Today is December 1st. I woke up earlier then usual, which by the way, I LOVE. I know it's weird, but I always feel so productive when I wake up before 8! And I love the quietness of the morning! Also I am not able to use the bathroom until about a half hour before class starts, so I decided to wake up at 7:24 instead! Great idea! Well sort of. My whole intention was to do my devotions over breakfast, but that didn't happen. I walked out into the hall and opened the door to walk down the stairs and I see snow! And not just a few flakes floating through the cold, winter air. No my friends...the whole campus was covered in snow!
So I walk to breakfast enraptured with the flakes and crunchy snow! :) I actually had bumped into two friends and sat down and enjoyed their company for about forty minutes. It was relaxing! I sipped hot cocoa and we spent the morning laughing. Second best way to start your day!
Math. Enough said.
Went to chapel. It was beautiful! I sat in my chair and looked around and was surrounded by friends friends friends! I felt so incredibly blessed! I love worshiping with the CU community! The speaker was a pastor from Ada Bible. He spoke on Isaiah 9. He talked mainly about how Jesus came to earth as the Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, and Everlasting King...something along those lines.
And my oh my! God spoke to me. Right. to. the. core. To the very depths that I didn't even know were there! :)
The pastor man goes, "So if you have ever surrendered and let go and given your problem to God then know that God's pleasure is upon you! He says ''well done'!"
well done.
You have no idea how freeing that was for me to hear.
Listen people. I am not intelligent. I make so many mistakes! I have screwed up relationship after relationship after relationship. seriously. I'm a sinner. broken. And yet God says well done. How amazing is that!?! I felt the pleasure and love of Christ so heavily on me!
The school year started really not so great. To put it nicely. It was a really dark sad season. But Joy broke through that. And I found freedom. Not by my own strength or power or might, but by the graciousness of God!
The "well done" statement is freeing for me because I felt like I needed to become more free and more surrendered before God could ever work. Not true. Lies from the pits of hell.
God is working in my heart and He is moving and He loves me despite my humaneness.
And friends, He loves you too. So much. You could never do anything that would separate you from His divine, beautiful love. He calls you beloved. He says, "well done."
So that was my blessed morning.
The afternoon was pretty good too. I ate lunch! Also good friend time! Went to the Corum to get work done. I sat by the fire. Trust me, it's not as lovely as it sounds. I sat by a fireplace. I wished the fire place was actually turned on though, because I love sitting by a fire when it's snowing and blizzardy! I spent a lot of time in the word. Reading different parts of God's mightyness.
I've started this project. I'm reading the bible in six months. I know, there are pros and cons to this, but I'm doing it mostly to be in the word and have a guide.
Then finished math. ICM. Dinner. snow. I've since decided that I dislike driving in the snow. yep. it's true. not so friendly and innocent on the road.
Youth group which was really good! Got to pray with a few teens. Another moment in youth group history that makes you get warm fuzzies and God gently reminds you why you are there. These kids are truly amazing. They have this hunger for more and more and more of God and aren't satisfied with their faith. Ahh! love it.
Sherpa party. Dear me! I feel like I'm in fifth grade writing in my diary. Except this one doesn't have a lock. :)
That was my day. I decided I'm really bad at doing homework. I don't think academia is my area of expertise. Not that I just figured that out. I really want to find something I'm super talented at!
Anyways, God uses me, the weak one. That's amazing!
Alrighty, nighty night!
"God uses me, the weak one."
ReplyDeleteThat is positively beautiful. =)