This
morning, I woke up, looked at my calendar, and tried to comprehend how it could
possibly be the last day of 2012 already! This caused me to simply praise Him
for what a wonderful year He has blessed me with. It just fascinates me that a
year ago, I would never have imagined myself in the place that I am at. In
fact, I said repeatedly that I could never go or do that which I am
living currently. Oh, how truly grateful I am that His ways are not our
ways! I would have totally messed up my life by now if I was not completely
yielded to Him!
My year
at a glance:
- First and
foremost, dedicated the year to Jesus in complete surrender
- Applied to
Ellerslie Leadership Training to be a part of the Summer 2012 class and
heard back shortly thereafter that I was accepted!
- I got to attend the
Cross Style Conference in early January
- Continued
to work at Blondie's Cookies up until middle May
- Applied to
several different colleges, including Lipscomb, Campbellsville, Charleston
Southern, Indiana Wesleyan, IU, and Bethel.
- Spent Spring
Break visiting the different colleges and finally made a decision a few
weeks after
- Flew out to
Colorado in early April for Hannah Day's beautiful wedding. It was such a
blessing to stay at the Joy House and enjoy sweet times of fellowship and
prayer with the girls!
- I graduated from
high school with an amazing senior class and then got to spend a week
with them on our senior trip in Tennessee!
- Probably the
best summer of my life out in Colorado. He pressed me deeper, taught me
what it truly meant to spend myself in intercession for others, and
blessed me with some really close sisters that I still talk to. It's
incredible to be able to just randomly text a dear sister and ask for
prayer and know that she's wrestling!
- I began college
in late August at Campbellsville University. God had wonderful things
planned last semester! The first two or so months were really spent just
in the secret place, learning to spend myself upon my King and in prayer.
He brought a wonderful ministry to my attention, in which a group of us go
each week to pour into children who live in a low income neighborhood and
have really devastating family situations. I also became
involved in a prayer group that meets every night, the people of which I
have made close friends with!
- Early October, I
had the amazing privilege of returning to Ellerslie for the Alumni
Reunion. It was a much needed time of refreshment and being encouraged and
edified by like minded people pressing hard after Jesus! Though my class
had just graduated a few months ago, sharing battle stories with them was
incredible.
- I spent Fall
Break and Thanksgiving Break at home, getting to quench (at least a
little) my desire to bake that had been building for months!
- And this
Christmas Break has been an incredible time with Jesus, working at
Blondie's again, and spending time with family and friends.
He is so wonderful! I
am so amazed at how faithful He has been! There are moments when I take a step
back and really just am astonished at how perfect He orchestrates everything in
my life. Though many things have been difficult and far from easy, He knows
what He is doing. His plans and ways are so perfect. Oh, I never want to lay a
finger upon my life or agenda-- it's all HIS, now and for eternity!
And what is also amazing? I know that it can only get better!
"Better is the end of the thing than the beginning thereof." Ecclesiastes 7: 8
"Oh, how great is Thy goodness, which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in Thee before the sons of men!" Psalm 31: 19
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