Just an Update

"Where are you Christmas" from How the Grinch stole Christmas, has been my theme song these past few weeks. I am trying to not let myself get down and to have a good attitude but, it just isn't working so well. I am not giving up, but it is sure hard. Just feels like Christmas is losing it's magic, if I can say that I guess.

On the positive side, I passed all my finals I think. I was worried I would not do so well because I came in mid-semester. That's an answer to prayer. I know for sure I passed my classes and finals in all but one. In Graphic Communications I got a 68 on the final, but still passed the class with an 87. What helped me to pass that, is that I got a 98 on my 9 weeks test. Then in Keyboarding I didn't finish my final in time. I had two more paragraphs to type too!! So I didn't get to find out what I got on the final, but I had a high 90 in that class so I know I will pass. In Contemporary Literature I got a 94 on the final and 94 for the semester. In Psychology I got a 94 for the semester but she didn't tell me what I got on the final. Lastly, in Practical English I got a 97 on the final and a 90 for the semester. That's my easiest class so how I got a 90, I am not sure. I should have had at least a 95. Oh well.

Anyways, so I am extremely happy and thankful I got caught up and passed all my classes and finals. One more semester! This time though I will be all caught up! Plus I think I will get to be in German class with Andrea and the Geeseman!!

How Not to Get Hurt- Mrs. Loretta Walker

While I was at camp I met a lady named Mrs. Walker. She is the wife of evangelist Kevin Walker. Their family sang one of the weeks of camp. A few things happened and I got to sit and talk to her about some things. She gave me a c.d set called Overcoming Hurts, Past, Present, and Future. It has 5 c.ds of 5 different talks she gave to the ladies at a church. I have listened to the first two so far. The second one is called How Not to Get Hurt. God really showed me some and I wanted to share. These are the main points of her c.d.

How Not to Get Hurt

~Many times we get our feelings hurt because we let our feelings get hurt.

~Don't expect too much. We set ourselves up for hurt by our expectations.

~Sometimes we expect people to change and then we get upset when they don't. If we just don't do that we won't get hurt.

~Don't expect people to understand how we feel.

~When someone doesn't see things the way we do, don't try to convince them to see it our way, just let them see it the way they do.

~Don't compare ourselves with others.

~Don't try to change people, just accept them the way they are and we won't get hurt.
- If we accept them just as they are then we do not expect anything different from
them. By trying to change people we set ourselves up to get hurt.


God really spoke to my heart about this. I get upset at people easily. God showed me that I set myself up for that by my own expectations. God showed me that I can have pretty high expectations of people sometimes. Sometimes I also expect people to change and get upset when they don't. I realized that was irrational because if they never do anything different than what they always do then I am setting myself up to get hurt. God also showed me that I really have to work on not comparing myself with others. I do this a lot.

As much as I don't like it sometimes, I am thankful when God shows me something about myself I need to change. Thank you so much God.