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That's great! You are very fortunate. And it must be fun to be studying overseas! (The OP is paying for education herself, and is not on full scholarship.)

You can teach us Hebrew! A university seminary agrees to comply with regional accreditation standards. They will require a standard range of liberal arts courses, sometimes math and science or "contemporary science" (no lab). They agree not to teach dogma in their religious courses, but to...

They are accustomed to setting up plans for undecided students -- usually that means a lot of general ed, but they will try to make sure you stay in sequence with required departmental/major courses. Well ideally yes, but it doesn't happen that way. The statistics usually lump all sorts of...

When you work out, is your mind clear enough to pray? Some people bring books on tape to the treadmills. I don't think that's the solution, though, to keep striving and always feeling like you're never good enough. At some point you need to rest in Him, and enjoy what you have going. I was...

You should get a round tuit. 0 (Vintage seventies.)

Thanks, that's thoughtful of you!

Yuck. What strikes me in this, is the ability to reproduce, due to the host not removing them. They are not just gross, but they eat the host and lay eggs in the host. It is like sins that we accept, thinking they're bad but they'll go away. But in letting them sit and fester, they consume all...

There is a fine line between prophecy and "still small voice." When the books of the Bible were written, there was no clear defining line for "the end" of writings, or prophecy, or God's involvement. It was humans that gathered the books into one, and declared it canonized. I am not saying the...

You are doing what was suggested in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 -- Pray without ceasing. That doesn't mean chants -- it is the continual mindfulness that God is beside you, ready to converse at all times. A written prayer can be helpful to keep our minds on...

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It sounds like you have worked very hard to do the right things, but lost sight of the power of God in what you do. I've noticed that when I don't have people praying for/with me, there's a certain amount of invisible support I'm lacking -- as though God is trying to teach me that things work...

Wow! Cool! Thanks. I like Proverbs for times I feel like people are taking advantage of me, or the bossy people are trampling others, or I'm discouraged by sacrificing while others get ahead. It's a nice reminder that God watches the just and unjust.

It's a beautiful prayer; thanks for posting it. I always like when people can read along and pray the same thing, together. (Asynchronously.) It sounds like you get pushed to your limits by other people often, more than the average person appears to. And maybe have some genetic tendencies...

You can start anywhere, in talking to God. Tell Him that you're afraid. Even if you aren't sure you want to make a commitment, He will work with you from there. Think about it -- out of all the people who made that decision, most didn't suddenly go from disbelief to belief. Decisions take time...

... You probably learned about the draft for the Vietnam War, no? That was part of the Hippie Movement -- resisting registering, fleeing to Canada, protesting, sit-ins.... and soldiers who did serve came home to terrible treatment, as though they'd deserted the citizens...

You probably haven't had to live through a draft, but there are times when governments call all able-bodied people a certain age, to required service. So far in the US we have functioned with recruits enlisting on their own, but if there's a shortage and a crisis, the government can say...

That's great you did, but that isn't necessarily true in the US. I don't know where SSam is located... it appears you are based in US. There are states like Texas that subsidize. We didn't get it because we had a small business and rental properties -- not paid off as truly owned, but it made...

It's great that it worked out so well! We don't naturally share Bible verses with people after we do secular things, so it's nice to be in a setting where expectations drive us to move outside of our norm. Maybe that will inspire to approach situations differently, and see how God works all...

I am not in that field, so hopefully others will step in here... but I have watched CS students quit, being overwhelmed. Many of the IT students were energized, loved sharing information, and found jobs after graduation. Taking on the challenge to a drier/tougher program isn't necessarily...

That's a good question. It depends on the program. Ten years ago many things were subsidized, included in the whole program's cost, or offset by the value of work produced. In carpentry, it seems students would be making money for a company immediately, without the overseer spending too much...