I want to do this!

Mercy Ships
- Bringing Hope and Healing...

"Mercy Ships, a global charity, has operated a growing fleet of hospital ships in developing nations since 1978. Following the example of Jesus, Mercy Ships brings hope and healing to the poor, mobilizing people and resources worldwide.

Mercy Ships follows the 2,000 year-old model of Jesus.
- The blind see (cataract operations).
- The lame walk (orthopaedic operations).
- The mute speak (cleft-lip and palate operations).
- Women's reproductive health (VVF operations).
- Good News (the nature and character of a loving God) is proclaimed among the poor.

Mercy Ships welcomes volunteers who would like to give of their time, efforts and expertise to the work of bringing hope and healing to the poor.

Short-term volunteers can participate from two weeks to a full year with Mercy Ships, while others may choose to serve in a career capacity.

Mercy Ships provides medical care, relief aid, and training for long-term sustainable change in developing nations."

(Taken from their website, see link below)

Take a look for yourself and see what they are doing! It's amazing!

http://www.mercyships.org/

My thoughts exactly!

WOW is all I can say! God has spoken to me through people, His Word and lately a lot through music. I wish I could play you this song here so you could just sit back and enjoy... but I don't know how to do stuff like that. So you'll just have to read the lyrics. The amazing thing is that it describes EXACTLY what's been going through my head lately...

Who am I

I've tried to wrap my mind around the thought of You
I stretched myself so far I nearly come unglued
You hold the universe inside your hands
Still You thought of me
I can't believe
Is there no limit to Your love for me
As shallow as this selfish heart can be
You are the maker of reality
And I stand in awe
You are God

Who am I
To understand your ways
Who am I
To give you anything but praise
Who am I
To try and solve the mystery
Behind the heart and soul of all that I believe
Who am I

You're every reason for my heart to hope
Creator of the things I've yet to know
You are the river for my thirsty soul
You are my desire
You are God

Who am I
To understand your ways
Who am I
To give you anything but praise
Who am I
To try and solve the mystery
Behind the heart and soul of all that I believe
Who am I

I am your child
I will follow,
Who am I
You gave your life
For my tomorrow

(Point of Grace)

Every single line in that song comes straight from my heart! I try to understand more of God, and it's breath taking. I catch myself being selfish... praying selfish prayers... thinking only of what I want... God holds the whole UNIVERSE in His hands, but still He thinks of ME. Little tiny me... WOW! What else can I do but stand in awe?

I'll be honest with you... Sometimes I even try to figure God out. Sound crazy? Well, it is! It's impossible! Cause who am I to try to understand God's ways?! What I need to do is just trust in Him because He'll bring me where I need to go...

The best part is... He holds my future in His hands! So I don't have anything to fear because God is with me all the way!

You're every reason for my heart to hope

Creator of the things I've yet to know

Why read the Bible?

“ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. ”

2 Timothy 3:16-17

God is in Control

This is no time for fear
This is a time for faith
And determination
Don't lose the vision here
Carried away by the motion
Hold on to all
That you hide in your heart
There is one thing
That has always been true
It holds the world together

CHORUS:

God is in control
We believe that his children
Will not be forsaken
God is in control
We will chose to remember
And never be shaken
There is no power above or beside him
We know, oh, God is in control
Oh, God is in control

History marches on
There is a bottom line drawn
Across the ages
Culture can make its plan
Oh but the line never changes
No matter how the deception may fly
There is one thing that has
Always been true
It will be true forever

CHORUS

He has never let you down
Why start to worry now
Why start to worry now
He is still the Lord of all we see
And He is still the loving Father
Watching over you and me
Watching over you
Watching over me
Watching over everything
Watching over you
Watching over me
Every little sparrow,
Every little king
Oh, every little king

(Twila Paris)

A message I got from a friend of mine reminded me of this song... Thanx for putting my focus straight! God really is in control so I don't need to worry about anything, do I? And like this song says: God has never let me down, so why start to worry now?

My art... if you want to take a look ;o)

Hey! So I just made a folder with some of my art at photobucket if you want to have a look. I've always liked to draw and paint... too bad I don't have much time for it now.

Anyways... just click here if you want to take a look ;o)

I will carry you

Sometimes I wonder if my beating heart has a reason
The thought of breathing only takes my breath away
I’ve spent so many nights wrestling with this feeling
Do I have the strength to make it through the day
But I was never meant
To walk this road alone
I can always trust you
When you say

I will carry you
Be your strength
And pull you through
Reach for me
Take my hand
We will pray
And we will stand
In a world
Crying out for peace
Let your heart be strong
For when I am weak
You will carry me

Sometimes you wonder if the road you’re on has a reason
It’s hard to go on, when you just don’t know
We can shoulder all the weight of life between us
Until the fear of what we cannot see is gone
‘Cause we were never meant
To walk this road alone
We are bound together
When we say…

I will carry you
Be your strength
And pull you through
Reach for me
Take my hand
We will pray
And we will stand
In a world
Crying out for peace
Let your heart be strong
For when I am weak
You will carry me

I like this song! God carries us and we carry each other...

God knows me so well...

This is really something great. God has given me a lot of good friends and some of them have given me verses for nor specific reason - just because they felt like it. And so many times it speeks right into my situation. Sometimes I get too consumed with what's going on around me and forget to really seek God's face. I forget that God cares about every single little thing that is going on in my mind, my thoughts, questions, problems... I forget that He is there for me and I can put everything in His hands in stead of trying to figure thigs out on my own... At times like these God has His way of telling me: "I'm here, just talk to Me."

Here are 2 verses I got from a friend and another that I just stumbled upon while reading the Bible:

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phillippians 4:6

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped....
Psalm 28:7

Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

New picks from this summer

Right this minute I'm putting some new picks into my albums so check it out. I decided I'd make an album from my family vacation in Lanzarote (Canary Islands). We went there in July and had such a great time!

Take a look!

Camp with KSS

I just got back from camp with KSS (Kristileg skólasamtök). It was great! There were about 50 kids there... Ok, let me rephrase that: There were about 50 young people there ;o) The place was BEAUTIFUL! I'll try to post some of the picks I took... It's not working now for some reason.

We had meetings in the evenings and Biblestudies in the mornings. The theme was as you already know "The Prayer of Jabez". What a great prayer that is. I think I'll just post it here:

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel,

"Oh, that you would bless me

and enlarge my territory!

Let your hand be with me,

and keep me from harm

so that I will be free from pain."

And God granted his request.

(1 Chronicles 4:10)

If you haven't read the book about this prayer I recommend that you do. It's a short book, easy to read AND it's really good - "The Prayer of Jaebes" by Bruce Wilkinson.

When I first read that prayer I wondered what was so wonderful about it... I kinda thought it was a selfish prayer... (shows you how much I have left to learn!) How often do I pray: Heavenly Father, will you bless ME... I don't think I've done that very often. I need to do that though, cause how can I be a blessing to others if I don't receive blessing from God first?

"... enlarge my territory..." I didn't really know what that meant until this weekend. That is a powerful prayer, and a hard one for me. This is a prayer about oppertunities and new experiences. When I pray this I'm asking God to help me see new oppertunities and new ways to do things so that I may grow in faith and as a person. So I'm asking God to help me step out of my comfort zone... it's scary and sometimes I don't like it at all, but I know it's the only way to grow in life.

These two things are just a little bit of what I learned :o) Most importantly I was reminded about how important prayer is! Through prayer I give God access to my life so that He can do extraordinary things in me and through me. That's what it's all about!

Away on camp with KSS!

This weekend I'll be with a bunch of 15-20 year olds in Vatnaskógur for the annual "KSS-fall-camp". The theme is "The Prayer of Jabez" (don't know about the spelling :o/). Should be interesting!

I'm looking forward to getting out of town for 2 nights. Just wanted to say: Have a great weekend! I'll write about the camp when I get back :o)

Ok, I'm off to a weekend of fun with KSS!!!

PICTURES!!!!

Finally! I decided to take some time to put some pictures in albums on the internet. Right now there are picks on there from my childhood - "The life of an MK!". Hehe...

I'll put more on there all up until this date as the days go by. The link is on the right under "PICTURES, PICTURES!!" I'll let you know whenever I have new picks posted :o)

You can also just click here:
Take a look!

Enjoy!

It is OVER!

My life is OVER! Just kidding! THE final is over! I think I did OK, not great but ok. At least I shouldn't flunk it so that's good. I'm just sooooo glad it's over. If you wonder what final I'm talking about it was the one on Thoracical, Abdominal and Perineal anatomy, the embryology of that and histology of the viscera too. So, yea... it was a BIG one!

Last night I was so stressed out, it was horrible! I don't think I've ever been this stressed out about a test... but now I'm all happy! What a great feeling :o)

I hope you have a great day too! Don't worry be HAPPY! Haha... guess I should have said that to myself last night, huh?

The miracles in my life!

So, I thought I'd show you picks of the two miracles in my life. And before you ask... No, they are not mine ;oP Two of my friends had beautiful baby boys this year.

Magnús Máni

Örnólfur

I just have to say I adore those little boys! Whenever I see them I am reminded of how good and amazing God is. Just look at them, they are so perfect... they are fearfully and wonderfully made!