I love this song :)

"Christ, be the center of our lives,

be the place we fix our eyes,

Be the center of our lives..."

I'm reading this amazing book right now called, "Love Your God with All Your Mind" from J.P Moreland (he was a professor at Biola) for my Foundations of Christian Thought class and it's opening my eyes to so many different perspectives about God.

How our culture is in danger because we're the anti-intellectual generation because we're branded by so many secular things like the media, schools, and government.

"Our society has replaced heroes with celebrities, the quest for a well-informed character with the search for a flat stomach, substance and depth with image and personality." - J.P. Moreland.

We're hungry but we're filling ourselves up with literally, worthless junk.

A lot of the time people think loving God is only with the heart but for God to truly captivate and use us as witnesses in Christ we must learn how to love God with our minds too.

And it's crazy because whether we're aware of it or not, the mind is one of the greatest battles we have to fight everyday.

Because it is within the mind that we struggle with making the right choices; in the mind that we struggle with thinking of unpure thoughts; in the mind that we allow satan to trick us into believing that sin is okay.

I encourage you guys to stretch your horizons about who God is by seeking him not only in your spiritual life but in your intellectual life as well. That way both spiritual and intellectual lives are strengthened because they're codependent.

Just like Jesus said, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37).

Doesn't know.

I guess I'm pretty good at guarding my heart and shielding my emotions...

"Jesus, take the wheel. Take it from my hands. I can't do this on my own. I'm letting go."

Thanks Laura :)

It's fun reading back on all your entries. (If you guys scroll down and click "last 5 entries" you'll read my old days). It amazes me how much I've grown; how much I still need to improve on as an individual; and how God was there to carry and hold me in all of my sad and happy times.

How GREAT the Father's LOVE :)

The roomies and I and a lot of our floormates went to Laguna Beach today! Good times...tanning, reading, and a whole lot of giggling in the sand.

I miss all the YG people a lot though :( I miss my BCL Lover MIMI MUCHO! I miss the PPV2 girls and I miss whoever is reading this!

"There's a song that's inside of my soul..." 

I had an amazing time at Laguna Beach with awesome people :) Drew, Lee, and Melissa. I miss them already!

I'll write more about it later :)

Melissa, Lee, Drew, and I decided to be rebels and skedaddled out of the convention in Irvine and went to the beach in Laguna :) It was so much fun...we went to catch some grub at this really good authentic Mexican place. I had fish tacos...Mmmm :) After filling up our bellies we went to this small beach called Table Rock (I always think of calling it turtle though because Melissa calls it that) and they went body surfing with the waves. I got wiped out. Seriously, no joke. Those waves were killer!!! I couldn't even go out as far as everyone else did. But it was so much fun. Then I got a lot of sand in my pants which is always a pleasant feeling :)

Than we all just lounged on the sand. Melissa and Lee napped but Drew and I couldn't sleep because the scenery was just too pretty for me to sleep in...I just felt compelled to watch it all. I mean it was your typical beach scene with pretty girs in bikini's and studly guys in their board shorts but I just love watching the beach. Weird I know. I mean, have you ever just watched the beach? The way the waves crash against the rocks, the way the sun beats its rays on the ocean; the different types of seaweed that wash onto the shore...it's all so captivating. Man and I love the sound of crashing waves...it's so soothing. It's amazing how beautiful God created things like beaches. Then of course it's always nice to share a good conversation while being in the presence of God's beauty.

After that we headed on over to meet Melissa's dad and her dad's girlfriend and we went to eat Thai Food. MMMMMMM :)

Walked to the dock to watch the sunset.

Cruised around the town where Melissa grew up in Dana Point and jammed to awesome songs.

Crashed the Ritz Carlton's hotel jacuzzi and played basketball in the pool.

Drove up a hill to see the most breathtaking view of the beach and city night ever.

Cruised along the city some more, singing along to more awesome songs with our windows down and the smell of salt water lingering in the air, and finally headed back to Irvine.

Ended the night with the munchies at In n Out :)

Amazing.

Next day I woke up early to take Drew to LAX since he had to go back home in Indiana. :( I don't know why he's all the way in Indiana since California is so much better! :)

Then I got a call from Melissa today :) Exciting I gotta say. Hopefully she and I will get to hang out soon! :)

It's so nice to know that God blesses you with gifts in the form of friends. We only met the day before and already we got along so well, doing things that made me feel like this was like family. I love it. God is truly awesome.