So it begins...

Tomorrow I begin my first day of my last semester as an undergrad! In just four months I will be finished! I wonder what these four months will bring? I'm so excited to learn new things, meet new people and slowly begin to plan what I will be doing next year. There are so many exciting things happening in my life at the moment. Church today was awesome...it reminded me so much of what is important in life. When I remember that we were made to serve God and love others everything else seems so small in comparison. Life is so good, because God is so good!

I have some goals for this semester:

1) Pray more for specific people and specific needs.

2) Learn more about God's promises and share them.

3) Make time for and be intentional with others.

4) Exercise at least 4 times a week.

5) Get good grades.

6) Figure out grad schools and begin applications.

I better stop now or I will make it impossible for me to keep all of my goals! Okay tomorrow, bring it on. I'm ready!

Deuteronomy is Awesome :)

"For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. And you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt." - Deuteronomy 10:17-19

I am reading through Deuteronomy right now and I expected it to be a bit boring, but I am being blown away by the amazing things that happen in this book! This verse just made my day! As I read the Bible throughout the past year, this characteristic of God as the defender of orphans, widows and "aliens" has just been jumping off the page at me, especially in Ezekiel and now again in Deuteronomy. Ironically, these were two books that I thought I would have to struggle through! Just so everyone knows, the Old Testament is NOT boring! :) More and more I'm beginning to understand God's heart and our purpose to love and serve those who suffer.