The goodness of God

God is good all the time.....All the time God is good! I know this sounds like a typical churchy saying, but it is so true! God is good when...
it's raining
you're sharing in the joy of a friend's new exciting blessings
life is unsure
you get a card in the mail just because someone loves you
getting to the top of a huge roller coaster and anticipating the fall
you let Him take control
hanging out with old friends and enjoying the moment
you get a friendly email
you're missing home and want to be around family
no one knows you and you feel like a stranger
sitting on your bed and soaking in His nourishing Word of Truth

Yesterday, in church, we sang a song that was taken from Psalm 19. It went something like this: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be pleasing to you, pleasing to you.....You're my rock and my redeemer.....and I long to be a blessing in your eyes

Now those are some words to think about! Are all my thoughts and meditations pleasing to the Lord? How many times in the day do I choose not to please the Lord in just my thoughts and meditations? THIS is why it is so important to have His Word ingrained in my heart and to meditate on it day and night! Soak in His TRUTH....Dig deeper when your emotions don't feel like it. Let the Word of God transform your mind and thinking.

School's out for summer!

I finished my last final today. It wasn't the greatest, but it's over! The next few weeks and days will be pretty crazy and filled with many transitions. I will finish packing all my stuff to move into another dorm for two weeks of summer school. The last week in May I'm not sure where I'll be and then for June and July I will be staying with a family.

Life has been pretty exciting around here these days. So much going on and lots of new changes. God is great and so faithful even amongst so many changes.

I will get to see the my long lost roommie from 5 years ago. I can't believ it's been so long. Sara, I am so happy you are coming to see me! We will have a blast!!!

California Summers

It's official! Lord willing, I will be spending my summer in sunny California. At least, that's to say that I have a place to stay for free (along w/working 12 hours a week in exchange). I do, however, need to find a job. Any ideas? I know the places that I don't want to work (food service, lifeguard and all the typical high school jobs). I wouldn't mind working at a hardware store like Lowe's, but I'd also like to get some experience in my college degree. I switched my emphasis a couple of weeks ago from Bus. Admin. Management to Bus. Admin Accounting. I hope this is a good switch, sometimes I doubt my choice, but if nothing else I can always do something else with my degree. The nice thing about Accounting is that it gives a person good background that is useful for many positions.
I also recently switched churches. I loved my old church, the people and everything, it was just too big and I found it harder to get involved. My new church is quite small (around 150 people) and is only a about a year old or so. We meet in a high school and will soon have a building in May.
This last week of lectures is kinda crazy. I can hardly believe my first year here is over. Only a week and a half left! I'm also taking an intense summer course immediately after for two weeks and then I will be officialy done.
God Bless everyone! I am pressing on to the end and making the most of every opportunity.