college life

My life has been hectic with homework and such lately, so I'll leave you with this short update -- God is good.

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mmmmm.

I LOVE GOD. He's just super ridiculously good.

Today, I did something I never do. I prayed on my knees alone in my room. And it was awesome. It was literally for less than two minutes... but it was the most restful and encouraging and wonderful two minutes I've had in a long time. It was like an automatic open door into the presence of God. Kneeling is just a wonderfully holy thing.

I prayed about this thing Dillon and I talked about. We were actually discussing each others faults (as weird as that sounds), and he told me that I pay way too much attention to what people think of me. Which is absolutely true. I realized this on the phone with Sunshine last night, when I started freaking out because he made a comment about a part of my personality, and I ended up thinking about it throughout the entire conversation, wondering how often people are completely annoyed and turned off by me. Which is stupid.

So I asked God to help me only want to be like him, and only want to please him. Which is awfully hard for me to do. I clearly need his help rather badly.

I realized that not only do I need to recognize this fault, but work on it. I'm pretty lazy when it comes to improving myself. Then I realized I wasn't sure where to start. So I prayed on my knees. And I felt comforted, and energized.

Like I said... God is incredible. I really like him.

p.s. - I've been having trouble sleeping the past three days. Not sure why. I've been told to try lavender by a friends mother. Hmm.

bad day.

it's not been one of my better days.

today, i dealt with a lot of heart issues. pride, self pity, low self-esteem, etc. a lot of selfishness going on in my life.
and by "dealt", i don't mean that they're gone... just that i realized once again how horribly they control my life, and started working on changes.
i've found that many times when i need to change on the inside, i need to first change on the outside, and start praying like crazy. God likes to work on hearts when you ask him desperately, i think.

the first half of my day was about outward changes. i changed my attitude and pretended that i hadn't even thought of myself all day, and joked and laughed with my best friends, having fun with them and finding out about their lives. i didn't want to... but i did.

the second half of my day was not about heart issues. it was about life being just plain dumb.
i found out around dinner time that due to weekly charges and fees of which the bank had not taken the time to inform me, my account was overdrawn to a horrifying amount.
i just cost my parents over $1160.
while i had been happily swiping my card to watch a redbox movie, assuming that no one was taking money from my account except for myself, i was actually digging myself into a ridiculous debt hole.

i sat in the bank parking lot and cried after getting off the phone with my gracious and loving daddy. he said that i don't have to pay him and mom back. just because he loves me and trusts in how well i've done with money before this whole issue began in the spring.
my appetite has come back, and i'm craving a cheeseburger.

camp

it's been an awesome four weeks. break week now and we're looking forward to our next four!! God's doing cool stuff all over the place. it's a pleasure and a privilege to watch Him work in and through people's lives.