megan kay

Updates

2007-11-05T11:25:00.000-05:00

In our world today everything is constantly becoming outdated. Every time a car is driven off the lot once it is bought the value of the car is dropped significantly. Why is this? One reason is probably because it was already out of date just sitting there! Why do we feel this need to have the newest and best item? I have just updated my MacBook to the new operating system. It is neat. Necessary? Probably not but still neat.

How does this fit in to our faith? Do we feel the need to update God? Or our we content with the God that has been around since before the beginning of time? What happens when we try to update God to fit OUR times??? DISASTER!!! God is the same God yesterday, today and tomorrow. There is no need to change HIM. We are the ones who need to change. To update ourselves if we have lost touch with him. If we have become to concerned with the updates of our world then maybe we need to restart and reboot with God as our operating system.

In Sickness or In Health

2007-11-02T07:32:00.000-05:00

I am sitting in class trying to pay attention.

I am working on about 3 hours of sleep.

There is frost on the ground and cold season is in full bloom.

As loud as the professor is the coughing is drowning out the professor and no matter how hard I try to pay attention he has lost my focus.

Malone has an attendence policy. This is a flawed system. On one side it requires students to come to class and therefore learn the material. Getting the most out of their money. On the flip side, students are required to go to class when they are hacking up a lung! I get distracted very easily. Especially by noises such as tapping of pens, loud chewing of gum, whispering, and COUGHING! I feel that if you are sick and your head is cloudy anyways...STAY IN BED! And they the rest of us can pay attention. Granted I find other ways to distract myself but the coughing is really irritating me. Also, if a student can miss ever class except for test dates...more power to them! Would that not take a stronger student to miss class and still learn the material? Perhaps.

Should we have to come to class even when we are really sick? If you have already miss 3 times apparently we do!

Is this a flaw in the system? perhaps.

Stretch

2007-07-25T20:34:00.000-05:00

I am a youth pastor. I have offically been one for almost a month now. Its weird that I am in charge of everything. No one to look to if something goes wrong or if I get too busy to plan something. Its all up to me. So far it has been great. We are studying great things and I'm excited about how God will be about to transform the young people's lives.

The church I am at is the most conservative church I could have imagined being at. I am not conservative. My bubble was popped 4 years ago. And has not had the option of forming again. I wouldn't allow it! The one nice thing about this conservative church is that thier old-fashioned ways makes them very welcoming and super friendly. But I am worried that if I am not about to pop some bubbles I will not be able to bring none churched kids into the youth group. As well as helping disciple the youth already their into witnesses for Christ to ALL people! I know it is in God's hands and he will create the disciples he needs in his children.

Faith.

2007-06-28T23:11:00.000-05:00

Does trusting in God for a particular situation mean that we should do nothing about it? NO. Having faith does not give you a ticket out of all work. Many times people say that they have put their trust in God and then sit on the couch and wait for God to move moutians. Although, this maybe God's desire and will, this is not often how he works. God usually works while we faithfully work. Sometimes God may call us to be still and wait for him to move but more often our faith needs to be in that God will bring out his will through our actions. Furthermore, that we are about to do his will!

Why?

2007-05-30T10:00:00.000-05:00

Before Chorale went to Jamaica, the college pastor spoke to us and asked us why. We needed to know why we were going on the trip. He also said that we may not know exactly know the why till afterwards. With the help of the book I'm currently reading, I have figured out my why. More to come later.
God bless!

Next...

2007-05-02T15:11:00.000-05:00

The semester is over and I am so relieved. Soon is tour for Chorale. We are going to Jamaica this year. It is very exciting yet extremely stressful at the sametime. It is a tremendous mission oppertunity and we will bless and be bless throughout the entire trip. But we are going into a spititual battle at the same time. There is so much darkness down there and since we are doing something that is in God's will the warefare is going to be that much more prevalent. Prayers are definatly needed!! We leave super early Sunday morning but its exciting.

I am excited to read this summer. I have gotten quite a few books this year that I am looking forward to reading. Perhaps I try and write about things I'm reading here. I'll try. lol.

God Bless!

No longer alone

2007-04-30T22:47:00.000-05:00

I have realized that I have great friends. I know that I am never alone because God is always with me be it is so hard to feel that sometimes. It is really important to have Christian friends to support and help you grow. I have found that! I am so excited and I am excited for the summer and continuing to grow in that friendship. I have also learned that friendships are two ways. That sounds really elementary but very difficult to put into practice. I cannot expect everyone to always call and invite me places. I need to call and make plans too. And I can't feel that because I am the one that makes the plans that I am more devoted to the friendship. I am going to try harder and not take things as personal within my friendships. I have good friends...we are busy. Its a fact of life. But my friends are great. I had a great day with two amazing women of God.

Unwanted Answers

2007-04-04T10:26:00.000-05:00

Why is it that we ask questions when we aren't going to like the answer we get??

Am I staying or Am I going? I was dumb enough to ask the question. I knew the answer but now others know the answer so I have to do something about it. I actually have to go somewhere.

Next question...Where? Where do YOU want me to go?

Change?

2007-03-28T21:58:00.000-05:00

How willing are you to change?

This was the question that the youth pastor began youth group with tonight. Sign? Perhaps.

Father, I will go where you lead me. I may drag my feet a little but I will go.

Open Doors.

2007-03-26T11:14:00.000-05:00

God is giving me options and I think by the end of this week I will know or at least have a better understanding of where I'm going to be next year. I'm no longer positive if I'm called to my current church. And I think I'm alright with that...I guess I have to be. But I have somewhere else that God has given me as an option for next year and I'm going to meet with my advisor sometime this week to discuss these options. God is opening doors. I just have to decide which is the one I'm going to walk through.

Perfection?

2007-03-21T16:19:00.000-05:00

Today in my Romans class we were discussing chapter 7. We ended on the subject of obtaining holiness. My professor is an Wesley Arminian in pretty much every way. We have at least one person in the class who a Calvinist is most ways. I fall somewhere in the middle. I think both have good ideas as well as incorrect ideas. I'm not much into labels. We also discussed this topic in my theology class a few weeks ago.

I am not sure what to think about the idea of obtaining holiness. Everyone sins but when a person is a follower of Christ the goal is to be come like him.

On one hand, if holiness and sinlessness is unobtainable then what is the point? Why try if we know that we will never achieve it? Honestly, I have a problem with this argument. So what if we can not reach the goal, we are still commanded to try and continue to run the race. In school, everyone who knew that they weren't going to get an A didn't drop out, if they did they would have to close down a lot of schools!

Now, on the other hand and if we can achieve sinlessness, what about each time we fall? Each time we make a mistake? This view doesn't seem very encouraging to those who make mistakes. But it makes the race that we are running have an end. But then what? Is our goal achieved then we look to a new one; or what?

A professor once said that he thinks that sinlessness is possible for periods of time. He would go on to say "I haven't sinned in 5 minutes." I think that maybe it is possible to not sin for periods of time but we all stumble and make mistakes. That is what is so amazing about God; he extends his grace to us each time we mess up. Whether it is 476 times a day or 3 times a week. He is there WHENEVER we need him.

Life = Worship

2007-03-21T15:44:00.000-05:00

For Chorale we are putting on an Evening of Broadway. As the Chaplain, I am doing the closing prayer. The first program had me listed as opening in prayer. I got me to thinking about how a show of Broadway tunes could be an act of worship to God. The purpose of the evening is clearly "Christian", we are raising money for our tour/mission trip to Jamaica, but even more so all that we do can be an act of worship to God.

I guess it all comes down to our focus and who we give the glory. If we give God the glory for any accomplishment that we achieve then anything can be worship.
I think that it is really important to remember that our whole life is an act of worship. That sounds like a cliche statement but if you live every moment as if you were glorifying God.

Are you spending every minute of everyday glorifying God?

BOOKS!!!!!

2007-02-19T19:59:00.000-05:00

A new store opened up near me and it is a super discount store. It has a little bit of everything in it. But most excitingly it has a large section of books. Within that section is a wide selection of Christian writings. They have everything from the fluffly books that look pretty but are very substantial to commentary series. It is so exciting. I have gotten about 6 books. My one great deal was the Hayford's Bible Handbook. I also got a commentary on the poetical and wisdom books. I got those a couple days ago. But today I went with my dad so that he could see all the great deals. I got a few books today when we were there. The one book I got was a book by Tony Campolo. I really enjoy and respect him. I'm excited to read it. In the book, Campolo looks at the issues that face the church today and what the church doesn't really want to talk about. All these controversial things that I love to talk about and usually have an opposing view to those around me. I look forward to what Campolo has to say.

Starving Jesus video

2007-02-08T21:11:00.001-05:00

I'm listening...

2007-02-08T16:06:00.000-05:00

What am I doing?

Am I in the right place?

Do I need to move on?

Growth.

2007-02-06T23:09:00.000-05:00

Looking back through these past 2 and a half years I have spent with the same group of kids, I am in awe of the growth I have seen in them. The core of them have grown up in the church and already had a relationship with Christ prior to me meeting them but I have seen them flurish and bloom within that. To the left is a picture of me and Katie. This was taken (poorly on my part) at the February retreat 2005. She was in 7th grade at the time. Katie's oldest brother graduated the same year as I did and we were in youth group together. Everytime, Katie starts to tell a story I tell her she reminds me of Billy. In 7th grade, Katie was outgoing but stuck to her friends. I saw the potential of a leader within her even in her 7th grade year. Katie has a servant's heart. She has been on more mission trips that I can even imagine. God has and is doing amazing things through Katie's life. Katie is now in 9th grade, a freshman! I have seen her grow in maturity and relience in God. She is still outgoing and a leader, but she owns her faith and is activly seeking God. I am excited for all that God has in story for Katie. I am also excited to see how God works in all those young people he brings into my life.

One More...

2007-02-06T14:36:00.000-05:00

So I've reciently stumbled apon this site. This will make the 6th (I believe) website blogging or community I am apart of. This site seems nice. And maybe I will try to write here specifically about what God is doing in my life and the ministry I'm involved in. Maybe this can help me process my life.