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Name: Jacquelyn
Country: United States
State: Illinois
Metro: Chicago
Birthday: 5/21/1987
Gender: Female
Interests: Becoming more intimate with our Savior, Praying & Chillin' with buddies, traveling, eating variety of foods, Green tea Ice Cream!, shopping, long naps,
Occupation: Student
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AIM:  lilmeoww1
Member Since:
8/27/2003
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| God truly brings beautfy from pain..."No matter how great the trial and how deep the pain, the peace of God is greater still." I have seen so many changes in my life since God swept me off my feet. What an amazing and beautiful God we have. When God touches lives He does damage! Such bliss... | | |
| --Went home to Rochester not too long ago to attend my cousin's wedding. Here are a few pictures to enjoy. 
Perry and Lauren-- cutting the cake 
Family Picture! 
Jess and I enjoying ourselves 
Daddy and I 
Mamma and I 
The hottest picture yet...Angel! Here's some thing true that I am learning and I want to share it with you... "No matter how great the trial and how deep the pain, the peace of God is greater still." | | |
| Found some pictures of City Year on my Dad's camera...
Ohh City Year (sigh)
Graduation Day...
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Last PT! *tears*
We won the cup of inspiration....Go Marquette Team! Ai-ya/ BAM!
Family Pic.
Erin <3 - was a pleasure working with ya!
Oh yeah team...way to win the cup! (You guys will always be my family!)
I love you Cohn-zone...<3 Thank you for putting up with me for 10 whole months!
Those wrap up City Year pictures...man O man...wish I could do it all over again...which I might. Having a family like them makes you wanna do City Year again and again... Thank you to my team for an incredible year! You've not only changed lives of the children but you've changed my life as well...
Chinatown...CCUC in the background!
Hmm...what are these?
Oh yes...and sushi food was amazing. That's why we are all smiling :)
Hope you guys enjoyed...whoever is looking. Have a great summer full of blessings! | | |
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So
going to retreat was amazing...God opened my heart up in many
directions. One major thing Scott the speaker reminded me of when
speaking was that if you abide in God then the will of God will
happen...therefore you will not have to worry about anything.
Then my follow up question in my mind was how do you or what can I do
to abide in God...then a following message my Jalon was about what it
means to be a Christian or definition. Right then and there it clicked
like a bright light. The reason I have struggled with so many
things lately is that I lacked abiding in God. I have put all my
energy in those other things. What if I abided in God? What if I
lived a life pleasing to God? Maybe I wouldn't have been such a
mess...(sigh)
When will I learn? How many more retreats?? How many more uplifting conversations will I need? Why not now?
Another thing I have read in a friend of mine blog...he mentioned the
greatest commandment of all...to LOVE the Lord with all your
heart. When I read his entry...my heart ached a little...knowing
that I haven't truly loved the Lord with all my heart and soul.
(sigh) Please FORGIVE me Lord...
So when I came home from retreat, I walked into the door and saw my
apartment. It looked like a bomb went off. Then reality hit
me...my life was still a mess and things need to change. Little
did I know how hard it would be going back to work the next day and
being so unhappy. Even till now...I'm missing something in my
heart. Not sure exactly what it is.
It's so hard to change and have Christ be the focus in your life when you see so many distractions...but as Scott said "Jesus is our goal in a world full of distractions" I just hope I'll be able to see that clearly in my heart. I must continue to seek and soon I'll find.
As I look back on my notes...it doesn't hit my heart the way it did at
the retreat. As I continue to look at them and read God's word I
pray and hope they will live true in my heart, that they may burn like
flames that would take down a forest.
If any of you are going on a retreat anytime soon...my prayer is that
you won't just be in the moment of God during the retreat...but that
you'd be in the moment of God everyday despite whether or not you're at
a retreat or not. As for myself.
I need to learn not only to abide in God but to LOVE...which is the greatest commandment.
(I praise you Lord for the
people you've put in my life that help me see more of you, may I bring
glory and honor to you through everything that I do. All that I can do
is hold on to you and follow the way you lead. I lift up all these
praises and prayers to you, and you alone- Amen.)
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