sweet season

so much has happened.
so much is going to happen.

hey friends. just thought I would take a few to share with you whats been happening!

first of all, its May. It's beautiful. I love the warmth of the sun on my skin while walking to class. Speaking of class, its pretty much over! I have 2 days of class left then stuff gets real. Looking at getting my first "C" of my life... But really that should be some indication of how much I've enjoyed my social life this semester. C's get degrees! Right, dad??

You guys, jesus has been so great to me this semester. Like always. But this has been a great semester. Besides school being stupid hard, my social life has rocked. I finished that beth moore study I talked about a few posts back, and it was wonderful. I'm going to go back and do all the homework I didnt do this summer. But what I did accomplish through it was so sweet. My past is always going to be a part of me, but it doesn't define me and it's not my identity. It doesn't own me and it never will. Jesus has it now, and he will always have it. Freedom. It's good. I am who I am by the grace of god. 1 corinthians 15:10. Thank you sweet jesus for it all. now heres where I really spent my semester:

this. this is where I spent my semester. Being tacky with my all my friends. Dressing like nerds with all my friends. Going to lunches with all my friends. Chaperoning prom with all my friends. On the front lines of ministry. I'm not saying this to "pat myself on the back". That's not where I'm going with this. I'm trying to tell you how full my life is. Not full of things, but full of JESUS! So full. There's not a week that goes by that I don't feel this way. Granted, I get weary and feel like everything I do is in vain, but would I be human if I didn't feel like that? This sunday I got the sweet privilege of becoming team leader with my best friend. Things are going to change. Things are going to get difficult. Things are going to be rough. But it's worth it. Sometimes my gpa might be screaming for help, and sometimes I might just be screaming for help, but it's worth it. And maybe my room will look like a tornado went through it, and maybe I wont wear makeup for a few days, and maybe my hair might be a little greasy every now and then... But it's worth it. Because when I finally reach the finish line with jesus, he's gonna look at me and say, "We did it." (Stole that from the beth moore study) and He's NOT gonna ask me what my gpa was. He's gonna ask me about that one time I took a girl to zaxby's for lunch. He's gonna ask me about that one time I woke up at 6 every friday for bible study.

I'm loving every minute of Life. I'm loving even more the Father who gave me this full life. To my family reading this, don't worry I love my major too much to make bad grades--don't be alarmed. But I would say be proud you raised a girl who loves people and relationships more than her gpa. :) So this is me. This was my semester. Not Young Life, but Jesus. Young Life is the outlet I use for ministry. It's not Jesus. Jesus is what makes me full. He is alive in Young Life, and He is working. 53 days until I and 46 of my high school and leader friends are at windy gap. Pray for us. Pray for me. Pray His glory is shown. Thank you to everyone who reads this stupid thing! Sorry I only update once a month... haha.

"If they want to run straight toward hell, they're going to have to do it with us wrapped around their knees."