What a beautiful day!

The sun is shining and the weather is really nice! It is actually pretty warm outside. All I want to do right now is be outside, go swimming, lay in the sun or something like that... Basically just enjoy the weather. But since I have to study looking out my window from time to time and going for a short walk will have to do. Although I can't be outside all day I'm glad it's a bright and shiny day. Good, beautiful days like this one make everything seem easier ;)

Have a great day!

Who am I?

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still You hear me when I'm calling
Lord, You catch me when I'm falling
And You've told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again
Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me
Not because of who I am
But because of what You've done
Not because of what I've done
But because of who You are

I am Yours
Whom shall I fear
Whom shall I fear
'Cause I am Yours
I am Yours

(Lyrics by Casting Crowns)

I often ask myself these questions... why doesn't God just give up on me? How come He loves me when I let Him down every day? I mean I can't even go through one day - or even one hour for that matter - without doing, saying or thinking something wrong!

I guess I need to remind myself of what Jesus said:
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." (Mark 2:17)

A lecturer at Capernwray Bible School once said:

"God hasn't made it impossible to sin, but He has made it possible not to."

If I could live the Christian life perfectly I wouldn't need God, would I? But the fact is I can't do it on my own, I need His strength and help in every situation. And I need His forgiveness and mercy when I fall.

I'm glad that God's love isn't something I have to earn - it's a gift! This song kinda says all there is to say! He doesn't love me because of who I am or what I've done, He loves me because of who He is and what He's done!

How to enlarge your brain!

Wow! I can't believe that this school year is almost over! Today was the last day with lectures. All we have left now are the exams... ugh! So even if school is over in a sence my studying is only just beginning! My last exam isn't until May 27! As you can imagine this next month is not going to be the most active month of my life ;)

Anyways! Let me tell you something a little more interesting... Do you know how you can enlarge your brain? Everybody can do it you know! You just have to drink tons and tons of water! Simple as that, but it doesn't make you any smarter though. All it does is make your cells enlarge (especially brain cells) because of increased water content and that's actually not good for you. So I guess it's not the best idea, haha! That was my silly fact of the day ;)

Wow is all I can say!

I just put one of my CDs in the player to listen to while I study. It's set to play the songs in random order and you know what?! God really knows how to speak into my situation, He never ceases to amaze me! I think we have a cool God!

The first song that came on was "Crazy", nr. 6 on the CD "Spoken For" with MercyMe. (It is a great CD by the way!!! MercyMe is one of my favourite bands!)

I just have to write out the lyrics so you can see for yourself:

CRAZY

Why would I spend my life longin for the day that it would end?

Why would I spend my time pointing to another man?

Isn't that crazy?

How can I find hope in dying with promises unseen?

How can I learn Your way is better in everything I'm taught to be?

Isn't that crazy?

I have not been called by the wisdom of this world

But to a God who's calling out to me

And even though the world may think

I'm losing touch with reality

It would be crazy to choose this world

Over eternity

And if I boast let me boast in filthy rags made clean

And if I glory let me glory in my Saviours suffering

Isn't that crazy?

And as I live this daily life I trust You for everything

And I will only take a step when I feel You leading me

Isn't that crazy?

Call me crazy

You can call me Crazy

Call me crazy

How cool is this!

This is the verse of the day at BibleGateway:

“ For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities–his eternal power and divine nature–have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. ”- Romans 1:20

And here's a quote from a comment on my previous post:

"Look at all the variety in nature and you can only come to one conclusion: somewhere there must be a creative Master Mind. " - Paul Abspoel

Pretty much says the same thing! I thought it was a funny coincidense. Just take a look around you and think for a moment!

Are Christians just stupid?!

Well, that's what one of my teachers seems to think.

We had a discussion-class today about research on stem cells in breast cancer. At the end of the class people were asking ethical questions about embryonic stem cell research. (It is banned by law in Iceland since 1996 but people are trying to change that.) At the end of that discussion the teacher said: "We should just be happy that we don't live in a contry where 50% of the population believes in the creation and other 40% believe that God used evolution to create everyting and only 10% believe in the evolution theory!" She shook her head and had this look on her face. Like it's stupid to believe that there is a God and the evolution theory is proof of the opposite. I was a little offended by the way she said it. I know she didn't mean to hurt anyone but everyone needs to watch what they say and how they say it, especially in big groups. You never know what kind of opinion or belief people have.

Anyways! When I was thinking about this later today I remembered these verses:

Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

(1 Corinthians 1:22-24)

People can think whatever they want, but I'm prepared to be a fool for God! :o)

Driving drunk...

... people down town!

I went to the gym today and when my sister came to pick me up this lady stopped me, "can you drive us down town? Do you live in Reykjavík city?"

I sensed she was a little tipsy and had probably had a few drinks so I didn't want to offer her a ride... Maybe that was mean of me, but I'm not a big fan of driving drunk strangers anywhere. Anyways! I told her we lived close by and we were just going home... "I'm sorry," I said and walked towards the car.

She just went on: "We are waiting for the cab but it's not comming and I'm freazing! Please can you drive us? Please, please, please..."

"I'm sorry..."

"If you were in Norway I would drive you!" Bla, bla, bla...

Well, we ended up driving them down town! Her boyfreind was with her and both of them smelled of alcohol. They laughed about everything and were really loud. I just went with it and talked about what they talked about. Then suddenly the guy said: "If you want to come down tonw for drinks with us tonight you are welcome! If you are not comming to drink you can just stay at home, cause we're not going to sit and drink coffe and talk about religion." They both laughed and she said: "No, because that's boring!" Hmmm... they obviously did not know they sat in a car with two Christian girls! I thought it was quite funny!

I was thinking about telling them what I did last weekend. What would they have said if I told them: "Well, I spent the whole of last weekend talking and thinking about religion! I am a Christian, you see."

Weekend in Sweden!

I had a great time in Sweden! I took some pictures that you'll be able to see once I've made a web-album :o) I'm gonna try to do it really soon... like tonight if I can make it work ;o)

As I told you this was a conference for medical students from Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. There were about 35 of us there. We had teaching about different topics like: The challenges of being a Christian medical student/doctor; the challenges of Daniel; faith and science and lastly some of the students presented what their groups do at their school.

It was so fun to talk to all of them and see how we are all in a similar situation. Really encouraging! I am just on fire after this weekend! I wish we could have something similar here with a group of Christian medical students. These days opened my eyes to how important it is to have this network of people that are facing similar challenges and struggles. We as Christian medical students will face situations where our our faith plays a big role in ethical decisions. One simple example is the issue of abortion... I know it is legal here, but can I as a Christian sign a concent for abortion?

The answer to that question is simple as in many other situations we might face. The hard thing is to actually take that stand and put my faith into action. Will I be able to do that? It's kinda scary if you ask me.

So yeah, many thoughts like this one are twirling around in my head... What am I getting myslef into?! I'm just glad I don't have to take a single step by myself! I can do everything through Christ who gives me strenght! I just have to learn to trust a little more... What was it Johan said at Bible school: If you take care of God's reputation, He'll take care of yours!

Anyways! I'm not that troubled although it may seem like I am. The excitement is far more than any worries! I have so much to look forward to.

This fall, in October, there is going to be a conference for Christian medical students in Norway. It will be in Norwegian ofcourse, but it is open for any medical student who'd like to come! So if you are one of them you are welcome too ;o) I really want to go, so I'm going to see if I can make it work. Oh, and you know what?! Next summer (2006) there will be a huge international conference in Sydney, Australia! Wouldn't that be something! Man, I'd like to go! I've always wanted to go to Australia... and now I'd have an excuse! But that is just a dream right now... Money is the problem!

Well, this is getting too long! I'm going to stop now! I have a lot of unpacking to do anyway. Have a nice day!

Sweden here I come!

I am going to Sweden tomorrow! So excited! I'm going to this Christian conference for medical students. It's held in Stockholm and there will be students from Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. The heading is: "In the world, but not of the world". I think it is going to be really interesting and fun. I am going by myself so I'm a little bit nervous too, but I'll be ok once I'm there. Just wanted to tell you that and wish you all a great weekend!

A cool website!

This is such a cool website!

http://drdino.com

I've always wanted to really dive into the topic of creation vs. evolution, but I guess I never dared to. Evolutionists always seem to have everything figured out and ready to debate whatever question you come up with... well, maybe that's not it. Maybe the fact is I haven't known how to answer questions people ask about creation and so I just avoid talking about this topic :o/ That can change now! I'm not going to babble on about this, just see for yourself! You can even download free videos and other stuff on the topic! Cool, huh?!

Glasses - briller - gleraugu!!

Horray! I found my glasses today! I am so excited! The lady in the shop was really nice and helped me find some really nice glasses that fit me well. I thought they were cool. If you ask me I'd say I looked great in them :oP Just wait till you see me, haha! I'm going to pick them up on Wednesday.

Mine are not quite as colorful...

That's the highlight of my day today. I had another not so fun experience this morning after Sunday school thouhg... A very angry mom came and poured herself over me. I was shocked! You want to know why she was soooooooo angry? Let me tell you! It was because her daughter was supposed to carry a candle in the service when the kids left for Sunday school (something we do every Sunday when we walk out). The funny thing is that she walked straight past us before the service. She even paused a little and looked at us. We stood there with two big candles waiting for the kids to come and get them. We even waited until the service had started before we found some other kids to carry them. Hmmm... I can't see we did anything wrong here! But all she could say was: I am very angry and my daughter is really hurt! She went on and on. Meanwhile her daughter was running around having fun, eating some cookies... was she upset?! Ummm... don't think so!

Frustrations on a wierd day

Frustrtations, frustrations! Why does life have to be so frustrating sometimes? Maybe because sometimes I make it frustrating... like today. I just got frustrated about the smallest things, I guess it just wasn't my day today. Nothing went like I wanted it to. I hate how that happens sometimes and I'm sure I'm no fun to be around when frustration hits me. WOW! I've used the word frustration 7 times already! Man! I think I need to talk about something else.

This friday was kinda strange too. When I woke up this morning it was pretty warm and the sun was shining. I walked to school and back and I didn't need an extra jacket or coat. Felt almost like summer. That didn't last long! At dinner time, around 8pm it started snowing!! Crazy weather! I guess it's true what people say about Iceland: If you don't like the weather just wait 10 minutes.