A Year In Review

The past few days (plus not wanting to study for finals) has caused me to think about how blessed I was this year.
I love all the people I met in Bryan Hall this year. And I know that I had to go throw what I did at the beginning of fall semester to get to where I am now. They really are good-hearted people and I adore them, but they helped show me the person I don't want to be and God used that situation to bring me back to Him.
And I can't even begin to express how thankful I am to God that He randomly got me connected with Tyler. I truly have no idea where I would be or how my life would be right now if it wasn't for His amazing grace.
It's so awesome when you can look back and see how God worked in your life during a certain period of time. If He didn't get me in touch with Tyler I wouldn't be in Chi Alpha, I wouldn't have met Jenny or anyone else in Chi Alpha, I wouldn't have the Brat Pack, I wouldn't have Genesis, I wouldn't be a sponsor, and I probably wouldn't be a Christian anymore. It's crazy how one decision, one event, can change your whole life.
I really am so blessed. I'm so grateful. God is so good.
My first year of college turned out to be nothing like I had expected. I have learned more and grown more and closer to God these past 8 months than ever before. I am so blessed to have met the people I did. The people in Chi Alpha and at Genesis have shown me what it truly means to be a Christ follower. I've never met people more devoted to His cause. It's so encouraging.
And my dear Brat Pack, I don't know what I would do without the four of you. Words cannot express how thankful I am for our random friendships. Each of you are so amazing and I love you all more than I can say.
So all-in-all, this year gets an A++!

Great Is Your Faithfulness

I think I know what God was speaking to me this week. I need to learn to give things over to Him. Big or small, He can solve all my problems. He's in control of all things and I need to remember that when I start to get stressed and freak out about things. I tend to want to take matters into my own hands and fix the situation myself. Even though every time I do, nothing ever works out the way I want it to. But when I stop and say " God, You're in control. Please help me in the situation", He never fails to show up. Whether it's little things like my being stressed about being late to something, or something huge like my Italy stuff; when I stop and give it to God, everything works out right. He really showed me His faithfulness this week. And I praise Him for it!

Psalm 117:2
For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the LORD
endures forever. Praise the LORD.

The Lord Is The One Who Sustains Me

So today at 6 pm I began my first fast. For this week I am restricting myself to fruits, vegetables, and water. I am also giving up myspace and facebook for the week because I want to spend as much time with God as possible this week and those websites tend to take up ridiculous amounts of my time. This week is about me and God.
I'm kind of nervous about how this week will go. Even though we're allowed certain foods, I'm going to try to limit myself as much as possible, only eating maybe twice a day. I want to be forced to fully rely on God. I want to prove to myself and to God that I don't need earthly things to get by. All I need is my Savior.
I'm going to use the feelings of hunger as a sign that I need to stop and pray and seek after God for strength. I want to spend the majority of this week with Him. I don't have any big plans this week or anything due for school which will allow me to do so. I need to learn to discipline myself when it comes to my quiet times. I tend to be really diligent in my quiet time for awhile, and then I start to slack off. I don't want to be like that anymore. Hopefully this week the hunger I feel for food will turn into a hunger for God. I want to know Him better, I want to seek after Him harder, and I want to trust Him more than ever. I want to draw closer to Him this week like never before. I want to show God that I am completely in love with Him and that I yearn for Him above all things.
I'm also really excited to see how our church as whole is transformed by this week. To see what a church full of people who's eyes are fixed on God can do. He's going to do great things this week. I know it.