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Name: Jordan Huston
Birthday: 4/5/1989
Gender: Female
Interests: my Lord and savior Jesus Christ. sports. la guitarra. my amazing friends and family. horses. dancing in the rain. sunsets. stars. fires. art (not making it - enjoying it!). swimming in fountains. people watching. listening,writing and playing music. basketball. volleyball. Nebraska football. KU basketball. roadtrips. :)
Occupation: Student
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Member Since:
7/9/2004
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| new blog, my friends...
it is:
http://talitha-kumi.blogspot.com
-jch
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| All but God...WOW. Can I just say...I'm pretty sure that the last few months of my
life have been iNsAnE?! And I'm sure a lot of you highschool/college
age kids can totally relate (and I'm told it doesn't get any easier??
ha). I mean...for one thing, there's a trillion and four decisions to
make, and each one somehow feels like a life-and-death sort of issue
when every teacher, relative and friend asks about your future plans
each and every time they see you. Then throw in the fact that all the
sudden there are bills and other responsibilities (...like who knew
FOOD actually costs MONEY?!). With the constant changes, life begins to
seem like a flippin tornado, and I for one, am unsure of whether I've
landed in Kansas or the Land of Oz. :P
For me, the last few
months have gone a little something like this: basketball season is
suddenly over, there's a mad rush to finish the school year, whisked
away to England for our senior trip, return, graduate, partayyyy...then
dive right into work, summer travel, summer camp...then moving to
Florida, soaking in an overwhelming amount of information in DTS,
learning to live with people and having our first apartment...go home
for the holidays to Nebraska and Kansas, start to get comfortable, and
its off again...Thailand! amazing...travelling all over, and after
coming back there 3 times, bangkok began to feel like "home"...7 weeks
later fly back to the states, stay in Jax, travel to a conference in
Alabama, back to Jax for graduation...and then...all the sudden,
EVERYTHING changes once again. I'm back in Kansas. Where am I? What am
I doing here? Why? Who am I?! haha. My head is spinning.
In that
amount of time, I feel like my world has changed tremendously in so
many ways...adjusting to new surroundings, new cultures, new people.
I've come home and found that I don't exactly fit in my old shoes.
Thats okay - good, even. But what now? STILL spinning. And I'm pretty
sure there are more huge changes right around the bend...its
exciting...but SCARY. But it's part of God's plan for life.
God
called Abraham to leave his home "and he went out, not knowing where he
was going." [[Heb. 11:8]] Paul had a path that he was pretty cool with,
and then God called Him out of it and he responded immediately [[Acts
16:6-10]]. Peter and Andrew were fishing when Jesus said "Follow
Me"...immediately they left their nets and followed. God called for
change, and they answered, even though I'm sure it was hard. But they
trusted God, with no thought for their own comfort or security.
Rick
Culver once said that change is difficult because of present comfort,
plans we have made for our own futures, and past priorities that hold
us back. God calls us to take up our cross daily, follow wherever He
leads. Whatever or wherever God calls me...I know that I can trust Him
to be faithful, and trust that He has good plans for me, and that "All
things work together for good to those who love God and are called
according to His purpose." I've gotta follow...and even if everything
changes, its okay. God remains the same. Charles Kingsley said that
"All but God is changing day by day." Its so true.
Nothing is
concrete, especially not "home". As Christians we have no home on
earth. Not Olathe, not Jacksonville, not Bangkok. Heaven is where my
heart is...it is where my treasure is...it's where Jesus is!
Life is so short. Embrace all that God has for you, my friends. :)
"Look
among the nations! Observe! Wonder, and be amazed. For I am doing
something in your day that you would not believe even in you were
told..." | | |
| check out some pics from Thailand at: http://www.myspace.com/jordan_cristine ;D | | |
| "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God."
- Jim Elliot
"But as it is written: 'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have
entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for
those who love Him'."
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
departure for thailand & laos has been moved back to january 5th...
thanks for your prayers!
hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and enjoy the rest of your break! [mine was far too short! haha]
and it was good to see all of you! wish i had time to hang out more...xoxo
In His Grip
jordan cristine
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| the art of losing myself...Hey!!! :)
So in the last few days I've been thinking a lot about what I've learned through these past months in DTS...and one thing that God has brought up over and over again in His word, books, people, songs and everyday circumstances is "the art of losing myself"...
There have been points in the last few months where I've cried out to God saying "How can I surrender any more...I thought I'd surrendered EVERYTHING...now this??" There have been points where I felt useless and empty and pathetic and found myself lying outside beneath a huge tree crying and begging God to just end my life. There have been points when I was absolutely terrified because of spiritual attacks. There have been other points when I felt I couldn't give any more, surrender any more, love any more, trust any more...but God met me there. When I am weak, He is strong. When I give away what I have, He finds a way to provide for me. When I couldn't trust anyone, He was my shoulder to lean on. I have discovered a whole new level of weakness before Almighty God...and because of that I have become stronger than I've ever been.
And, while I know I'm stronger in Christ than ever, I also realize that I absolutely SUCK at this! Being empty, broken, humble...its all so unnatural! But I NO LONGER LIVE, CHRIST LIVES IN ME! I am His. I have no rights. He will provide all my needs...not necessarily needs for my comfort or security, but everything that I need to bring Him glory.
Life is so not about me.
Crazy new concept. It hurts. And yet, I know there's no other way to live. The very purpose of my life is to love God and other people, and by doing so bring God fame. David Jeremiah summed up the kind of life that I am striving to live: "It is through presenting yourself to the Master voluntarily, unreservedly, and permanently that you unleash the power of a passionate life..."
yeahhhhhhh...i am very excited to be heading to thailand and laos (maybe cambodia too??) in 15 days! we'll be over there for a lil over 2 months. AND i'll be home for the hOlIdAyS...:) well, Christmas, not New Years. WOW 2007! amazing!
"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken,
because the greatest hazard to life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing, have nothing, are nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow,
but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves;
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free."
- Anonymous
Jesus is worthy of risking everything for! What does it profit a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul?!
I love you guys...
especially my wonderful cousin hannah elizabeth! *muah* <3
In His Grip
jordan cristine | | |
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