There is so much but then nothing at the same time lately. What a concept. It's so strange to think that graduation is just around the corner. I found a letter I wrote to myself in 8th grade to open ONLY on senior graduation night, and I made that very clear to myself on the letter cover, but I really want to open it ( I will wait, though). I vagueley remember writing it. I remember the lighting around me when I wrote it, the obnoxious leopard print chair, the wobbly light wood desk, the atmosphere in my room that 10pm on a school night creates, and the fascination I had from thinking of myself as an older, mature, beautiful, confident Senior. I can't believe that God has brought me here, and how He has changed me. What I once thought was so important just falls. I don't even think about such things that I had then. The grade I would make on my math test seemed to calculate (get it?! hah.) life or death then but now it doesn't even matter in the scope of God's big picture.

People have asked me "how are you?" in that hello kind of way very often, lately. Well, they always do, but now I always really think about the answer like I didn't used to. And to be honest, the answer is I am very well. I hesitate to answer because I'm never where I FEEL I should be, but where do I really feel I should be? I feel I should be in the place God has set me, living out what He has always dreamed for me, using my testimony that He has supplied to reach others...but isn't that where I am? Even though life seems so mundane to me now, it IS where God has placed me! This point in my life is SO important to His plan, though I cannot see how now. It is valuable. He has much to teach me and grow in me.

There are so many opportunities that are placed at my feet, but how do I know which to take? But who am I to question? Isn't my God sovereign? Hasn't He proven that time and time again. Friends, please listen. Our God is not a God of doubt and confusion. He is a God, that when given full control, will guide our hearts and give us absolute peace in the midst of the confusion of life, but in Him, when we are found in Him, it is not confusing. Suddenly the confusion is hushed. Please trust His heart. He is so faithful to our lives. Even when our faithfulness to Him pails in comparison and our thoughts drift from His desires for our hearts into the confusion and lies of life; He remains faithful to us.

"And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him-
the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord."
                                                  (Is. 11:2)

"If we are unfaithful,
He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny who He is."
                                  (2 Tm. 2:13)

I do not quote this scripture just to quote it, but because Scripture is the very breath of God. It came from His lips. It is meant to encourage and rebuke. It is meant to give life to the body. Let His words bring you life. (1 Tm 4:13, 2 Tm 4:16, Heb.4:12)

Our Lord Jesus Christ is alive, active, and working in lives around the world everyday! Jump on His boat and let Him take you on the most victorious ride that one could ever experience in their life...it's the Life we are meant and created to live. His work is MIND-BOGGLING!

I pray that you allow the Lord Jesus to capture your heart and make His Truth real and absolutely evident in your lives!

Let your lives be blessed!