{"id":1961,"date":"2012-08-24T10:07:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2012-08-24T10:08:53","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T14:08:53","slug":"let-the-words-of-my-mouth-and-the-meditations-of-my-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp\/?p=1961","title":{"rendered":"Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I graduated in 2009 from grad school, I thought that I was finally done writing papers and taking classes. \u00a0That has all changed this summer. \u00a0I have taken 2 more graduate classes, but they were theology classes, nothing to do with nursing, medicine, etc&#8230;Talk about being out of my comfort zone-YIKES!<\/p>\n<p>I am currently writing my consecration paper. \u00a0This is basically a paper where I explain my call to missions, my character, my thoughts on Covenant Theology, thoughts on Evangelism, etc&#8230;This is a step in the process for me in becoming a long-term missionary with the Evangelical Covenant Church. \u00a0I am nervous for sure about writing this paper, but not necessarily because of the content, more of how I portray the content. \u00a0I don&#8217;t just want to answer the questions, but I want to give a picture of who I am in Christ when answering them. \u00a0The verse that keeps coming back to me as I write is:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Psalm 19:14<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>&#8220;May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Please pray for me as I write this paper. \u00a0That I may write was is pleasing to my Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/delp?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1961&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I graduated in 2009 from grad school, I thought that I was finally done writing papers and taking classes. \u00a0That has all changed this summer. \u00a0I have taken 2 more graduate classes, but they were theology classes, nothing to do with nursing, medicine, etc&#8230;Talk about being out of my comfort zone-YIKES! 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