Currently Listening Second Story see related

I just need to get through tomorrow and tuesday 8:00-9:30am and I will be golden. I only have 3 finals that I'm taking, one of which will only affect my grade positively. So technically, I only have 2 to worry about.  Praise God!

And then....Jillian and I will leave Thursday morning and start driving from Saraland, AL to Crystal Lake,  IL!   Oh how I can't wait to get out of Saraland and get back to 'real life' in Illinois...in the north.

Amazing summer plans: going to Europe May 14th- June 13th with campus ministries here at school. A team of 5 of us will be gone 31 days backpacking throughout Europe, staying in youth hostels. We'll be taking the platform of tourists as we engage with other travelers and share the gospel. We covet your prayers as it will be easy to get sucked into the excitment of being in Europe and lose site of our primary reason for going.

After I get back from Europe I'll rest at home for about 4 days then head up to camp Timber-Lee for the rest of the summer to work on the worship team, helping lead worship! I cannot wait!

Praise God for how he works! I anticipate a summer of learning more about my God, myself, others, how to live in true community and how to love others as He first loved.

May you be blessed and following after the Solid Rock.

SPRING BREAK. Usually, this week for most is a time to relax, vacation, go back home to visit family and friends. In other cases, like most of my friends, they take a mission tirp up to Chicago for the week to share the gospel and for a lot of them, see snow for the first time!

For me, however, none of this is the case. Instead of sitting on the beach getting a tan or going home to Chi-town, I get to stay in Sarland, Alabama and work @ MOKA's coffee shop and take a week-long class at Integrity music. Don't get me wrong, I know I will be learning a lot this week and that God will be working on my heart. But I've come to the conclusion that this will probably also be a difficult week for me seeing as a lot of friends that would stay here on campus, are gone....to my home-city! :(   I don't want to say I'll be depressed, that's too deep. However, I do feel an ache in my heart that I can't join them!!

Anyway, enjoy your spring break (whenever it is!) , keep seeking after the Lord and digging into His amazing scriptures!

SWEET HOME ALABAMA.

                  That's right, I'm back.

                      And I think the accent is coming along nicely...again.

Currently Listening The Purest Place By Watermark see related

Well it's been awhile since I've been on here. I'm sure no one even comes to this page anymore, but I will share what's on my heart today.

So after some things that happened this morning in my life, I once again am reminded of how much I despise sin. I hate sin. I am sick and tired of living a sinful life in a sinful world. I understand that's just how things are. I understand that we have a savior who came to this world to save us from the sin and that we will one day be able to be in the presence of the holy, pure God.     I wish my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ would fully open their eyes to what it means to live a life that follows Christ. To be conscious of living a life that honors the Lord...I guess I'm rambling. Stop wasting time just laying around or doing stupid things. I'm all about having fun, fellowship, and laughing but we were not created to just sit around. Christ calls us to live an out-of-the-ordinary life.       I desire holiness so much and I don't think that we, followers of Christ, normally desire as strongly as we could to know the Lord as best we could. We say we love the Lord, we want his will in our lives or we go to church and serve in the church... but it is so much deeper than that. I want to constantly immerse myself in the things of the Lord. I want to continually be in worship to him. There are limitations because we are imperfect beings living in an imperfect world.

I truly enjoy the lyrics of Watermark's song , Captivate Us:

Captivate us, Lord Jesus / Set our eyes on you / devastate us / with your presence / falling down / and rushing river / draw us nearer / holy fountain consume us with you /  captivate us, Lord Jesus / with you..../and let everything / be lost in the shadows / of a life of the faith / and let every chain be broken from me as I'm bound in your grace / for your yoke is easy / your burden is light / your full of wisdom, power and might / and every eye / will see you

2 Corinthians 10:3:-5  "For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."

What a beautiful day here in Saraland, Alabama! PRAISE GOD!! 

So we have these bushes here on campus that are pretty much like a mattress. And as I was walking out of class today, I saw three of my friends just laying on/in the bushes. I had my camera in hand and wanted to capture the moment.I love sunny Fridays while laughing with friends.

One thing (of the many) that I miss while being down here in AL is being able to see the change of season. Nobody down here understands what they're missing. How I miss the north!

Hope you're having a wonderful day!! Praise the Lord!!