well hello there beautiful blog readers!
Long time no blog! Great news! I had my Young Life leader interview to be a leader tonight! It went well, or atleast I think it went well... Can't wait to see where God decides to place me on Sunday!
So life has been crazy the past month. I've literally been busy everyday and weekend. I cant even tell you the last time I was actually in Fay for an entire weekend. Oh! I declared a major on Monday! Apparel Studies with a minor in business (to make my daddy happy). So far its the only major I've been reallllly excited about. Someone told me the other day after I told them I declared a major, "Oh, well no one stays with their first major..." ..........Should I break it to them that Apparel Studies is my second-ish major?
Well, my life has also been crazy for the sole fact that I feel like spiritual warfare is very evident right now. The past month it has been brought up a lot, and I dont feel like that is a coincidence. I've been dealing with a lot of doubt about what God has planned for me, and if its what I should be doing, and YES. I am doing what the Lord wants me to do, and this is why the enemy is whispering doubts into my gullible mind. Why would I ever think for a second that Young Life is not what I should be doing? Because there is an enemy out there that wants to bring me down. An enemy that will go to all lengths to stop me from glorifying my Savior. Well, enemy, my Savior has told me to GO to all nations. Make disciples of ALL nations. GO. He has commanded me to GO. So this is me going.
I chose to write a research paper over Noah and the ark, and I needed academic sources to back up my paper, naturally. Well, I spent 7 hours at the library seriously researching articles and books for good commentary...and... nothing. I found one article, and two books. I ended up doing the sources wrong and didnt get credit for an in class assignment... I then proceeded to spend another 3 hrs last night finishing up my research. I even emailed my teacher for help... Nothing. I spent another 7 hrs today writing my paper and explaining how Noah was the perfect example of a faithful servant. Now in case you missed the underlying message, writing this paper was not easy. And not academically challenging, but overly challenging for any kind of paper. But this wasnt any paper. This paper glorified Christ and I took a stand for him in my paper. Someone out there (the devil) did not like this. He proceeded to make it exceedingly difficult for me to accomplish this. Dont worry, this made me even more driven to finish this paper. In the end, I'll probably get an F on it for reasons I wont understand, but I DONT care. Because I've already won (or passed). There is victory in Christ. And that just drives me more.
So bring it on, enemy. Bring on the doubts, and the challenges. Because in the end, my Jesus wins. Which means I win. I am so ready to fight the good fight with everything in me, with Jesus in front of me. Wherever he leads, that is where I will be; in the middle of the battlefield. To the ends of the earth.
"If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him." John 12:26
(I fully expect to have a flat tire on my way home from this coffee shop, and I also expect my printer to crash when I need to print out my paper for tomorrow)
(CAN I JUST ALSO SAY THAT I HAD THIS TYPED OUT, AND WENT TO POST IT, AND IT DISAPPEARED. so I typed it again. faithfully.)
