It is the middle of the week already and what a day it has been! So last night i went to bed think oh man i did so much homework this weekend...then to remember that oh snap ive got to write a paper and study for a test tomorrow in CJ....uhhh so therefore I got up earlier than anyone should be up and wrote that paper and still have yet to study but it will come, you just wait. I really dont want to study but I know that the more I do the better grade that I will get...isnt that just kind of like the bible, you should really study it like there is no tomorrow for when people ask you questions you know the answers and can reference back and you get a "good grade" so to speak in life. It is all connected. Let me ask you a question, how often do we study a study guide if it is giving to us for the hardest test...alot right, lets be honest here! haha So if the bible is like the study guide of life how come we are not studying the crap out it?? And you are...you just keep truckin along friend! Life is full of things, people, and awesome memories...make everyone a good one! You have one life to live...do something about it! :) <3>

Hey ya'll!
So yesterday I participated in a thing called, "the broken bread meal." It was tough i tell you what! So Its where you eat the food that the kids and people in Africa eat. It did not taste very good but thats okay. So many kids are suffering because they do not have enough money to buy even a meal a day. One girl in her story said that she would give up her meals for her siblings and she would work all day with no place to lay her head at night. This just breaks my heart...but once again what am I doing about it? Nothing. After that I went out to dinner with my friends for a birthday party...then i thought oh good I am a part of this statistic that while 13,000 kids will die today while we will spend 1 billion dollars on food. WOW! How many times have I complained about the food here at school and how bad it is how much food I waste! I hope that you allow God to work in you and break you. I am broken now...now what do I do??

So lately I have been thinking about serving over seas...it is a big step in my faith, in trusting, and kinda in my packet! haha

I was thinking pretty deeply about it and then this traveling team came and spoke about missions over seas. Like wow thanks God for kind of confirming to me. I have so many choices as well. He really broke my heart for the unreached people of the world. I really would like to talk with people about God and be that first person that they come in contact with, with Christian. Once again God has broken my heart. Let me ask you a question...

what wreaks you...and what are you doing about it??

Think about this and maybe talk to me about it sometime!

Life is hard, we go through it complaining, like Nehemia, he complained for a good four months straight and then he was like uhh what am I doing...I should be praising God for what he has given me and he was like all whooo again. It was the point that he was feeling wreaked and he was doing nothing about it.

What are you going to do about the things that wreak you??

Everything else as worthless

Oh what a day it was today! So I got a chance to talk with a friend who I dont get to see very often, well I mean I get to see her about every day but we have not got the chance to sit down and talk for a while. I am very excited that I got that chance to do so today.

God had provided us with an amazing night of chit chat. We ended up having coffee and talking about what God is teaching us and how we are using our talents to glorify God. I know that I personally struggle with pride and glorifying self and not for God. So it is really good to be reminded that God has given me these talents to bring praise to his name. I really enjoy playing bass guitar, dancing, and playing hockey...I look at them all in a new light now...knowing that my life would be wasted if I didnt glorify God in everything and every moment.

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ [Philippians 3:8]!!

What if we really did live this way...counted everything as worthless because we know Jesus, how often do I put other things that are worthless in front of God. More than I would like...once is even too much!

The love that God has on us is amazing and all he wants to do is love you, do you want to assume that responsibility and accept that relationship and glorify him?? I know I do! He gives and all he asks is, will be have a relationship with us! Thats pretty legit my friends!! :)

The previous posts were made by my lovely roomie...well today we are doing the prayer booth again today...not too many people though. This week was pretty rough for me actually. I really felt like I was constantly feeling like the world was being pushed down on me. It was really upsetting. There was one day were I was really upset and I broke down in tears almost all day. I felt as if God was pushing these trials on me and I was well I finally gave in and gave it up to God. It was hard, really hard, but to be able to talk to someone who listens while im going through a tough time was nice. To know that someone was on my side was nice too. Life is hard, not everyone thinks like you, think before you speak, make wise choices, and listen to what God has to say...this is what he taught me this week through my sufferings. I am really thankful for my friends as well, who helped me through it, through reminding me that God loves me and I should boast in my sufferings. I am on the road upward and really excited to see what God has planned for tonight through this joint worship night with Cru and IV. God loves you and wants to listen to what you have to say! <3>

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encouragement

Romans 5: 3-5 "But we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us."

Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;

But those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:30-31

Oh man I am starting out with a rough week already, my patience and love for others is being tried already and its more on the fact that I am getting frusterated that I am letting things get to me rather than just giving it to God. Sometimes when I talk to my small group, I feel like no one is receptive and it just makes me feel discouraged to that fact. I am happy though that I am thinking about God every moment of my day and I do fee like I am glorifying him in everything that I do. For some reason I just feel like nothing I say is being taken in a serious matter and makes me really frusterated. But I should not be discouraged by this I should feel the need to do better and do something more for others to show what I am saying.

I guess walk the walk and not just talk the talk. I should be an example of what I say. I would like for others to follow in my foot steps as well. Gods love for me just amazes me to end and his love should be enough for me, but sometimes I feel like i need more. I should be completely satisfied with his loves. Why do i search as if he is not enough...

God has this amazing divine romance that I have never experienced before, he is grace is full and his beauty is rich. Only for him I sing and dance, I will show my love. This is a deep love, everything is for you God, I lift my heart to you and give it all to you and all for you. I rejoice in this romance. I want to feel this every moment of my day, even in the sad times even when I want to give up. I want this to be evident in my life!! :) God loves me more than I can even imagine and I forget that sometimes....

Did you know that God loves you MORE than you can even imagine...and did you know that his thoughts about you outnumber the GRAINS OF SAND!! He knows your future...so why do you worry! :)

Last night after Cru, we did thing called Late Night Outreach. It was so amazing!!! There were a good 30 of us last night who went out into Marquette and spread the love of God and told them about it. WOW I was totally expecting people to just be like uhhh yeah no thanks I dont want to hear about that. BUT they really do! They want to find a place to belong where this void isnt in their hearts anymore. Also yesterday we starting thing on campus called the Prayer Booth, were we just sat there and people wrote down prayers that they had and at Cru we prayed for them! It was so amazing. When we were done with it though, we did look through them and well God broke me once again...hardcore! I started to cry actually to see and know that people on the campus that I live on are hurting so bad. It really made me realize that God loves us and has called us to spread his love and the good news that we have that needs to be shared. It was a very encouraging day yesterday to know that I was persecuted for Christ, encouraged by Christ, and I am loved by Him! :)

What Marvels God?

There is a question that I had asked my bible study that I heard from this amazing speaker, I asked them, what marvels you?? They answered with awesome things like nature, kindness, love, being outside, sunsets, ect...and then I threw out the question...what marvels God?? The room was silent. When I had heard this question, i was thinking well nothing of course, God made everything...so what is he marveled by! He proved me wrong, of course. It states in Matthew 8, that this Roman solider comes up to Jesus and asked him to heal his servant. First of all...Romans were pagans and didn't believe in Jesus...second of all Jesus was become very discourged earlier that no one is Isreal had faith and believed that he was the Messiah and wanted to listen to his Good News. This man ran up to Jesus and Jesus said, "I have no seen faith like this in all of Isreal." Wow thats so awesome. Then Jesus goes on to say that because of your faith your servant is healed, go home and be with him. What marvels God is when we have faith in Him! :) Thats so aweosme to hear. This totally rocked my world and I hope is shook your world today as well. Have faith in God and trust im Him, because it marvels Him! <3>

I have not posted anything in over a week or so. Spring break was pretty good I believe...I cleaned, spent time with my family, my little brother and I went out to lunch, and got to spend some time with God. I feel like when I go home i forget that I have to read...and forget that I need to pray. It was a struggle not going to lie. It was about thursday when I said oh yeah I should probably read this and journal my thoughts on it. I did and that day was awesome. I forget how amazing God makes me feel, this passion that I have never experienced before, its the most awesome joy you could ever have. I love it, but so many times I am putting other things before God. When I went home and went to church...I got to hear my pastor speak...and he spoke about having other idols. My instant thought was...oh I dont have any idols...I dont put things before God. HA FALSE! I put a lot of things before God. Facebook, blogging, friends, homework, cleaning, working out, hockey, texting, work, sleep. There are so much things that I would "rather" do than read my bible. Then I have to remember that God is my world and that is the reason why I am here...to glorify my creator. He is the most amazing thing that I have and all I want to do is worship him...but there are times where I just do other things instead...its makes me frusterated in the most, but I am the ony one that can change that! :) God loves me and just wants to be with Him at all times...in my heart, mind, and soul.