Two weeks! A full two weeks have gone by, and it seems on the one hand, incredibly fast and on the other, so slow. During this time, I have made further progress in learning about my true identity. I think the biggest discovery I had about my identity was that I had pursued something of the self-discovery instead of a God-based design. When I had that revelation, I noticed a few things that need to go. I think the Ella that has been is about 95% Ella, but there's 5% chaff that God wants to deal with. I want to be 150% Ella by the end of this. ;)
This past week was on Active Listening and Rational Christian Thinking, otherwise known as Cognitive Therapy. Super good stuff! The listening side of things was something God has been teaching me throughout my life and strangely enough through my job. In GNC, they emphasize open-ended questions to get to the bottom of the need. In actively listening to someone, this is key. So cool how that ties in! The Cognitive therapy is a work in process. We learned the A.B.C.D. model. Or Activator, Beliefs, Consequential Emotions or feelings and Demonstrating action. Eric Spady was our teacher for the week and he gave us a brand new tool for our tool belt and that is the Heart Chart! Using the ABCD model, we learned tools to reframe false beliefs about ourselves and others. And of course, on the practice one, I went deep immediately and spent the next ten minutes hiding behind my hair trying to conceal the fact that I was crying. But it's good! Let's start with a good foundation and build a plumb building, according to Abba's specs! :)
Now, as to the ipod touch situation. God has answered prayers and of course, as is typical to our creative God, it is not how I thought He would answer. I thought He would cause my ipod to just show back up, but no. Greta has been lost for good, I fear. But that does not mean He has not provided. In fact, He allowed my ipod to disappear and is now blessing me with something even better! My parents are blessing me and going in with me on a new iphone, same memory size as my old ipod touch, that will actually work when I'm out of the country. What an upgrade! It's one of those things where, it causes my faith in His provision to grow. Money is no object to Him. He just has to sell a cow. ;)
And I've saved the best news for last! I have not heard where my outreach location for this school will be, but I do know that I will be in Israel come September! Such a crazy step! I'm not sure exactly when I'll arrive or the exact duration of my stay. I do know that God has said I'm to partner up with my friends, the Hills. I'll be watching their two little boys, Gideon and Ezekiel, for two weeks, while they serve in the Feast of Tabernacles celebration. I'm so incredibly excited! Anyone who's known me for very long, knows my heart is to go there, to be there. And God is giving me this opportunity. Prayers are much appreciated. Also, if you would like to partner with this next step, I'll be posting information soon. :)
This past week was on Active Listening and Rational Christian Thinking, otherwise known as Cognitive Therapy. Super good stuff! The listening side of things was something God has been teaching me throughout my life and strangely enough through my job. In GNC, they emphasize open-ended questions to get to the bottom of the need. In actively listening to someone, this is key. So cool how that ties in! The Cognitive therapy is a work in process. We learned the A.B.C.D. model. Or Activator, Beliefs, Consequential Emotions or feelings and Demonstrating action. Eric Spady was our teacher for the week and he gave us a brand new tool for our tool belt and that is the Heart Chart! Using the ABCD model, we learned tools to reframe false beliefs about ourselves and others. And of course, on the practice one, I went deep immediately and spent the next ten minutes hiding behind my hair trying to conceal the fact that I was crying. But it's good! Let's start with a good foundation and build a plumb building, according to Abba's specs! :)
Now, as to the ipod touch situation. God has answered prayers and of course, as is typical to our creative God, it is not how I thought He would answer. I thought He would cause my ipod to just show back up, but no. Greta has been lost for good, I fear. But that does not mean He has not provided. In fact, He allowed my ipod to disappear and is now blessing me with something even better! My parents are blessing me and going in with me on a new iphone, same memory size as my old ipod touch, that will actually work when I'm out of the country. What an upgrade! It's one of those things where, it causes my faith in His provision to grow. Money is no object to Him. He just has to sell a cow. ;)
And I've saved the best news for last! I have not heard where my outreach location for this school will be, but I do know that I will be in Israel come September! Such a crazy step! I'm not sure exactly when I'll arrive or the exact duration of my stay. I do know that God has said I'm to partner up with my friends, the Hills. I'll be watching their two little boys, Gideon and Ezekiel, for two weeks, while they serve in the Feast of Tabernacles celebration. I'm so incredibly excited! Anyone who's known me for very long, knows my heart is to go there, to be there. And God is giving me this opportunity. Prayers are much appreciated. Also, if you would like to partner with this next step, I'll be posting information soon. :)
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