I tried to donate blood today, but after the lady took a blood sample, she said that I was anemic; I had an iron count of 11.7mg/dL and apparently, you need 12.5mg/dL to donate. "Whatever, just let me donate!!" I thought to myself, but she sent me off with a professional smile and a list of "Good Sources Foods Rich in Iron".
Recently I haven't been doing too well academically; I missed FOUR lectures when school has only started for a month! I missed two psychology lectures because I overslept, one biology lecture, and one math lecture because I had to finish up my sociology paper. Bad Alice!
Anyways, time for some GOOD THINGS!!
So I went out to campus looking for strangers to pray for today. I prayed for a nice lady who happily accepted and turned out to be already a Christian. Then I approached a girl sitting alone by herself with a lap top.
"Hi, I'm just wondering, can I pray for you?"
She looked up at me, "What?"
"Um, can I pray for you?"
"You want to what? Pray for me? Why?"
"Because God loves you and wants to bless you," I said with a smile. Strangely, despite her attitude, I was very calm and filled with a sense of peace.
"Uh...I would rather you not, but if you have to pray for me, go right on ahead."She turned her gaze back to her laptop.
"Well, I'm Alice, what's your name?"
"Mimi"
"Ok, do you mind if I put my hand on your shoulder while we pray?"
"Sure."She was giving me a weird look.
"Dear Jesus, I thank You for Mimi, please let her know how much You love her, let her know what the purpose of life is, and pour down Your love and grace on her. Please bless her family and school work. In Your name we pray, Amen."
"Thanks that was really nice," Mimi said without any feelings.
Still wasn't satisfied, I asked her whether she knew Jesus or not. Then I told her that God loves her and sent His Son to die on the cross for her. By now, she was looking really uncomfortable.
"Uh...I don't know what to say to that,"She said to her laptop.
"Well, just know that God loves you," Then I walked away, feeling her glaring at me.
I felt so tired afterwards, but when I got back to my dorm, excitement hit me. I finally told the gospel to someone on this campus! And I prayed for her! YAY! Thank You Jesus, I am so encouraged now!
But that wasn't the highlight of the day.
Alone in my dorm, I decided to spend some quiet time with my Lord. Usually I would turn the music on, but not this time. I knelt down, and just quietly waited upon Him. A sense of peace and quiet joy rose from the bottom of my heart. My mind was finally able to stop its tiring wanderings, and my spirit can finally rest in Him. Jesus, You are so beautiful. Father I want to hear Your voice, see Your beauty, be overwhelmed by Your glory, and feel Your love. Jesus You are so glorious, Your glory will wash over the earth like the water over the seas.
When I looked up, 20 minutes had passed! Wow! I used to struggle to concentrate for just 5 minutes, but now, the gentle presence of God made time flew right by! Thank You Lord, only You can fill my heart, apart from You I have no good thing.
"Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." (Psalms46:10)
5 comments:
Wow. You go You go! Wow. SOMEONE gave you a cold shoulder! Although in my opinion she makes 'cold' an understatement. D: Anemic?!? Is that bad? Maybe I'm anemic...anorexic? no no no... ANYWAYS! Its so beautiful, sorry for awkward word choice but it is, that you set time alone for the Lord. 8] Its a priviledge to know and be a comrade with a sister like you. :]] Keep it up! You should ask Angels to slap you awake. I could've sworn they did that to me once...werd.
Awesome. I just remembered what I didn't tell you guys on Sunday) that I saw angels in the room, like seriously. They were singing with us & were blessing us. It was a beautiful sight. XD Oh & thanks for fixing your comment thing. hahaha. MISSSSS YOU. YOU'RE AWESOME! keep it going! i have yet to pray for someone x_x I SHALL DO IT! TOMORROW! HOPEFULLY! T_T if i have enough strength after the test. WHICH. i'm trying to study for it right now and it's not working. darn. xD GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH! GOD GIVE ALICE STRENGTH.
AND WHAT THE HECK! ANEMIC?! LMFAOOO. uhm...... to be honest with you, not a lot of girls/women get enough iron anyway. unless they eat a lot of food that contain lots of iron. like they actually go and get it ya know? but too much iron is bad too so watch out. don't devour yourself because of what that lady says. i'm gonna tell you what my teacher said to us and she is a VERY good diet(ition?) & nutritionist. heh heh. i am sooooo horrible at spelling now T_T yeah. ok so this is what she says:
women/girls need a lot of iron, but we don't get a lot because of the food we eat. that's ok. it's fine unless you are too low. and trust me, too much iron will not be good either.
yes yes. she always says things so calmly. that's why i listen sometimes. LOL mostly when it's something about something leading into a disease or something. <.< mehh. =]
ME LOVE YOU! too bad no celly on sat. LMAO what the heck? x_X was i just talking in "fob?" oh man. i must be tired. hahahah!! ok! so like yea! wait. you coming on sunday? YOU BETTER !!!!! or else i'mma be crying Q_Q.
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i can't donate blood either...lack of iron in it.
but i can pray for people :)
Steps for Time Management:
1. Trust in God
2. Enjoy the study
3. DO give yourself a time of relax and freedom.
4. Especially don't stress out if you have loaded work, just let God deal with it with you
5. Finish homeowork and study ahead is always good, do not procrastinating.
6. Some time seek for group study if it is possible, other wise don't let temptation bother you when you study alone.
7. Most of all, bring it before God
This is very encouraging!!!
Keep sharing life's ups & downs...
Be Real!
Be Gorgeous!!
Be Yourself!!!
This is your time to rise & shine!
xoxo,
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