Reflection On Pleasures And Wisdom

This week assignment was very interesting and fascinating. We are all born with gifts and talents. Having God-given gifts inside us that has the power to give life, direction, and purpose. First Peter 4:10 says” As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of Gods varied grace”. God works in different ways in each of us.

The parable of the talents from Matthew and Luke, draw our attention to a normally overlooked responsibility, namely our government. If we bury our talents, namely, if we ignore our government and hope for the best, God will look us on with disappointment. We would have failed to manage our responsibilities in a way that honors God. God has not given us this government so that we can ignore it, but instead He gave it to us that we may be actively participating and

“He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” There it is folks, it’s right here in black and white. If God has called us, He will equip us to accomplish it. That takes so much pressure off of us. Once you can step into that truth, you simply have to open your eyes and look back over your life. Ask yourself: what have you consistently done well? What do you love to do? With that answer in mind, go do it! Do what you love to do and use that to bring glory to your creator. So many of us know that we have a gift. Weather that gift is crunching numbers, creating short-films, baking the perfect cake, or teaching a class of screaming kids on a weekly basis, we mostly know that we have a gift of some kind. That is only the first step though, and it’s unfortunately where so many people stop. As Lucado says: “We accept the gift, but ignore the giver. We promote self. We parade up and down the isle ‘Hey look at me!’ When we centerstage our selves and don't give a lick about God… dare we expect anything short of chaos? He entrusts us with gifts, so that we can make Him known.” What it all boils down to is one pretty powerful thought, and that is this, He endows us with gifts so that we can make Him known. Period. Every person on the face of this planet has been given something to do to show who God

Dr. Waddell explains that he feels work signifies honor, creativity, and love. Dr. Waddell states, “[vocation] expresses the belief that God is present in calling and equipping people to fulfill a particular purpose in life and this correlates with Grudems’ statement, “that is why God made us with a desire to be productive, to make or do something useful for [ourselves] and other people”.

Timothy Brook’s book, The Confusions of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China is a detailed account of the three centuries of the Ming Dynasty in China. The book allows an opportunity to view this prominent time period of Chinese history. Confusions of Pleasure not only chronicles the economic development during the Ming dynasty, but also the resulting cultural and social changes that transform the gentry and merchant class. Brook’s insights highlight the divide between the Ming dynasty’s idealized beliefs, and the realities of its economic expansion and its effects. Brook describes this gap through the use of several first hand accounts of individuals with various social statuses.

Keith H. Basso’s Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache delivers a strong message regarding human connections between place, identity, and origins in relation to the idea of place-names. Every place evokes an association to a story and/or a person/ancestor bearing a moral message that allows the Western Apache to shape their beliefs, behaviors, identities, etc. It is through this connection to the land that the Apache begin to define their understanding of their lives.

God has blessed each of us with our own set of gifts. These gifts, ultimately for his glory, exist to help us help others in some fashion. In week two of this course, an assignment to assess and discuss our own gifts was completed. In order to fulfill the assignment an assessment was completed. According to the assessment, my gifts are craftsmanship, exhortation, helps, encouragement, giving, and wisdom. Each gifts holds a purpose and connects to other similar gifts.

We see from this passage that Solomon is a loving devoted husband and father. He understands the relationship between a father and his children. Solomon appears through this writings to have been a good

From grammar jeopardy in English class to researching Túpac Amaru in Spanish, all of my classes at BHMS are extremely alluring and fun, but my Humanities class to stand out within all of my great classes. The Humanities class in BHMS is the perfect combination of hands-on education, creativity and Fun. Mixing those three things is a tough thing to do, but my teacher Launa Schweizer does it every time. She make every single class so fun and engaging, whether it is going outside and polling people or making an imaginary journey to Oregon. Humanities is by far my favorite class and always manages to interest me no matter what.

Reflections From My Own Grieving 1 Reflections From My Own Grieving Loren Harssar TATI: Art Therapy, Spirituality, Grief and Loss Friday, April 21, 2017 Claudia McKnight Reflections From My Own Grieving 2 The study of grief and bereavement has existed since the 1900’s when Freud came out with his idea of “Mourning and Melancholia”. Since then, there has been much more research done as well as theories created to make sense of the notion of losing someone. Within the current literature I have been reading on the topic, the use of stage theories of grieving are considered too rigid and are inaccurate representations of grief.

I am a registered and specialized trained Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) at Emergency and Trauma Department (ED). I have been working in the Government Hospital for fourteen years. In addition I am also working together other with twenty AMO’s, ten registered staff nurses and seventeen nursing aid in this department. In Malaysia AMO plays a major role in early diagnosis and treatment of patient whereby they are assign in hospital and clinics. AMO working in the ED are competent in the provision of emergency cares and function as the main front liner care provider that includes provision of emergency treatment, stabilization, definitive care and function as an important component of the Trauma Team (Ministry of Health

Instead of placing one’s self-worth in things of the world, a person can find their value in God alone. For example, ballet often causes an individual to be overly focused on how they look and achieving the perfect dancer’s body to satisfy themselves, their teachers, or their audience. Because of this, many dancers have poor self-image which can lead to eating disorders or other unhealthy lifestyles. However, if Christianity is the focus of the dance studio, much less emphasis is placed on being perfect, and the focus is mainly enjoying dance and using the gift God has given. Furthermore, dancers no longer have to seek approval from the world and others which encourages them to become all God has created them to be. God tells us that we should find our identity and value in Him alone. When an individual values themselves, they also begin to value others and view them differently. In the novel Quo Vadis, Vinicius was infatuated with Lygia’s looks and viewed her as an object that he needed to possess. When God captured his heart, Vinicius’ affection for Lygia was no longer based on her outward appearance. He saw her as a person that he should honor, love, and respect. (Gutenberg.org) When one values others, they consider them and have the attitude of “do to others what you would have them do to you” rather than just considering themselves. (Matthew 7:12) Finally, accepting Christianity changes one’s view of God. C.S. Lewis, a renowned Christian apologist, struggled with his view of God throughout his early life. When he was young, Lewis became angry at God for events in his life that he saw as unfair and cruel. Later on, Lewis realized that God is just and loving and always has a plan and purpose. (cbn.com) After learning who God truly is, Lewis accepted Him as his savior, and his life was forever changed. Instead of being

For example, in Proverbs 10:4-5, we see that working hard will lead us to a better life, but slacking off will cause us shame.

The first reason why talent is more important than hard work is people with naturally born talent at a skill will have the upper hand. People with natural talent don’t have to work as hard than other people giving them the upper hand on other people. People with naturally born talent at a skill don’t have to work as hard to get it or learn it than people who have to work harder than they do to get it or learn it. Certain things come easy to them which makes them better at a skill than someone else who has to work super hard at a skill.

Through the examples of Oedipus and Socrates, the saying “the unexamined life is not worth living” proves true in three ways: first, to live a life full of discovery is a direct calling from God; second, an examined life leads to humbleness; and lastly, a life spent in investigation will constantly be in pursuit of truth.