[God] Must Have Done Something Right :)

I'm pretty sure this is the most I have been at peace in life since... Last summer. This whole school year (my senior year of high school, mind you) was ridiculously jam-packed with a thousand gillion things, and a boat load of stress. But at this moment in time, I feel totally relaxed and pretty much stress-free. Which I'm pretty sure is a miracle from Heaven. Tomorrow, I begin classes at Liberty. Whoo hoo! Haha, I am pretty excited about this. I feel as though i should, perhaps, be overwhelmed and scared to death, but I'm really not. In fact, I am loving life. I love this campus... I love the people here... I love the student leadership, the worship and ministry opportunites... The chances to study overseas... My roommate... I love everything about this place. I truly feel as though I am at home here. I know I could not feel so confident if it weren't for the fact that this is exactly where God wants me to be. I've discovered that this is about the greatest feeling in the entire world.

Oh what it means to be redeemed by a holy God! It is a wonderful feeling. :)

I have so many awesome things I could talk about right now... But I really ought to be getting to bed. So... More tomorrow. ;)



BTW, check out the song "Must Have Done Something Right" by Relient K. It has totally been stuck in my head all day!! Not necessarily a bad thing. ;)

A New Beginning :D

Well, here I am! The wonderful town of Lynchburg, VA. I am soooo looking forward to spending this school year at Liberty. Every time that I have ever been here, it's just felt like home. Even though I am going to be on my own, doing things I have never done before, making what I want of my own life, I am not scared. I have such a great peace about everything. I just know that this is where I am meant to be. God wants me here. So, yeah. Of course I'm going to be happy. I am thrilled to simply be where God wants me to be. It's the greatest place anyone could ever be. Just where God has directed them.

Tomorrow is move-in day. Actually, I have already unloaded most of my stuff and moved it into my room, but tomorrow is when I get to meet my roommate! I am so excited. Everyone that I have already met has been absolutely wonderful.

I am especially excited to visit Thomas Road Baptist Church on Sunday! I can't wait to see what the worship team will be like. (I was part of the praise team at my home church in DuBois, Pennsylvania. So this is a ministry that is very close to my heart.)

This is so exciting. It's a brand new adventure... Another step in the journey... A whole new chapter of my life that I am about to start. And I am not scared in the least bit. I know who my my master is. The author of my life... So I am good to go! I just can't wait to get started!

Please, keep in touch! I would love to hear from all of you. So keep me updated on what God's doing in your lives! Let me know how I can pray for you! Love you all.

:D

Crazy Love - A Love Like His

I wrote this prayer a while back, and I had every intention of posting it.. Alas, I have been out of town, so I had yet to post it. I felt that it was still relevant, and it is definitely the cry of my heart.. So here's my most fervent prayer as of late.

"Jesus, give me a love like yours. I am realizing more and more, every single day, how incapable I am of living a life worthy of You, and how broken I truly am. God, I am so messed up. But I can honestly say that I truly want nothing more than to have a love like yours. God, I know that a little bit of Your immense, glorious love can go a long way. I simply want to experience all of it! The little tiny bit I have experienced has been so amazing! And I just can't imagine what would become of myself, what furthering of the Gospel could happen if I let myself experience more of it? Cuz I mean, really... Usually it's myself that gets in the way of letting You work and move and change. You never quite loving but us humans just choose not to accept all of Your wonderful love and grace and peace and mercy! I know it might be dangerous to say so, but I want to experience all of this to the fullest! And maybe this is something that I will never be able to do until I get to Heaven and see my Savior face-to-face.. But I want to experience as much of it here on earth, right now, as I can! And I elieve the way to go about this is by loving like Jesus. I think that's a good place to start. And lots of prayer. So, here I am Lord! Please answer this fervent prayer. I want so badly to just be able to love like you this summer. Please stretch me, and allow me to show Your grace to every would I meet. Lord, just use me and work in me, more than You ever have before. Be my strength, and fuel me with energy and passion every day. Please use this summer to prepare me for this next year at Liberty, and for a future in missions, and for the rest of my life.
Thank You for your faithfulness to me, even when I am so unfaithful. I praise You for it.
In Your glorious name Father,
Amen."

(So be it...)