Nigeria 2014 (this might be a little long...)

Well, it has definitely taken a while for me to get around to writing this post. After returning to the U.S., the next couple of weeks were filled with moving houses, a weekend away, a retreat, and a trip back to Oklahoma. Needless to say, it has taken me a little while to step back, take a breath, and begin to sort through exactly what all happened in Nigeria. The events...

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Why I'm Ok With Being Unprepared

Things have been a little hectic recently. I'm attempting to pack up everything to move, while also attempting to pack for my upcoming trip to Nigeria. I included this picture of the current state of my room to prove a little of the chaos. More than that, I feel like my room pretty much illustrates what I've been feeling recently...unprepared.  In less than two...

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Find a Friend

What is friendship? Simply enough, it is the state of being friends. What makes a friend? Being attached by feelings or affections and being a supporter of someone. According to the dictionary.  Thinking about my own friendships, I feel like there is definitely more to this definition. When entering into a friendship you usually begin with talking, right? Or maybe you begin with attempting to gather information about this person by "browsing"...

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Don't you see you can trust Me?

The past few days I have been very anxious. My thoughts have been racing a million miles and hour, yet I haven't had the strength to sit in silence before the Lord. Knowing that I hear the Lord most clearly through music, I sat myself down at the piano. I started singing about my weakness before the Lord when I felt like he gave me this chorus. He sings over me, "Don't you see, you can trust me? Won't you lean on me?" He invites me into his presence...

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Immensely in Awe

I realize I haven't written in a while... BUT that doesn't mean I haven't been thinking about it. As someone who used to write daily (sometimes twice a day) in her journal, I've definitely still been thinking about writing. However, life as of recently has been...hmm what's the word to describe it? oh...a whirlwind. I'm slightly in shock. I'm immensely in awe. The...

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Divine Experiment

Leading up to the start of the Divine Experiment, I began asking the Lord to point out an area that I could surrender to him. When I felt like he kept bringing up coffee as a possible candidate, I was a little confused. (If your thinking that surrendering coffee to the Lord seems a little strange, then we have something in common.) Initially, I didn't see any disadvantages from my addiction to coffee (minus the expense). Coffee provides me with extra...

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"Overwhelmed is My Soul"

Broken was my name.  Ashamed was my identity.  Pride was my excuse.  Weakness was my reasoning.  Empty was my soul.  But then, then you broke through.  Brokenness became my offering.  Shame became detached.  Pride became humbled at your feet.  Weakness became confidence in your promises.  Satisfied became my soul.  And now, now I know.  Chosen is my name.  Redeemed is my identity.You...

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Blinded

As I was reading through Acts this past week, I couldn't get this passage out of my mind. Take a look at Acts 9. Right before this chapter we find out that Saul has basically been beating down people's doors and dragging them off to prison just for believing in Jesus. In chapter 9 he decides to continue onward to Damascus in pursuit of a similar goal. At this point, Saul's biggest concern and probably most prevalent thing on his mind is persecuting...

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Post LT Depression?

LT-life: beautiful Estes Park, Colorado, prayer, deep conversations, worship, Jesus, restoration, healing, community, and woodland creatures. Post-LT life: humid College Station, TX, exhausting, Calculus, Physics, Statistics, tutoring, homework, reading, and Google Calendar. If you are reading this you are probably thinking to yourself, "Yep, that's definitely post-LT depression." And I would happen to agree with you...to an extent. The sad reality...

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LT (Week 11)

Well, I started my last work week Friday. As I'm trying to hangout with as many people as possible before we go back to our respective campuses, I'm reminded that this is "getting real". Soon, several of the people I've been living with and working with everyday for the past 3 months will not be returning to Texas with me. I knew it was bound to happen, but it's just becoming...

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