Thoughts

Just a few thoughts I thought I'd share.

Lately I have been thinking a lot about God's Will for my life. I want to follow His will just how He has it planned out for me. A few things that have meant a lot to me lately..

All of the verses of "Have Thine Own Way, Lord", but I'm just going to share some parts.

Have Thine own way, Lord.
Thou are the Potter, I am the clay.
Mould me and make me after Thy will,
While I am waiting, Yielded and still.

Fill with Thy Spirit Till all shall see
Christ only, always, Living in me!

Last night I read in Acts 21, where the prophet Agabus, bounded Paul and was going to take him.. And still in that situation, read what Paul said..
vs 13..."for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
Then the next verse Paul says "The will of the Lord be done.."

Even in that state of persecution, Paul still wanted whatever the Lord willed for his life.

I hope I can always be that submissive to God.
Sometimes it's so hard to always be content. I feel like I'm a person who always wants to be moving to the next thing. Even though this is my last semester of college, I need to be content with it.. and not wish the next few months away like I always want to.
...And if I'm doing God's will then I shouldn't be wishing my time away.

It's something that is so hard for me to do.. to be content where I am NOW. Be content today, not always looking into the future. To not tell myself that in May, when I'm done with college.. then I'll be content. Or looking into the future even more and telling myself that's when I'll be content and finally feel like life is "good"... or what I thought would make life "good."
But life is good(really good) if I follow His will for me, not what I want or thought would make life good.

God's Will.
Nothing More.
Nothing Less.
Nothing Else.

I heard that last weekend and it's really stuck with me.

One of my favorite verses, " ..but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart."
Ephesians 6:6

I hope you and I both can do what God wants us to do. To be content where we are, because God has us in this situation right now for a reason. It's His will!

I know

..I know, I know. It's been forever since I've updated.

I'm in full swing of my last semester of college! Praise the Lord! I'm currently taking 15 credit hours at school, working 20 hours a week, and still teaching my 10 kiddos music lessons every week. And of course one thing that I can't cut out of my busy schedule is my socializing. :)

The weeks really have been going super fast though, which I'm glad. Only 3 more weeks until Spring break!

I'm really liking my internship/job more and more the longer I'm there. I'm getting used to everything. I never really dread going to work. Ever. And there's always plenty to do since it's the great tax season. :)

I'm still liking the dressing up every day for work thing. Kinda. Although I do wear flats quite a bit more than I used to. My feet can only handle so much of the heels! Especially on the days I print tax returns and I'm running around the office and not just sitting at a desk.

School. It's kinda been last on my priority list. It's not like I'm doing terrible with it or anything... it's just an easier load than last semester. So nice. Because I only have so many hours in a day. I've just become the world's best procrastinator. :)

Like I mentioned, I haven't been able to cut down on my social life. I've been gone every weekend for the past month, which I love. Although I am ready for a weekend at home now even though it's been fun.

Just a few random pictures just so you know I'm still alive. :)

Hannah and I went out to eat and to Bass Pro one night. In case you're wondering why us girls went to Bass Pro... I had to get a gift. :)
On a random Wednesday night Hannah, Kristin and I all went out for Mexican and then they came to church with me.
A few weeks ago we(the three who travel together a lot.. Kendra, Michelle and I) went out to Bluffton for Breana Wagenbach's wedding reception. We stayed with the Klopfenstein's in Leo, and then headed to Bluffton in the morning. It was so good to see Britt & Breana. I miss those girls! They looked gorgeous. I got to go to Bluffton for the first time in my life. Wow, is that ever huge!

A week ago we(the 3 of us again..) went to Oakville to visit Kaylyn. It was a wonderful time. We did a little shopping, went out to eat, went to a singing, played games, talked a lot, went to church, and then went to a taffy pull to finish the weekend off. So fun. Kaylyn is so great to hang out with!

Just this past weekend Kendra, Kristin F, and I went up to Belvidere. We stayed with Darcy because Ellie had company, but it was a lot of fun. I don't really have any pictures except for a few of Darcy.. which she would kill me if I put it on here. :)

One more somewhat older news...another one bites the dust. My good friend Brooke is engaged to Cory W from Oakville. Actually they were both there when we were. She's totally in love and on cloud 9. It's so cute. I haven't really known Brooke for that long but I've always really appreciated her and we just always got along really well. How could you not with Brooke? So weird that I literally met her on the day we left for Florida last year! I'm excited for her wedding in April.

So there's a short update on my life. I'm never home and I look forward to my bed every night, but God has really provided with everything. Now I'm just praying to find a job by May!
...And if not, I'll just travel all summer. Sounds good to me. :)

**And I know.. I have some formatting issues on this blog. I'll fix it eventually. :)