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Trust

Trust is a word that I have really learned to trust. One of the definitions of trust according the the dictionary is confident expectation of something or HOPE. The one verse in the Bible that I have always come back to and is one that I have always loved is Proverbs 3:5-6

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart

and lean not on your own understanding;

in all ways acknowledge him, 

and he will make your paths straight."

Giving God ALL your trust will ALL your heart can be hard. I know I do it all the time. It is something that I am trying to completely hand over to Him. Another thing I struggle with is God knowing my plan better then mine. My idea for a good life may not be God's plan for my life. I know their have been times I want things my way and God wants it another way. I've wrestled with that and it is hard. Sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad. Romans 8:28 says, "and we know that in ALL things Gods works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose". In 1st Timothy 4:4 it says, "For everything God created is good". So if everything God created is good and all things work of good, then why is it so hard to trust Him fully? I personally believe it has to be a transformation inside your heart and you have to surrender everything to Him. Until you do this, you will just continue to live a life going through the motions. I don't want to be that Christian that just goes to church on Sunday. Once you fully surrender everything and wait patiently on the Lord, you will be blessed. Again, God created everything good.

I struggled with giving God my whole heart for a very long time. I believed but never completely followed Him. Now that I am a part of this family, I am always looking for ways to grow. At church today, Ebo Elder shared how when we pray to God we ask more then we should. He stated it as we tell Him what to do and we call that prayer. I know in my life God hasn't answered my prayers the first time around, so I have to keep on asking. I don't believe asking God for whatever you may be asking for is a bad thing, as long as it is His will. I am not saying praying for a million dollars is not gonna come true, but where is God in that picture? I have been trying to direct my prayers in a way that will bring God glory and happiness as well. Because if my God is satisfied, I am too. But we have to trust that God will always make things work out.

My desires a couple years ago where completely different from what they are today. When I first started college, I wanted to get a good paying job, have a big house and have an amazing family. Now I still want a good job, but money isn't going to be the deciding factor. My ultimate goal in life is to start a family. No matter when I graduate and what profession I go into, my family is what I am working towards. Now I am still single and know to start a family you have to be with someone, but it isn't wrong to be thinking ahead right? At times I have pictured the perfect scenario of graduating, getting married and starting a family. It is something that I look forward to experiencing someday, when the time is right. I am a person that loves to look ahead in my life and at least imagine where I will be in 5 years. Well, Jesus looks at it a little different. In Matthew 6:34 He says, "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own". Though my future is important, I shouldn't have to worry about it. This all goes back to Proverbs 3:5-6 and trusting the Lord. Therefore, I will leave it all up to God to direct my path for all things he works for good for those who love him. I love this promise!!

This may be hard to completely understand. There is so much more scripture that also convicts my heart but I love these verses! I look at my life and why must I complain during the hard times. I have a roof over my head, I will always have food on the table. Some people aren't blessed with that. I am extremely lucky and extremely blessed. At times I wonder where the Lord will direct me, it can be whenever. All I know is that I am locksick and thirsty for more of Him. My life will always be good no matter what I go through. God has a plan and I have to trust that He knows what he is doing. After all He did know me before I was born, so why not give Him a shot huh? :)

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My Trip to the City of Sin

So I am still recovering from last weekend. As you could imagine I spent every night drunk out of my mind  so you all have the general idea at least :) None of that is true. Overall, I had a great trip! It was a great vacation and some good quality time with my parents. To start off the trip our plane got delayed 3 hours which sucked! We made the most out of it though. We eventually made it to Vegas and just stayed out later. I made it my overall goal to see every hotel and I think I managed that. I saw about half of the strip Thursday night so I felt pretty good. If you want to see pictures of all the sites just click on the title to go to the photo album. On Friday we chilled by the lazy river at Mandalay Bay from 8am to noon. It was awesome! In the evening I had the privilege to go see Beatles LOVE. It by far is the best show I have ever seen! I can't even describe to you everything that happened. I can tell you though is I was so speechless I almost cried. The Beatles have a special place in my heart and they always will. Sure they have some messed up songs here and there but no band will ever come close to what they did back in the day, unbelievable!! Saturday was pretty much the same but we saw a show called Tournament of Kings which was really good, our plane was gonna leave the next morning at 6 so I made it my goal to stay up all night which I almost did. We walked from Mandalay Bay to Wynn Hotel and back. A total of 7 miles which is crazy. Besides a bunch that I left out it was a really good trip. If you stay away from all the dark or sinful stuff you really can enjoy your time. If there is two things I learned from the vacation is this. One: 7 dollars is to much for a drink and Two: 3 days in Vegas is totally enough. It is spendy! Anyways that is the accelerated version of the trip, fell free to ask me more about it. Until then enjoy the picture of the slot machine I won 200 bucks on :)

A Hard Days Work

Wasting Time

So I don't really know where this post is really coming from. The title of this post refers to time that has been wasted to put it simple. Tonight was the first Real Life of the summer. It was great! Our college pastor taught from Philippians 2 on Christ's example of humility. For me I think I needed this reminder. Since school has been out, I have not been in the Word as much I'd like. I hate saying their are distractions because their is more than enough time to have gotten into the Word since the end of school. I am to blame. This upsets me and also makes me sad. Having the same mind of Christ is something I have really not put so much thought into. Sure we are called to live like Christ as Philippians 1:21 says, but to have His mind is another thing. Serving God has always been my number one priority. Sure I get distracted, but I ultimately want to serve Him to the fullest and glorify Him to the fullest. Christ came to serve us and paid the price for our stupidity! No matter what distractions that where thrown Jesus' way, he continued to serve. I love to serve, but is it with the mind of Christ? This is an area I hope I can grow in. We also need to obey what is and isn't the Lord. There has been many times in my life when I pursue things without hearing from the Lord. He knows my plan better than I do so everything happens for a reason. I have a buddy of mine who happens to be waiting on the Lord just like I am trying to do, as well as obeying Him. This can only be possible by putting our whole trust in Him. I know I have heard from the Lord at times in my life but not as much as other people have. I believe this comes with being completely obedient and trusting God which in the past I haven't done. I don't believe any time on this Earth can be wasted because God always makes all things work together for the good. But being fully committed to Christ and having a mind like Christ surely would make our time a lot easier I am sure. I am done wasting my time! These distractions won't not stop me from pursuing what I know is good! I want the Word of God to influence more of the decisions I make, I want it to be God not me! I don't think I am the only one that struggles with this reality, but it is true for me. It is time to make the most of the time we have! It is time to live like Christ, have the mind of Him and to completely be obedient to Him! I know that God is able. May the rest of the summer continue to only get better, until next time, click the title for a song :)

God Is Able

Just wanted to share this song, this song is on the upcoming Hillsong Live album and I can't get enough of it. The lyrics are so simple and so true! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Click on God Is Able to have a listen :)

The Lastest

It is one of those nights that I can't sleep and my mind is all over the place. So why not blog right? Nothing is really planned here, but here is the latest with me. I recently got a raise at work! This is the funny part. For the beginning of the summer I was going to work noticeably harder so that my boss would give me a raise. To my surprise it happened, PTL! Since the last post I've mainly been in Corvallis. I turned 21 on the 30th of June. I can continue to write the rest of this blog and feed you lies but I won't :) At midnight I went out...the good news is I remember everything. What I didn't want to happen happened but I had it coming. That will never happen again. It was never my intention to go that far but I believe I learned a lot from it. Funny how the Lord does that. So on the 30th I took the day off and did nothing! It was awesome! During the time by myself it had the chance to reflect on the night before. I truly don't know how people can live their everyday life in that lifestyle. Ya I regret what happened but it made my heart hurt for those people that continue to live in that lifestyle and are just numb to what they are doing to themselves. And I think I am the one that needs prayer. I learned a lot and now I have a story to tell, good for me. I saw Transformers 3 later that night and it is a must see!! So get on it.  On a sad note I killed a bird with my car the next day. It was funny at first until I went back to see it. It's little birdie friends came back to say goodbye :( That kind of gave me a little tear to say the least. I also got a parking ticket at work. Saturday I did a little spring cleaning and made a lot of progress for a guy, I also did some food shopping. Ended the night having dinner with my cousin and her fiance. August 6th couldn't come any quicker just to throw it out there. Today was the first outdoor service at church. Of course the sun stayed behind the clouds but what is new. We started the book of Isaiah and I am excited to dig into it over the next year! The Corvallis Knights had an incredible firework show and I can only wait to see what happens tomorrow on the 4th. I still need to figure out plans. 3 days I leave for Vegas! I try not to think about it to much but I am ready for a vacation that is for sure! Until next time, that is all I got...kisses