Changing Direction

I originally had planned to complete the Associate Applied Science degree in Web Graphic Design at DeVry University. My first two courses were MATH-032 and BUSN-115 and I am a little more than half way through them. I plan to finish them, however, I do not have funding to achieve this goal. I will place it on hold until a later date. Through taking BUSN-115 I have developed a desire to complete a business degree.

I applied to the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University and was accepted. I have completed my financial aid, paid the tuition deposit, completed the entrance testing and am registered for my first course, IS 535 Managerial Applications of Information Technology. I begin my career as a Keller student on 7 July.

Election, Atheism and Christianity

Sunday’s sermon (PDF) was about God’s “Amazing Grace” and how we are elect among men as Christians. The passage for the day was Genesis 25:19-34 which talks about Jacob and Esau. One important point in the passage and that was brought home in the sermon was that Issac and Rebekah went to the Lord in prayer when they did not understand something or had a wish. Isaac went to the Lord in prayer when his wife was barren and she became pregnant (Genesis 25:21-22). Then Rebekah went to the Lord in prayer when the babies jostled in her womb and was told that she had two nations within her (25:22-23). Then finally we see the nature of the two children. Esau was of poor character and Jacob was a bottom grabber.
The practical lesson here is that no matter what you may wish for or what you want to know if you ask the Lord in prayer than he will answer.