So this probably isn't a good sign. I haven't even really started blogging, and I've still got weeks between each update. Truth be told, I may have forgotten about it. Stupid site-updating phases I go through. It's probably best I don't promise anything.
So anyways, what's going on with me....It'll just be my mom and me here at home for a few days while my dad and siblings get to spend several days at a friends cabin in Idaho. Then my mom's helping out at a camp next week. I do kinda wish I could be there with them, but as I'm going camping in about a week and a half, I didn't want to take anymore time off work. I think my boss is kinda annoyed, since I'm only back for the summer, and I've requested way too many days off. Not a job I particularly enjoy, but it's money, and I have to survive the school year on a couple hundred dollars. Which is challenging with multiple studio art classes, which all require a ridiculous number of supplies that I'll probably never use again after the class is over. I guess that just comes with being an art student.
Despite being a bit disappointed in not being able to go to Idaho, I am looking forward to having the house to myself for a little while. I'll be able to spend a lot of quality time with God without so many distractions. He's been teaching me a lot lately, and I feel like I'm falling more and more in love with Him every day. My faith is becoming a bigger and bigger part of me, something I never expected to happen over the summer, being away from the amazing campus group I'm a part of. But God had bigger plans for me this summer.
I started out the summer attending a church with a friend, but after a few weeks felt that that church wasn't where God really wanted me to be. It's an amazing church, it's just not for me. I spent a few weeks trying out churches, and not finding anything at first, I started to get a bit frustrated. But then this last Sunday, I attended a church that was so much different than the others. I don't know what it was, but I just knew when I walked in there that that is where God wants me to be. It's small, the worship is great, the pastors great, and it's not too far away from my house. There's also a real sense of community and many different ways to get involved. I'm just so grateful to God for providing me with a place at just the right time. My trust in Him grows stronger every day. I'm really starting to see just how much He loves me.
"He is jealous for me. Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, and I realize just how beautiful you are and how great your affections are for me."
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How He Loves by David Crowder Band