One week until my last semester of undergrad,
4 months (+5 days) until I become a college graduate,
11 months until I become a wife!
My goodness, time is going by really quickly! The Lord has been so gracious & I praise Him for His providence. There's much to say, but it's bedtime & I just wanted to post this before midnight (basically, before the date changes & the countdowns are all weird). TMS-bound tomorrow, which means we're on the road by 6am! Hopefully, I'll add a more substantial post soon :)
1.21.2013
1.03.2013
Happy 2013.
Thankfully clinging to this blessed assurance:
"Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, 'For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 8:35-39.
No sicknesses,
no budget questions,
no silly wedding talks,
no difficult decisions,
no conflicting relationships,
no lack of time,
no other priorities...
Nothing.
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.
{& that is the message that must be conveyed.}
11.13.2012
Long weekend, long post.
Another late night! I don't know why I like blogging when there is just SO MUCH to do, but alas, here I am.
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!
But anyhoos, no intense planning yet. For now I'm just happy that I'm being introduced as Micah's fiancée. :)
& with that,
GOOD NIGHT.
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.
10.31.2012
Fellowship.
"Some Christians try to go to heaven alone, in solitude. But believers are not compared to bears or lions or other animals that wander alone. Those who belong to Christ are sheep in this respect, that they love to get together. Sheep go in flocks, and so do God’s people."--Charles Spurgeon.
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