Living day to day.

Hi, friends.

I know, I've been that person. I started a blog, and I was really good about posting for about a month-- and then I came to school and it seems like I forgot all about it. And the truth is, that's only halfway true. I forget about it half of the time, and the other half of the time, I think "I should write about this on my blog!" and then the craziness of my life takes over and I don't have time to follow through with my thoughts.

But here's the good news: even though I haven't been writing about it, God is still doing wonderful things in my life. And the thing is, I don't even deserve any of them. I find it really hard to have time to sit down with my Bible and set aside time every day to spend solely on bettering my relationship with Him. That's not to say that I'm not constantly offering little prayers up to Him. That's actually one of my favorite habits-- if there's an ambulace, I say a little prayer; if someone seems unhappy, I say a little prayer for them. And I'm constantly praying about my own life and circumstances. And yet I can't find any time to sit and just talk to God and read His word and worship Him.... but I guess that's my problem. (Pray for me?)

Back to God's undeserved, perfect, amazing graciousness.

Well, first and foremost, I'm secure financially. I always have just enough money to cover groceries and my compassion child.. .and now that I'm getting paychecks from the school, I know I'll have enough to start tithing again. And that in itself is a blessing. Over the course of a couple of weeks, God has really reassured me that He will always provide for me-- I just have to give Him the chance to.

Also, there's this boy. His name is Peter. And he is incredible. He is a wonderful, Christian guy-- and he has a heart of gold. Pete would do anything for anyone of his friends, anytime. He is truly kind and generous-- not to mention he just treats me so well. I trust him so incredibly much, and I get the feeling that it's mututal. I truly believe that God brought Pete and I together to show each of us how special we really are-- to each other and to Him. And all that I can ask of you, friends, is that you pray for our relationship. Pray that we can grow closer to God, and pray that from that closeness to God, we would grow closer to each other.

And last-- but certainly not least-- God had blessed my life. The passion and ambition that I had for performing (that God showed me was not in His plan) has been replaced tenfold with a passion for the new direction that God has sent me in-- to pursue Music Education. Even though I run myself thin every single day because I'm so busy with my major, I get more excited about the thought of teaching every day. God has really put me in a place where I will be able to teach and affect His people more so than I ever could as a performer-- and in a place that I can easily take summers to go and do His work around the world. Also, I'm in a place where I'm completely comfortable with the idea of moving to a different country to do God's work for an extended time (maybe even a year or two).

So although I may not be as consistent as I would like in my updates about God's moving and flowing in my life, it is undoubtedly happening-- and in a HUGE way.





Also, I would like to thank all of you that care enough to read my blog. I love that you keep checking back, too-- even though I'm so incredibly sporadic about when I post. I love you all, even if we haven't met in real life. I appreciate that you care about your sister in Christ, and I encourage you to email me whenever, about anything. Prayer requests? Email me. Need someone to listen? Email me. Want to share an important triumph? Email me. I will always be there to pray for you or rejoice with you. And I mean that. I love you all.