The Azusa Pacific Blog » thanksgiving http://www.apu.edu/blog Thoughts, ideas, and information from APU students, faculty, and staff Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Invitation http://www.apu.edu/blog/2010/11/22/invitation/ http://www.apu.edu/blog/2010/11/22/invitation/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:46:25 +0000 Kevin Mannoia http://www.apu.edu/blog/?p=1368 It’s thanksgiving and the temptation is to look around and base our thankfulness on how our circumstances are. If they are not so good, then maybe we’re not so thankful. If they are really good, then we are really thankful. But that makes you a slave to your circumstances and your heart of thanksgiving depends on how things are going. Consider that maybe a thankful heart will give you ability to see God at work in whatever circumstances you find yourself. He can bring good out of hardship. Being full of gratitude for God’s love and the privilege of being His child through Jesus Christ will give you eyes to see His hand at work whether things are going well or not. That is the essence of true thanksgiving. It lets you see the work of God whether in good or hard circumstances. Don’t be a slave to what goes on around you. Bring a heart of gratitude for the love God has for you, and then you will be able to see Him at work in making you His person.

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]]> http://www.apu.edu/blog/2010/11/22/invitation/feed/ 0 Recharge for the home stretch http://www.apu.edu/blog/2009/11/30/recharge-for-the-home-stretch/ http://www.apu.edu/blog/2009/11/30/recharge-for-the-home-stretch/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:23:11 +0000 Staphon http://www.apu.edu/blog/?p=448 If you are anything like me, you are rather knowledgable of the video game world, thus you would see Thanksgiving as I do. For instance, in a boss battle, I.e. Final Fantasy 7′s Cloud vs Sephiroth, you find yourself in a long battle (the semesters school work) and finally, you beat him! But it seems a little too easy… Then he rises again with huge wings and his battle theme gets more intense (Midterms) and suddenly you are glad you brought those potions (energy drinks) and you keep the fight going. THEN YOU BEAT HIM! but wait… Cut scene… Rest! It’s been 45 minutes since the battle started, you want to just leave your room and get dinner but you can’t, it’s not over, just a break (Thanksgiving) Suddenly, you fall in a cave, it’s just you (Cloud) and Finals (Sephiroth) and you decide… “I’m gonna end this party with a bang!” and you charge forth taking on the last two weeks like your life depended on it! LET’S FINISH THIS SEMESTER FELLOW STUDENTS!! LET’S END THIS BATTLE WITH EVERYTHING WE GOT AND SEE THAT FINAL CUTSCENE (Christmas Break!) but enjoy it because once the game is done… It’s another 3 disks, and there are so many other games out there that you want to play rather than starting that over again!

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