over a whole month later and here i am again. blogging is seriously something i plan on getting more serious about, i'm just off to a rough start.
okay, so i have a little over two weeks left here in new england. how do i feel about it? bittersweet. being here was definitely God's plan, i have no doubt about that, it has been a summer full of stretching. my patience, for one has been greatly tested this summer and i thank God for it. He has given me patience this summer that i have never known before and i can see how He is molding more into the woman He wants me to be.
right now i am sitting at a coffee shop called breaking new grounds in portsmouth and i wish i could do this every day of my life. i have been reading god is closer than you think by john ortberg, a book i recommend to everyone, and i am totally relaxed and happy. God is so good. coffee, reading, and good music are all ways that i can feel His presence and know that He is right here with me. oh and people watching! that's definitely number one... as i just read it should be from the prospective of ortberg.
as i stood in a really long bathroom line, i talked to an older man who is visiting from st. louis, missouri... he is here visiting his son and grandchildren. his youngest grandson, who he talked most about and was standing in line with him, is apparently a star hockey player for his age. his grandpa's face lit up just talking about him, it was so cute.
i'm really beginning to look for God in every person i meet. it's really cool, you should try it too. because if we are all made in the image of God then He is definitely in us. we are Jesus' body now after all. i actually teared up when i read this line in the book "but if our eyes could see clearly, if our hearts were working right, we would fall to the ground in amazement at the sight of a single human being. they are the miracles. they are the God-carriers." i then looked at jenn and amy who i am here with today... we're the introverts, haha... and thought of all the ways God had spoke through them, just today. then i thought of all the miracles i have in my life and realized i am so unworthy and i have been ungrateful of all the blessings God has given me... here this summer, back in radford, my family, the list could go on forever.
reading through the book of acts this summer has been eye opening to me too. it makes me want to read the word so much... all of it and study it in detail... something new God has given me a greater desire for, who knows how long He has been trying to get that through my hard head, haha. reading of how the Holy Spirit worked through the apostles is inspiring. when God said go, they went. to a desert running after a chariot, imprisoned numerous times, to the very man who was persecuting them the most - but God intended to be one of His instruments in a huge way... and God can use me just like He used them. God didn't intend for my journey to be boring, He wants it to the adventure He laid out long before there was breath in my lungs. it may not be in huge miraculous ways or maybe it is... but God wants me to say as you wish when He says GO. something i am definitely more aware of and it is making me more in tune to listening for God.
that is just a little update of all the awesomeness. there have been hardships too no doubt, but all are making me even more appreciative of my Rock and my Redeemer :) without Him in this summer, I would have gone home two days in to being here... haha.
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