Reflection Journaling and schtuff....
I am required to keep a reflection journal of my entire PhD experience as I grow and progress through the program. This is my official first post in this long journey of my doctorate. It will be interesting to see how I progress through this whole new chapter in my life. I am really looking forward to it but at the same time, my expectations are nil. I don't want to seem negative so I won't. I know this will be rough but I know I can do this.
I have some apprehensions though...I really need to balance my time with my family, job, and school well. There will be many late nights throughout this process. I am a little fearful that my kids and my wife will feel the impact of this program but there is no time like the present and I have a loving, faithful wife and two great boys. I guess it will just work because it has to. Please pray that my sanity, money, relationships, and anything else that I am forgetting (right now it's close to 11pm) will stay in check. I was instructed to have 3 scriptures that will inspire me to keep pressing on. I know of one right away...2 Timothy 2:2 "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." My goal is to fulfill this in my own life as I seek to train others to be youth ministers who will usher even more into the Kingdom. The second is 1 Corinthians 2:1-2 "And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." I can speak academia with the best of them but I know that it is relationship and not knowledge that will have the ultimate impact. This too will keep me in check. The third is this...John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. " This may be cliche' for lots of people but it's not to me...this is the most practical scripture that I know and hold dear to my heart. This will permeate my ethos of the entire program. We don't stand condemned...we stand redeemed! Press on...
I have some apprehensions though...I really need to balance my time with my family, job, and school well. There will be many late nights throughout this process. I am a little fearful that my kids and my wife will feel the impact of this program but there is no time like the present and I have a loving, faithful wife and two great boys. I guess it will just work because it has to. Please pray that my sanity, money, relationships, and anything else that I am forgetting (right now it's close to 11pm) will stay in check. I was instructed to have 3 scriptures that will inspire me to keep pressing on. I know of one right away...2 Timothy 2:2 "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others." My goal is to fulfill this in my own life as I seek to train others to be youth ministers who will usher even more into the Kingdom. The second is 1 Corinthians 2:1-2 "And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." I can speak academia with the best of them but I know that it is relationship and not knowledge that will have the ultimate impact. This too will keep me in check. The third is this...John 3:16-17 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. " This may be cliche' for lots of people but it's not to me...this is the most practical scripture that I know and hold dear to my heart. This will permeate my ethos of the entire program. We don't stand condemned...we stand redeemed! Press on...
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