A Comfort To Me

"Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes, and I will keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart. Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it. Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain! Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things and give me life in your ways. Confirm to your servant your promise, that you may be feared. Turn away the reproach that I dread, for your rules are good. Behold, I long for your precepts; in your righteousness give me life!"

Psalm 119:33-40

Yesterday morning I prayed that I would have a good day at work, and that I would have a good attitude toward it all. God blessed me with a wonderful day. I didn't really want to go to work, but once I got there, I was in a cheerful and happy mood. God answered my prayer very effectively. Sometimes I don't mind my job at all, and other times I just dread it.
Yesterday the Lord showed me how blessed I am with this job. Even though washing dishes is not the most fun thing in the world, you can learn a lot from it. You just have to have the right attitude. Before I even started my job, Emma told me that I had 8 wonderful hours to pray all that I wanted. I've recently started doing that. My prayer life has not been as faithful as I would like, but God is helping with me it. I treasure the times I get to pray before each meal, and I love when I can pray while washing dishes.

The Lord has been teaching me many things this last month (Can you believe it's already been a month). I feel like I've grown in many different ways. I've experienced things I've never really had to deal with before C of O, and old, painful experiences have somehow crawled their way back into my little head. But I keep telling myself that it's OK. Because...

God is good!
Always.
Always.
God is good!

Twenty-Five Days In My New World

I can't believe it's been that long already. Time has flown by faster than I thought. June will be over soon.

I love it here. This environment is so relaxed, and centered on Christ, who wouldn't want to live here?
I'm not saying it doesn't have flaws... It certainly does. For instance, I can't fit my family into my dorm room so they can live with me. I do have a small part of my family with me, and that is awesome all on it's own. God has blessed me with this amazing opportunity, and I don't want to miss out on any of it. How many people get the chance to experience college with two of their siblings?

My sister has been a dear. She's been so patient with me, and she always wants me to have fun. She stays up for me until I get off from work, which is usually 10:00pm or later, when she has to be up before 7:00am most days. She has made sure I'm comfortable, and happy. She's even gone to the Chapel with me, when she was tired, and not in the best of moods.

Daniel, has been awesome as well. He's always there to do something with, and he's shown me how much he really loves me, and that means more to me than most things.

I have two favorite places here in Point Lookout. First is the chapel. I like to go there right after breakfast and play piano for an hour or so. Then I head over to the Point, which is my second favorite place. I read my Bible, devotionals, and journal there. The view is stunning, and it's the perfect place to read God's word and praise Him. It is amazing to me that I can do that. I don't think I was expecting to be able to spend that much time alone with God.

I've met some amazing people. God blessed me with wonderful co-workers, so we have a pretty good time in the dish-pit together. We try to encourage one another, so we don't get too down in the dumps. Dish pit is not as bad as I thought it would be. It certainly is not that fun, and it gets really hard and challenging some times. It also makes me a little emotional thinking about how many hours a week I spend with my hands in the soapy water. :-P

God is GOOD. That's all I have to say. My God is an awesome God.

A Smart Man

Oh, see that your speech is seasoned with grace, administering instruction and edification to the hearer. Let no corrupt thing, no false doctrine, no untruthful statement, no harsh, unkind, unsympathizing, heart-wounding word flow from your lips. Speak for God, for Christ, and for souls.

~Octavius Winslow