How long, O Lord?Will you forget me forever?How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day?How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death, lest my enemy say "I have prevailed over him," lestmy foes rejoice because I am shaken.But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.I will sing to the Lord because he has dealt bountifully with me. Psalm...
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
I feel like it's pretty typical to do a post about being thankful on thanksgiving, but I want yall to know. :)Because I am overwhelmingly thankful for so many things, I'm limiting myself to five for now...1. My momma - I am so incredibly thankful for my mom. She works 2 jobs so she can help put us through school. She often does this being sick or in extreme pain. I legitimately don't think I could have a better mom. She loves Jesus so much, and chooses to trust Him even when things aren't going too well. She regularly encourages me in my faith...
Monday, November 1, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Hey friends.I want to give a bit of an update of what's going on in my life, but I feel like there's so much going on that I don't know where to start.A couple things I'm reminded of when thinking about what's going on in my life and specifically where I'm at:1. At the beginning of the semester, a theme of mine was that "I want to be about who He is, not where I'm at." I think that is definitely coming back into play now. Specifically when talking about where I'm at physically. My desire is to only be concerned with who He is and not worry about...
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Last semester, I set some pretty intense goals. Doable...but intense. Most of them didn't happen. This semester, with one week down (and about a million more to go), I am trying to set some realistic goals.1. Stay on top of my classes - care about them - glorify God in them. Don't skip class unless necessary.*2. Live missionally in all I do.3. Encourage the body of Christ to lve missionally.4. Get a job - work hard - glorify Daddy in that.5. Get in shape.6. Write Abigail letters regularly.7. Be in control of my body and not let it be in control...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Our God is greaterOur God is strongerGod, You are higher than any otherOur God is healer, awesome in powerOur God, our GodI want to tell yall about one of the days this summer. Let's just start out with saying... it was a long day. It started out with us going to the shops near the Big Temple in the city. After visiting for awhile, our doctor friend took us to a new temple with the goddess of mercy statue. This statue is HUGE. It is like over 60 ft tall or something crazy like that. This statue has 1000 hands and some ridiculous amount of eyes....
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
So the main question I keep getting asked when I talk to people about my summer in East Asia is "What did you learn?"That's a hard question to answer because I learned so much.But what I keep coming back to and the first thing I always tell people is Lamentations 3:21-26"But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope:The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,His mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;Great is your faithfulness."The Lord is my portion," says my soul,"therefore I will hope in him."The Lord is good to those...
Saturday, May 1, 2010
When I can't feel you, I have learned to reach out just the same. When I can't hear you, I know you still hear every word I pray.And I want you more than I want to live another day.And as I wait for You, maybe I'm made faithful.I'm learning right now a lot about what it means to be broken. As I learn, I am being broken. It hurts. It's hard. And it's beautiful. I have struggled with depression for about 9 years. So many times I ask God why I am still going through this, but I know that I have much to learn from it. Usually I see God despite my depression....
Sunday, April 25, 2010
My friend recently wrote a blog post that included her bucket list.This inspired me to do the same, and as my blog is typically more serious-type posts, I thought I'd have some fun.So here are a few of the things I really hope to do at some point in my life (my bucket list, if you will):*In no particular order1. Learn French2. Learn Chinese (Mandarin)3. Learn Arabic4. Adopt a child5. Run a marathon6. Live overseas7. Live in the inner city8. Coach basketball9. Do something productive with my ability to rap10. Spend time in Israel11. Visit Cameroon/spend...
Monday, April 5, 2010
"For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God and take every thought captive to obey Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:4-5-What arguments and opinions are you allowing to be raised against the knowledge of God in your mind right now?_____________________________________Right now, I am dealing with a lot of fear. -Joyce Meyer in her book "Beauty for Ashes" says: "If the devil can frighten us, then we are putting more faith...
Saturday, March 13, 2010
I'm home. I really dislike home. I walked in the door yesterday to lots of yelling and contemplated turning around and driving back to college station. If it wasn't for the fact that it was my sister's prom last night, I would have. Really.But I didn't. So now, I am here. A place with constant tension and frustration. None of my group of girl friends are in town, so all I really have to do is lay around the house. The house that I usually dread walking in to.Not to mention the fact that Jesus is making me love my dad, so I can't just yell back...
Monday, March 1, 2010
So, today I am 20. This day makes me reminisce a lot. I am completely amazed at all God has brought me through in my short lifetime. It's insane. I could not even begin to write about it. I can, however, write about a few of the people/places/things that God has used in my life. The blessings in my life that He has given me to get me through. In honor of the fact that I am 20 today, perhaps I shall write 20 blessings.These are in no specific order.1....
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I love Madea. Hence, the quote. And I have watched I Can Do Bad All By Myself recently...both the movie and the play actually. Luckily, they are so different, I can't compare them.I determined this past weekend that this coming semester, I have to be much more disciplined. It is going to be a really hectic semester and the busyness has already begun. Meh. And by I determined, I really mean that Jesus told me. I have to be more disciplined in every aspect of my life. SCHOOL, work, time with Jesus, exercise, money, and on and on. So there are going...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
So, it was brought to my attention recently that I have not blogged since september. I'm definitely not an avid blogger, but I felt that meant it was about the time to write a new post. I got on thinking I would write about my trip to China, but I wouldn't really know what to say or where to begin.I'm gonna be honest, the trip wasn't an easy one for me. There were a lot of things I had to work through and deal with, including something unexpected: a letter from my dad. I don't really know if I'm ready to get into all of that yet, but let's just...
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