Beautiful God

SHAWN McDONALD
Beautiful
Written by Shawn McDonald

As I look into the stars
Pondering how far away they are
How You hold them in Your hands
And still You know this man
You know my inner most being, oh
Even better than I know, than I know myself

What a beautiful God
What a beautiful God
And what am I, that I might be called Your child
What am I, what am I
That You might know me, my King
What am I, what am I, what am I
As I look off into the distance
Watching the sun roll on by
Beautiful colors all around me, oh
Painted all over the sky
The same hands that created all of this
They created you and I
What a beautiful God
What a beautiful God

And what am I, that I might be called Your child
What am I, what am I
That You might know me, my King
What am I, what am I
That You might die, that I might live
What am I, what am I, what am I, what am I
What am I
What am I
What am I
What am I
What am I




God is and always will be BIG!
There is nothing we can do about it. When you can sit back and look at the situation around you and be thankful-- that is when God touches you. I am at that point. God has placed me here for a reason. I know and finally realized that I am nothing without HIM! Like Shawn McDonald said in his song, " What am I," it should make you think of what you do that could be more important than listening and PRAISING the maker and the one who died for us!

What Am I?


Few photos are compliments of my sister, April.

The Injury

How does one obtain a third degree sprain?

The story of my accident is not that amusing. I like to make up stories to see what kind of reactions I can get. Such as: a motorcycle ran over my foot, I was running after a guy or stole my purse or I was on a safewalk and someone attacked me. Yet sadly, my story is only I fell down some stairs.




I am an RA (Resident Advisor) in Adams on OU's campus. We do one fire drill a year in which all RA's are required to work. Deirdre and I had floors 2 through 5 in McC tower. We just finished on floor five as we then were making our way down to four when I sliped and fell basically down the flight of stairs. I landed on my ankle. Papers went flying and Deirdre was trying to figure out if I was laughing or crying.

My ankle began to swell. It looked as though I had a golf ball stuck to the side of my ankle. Deirdra then preceeded to call the RD and CC to tell them of my mishap. I was then taken to the emergency room as they gave me a shot of morphine and took many x-rays.

Then Doctor George came back with a shocked look on his face explaining that it was not broken but severely sprained. I was then told to see a follow up doctor the next day.

As Friday came, I was able to get crutches so that walking was not my hoping anymore. I was shown how to use my crutches and told to use them until further evaluation of my ankle.

I then had an appointment with Doctor David Bobb. He put me in a light blue cast which I will wear for two weeks. Then I will get the privaledge of wearing a black space boot for 4 to 6 weeks after that with lots of therapy (to my ankle).

My friends have been amazing! They have brought me flowers and candy and even a stuffed dog named splint!

It has been four days since I have been casted and it is already starting to ich.

Great story?? Well maybe!

National Conference

As a sophomore in college, I have obtained leadership positions such as: OU's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) Chapter Vice President, PRSSA National Sub-Committee for Internships and Jobs, staff writer for PRSSA National FORUM, Resident Advisor and even volunteer as Edification Chair for my sorority, Sigma Phi Lambda.

As this years Vice President of PRSSA, I have been put incharge of trip planning. The first trip is to National Conference! October 19 through the 23rd as time is of the essence. Two girls and myself are going to spend these days together. Learning and soaking up anything that is thrown at us.

The next trip will be to Chicago in November. We will be traveling to atleast 5 PR firms, and then we will do some site seeing. This will be an amazing trip! Also, it won't be as expensive.

In the spring will be a trip to New York, which is still in the making.

For National Conference, I applied to have a interview with GM for an internship over the summer of 2008. Each internship they are offering sounds amazing. I cannot wait to hear more about what they are offering.

The one thing that I am most looking forward to is seeing my friends from National Assembly. I made good friends with the National Committee as well as some amazing individuals all throughout the US. I can't wait to get ideas from them and vice versa! See you in Philly!