I feel the stress...

I have always heard that graduate school can be a stressful time for any student, but I had no idea. It is not that the classes are hard, but there is just a lot of work associated with them. However, I am making it and ready for fall break (which is next week)! To update on my current job everything is going good so far and I have been given a lot more jobs to do each week, which is good I guess. Sarah is still liking her job and getting used to living in Memphis. So, as of right now there is just a lot of stress, but I can make it. I always do!

It has been a while since I have talked about my marriage and how everything is going so far. Well, marriage is always going to be a learning process and I am always learning new things about Sarah that I did not know before and I am pretty sure she is learning new things about me all the time. But it is good that we are learning to compliment each other by the things we learn about each other. Marriage is still a lot of work, though, and we are just trying love each other just as God would want us to.

I will update soon!

The First Week

Well the first week of my graduate school career has ended and I am very excited about what each class will bring each week. And even though I have extensive reading assignments, I believe that I am ready for this semester. Plus the professors have deleted any fears that I had about grad school, which helps me a lot and for that I am really grateful. Now I know for sure that Harding Grad is the best place to be and that being a counselor is where I belong. I am already getting excited about getting my degree and starting my profession and it has only been one week! But I cannot wait for the rest of my training and finding out where God wants me to be.

I haven't really talked about what I have learned in marriage yet and I think it is a good time to do so. I believe that a lot of people (and yes, even myself sometimes) go into marriage and think that they are going to be happy no matter what. That happiness is just going to fall into our laps! But what I have learned is that you have to work together in marriage to be happy. Now true that you are suppose to be happy with the spouse that you have, but to be truly happy requires a lot of work. I don't believe that God created marriage to be easy and that we have to work as husbands and wives to work out all the problems in marriage. Over the years there has been a steady decline in divorces in the United States, but there has also been a steady increase of divorces among the Christian community. This shows me that even Christians are unwilling to work hard and be happy in their marriages. Let us all remember to work hard to make our marriages happy, last a very long time, and to be what God wants them to be.

How Not to Work Out

Unbelievable

Check this out...Look at this first picture then the second picture
This truck ran into the guard rail (where the people are standing) and flipped in the air before landing on that ledge.
Unbelievable? Believe it!

And It Begins...

Well, my first year of graduate school is about to begin and although I am very excited to start my studies, I am also a little nervous. Since I have never been in a graduate course before I am not sure what it will be like and looking at the syllabi it looks like it will be a heavy workload, but I believe that I can handle it....maybe. I have already received my books and I am ready to go for my first class so we shall see how the first semester will go. I have also started my new job at Memphis Integral Neurofeeback Institute and it has been great to see the inner workings of a psychologist's office, but it has been a learning experience. Also, Sarah and I have placed membership at White Station Church of Christ. We feel that this congregation is a great group of people and that we found a congregation that we see Christ-like attitudes and where we can grow spiritually. So right now it seems that Sarah and I are settled into Memphis and getting used to everything and overall I think we are going to like it here...a lot.
Through the past month there has been a lot of changes that Sarah and I have gone through and although it has been difficult at first I believe that we have handled it well especially with the Lord on our side. Whenever we go through changes like moving to a new place, getting a new job, etc. we have to let God take the reigns. In Exodus 15:13 Moses writes "In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling." We have to realize that when these changes occur in our lives that we have to let God lead us and He will lead you to the right path.

Here We Go!

Okay, I am writing my first blog on blogger....so there. My blog will hopefully be full of anecdotes of things I have learned at school, marriage, the Bible, and all walks of life. But this first blog I just want to give some info on my life so far. Well I just got married a few weeks ago and so far everything is going swimmingly. Sarah (the wife) and I have moved to Memphis at the Harding campus and I will be starting classes in August. We still are getting our apartment situated and hopefully it will be fully decorated soon (with the help of Sarah's mom). Well I think that will be all for now but check back for some more interesting blogs. See ya!