Skip to main content

PCC Campus Post: [insert comma]

The last week has been a hectic one. From Monday to Friday, our church held VBS for about 40 kids. The experience was... interesting. I was told to be more of a student than a helper this year, as last year I did not participate too much in class time and activities for all the monitoring that needed done. This year was a little better, and I was able to participate in the games and lesson time, while still watching over the unruly kids. We (in my family) are very tired from the running around, and from staying up late each night. All that being said, my post today is a little shorter than normal, not about food, and not written by me.
Comma
I have borrowed another PCC Campus Post blog post off of their website. This one was
written by Cory on May 6, 2016. I believe it holds a lesson for all of us, and not just college kids, so here it is.

While editing, I often find that I need to insert a comma or two to add clarity to a sentence. Without commas, a sentence can slur together, making it difficult for the reader to understand. Commas provide a good break, allowing the reader to take a moment to collect his thoughts before finishing the sentence.
Like sentences need commas, our lives need breaks, too. Let's face it, we're all busy here at college. Whether it be academics, work, sports, choirs, or other extracurricular events, our activity planners are crammed full of things we need to do before the semester ends. And as the days before Commencement get fewer and fewer, we find that more and more projects have been coming due, final games and performances are coming up, and of course studying for final exams.
Now, while we obviously need to finish strong, we also need to take time to breathe. If not, we get lost in a chaotic scramble of checking things off lists, and we lose focus of the reason of why we're actually here.
One of the best ways to take a break from life is spending time alone with God. Think about it: when was the last time you took time out of your busy life to talk to God or meditate upon His Word? If you are like me, you might find this difficult. It's not that we don't have time, it's just that we don't often make time since there just seems to be so many other things we need to be done.
But wait a minute! Why should we discard our greatest hope and comfort when we need it most? Jesus told His disciples: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). Even though we all live really busy lives, wouldn't it be wise to make time for God, Who is the only One Who can carry us through these hectic times? Finish strong this semester, but don't forget to take time off to breathe and spend time with God. He'll carry you through!
If you want to read the original post on the site, you can click here.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Great Red Dragon of Revelation 12

Sorry this post is a little late! I wanted this project to be done last Sunday, but I kept noticing details that could be added to make it a little better. This post might seem a little random, but it helped me to practice the drawing skills and techniques that I know. This includes: drawing dragon heads, adding small details to half-finished ideas, and adding shading. The idea for this design came from my Mom, when she saw me drawing dragon head designs and challenged me to draw the seven-headed dragon from Revelation 12:3 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads." My initial idea looked like this: Click to enlarge. I realized that this wouldn't work, for my drawing skills at least, so I changed the design to this: Click to enlarge. I wanted a large center head that captured attention, so I worked on that next: Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. F...
2 comments
Read more

With Apologies to Robert Frost

I have a class for school called Speech. This is supposed to help me learn how to stand properly while speaking, pronounce words properly, and so on. The most recent section is on how to give meaning and feeling to a  poem when reading one out loud. My teacher, Mrs. Autrey, has been reciting poems to us as examples, and she uses a variety such as happy poems, sad poems, thoughtful and so on. One of them that caught my attention was a funny remake of the famous poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.   The original is one of my favorite poems, and I have always loved the other poetic works of Robert Frost. Here is the original poem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost   Whose woods these are I think I know.    His house is in the village though;    He will not see me stopping here    To watch his woods fill up with sn...
1 comment
Read more

CBP Prohibited and Restricted Items

Recently we went to a Back to School festival near to us. At the event, they had a car show, snacks, booths for school children to get supplies , and also booths from the local police and border protection agencies. One of the booths, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, had a variety of unique items on display, including gem-covered beetles, vials of weevils in food products, leather from a sea turtle and elephant, and a bird claw. The officer on the right talked about all the items on display. Click to enlarge. What do all these items have in common? Well, we learned from one of the officers at the booth that these were all illegal items to try to bring over the border. Lets start with the gem-covered beetle. This is not the beetle the officer had on display, but simply an example. While this may look like a harmless product, it is actually quite cruel. That is because the beetle is captured while still alive and has the jewels pasted to its back before being put on sa...
1 comment
Read more