Use it or Lose it

Tonight was memorable.

"So pay attention to how you hear. To those who will listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But for those who are not listening, even what they think they understand will be taken away from them."

              -Luke 8: 18

Today, I will delight in discipline. 

not maybe

I'm sitting in the kitchen right now, looking through recipes so i can make something to bring to a get together. But once again, I got side tracked. So, here goes entry two.

I've been a little emotional lately. Scripture has been coming alive, piercing my soul. It doesn't just sound good or poetic, but it's the only thing I want to hang onto. Those promises, they're real. They apply. They comfort. They transform. This morning I read through Isaiah 55 with some girls. I know its a lot, but please let it sink in...



 “Come to me with your ears wide open.

      Listen, and you will find life.
   I will make an everlasting covenant with you.
      I will give you all the unfailing love I promised to David.
 See how I used him to display my power among the peoples.
      I made him a leader among the nations.
 You also will command nations you do not know,
      and peoples unknown to you will come running to obey,
   because I, the Lord your God,
      the Holy One of Israel, have made you glorious.”

 Seek the Lord while you can find him.
      Call on him now while he is near.
 Let the wicked change their ways
      and banish the very thought of doing wrong.
   Let them turn to the Lord that he may have mercy on them.
      Yes, turn to our God, for he will forgive generously.

 “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the Lord.
      “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.
 For just as the heavens are higher than the earth,
      so my ways are higher than your ways
      and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens
      and stay on the ground to water the earth.
   They cause the grain to grow,
      producing seed for the farmer
      and bread for the hungry.
 It is the same with my word.
      I send it out, and it always produces fruit.
   It will accomplish all I want it to,
      and it will prosper everywhere I send it.
 You will live in joy and peace.
      The mountains and hills will burst into song,
      and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
 Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow.
      Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up.
   These events will bring great honor to the Lord’s name;
      they will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.”


                                                                Isaiah 55: 3-13

Just the Beginning

First semester of college. check.
Future. Unchecked.

" Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" 

                                                                             -Psalm 119: 105

How comforting it is to know that I am guided. That there is a light path in front of me. After listening to what my family has been experiencing the past few weeks, a sudden wave of excitement has washed over me. Their desire to follow the Lord has caused mine to increase.

Hey, as long as I stay in the palm of His hand, nothing can go wrong right?

Can I just tell you that I am PUMPED for the future.