Thursday, September 27, 2012

Counting down days...


Today is one of those days when I realize how fast time goes by. When I realize that in a mere 256 days I’ll graduate and this chapter of my life will be finished, and a new one will begin…
And while I know the next one will be a beautiful time of my life, it’s odd to think that’ll I’ll be surrounded by new people, and that goodbyes will become a harsh and unavoidable reality.

Yet, it’s also a time when I realize how happy I am with where I am right now.
 That I’m a so blessed by the people that surround me daily.
That theirs are the faces that I’ll remember these days by.
 That they have walked beside me through this time.
That I am so pleased by the choices we have made, by the way we have decided to conducted ourselves, and how we have lived or lives.

It’s one of those times when I am so glad I chose into these friendships, that I chose to be part of that group, that I can’t imagine being anything else.
Maybe it comes from us standing around laughing hysterically about virtually nothing. Or by realizing that at the core, we have the same heart.

Looking back these past years have taken us all through so many different things, taken us different places, and to different people, but in the end, we all ended up back in the same place wanting nothing but to be back in a place where we’re not only accepted but wanted.  

So here’s to you guys, to the ‘one’s who truly matter’ and have been there along. Here’s to our last chapter, and making it the best one yet. Here’s to all the laughs, tears, ups and downs that will come along with. Here’s to making there next 256 days, the “Best days of our lives…”

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

"Free at last free at last! Praise God almighty, I am free at Last!"

But really. Freedom is here! This is freedom, well at least what freedom means to me...
Freedom is playing with baby goats?Could Be!

To me freedom is walking in heavenly authority
Freedom in having an identity based on the words of my Daddy, not based on who the world says I am
Freedom is knowing that I am called to be part of the Kingdom, and part of building that Kingdom on earth
Freedom is knowing who I am and walking in that
Freedom is constantly surrendering my sins, my wants, and my desires to be who my Daddy created me to be
Freedom is being bold
Freedom is being fearless in the face of fear
Freedom is knowing that there is NOTHING that I can’t do
Freedom is NEVER being alone
Freedom is embracing community
Freedom is smiling and worshiping through the crappiest situations
Freedom is knowing that better days are yet to some
Freedom is worshiping my heart out
Freedom is declaring truths over myself and others
Freedom is hearing the voice of the Lord
Freedom is being a leader
Freedom is choosing to love
Freedom is allowing myself to feel
Freedom is beautiful
Freedom is believing with every bit of myself that the God I worship, the God I serve, the God I follow is real, and true and that His hear for me is good always, and that He loves me!

 

 

Monday, September 3, 2012

Mark Twain Said it Best

View From my room in San Juan, Guatemala '10
Swazi. Sunset


  “Twenty years from now you will be disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did. So throw off the bow lines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” -Mark Twain
 
    This is something I deeply desire to do. I want to see world. I want to go where ever the wind blows me, or where the spirit leads me. I want to look back on my youth and smile because I took the opportunity to explore, because I took a risk.
A waterfall in Kenya's Great Rift Valley
Santa Maria Guate. after a heavy rain
So go against what the ‘world’ says in normal
Venture
See the world
Do something crazy
Go someplace new
Someplace uncharted
Live someplace new, even of for a few weeks
Hike to water falls
Watch the sun set from a different hemisphere
Fall asleep to the sound of rain on a tin roof
See the night sky from a new place
So let’s go. Let’s explore. Let’s see the world. Let’s be changed by beautiful views, and loving people.
 “This true difference in me now: I had these experiences, these tales, more of this life. So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.”
Sarah Dessen, Along for the Ride