how awesome it is to be in the plan God has for your life...and know it.  :)

for a few months....quite a few months...i had been feeling like God wanted me to become more desperate for Him.  I knew it, but i didn't do it.  when it got down to the, ok now i'm going to take a half hour and read my bible, and stuff like that, i didn't really feel like it.  i still had my relationship with God, i still read my bible and prayed and all that, but it wasn't the next level.  i felt like i was only able to go so far, and then it was like a wall.  i couldn't get through and get closer to God.  i kept nudging the wall, ignoring the wall, anything, hoping that it would go away.  of course...it never did.

but i guess i must have taken a step in the right direction or something....cause i just feel like God's suddenly started throwing stuff at me left and right.  we have a ministry at our church called RUSH....Reaching Unreached Student Harvest.  Campus ministry stuff basically.  Bible study groups at school and lovely things like that.  but anyway, besides meeting once a week at their school, we have another time during the week where they can come, hang out and have a more in-depth time of bible study and teaching...called Living Room - guess why.  cause we meet in people's living rooms, duh!  ;)  i've been going and helping out (cooking food and being a "leaderish" type person i guess).  and i was asked a few days ago to be more of a helper person than i was.  yessssss.  i'm excited.  i have to find what houses we're going to, buy food, cook food, brainstorm, and help in other lovely ways.  man.  i really feel like this is where God wants me, and i can't WAIT to see where i'm going next. 

oh, and last week at Living Room, God gave 3 different people prophesies and words for me!  you know why???
cause i'm God's favorite kid of course!  ;)

have an awesome day,
Sarah

Hey friends.

I guess it's been awhile.  :)  I haven't been getting online too much recently.  Actually, that's not entirely true, but reading Bible commentaries and books for school online shouldn't really count.  ;)

So.  God's amazing.  I am so totally in awe of Him allllll the time.  When I think I've got everything planned out and taken care of, He always reminds me to make sure He is in the middle of it. 

I had two different things that I really wanted to do this summer.  Hard, cause there's only one summer, so I couldn't do both.  :)  I had my heart set on going to PA to help out with some youth missions stuff, VBS, livin'it type stuff, etc...it sounded absolutely amazing.  I have some basically family up there too, and I really just wanted to go help them out.  The God also showed me an opportunity for me to help out with ROT (Rush Outreach Tour) stuff this summer.  Basically helping put together dances, dramas, etc and going around to different churches to perform and let them know about RUSH, ministering to people and all that.  Awesome stuff.  A ROT team is also going to Costa Rica this summer, which is pretty cool, but at the time I was trying really hard to convince myself that it didn't sound that fun. 

God worked through me, as He always does, causing me to learn more about staying desperate for Him, and not giving up when the answer doesn't come right away.  I prayed for a few months about all this before i felt confident that i knew where God was leading me.

So I'm going to Costa Rica this summer!  It's going to be amazing.  I don't really know many people on my team, it's totally out of my comfort zone.....WOO!  lol.  I love knowing that God has a plan for me.  It makes you feel so relieved...knowing that if you just follow the path He has for you, amazing impact will be made for God's Kingdom that you couldn't possibly do on your own. 

Hope y'all are having a lovely day,
Sarah ><>

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xWnvBM40xxw

A band....called JesusCulture.

Talk about passion.  These guys have an amazing connection with God.  The lead singer in the song is named Kim Walker....I wonder if she knows how many people look up to her.  That's how I wanna be in worship...she reminds me of myself in so many ways.

love y'all.
Sarah ><>

1Jn 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

How absolutely awesome and amazing is God?!?!
He is SO full of grace and mercy towards us. 
He knows that we will sin, so He gives us our advocate.....He forgives us before we even sin.....

wow.

ba-da-ba-ba-ba......i'm lovin' it!

Theology....is pretty much the bestest thing ever.  There's some things in Christianity that pastors really can't get to in a 40 minute sermon, so it's really nice to sit down and really start to understand things that you've always wondered about. 

So if you want to get a better understanding of how absolutely awesome and amazing God is....you should take Theology. 

Hmmm.  So God is teaching me some stuff.  It's awesome because even though sometimes I feel like I'm in a place where some thing don't seem to be going how I want them to....I know that God has it all worked out.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In ALL your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.".  That's one of my favorite verses...it always challenges me.  :)

I must go, have a lovely day,
Sarah ><>