Watch/listen to this song, if you would like:
Romans 12:12
“Be joyful through Hope, Patient in Trials, and Faithful in Prayer. Share with God’s people who are in need, and practice hospitality.”
Hey friends/fams, :) Love yall.
Wow, life life life. It is a busy beautiful thing.
How are you doing? Sometimes this question feels way over asked.. but have you really considered how you are doing lately?
I sat down last Friday, and for a moment.. thought about how I was doing. And man let me tell you, the Lord had things for me to consider.
This moment for me.. really turned into an intimate time with my Saviour. He brought me a clear, clean mind.. a true true true time of peace. He allowed me to be still. And I share this with you today.. because if you are feeling like chaos is abounding in your days.. life is fast paced and sometimes you just feel like crying/punching a wall.. or that people are so very expectant of you.. maybe this is the Lord calling to you to surrender your sweet time to Him and intimately connect.
Isaiah 30:18 says.. “So the Lord must wait for you to come to Him so he can show you His love and compassion. For the Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for His help.”
...And to me.. this verse today in my reflection is SO powerful. The context of this verse is a time when the Tribe of Judah was in a rebellious state.. following idols and taking advantage of the Lord’s precious love. I encourage you to read all of chapter 30. It still applies so much to us.. today. In my life.. I am just like these people of so many years ago. My idols daily compete for my attention.. and if my heart is not set heavenward- they often win. But through my rebellion.. the Lord ever more so LONGS for my attention and love to gaze back on HIS quiet grace and spirit. Wow. Grace. I am so undeserving... but HE is so deserving and wants to wash me anew daily. If only I could be perfect and give my Lord what He deserves. But He knows I cannot be.. that is why we today.. have the Bible and Holy Spirit. He still longs for us. He still has a plan for us. I love you and desire this connection with God in your life for you if you feel Him calling you in this way. Let me know if I can be praying for you. Prayer WORKS. God is good.
*Also, let’s continue to come together in prayer for these fires that bring so much hurt and damage to families across Texas and other states. I know yesterday was such a tragic day for so many people in this. And for families in East Africa whose lands are thirsty- causing the people to starve and cry out for help.. while many of their officials take advantage and are not leading them as Christ desires.. I cannot even imagine what they are experiencing and yet my heart hurts. The song I posted at the beginning of the video is a great one to listen and pray through with our droughts and desperations.
(...Entering part of blog where I update my life.. mainly for Grandparents... and whoever is interested) :)
I am super glad to be back in College Station.. but also super sad to be away from family. After being in CO for the summer, I only got a few weeks with them.. and that is tough. But God is good and Mom and Chet got to come see me yesterday :) SO thankful for that. Mom leaves for Moldova with a group from church to work with this seminary.. http://www.moldova.ministryhome.org/ on the 16th. And I might not be able to see her before she leave again. If you would, add this to your prayer list. For safety and hearts, and whatever God might have in store.
Also, so thankful to connect with my Life Group at New Life again! These people are such a blessing and I am super excited for our year together.. at church we will be going through Exodus this semester. Never have done a study on this book before, so excited! I am so grateful for the reconnection with many of my friends in this past week as well. I have missed coffee and wisdom and laughs from them this summer. Ahhhh, so good. Thanks friends for being you. Tori and Nina, miss yall like crazycrazy!!!
Hmm, I am loving my Psyc classes.. I ended up taking three this semester.. they should be interesting. And I am in a Yoga class too with some beautiful friends Taylor and Lindsay.. this might possibly be my favorite class of the year! Haha!
And I absolutely adore my roommates. I know the Lord put us together for a reason. They are beautiful and encouraging in ways I can’t even begin to describe. THANKFUL! As we were trying to come up with and decide on a name for our house.. we read through Proverbs 31 (The Ultimate Woman chapter) and there discovered.. THE VINEYARD :) Verse’s 16 and 17 say “She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard. She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.” As we live and work together in our Vineyard.. we will strive to live as women of God together in this season of life. I love it!
Also going on.. the Tri team has our first meeting tonight! I am hoping to at least get one good race in this semester. And, I am going to Arkansas this weekend and cannot wait! :)
This year I have also created a list of goals that I will do my best to chase after with my life. One set of goals is for this year in particular.. and one is for when I graduate. Excited all the more to see what God does with this.
Well.. I love you. And know that Jesus does so so so much,
Kel
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