1 Corinthians 13:3

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Actions speak louder than words.  Really loud.  You can say something a million and one time but it is meaningless without the actions to back it up.  The most important thing about actions?  The motives behind them.  You can do a ton of good works, but if you are not motivated by love then what else is there?  Empty gestures.  When acting through love, though, actions can change someone’s life, their entire world.  

Thanks Amy!

RA Banquet = Good Food...

The Colorado School of Mines Residence Life Department Presents Laura Anderson the award of "MOM!" For being everyone's moral compass and providing delicious treats....

1 Corinthians 13:2

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

         Knowledge is easy.  Logic is easy.  They cannot be hurt, cannot be happy, cannot feel.  Easy.  But not worth it.  The best things in life are those worth fighting for.  Love.  Not easy, but totally worth it.  

Reason...

So the reason I haven't continued my mini series yet is because I've been sick.  Got a mild case of hypothermia (yes Amy, no genius points for me) and things went downhill from there.  I've been well take care of though.  Ian has been here the entire time - blankets in one hand and cool rag in the other as I constantly switch temperatures from hot to cold.  I don't know how he can do that so tirelessly for hours, but he does.  Chelsey sat down and walked me through every circuits homework problem so I could feel like I actually got something done.  Callen is doing the same with Mech & Mat.  Andrew did all the talking on rounds, so I just followed him around and waved at everyone.  Brandon's been checking in on me to see if I need anything.  Lily and some other residents check in periodically and bring medicine.  Everyone has been so wonderful in taking care of me.  I am thankful to have such wonderful friends!

1 Corinthians 13:1

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

 

         What is Love?  Yeah, I’m not even going to touch that question.  One thing this verse does say though it that Love is important, vital to our lives.  More important than angels’ voices.  Yeah, that’s big. This verse, to me, is talking to all you wonderful liberal arts people out there.  Something about all the ‘words/tongues’ reminds me of liberal arts.  No matter what type of person you are or what you like, Love is important!

 

Love - From A Logical Person's Point of View...

Starting today I am going to do a 13 day miniseries on Love.  I'm going to go through 1 Corinthians 13, one of the most popular chapters in the Bible.  I'm not talking about any one type of love (sorry to disappoint, hopeless romantics).  Each night I will publish my thoughts on a different verse.  I'm not trying to write anything new or profound.  I'm just thinking and would like to hear your thoughts too.  There are a couple of girls I may ask to join me in this, so you might also be hearing from them.  Being an RA and dating has taught me a lot about relationships this semester.  Now I need to process it all.  That's the plan.  Want to join?

Pirates!

Every week for rounds around Weaver, Chelsey and I wear a costume.  The trick is that we also have to be in uniform.  This week we did pirates!  The costumes aren't as obvious on the picture, but they definitely were in person!  The green shirts are our duty shirts and yes, the foam things at our sides were swords.  Not bad for under fifteen minutes of thinking and getting dressed?

Cold Stone Night!

Tonight my floors and I went to Cold Stone.  All the freshmen have a Calculus test tomorrow, so we just ran out real fast to get ice cream.  It was a wonderful study break and everyone had a blast (while eating far too much ice cream).  Next week we have a cookout!

Proper Introduction (the short version)...

It has occurred to me that I've mentioned and put his picture up, but I haven't really told y'all about Ian - Ian Alexander Ebersole.  I have a few minutes, so now seems like as good a time as any!  Ian is an incredible, wonderful, special person who is very dear to me.  We think we met last semester at swing dance lessons, but aren't really sure if that was the first time we saw each other.  We didn't begin talking until we sat together in a math class this semester.  Even then we didn't talk much, we actually started Skyping.  Yes, for a while it was a long distance friendship while living twenty minutes walking from each other.  Silly, I know.  The conversations on Skype were deep, wonderful and lasted far too late at night!  Totally worth it.  Ian asked me to go ice skating with some friends Valentine's Day, it was our first time hanging out together.  A week and a half after that, we started dating.  I have never been so happy!  Ian is filled with love for CHRIST, he searches after HIM actively, and it shows in his interactions with those around him.  He is fun, crazy, smart, patient, thoughtful, caring, humble, handsome and much taller than I am!  Ian has the most beautiful heart!  Anyone who has spoken to Ian can tell you what a wonderful person he is.  My family loves him.  I have had a great time getting to know Ian so far and look forward to getting to know him better every day...

E-Days...

E-Days (Engineering Days) is a huge weekend event here at CSM.  It starts Thursday night with a massive firework show and ends Sunday. During this time there is a concert, a cardboard boat race, trebuchet contest, mining competition, Mr. Big Digger competition, root beer kegger, free food, ore cart pull to Denver, dance, casino night and lots of drinking games.  For the RAs, E-Days means a lot of work and a lot of fun.  Most of us do our shifts and then get as far away from the dorms as we can.  I had both shifts Thursday night.  During the first shift, I was on duty with Yule and we decided to dress up gangster for rounds.  The costumes were fun and the round lasted 4 hours.  As soon as we would finish one round, we would start the next.  A round consists of looking around each suite, talking to residents, checking the bathrooms, checking around the building outside and looking for anything suspicious.  Often the residents don't even realize we are looking around. We keep chatting with them, but our eyes are always on the move.  After midnight, Yule switched off with Dana and we continued rounds until 4am.  The rest of E-Days I spent at Ian's house hanging out with him and the other guys living at his house.  The guys are really funny, I had an awesome, restful time.  When I wasn't laughing, I was sleeping.  I wasn't awake much of E-Days and it was GREAT!

Think Before You Speak...

One of the side effects of being constantly tired is that I am easily irritated.  I know I'm beyond tired when I start snapping at every little thing.  I am trying to be very careful and not snap at those around me.  They don't deserve my irritation.  The best method to not say something you regret is to not say anything at all.  No one here seems to like it when I don't talk though.  Next solution, take a nap!

Together...