"A God comprehended is no God."
- Tersteegen
Grace and Peace <><
Each day I draw closer to H-hour or moving day when I'll pack up my belongings and head for Wake Forest. I feel that my question marks have finally been answered and I'm able to move down there and not feel that I'm moving into the unknown. This is in part due to the fact that I'm finally starting to get regular correspondence from them.
We have been experiencing lot of death and lost here recently @ FB Concord. A very good family friend died suddenly. He was in the Army the 278TH survived a tour of duty in the current Iraq war to come home and die of a heart attack. For some its hard to understand God in this situation but I trust that God knows what He's doing and that He can even use death to gather people unto his side. I trust that God was finished using my friend and God said "Well Done" and brought him home. People even Christians try to understand the mind of God in situation where He takes a Husband away from a wife, a Dad away from a young family but if we understand the mind of God there was be no reason to have Faith.
"A God comprehended is no God."
- Tersteegen
Grace and Peace <><
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Longing for Times Gone With the Wind
Driving home from work this late evening with the windows down brought to this writer's olfactory nerve the smell of honey-suckle various other scents of late spring, early summer. Listening to "The Story" from Caedmon's Call In Company of Angels II such a simple truth I find woven into that song. towards the end of song Andy Osenga sings of "can you tell me the story.....I need to hear it again."
At times I find myself there needing the hear the story of my saviour again so it doesn't lose its wonder.
As I drove home tonight and took in the night I was reminded of the constitutionals about the streets Jeff City late at night and how I longed to be there again.
Dear friends, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Grace and Peace. <><
At times I find myself there needing the hear the story of my saviour again so it doesn't lose its wonder.
As I drove home tonight and took in the night I was reminded of the constitutionals about the streets Jeff City late at night and how I longed to be there again.
Dear friends, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
Grace and Peace. <><
Thursday, May 04, 2006
In The News
Well as gas prices surge and the suits on Capitol Hill try figure out to fix the problem I sit here and think on current events such as high gas prices. Well for me I drive Saturn I get good MPG so I really don't have a quarrel about the price when I'm only filling up every 2 weeks or so.
In other news we saw Zacarias Moussaoui to life without parole yesterday. A debate arose from this. One side saying that he deserves to die....What I call the standard death penalty crowd. Then there are those that say he should spend the rest of his life in prison. This case is a special one cause it involves a follower of a very fundamental religion. According to radical Muslims Moussaoui dead at the hands of the "infidels" he would be a martyr and we would see even more deaths of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet could Moussaoui spending the rest of his life in prison might give the enemy the propaganda fuel to say that America doesn't have to guts to give one the death penalty.
I say let him spend the rest of his life in prison. He is on record saying he wanted to die so deny him his religious and personal victory and save the lives of American soldiers in the long run.
I'm interested in what you (those who frequent my blog think....??) please use the comments to their full and complete potential.
Grace and Peace. <><
In other news we saw Zacarias Moussaoui to life without parole yesterday. A debate arose from this. One side saying that he deserves to die....What I call the standard death penalty crowd. Then there are those that say he should spend the rest of his life in prison. This case is a special one cause it involves a follower of a very fundamental religion. According to radical Muslims Moussaoui dead at the hands of the "infidels" he would be a martyr and we would see even more deaths of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet could Moussaoui spending the rest of his life in prison might give the enemy the propaganda fuel to say that America doesn't have to guts to give one the death penalty.
I say let him spend the rest of his life in prison. He is on record saying he wanted to die so deny him his religious and personal victory and save the lives of American soldiers in the long run.
I'm interested in what you (those who frequent my blog think....??) please use the comments to their full and complete potential.
Grace and Peace. <><
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