I looked back at my posts & realized that I barely give updates on my life. It's usually just verses, hymn lyrics, quotes, & pictures for me. The last, real update was back in August! Eeps. Hello, November.
The Lord has been so gracious in dealing with my sinfulness. Daily, I am reminded of His character & the assurance I have through His Son & it blows my mind. I cannot imagine living without the peace of God in my heart. There are many days that display my lack of trust & faith in His sovereignty & it is all so foolish! He has always been faithful & He has always taken care of me!
School, on the other hand, has been a monster! Haha, just kidding (sort of). I don't know exactly when I started to fall behind but now I am & it's unfortunate. There is so much I want to learn & although there will probably be more time to read after I graduate, I probably... won't. It's the truth! Honestly, I can attribute this to my lack of discipline (uh hello, blogging right now). I only have 4 more weeks-- including this one-- until finals week, followed by winter break, followed by... my last semester of undergrad! Yay! I'm all registered for classes & stoked to finish it off with 15 more units. No such thing as slacking off for [super] senior year.
My internship is wonderful! As the weeks go by, my responsibilities increase, but it's been a blast. I'm learning a lot from everyone at my site, including the kids. For example, I am sooo not as patient as I thought I was, haha. Students with special needs are really somethin'! They're the sweetest though & have so much potential to learn-- they just need a little extra time & encouragement. It's a huge blessing to be at a site where I can talk about God & the Gospel all I want & people would just talk about God and the Gospel with me. I'm even grateful that this has benefited girls at my church! Hello networking! I'm also blessed with a very temporary (& when I say very temporary, I mean, until the end of this month) tutoring job to work with one of my favorite students. I've grown attached to a good amount of kids but I'm excited to take on a new internship next semester & experience new things.
Ministry has been a joy (as always) & I'm so glad the Lord has given me this opportunity to serve with the CPYF. There has been so much growth & so many more hardships, but the mindset has changed from the past years to the fact that God is sanctifying His children & He will be glorified. I don't know where He will lead them in the upcoming year (congrats new officers!), but I know that He is in control of all things.
Speaking of being in control of all things, my health is just dandy. There were a few issues with my heart-- palpitations & such-- but after some emergency check-ups, blood work, & a Holter monitor, it looks like I'm totally normal (for the most part). Praying that everything will be fine in the long run & that I will give a good testimony to God's goodness in my life. This totally reminds me that I need to make another doctor's appointment soon.
One last thing before I head to bed-- we're engaged! Say whaaa?! :) How much more grace can the Lord pour out on my life?!? (A lot, apparently.) Micah & I are so excited! I know he's not here writing this with me, but I know he's excited too. ...I think. (Joke!) It's so strange going through my Google Reader & taking a little extra time looking through the wedding blogs. Before Micah & I got together, I would look through the posts for party ideas, but now I'm actually looking for wedding ideas & it's WEEEEIRRRD. I love it! My wonderful sister-friends have already sent over some wedding magazines, sheesh! I'm actually kind of grateful that we don't have a budget yet, 'cause that means wedding planning doesn't really start, which meaaans we can just enjoy being engaged. Every time I see something I actually like, I have to keep reminding myself that this whole thing isn't just about the wedding. It's about the Gospel! & I cannot wait to display the Gospel through marriage! Christ loving the church! Woohoo! Praise God!
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| Thanks for the picture, Sam! I know you're reading this! |
& with that,
GOOD NIGHT.
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ReplyDeleteThis is Micah, Loris' husband-to-be. Wow. :)
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