Wow, it's been a long time since I've been on this. Tonight, I was reminded of really how cool it is to look back at all the things that God has done and taught me through this and the blessing it is to be able to share that with others. Thanks Serena. :) I've decided that I want to start again and I kinda wish I was able to keep my daily journal entries from this past summer on here too, but, since that's not going to happen, I might as well start where I'm at. Here's to new beginnings...
Spending this past summer in East Asia was refreshing, redeeming, and gave me renewed passion and heart for what I have the privilege of calling my job. I have never been so excited for ministry and relationships and just what God is able to do as we step out in faith and continue to learn to trust Him. There are so many things that I learned this summer... it was refreshing to be in new community and to do ministry in such a different place, it was redeeming in seeing God bring back a lot of my desires and heart for discipleship that I've lost/turned off, and it was renewing to get to see the impact that college students have when they fully give themselves over to the Lord.
To sum it all up, God taught me more about what it means to love the way He does (I will post more on this at another time) and really what it means to firmly plant myself and dig my roots deep into who He is. Psalm 1:3 is something that I've been reminding myself of each and everyday since being back. It's been the prayer of my heart to first and foremost seek Him and to be refreshed and nourished through right relationship with God. It's put me in this place of excitement where I know that whatever I do whether it's leading, discipling, being a big sister, sharing the gospel, spending time with Jesus, or simply 'being' day in and day out, that if I stay grounded in who He is, nothing withers, but rather, bears fruit. How sweet that it is and what an awesome promise to stand by!
I'm overwhelmed as staff planning starts Monday and the school year is starting shortly after that. I have a ton of things to do and I'm not sure how to do it all. And yet, I know that I can't, but He can and so I hold tightly to that! I'm excited though to see the fruit that will come as I continue to grow like the tree that is firmly planted by streams of water!
Here's to new beginnings!
Spending this past summer in East Asia was refreshing, redeeming, and gave me renewed passion and heart for what I have the privilege of calling my job. I have never been so excited for ministry and relationships and just what God is able to do as we step out in faith and continue to learn to trust Him. There are so many things that I learned this summer... it was refreshing to be in new community and to do ministry in such a different place, it was redeeming in seeing God bring back a lot of my desires and heart for discipleship that I've lost/turned off, and it was renewing to get to see the impact that college students have when they fully give themselves over to the Lord.
To sum it all up, God taught me more about what it means to love the way He does (I will post more on this at another time) and really what it means to firmly plant myself and dig my roots deep into who He is. Psalm 1:3 is something that I've been reminding myself of each and everyday since being back. It's been the prayer of my heart to first and foremost seek Him and to be refreshed and nourished through right relationship with God. It's put me in this place of excitement where I know that whatever I do whether it's leading, discipling, being a big sister, sharing the gospel, spending time with Jesus, or simply 'being' day in and day out, that if I stay grounded in who He is, nothing withers, but rather, bears fruit. How sweet that it is and what an awesome promise to stand by!
I'm overwhelmed as staff planning starts Monday and the school year is starting shortly after that. I have a ton of things to do and I'm not sure how to do it all. And yet, I know that I can't, but He can and so I hold tightly to that! I'm excited though to see the fruit that will come as I continue to grow like the tree that is firmly planted by streams of water!
Here's to new beginnings!
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| Something cool was I felt like I wanted to start a new journal coming home and stumbled across this which I found was so fitting. Excited for what's to come as I spend time with Jesus and just write/pray! |
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