That's What I Love About Sunday's

Sunday was such a wonderful day! I felt so blessed to not only be apart of College of the Ozarks, but also apart of Skyline Baptist Branson. God is truly offering me much more than I deserve. 

I woke up 30 minutes later then I had originally planned to go to church. But I was still able to get ready and be at church on time for the young adults class. I have really been enjoying this class. We are going through Romans verse by verse, in an intense study. I love it! Later, in "Big Church" I was asked to go to lunch at a friends house. I had such a great time! Their family was great! It felt like home! And they sent me back to the dorms with food. It doesn't get much better then that right??? Especially for a college kid. 

After I left their house, I came back to the dorm and realized that I had locked my keys in my room! Story of my life! So instead of taking a nap, I went with a friend to the beach. We laid out, relaxed, and enjoyed the good ol' Vitamin D. After we left the lake, we went to get ice cream at the college creamery. Delish! (I strongly recommend the Raspberry Mango sorbet). My roommate came and unlocked the door for me, and I went to dinner . I called my mom on the way back from lunch and we talked for a good hour. I love talking to my mom! Shes the greatest! After that, another friend and I hung out in the dorms until 9pm when we had a fantastic bible study with some of the international students on campus. It is so great to see all different nations and tribes and languages come together to worship the same God. Unbelievable! 

After the bible study, the same friend and I talked in her dorm room until after midnight when I was half asleep so I left and went to bed. 

It was a great day full of Amazing blessings. Just reflecting on the things that happened yesterday make me more humbled before my God. He is the one who gave me all these things. Things that aren't necessarily important, but he offered anyway.

And beyond all the "things" that I am thankful for, I am even more thankful to have a God who would leave his throne, put on some flesh, and enter this earth as a humble child born in a manger. And that this child would grow up sinless and still, even after seeing the stupid decisions humans make, He would STILL carry the burden of not only just my sins, but the sins of all the people, everywhere, no matter who they are or what they have done. It is such a humbling reality. He was the ultimate example of Love because he IS Love. It is so much to comprehend, but when I realize how blessed I am in just having a great day, I realize how blessed I am that everyday is a great day because I have a savior who was beat when I should have been, carried the cross when I should have, and became the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of this earth. 

Just some thoughts of the morning. :) I plan on having another great day today! Last day off for the rest of the week! I'm going to enjoy every moment of it!

Plans for the day

Well my morning started out great! I went out to coffee with one of the leaders of my churches Young Adults class. It was wonderful! We had a great discussion about churches, Jesus, and people. I love to hear other peoples thoughts, so I can definitely tell you that I enjoyed it a lot!

In about 2 hours I have to work, so I plan on showering, cleaning my room, and getting my stuff in order for Sunday morning. I am always feeling like I'm in such a hurry Sunday mornings getting ready for church. I don't want to have to deal with that tomorrow. I will do it today!

But, right now I am procrastinating all of these things because I am writing a post for my blog about basically nothing important. So I guess I can tell you why I'm starting this blog and my goals for it.

Why?
I LOVE reading blogs! Seriously! It is like one of my secret obsessions. I love reading about other peoples lives, thoughts, ideas, and deciding why I am the way I am. I also want to become better at organizing my thoughts. I am terrible at that. I just keep it all locked up in my brain or spill my life story out to random people and have no organization to it. I feel like a blog could help me with that issue. It is important to me that I keep goals for myself, and this is a way to do that. I would love to see myself progress in life and I will be able to keep myself accountable this way. I could turn back to the beginning of the blog and see the way I was compared to who I am. It seems like a good plan now!

Goals!!!
I like to set goals for myself, because without them I don't have a plan of whats to come next. My goals for the blog are basically to write at least once a weeks (or more) about pretty much any topic. I feel like it would help me become more organized and be able to sift through all the thoughts in my head! Cool right??

I'm pretty excited to get this thing going! I love blogs, so hopefully you can relate to mine. :)

End of Week 7

It's finally hit the home stretch of the summer work program at CofO (The college I attend). I feel as though I have learned more about myself in the seven weeks I have been moved out then I have ever known. Its amazing how much you learn when you have to actually make decisions and Mommy and Daddy aren't there to fix everything. I am surprised to learn some of these things too. I guess mostly because I never thought that I was actually this type of person. I'm a list-maker, so I guess I should list some of these things out.

1. I am a list-maker. I knew I loved making lists, but I didn't realize how much I truly RELY on lists. Grocery lists, lists of things I plan to get done today, lists of the word hello in different languages of people I have met here at college and want to impress with my knowledge, lists of things I should pray about, lists of the things I have learned, and the list could go on forever.

2. I am a small town girl at heart. I grew up in big city, but spent the last three years in a very small town. This being said, I never felt like big city was home. My little town is full of people who love and care about me and my family. I wouldn't trade that for malls, movie theaters, or even a wal-mart. I love my little town and the people in it. I see myself living in small town after college. I just see it. Not like Haley Joel Osment saw dead people, but more like Martin Luther King Jr. saw his dream. Got me??

3. I'm pretty outspoken. Like, I know what I believe and that's that. But I LOVE LOVE LOVE hearing other peoples opinions. Even when they differ from mine. I just love learning why people believe what they believe. It just interests me.

4. Apparently I look like a Science teacher... Well, jokes on you because I plan on becoming a science teacher! Ha!

5. I miss sharing a room with my siblings! Sharing a room with another random girl is so not easy!

6. I can grill a mean steak. Just saying.


There are so many more things I could list, but it is almost 1:00 and I am exhausted from a long day at work. So here's to a great week, and to a great start to a blog!