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Tweet So lately I have been really convicted on the whole idea of fasting and praying. I think it is a lost art in our culture today. And I also don’t believe that fasting has to be limited to food. Due to some health issues, fasting food is not healthy for my body and I always used that as an excuse to just not fast. But God has really convicted me that it is the heart and idea behind fasting that He wants. He wants a heart that is willing to give something up that is important to really focus in on Him. So for me that thing that is…
Tweet God works in truly amazing ways. One of them through blessings. I have been really convicted lately of how I spend my money and God has pressed upon my heart the need to be faithful to tithe and to support fellow Christians as well as love those who do not know Christ through my giving. And while giving does not mean simply giving of our money, it is a part of it. And a part that I have felt convicted to work on. The Bible tells us in Luke 12:27-28, “Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in…
Tweet So I started a Bible study today on the Patriarchs. I have to say I think this one is going to be good. I have only finished one day of study and I am already in love with it. But God has been preparing me for this for awhile. There is within me a “holy discontent.” A frustration with the way things are and the way Christians act. I have been reading some books by some radical thinkers this semester and God is stirring within me a passion for Him and to change the world. Granted, I have always had dreams of changing the world, but slowing I am…
Tweet Things with God have been amazing lately. I committed at the beginning of this year to read through my Bible throughout this year and to really get involved in some intensive study and accountability. I started a Beth Moore Bible study entitled Believing God with several girls from my church. It has been stretching already and we just started three weeks ago. I have also made my daily quiet time more of a habit then it has ever been in my life. My prayer time has been good and I have seen God increase my faith and devotion to Him. But..there’s always a but..:) I have also seen Satan…
Tweet I have realized as of late, I tend to be a bit of a drama queen. I think I always knew this, but it has become more evident as of late. I tend to react in very dramatic ways-usually tears are involved and always either the worst possible or best possible scenario is playing out in my mind. All this to say that things rarely turn out how I imagine them and I am left feeling a little stupid for overreacting and trying to clean up all the messes I have made. Thankfully, I am slowly learning that often saying nothing is often best. That giving myself some time…
Tweet So my new passion has become volunteering. I suppose not a bad passion to have except that it takes up any extra free time I had and is forcing me to be more dilligent to do my schoolwork when I have time..such as now:) but I will get back to it shortly. Being that I don’t like school it is this volunteering that is keeping me sane. I am currently going to the YWCA two nights a week and I love it!! I want to do this with my life, but alas probably should have majored in social work or some related field. However, I will do as much…
Tweet So–a water main burst last night and we have been without water for 12 hours. I know doesn’t seem like a lot..but all of campus is without it so no showers, no toliets, and no AC. It’s sad..and hot..and smelly:) Hopefully they will get it fixed soon..I want a shower..
Tweet This has been a crazy semester and it just started. I think I’ve already logged more time in the library then is good for any normal person. But oh well..hopefully the good grades will pay off someday. On a different note, I have become very thankful for little moments of encouragement. Like Sunday night when one of my sorority sisters and I decided to start praying together! and then yesterday, Angela called and said she was coming to see me!! and a few minutes later I got a call from one of my very good friends at camp! They were gifts from God as I sat in the library…
Tweet I haven’t posted in awhile and I miss my blog so I am going to try to take it up again. I need something to escape from normality and I figured blogging might do it:) This first post of my re-starting of my blogging is going to be about my summer. I think I could write a book about it..honestly. But a blog post will have to work and since there are probably only two of you who still read this, a book is probably overkill. I spent my summer working as a camp counselor at Lake Ann Camp in Michigan. It is a Christian summer camp that runs…