Thanksgiving Break 2015

I am so unbelievably thankful for everything God has blessed me with. My family is such a huge part of my life, and I am so thankful I was able to spend thanksgiving break with them. Check out this video to see a peek of all the stuff I did with my family over thanksgiving break! I had a lot of fun filming my time back home and worked really hard to make this video! I hope you enjoy!

  

"Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus" - 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Thank God for every and any of your circumstances. Thank God for your suffering, joy, hardships, health, sickness, prosperity, failures... In every season thank God. It is through thankfulness in every situation that God will give you true joy.

"A thankful mind-set does not entail a denial of reality with its plethora of problems. Instead, it rejoices in Me, your Savior, in the midst of trials and tribulations.
Thanksgiving and praise put you in proper relationship with Me, opening the way for My riches to flow into you." - Jesus Calling
"As you walk with Me through this day, practice trusting and thanking Me all along the way. Thankfulness lifts you up above your circumstances. As you bring Me the sacrifice of thanksgiving, regardless of your feelings, My Spirit is able to work more freely within you. When your mind in stuck on a negative focus, you see neither Me nor the My gifts. In faith, thank Me for whatever is preoccupying your mind." - Jesus Calling 

My high school teacher once told me, "What if you woke up the next morning with only the things you thanks God for in the past week."

In addition, I am so thankful for this incredible college journey God has blessed me with! I couldn't have asked for a better roommate and overall experience!

"Do not worry about anything, but pray and ask God for everything you need, ALWAYS giving thanks" - Philippians 4:6 

Sleep Walking

 

My prayer recently has been, "Lord, please take away my oblivion. Help me to see the opportunities you place in front of me."

(listen to Give Me Your Eyes by Brandon Heath while watching) 

"All those people going somewhere, why have I never cared?"
"Give me your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missing."
"Give me your arms for the broken hearted; give me your heart for the ones forgotten."
"Couple of million eyes just move and pass me by; I want a second glance to see the way You've seen the people all along." - Brandon Heath - Give Me Your Eyes

I live in the midst of a battlefield (college campus). There's thousands of people surrounding me who have never experienced the love of God. They're confused, hurting, searching, lost people.  Walking to class, passing people by, I don't want to miss the opportunity to share God's love. They need to know.

I feel partially responsible. Like, I have this wonderful knowledge that saves lives, but I'm too selfish to share it. It does no good if I keep it to myself. It's not fair to keep this unconditional, everlasting love to myself.

"I don't want to go through the motions. I don't want to go one more day without You're all consuming compassion. I don't want to spend my whole life asking what if I had given everything instead of going through the motions?" - Mathew West - Motions

I don't want to sleep walk around campus, too caught up in my own busyness to miss all the strife surrounding me.

"When you talk, do not say harmful things, but say what people need - words that will help others become stronger. Then what you say will do good to those who listen to you." - Ephesians 4:29

"So we continue to preach Christ to each person, using all wisdom to warn and to teach everyone, in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature person in Christ." - Colossians 1:28

These next verses are exactly what I've been feeling/thinking! I thank God for revealing these verses to me, because I was searching for some that related to this subject! He's incredible!

"Continue praying, keeping alert, and always thanking God. Also pray for us that God will give us an OPPORTUNITY to tell people his message. Pray that we can preach the secret that God has made known about Christ. Pray that I can speak in a way that will make it clear. " Colossians 4:2-4

"Be wise in the way you act with people who are not believers, making the most of every OPPORTUNITY. When you talk, you should always be kind and pleasant so you will be able to answer everyone in the way you should." - Colossians 4:5-6

Fix Your Focus

One rainy Monday morning I drove back to college, trying to make it back in time for my class. I pulled in to find no available parking spaces where I usually park. I resulted to parking in the adjacent parking lot, quickly unpacked, and made it to class.

Let There Be Light

"In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven." - Mathew 5:16

"But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." - 1 John 1:7 

Thanks to my friend Megan for letting me film her! :D

Disappointments to Blessings

I've come to realize that God turns past disappointments into blessings. In the moment of disappointment, it's hard to see the positive. We need to see from God's perspective.

Success

Everyone is searching to find their way.
People search for success, but what is success?
How is success defined?
The world judges your success based on your riches--the amount of money you make, the number of followers you have, the brand of clothes you have, how thin you are...

An Aching Heart