Are We There yet??

April is almost here, that mean there is about one month left of school!!!

Exciting, but....... there is still one month left which means
-paper still to be written( all due on the same day... ouch)
- test to study for( like my test tonight at 6)
-Books and plays to read
-Quizzes to study for
and Then
FINALS-----ahhhhhhhhhh

But, then it will all be done with, and I will have one year of my college career finished. It is hard to believe that 25% of my college career is almost done( I need to get out in 4 years, because my scholarship will run out..)

As the semester is coming to a close, I cannot help but look to the summer. I am so excited about what is in store this summer. There are some very exciting things that are coming up---there will be more info when it comes. I am ready to go and sit on the beach and read and take in some rays( well as much as I can get with my spf 40 sunscreen).

Until then, I feel like a little child in the car on a long trip yelling, "Are we there yet?!"
I am ready to be done, but hopeful that the rest of the semester will be good despite the fact that everything in the world is due in the next week and a half( and I have to schedule my classes tomorrow) . I am ready for summer and the three month break from school that it comes with.

Love has come

As Easter Sunday is this weekend, I was reminded of a verse in Luke 19. Jesus is coming into the city and He goes over the mount of Olives and sees Jerusalem. Verse 41 says, " When He approached jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it."

This city, the city that was going to turn on Him( even His closest friends). This city, where He performed many miracles and signs was going to torture Him. They were going to soon trade Him for Barabbas, a criminal for the Lamb of God. This city, where He would be mounted to a cross to bear the guilt, sin, and shame of the world. This is the city that He wept over. He did not just sob a little or get a tear in His eye; Jesus wept. As I read that verse, I was reminded of the love that Christ has given unto us. Love had come; love had come to suffer and die, and then to rise from the dead!

Love has come, and His name is Jesus. That is Easter.

Jesus wept for the lost and unsaved; He knew what was set before Him. The time had come for Jesus to show the world His unfailing, unending love.

Love has come.

Thoughts on spring break.....and just other thoughts

Over the last few days of spring break, kami and I went to Atlanta to stay with her aunt. It was so much fun to get away for a few days before coming back to college. I had been to Atlanta a few times, but only with groups to see Braves games and go to six flags. It was very different to have time to spend in and around Atlanta for a few days.

I think the best way to give you some insight into the trip is to give you a list of things that happened and observances about the long weekend

1. Driving in Atlanta- not quite the same as driving in Tigerville...... people are ALWAYS in a a hurry. I was honked at multiple times the 1st day we were there, but as the week went on, I became better at driving with the rush.( you notice that everyone begins to move at the red light before it turns green)
2. The aquarium was huge!!!! The Georgia Aquarium was really neat; they had whale sharks, beluga whales, huge fish, and even penguins.( my brother will be so jealous)
3. Buddy and Cindy were great hosts. It was so much fun to spend time with them and get to know them better
4. Ikea is a huge store......I have never been to a furniture store that has a 2 story parking garage.
5. There are very interesting people in the downtown area.
6. The CNN center is way more than a news-place..... there is a food court and a hotel inside that place!
7. Atlanta was such a great trip, and I cannot wait to go back soon

So now spring break is over, and it is time to do things like homework and reading for class. The good new, only 7 weeks left in the semester.

It has been such a great semester; God has moved so much in the last year of my life. I am so happy with the way that everything is going right now; I just have so much peace. I am looking forward to this summer; I am so excited to see what God is going to do through me in the coming months.

A Glorious Day

Yesterday Kami and I celebrated our one year anniversary. It is hard to believe that we have been dating for a whole year!
So much has changed since last March:
1. We are not in High school anymore
2. We go to school in SC now, and are almost done with one year of college
3. We are both involved in many new organizations at school, and new opportunities are opening up almost daily!

But some things are still the same:
1. I still love spending time with Kami just as much as I ever have
2. I still love going on dates with her
3. I still love learning new things about Kami each day

It has been such a great year; I am so excited to see what is in store for the next year!!!
Kami is just so wonderful and I am so blessed and lucky to be in a relationship with her.
Every day is such a joy, it is not always easy, but there is no one else that I would rather be with every day.

A Psalm a day

I have a new bible study/ musical undertaking. This is going to stretch me beyond what I am capable of myself.
The goal:
-Read a Psalm each day along with my normal bible study.
-After reading a Psalm, I am going to write a song using the psalm as the basis of the song( I want to at least write a chorus of a song each day, hopefully those will turn into full songs)

I know that this is a huge undertaking; there are 150 Psalms!
I feel that there is so much inside of me that wants to come out, so hopefully this will be a way that I can express myself by letting God speak through me. The verse that has become my theme verse is Psalm 51:15, which says "O Lord open my lips that my mouth may declare your praises."
I only want to talk when God opens my mouth and only go where God leads me.
I hope that this undertaking will stretch me and move me closer to God.
I just want to follow God's will for my life, so hopefully this will just bring me closer to Him and His will for me.

SO, I am going to write a song a day by reading a Psalm a day. Please pray for me as I am taking on this new challenge.