summer project 2010.

I'm so excited for this summer.

God has really been laying on my heart this last week how much I need to start praying about where He wants me this summer. I know that He put a desire in my heart to go on summer project for a reason. I just have no idea where. There are probably about 75 locations to choose from, but today as I was browsing through it I was able to narrow it down a little (to about 5ish). I definitely am more passionate about being in a mountain area rather than the beach. There are two in Colorado that look amazing, one in the Smoky Mountains, and another one working at Yellowstone National Park. The thing is, I can see God using me at all of these places, so trying to figure out where He wants me is so tough. I just need to keep wrestling in prayer about it so that I can be confident that my desires line up with His.

I'm so excited. Trying to be content in school right now is a struggle, because I'm looking forward so much to this summer and how the Lord can use me wherever He places me.

Application process starts November 3rd. Only a little over a month to go. Dang dizzle.

my new sleeping pattern. its before midnight and im pooped.

so, i am trying this new habit. tell me if it is a good idea.

go to bed by 11 pm.

wake up by 645 am.

i get enough sleep, and i get to spend the peaceful mornings with the Lord.

pros: great quiet time, not wasting the day away, can easily start liking coffee (p.s. if you didn't know, i don't like coffee. but lately i have had a bookstack mocha and vanilla latte and am slowly falling in like with them)

cons: can't hang out late with friends, feel so exhausted by 11:30pm

pros outweigh cons in this case. correct?

thought so.

friends.

My friend's threw me a "suprise" birthday party.

God has blessed me so much by giving me such great friends that have a heart for the Lord above anything else.

P.S. I feel like sometimes I blog when I'm:

a. trying to avoid studying

b. in deep thought slash reflection

c. trying not to be stressed out

d. really tired

I'm all of the above right now.

This blog entry is so boring. But basically the point is, I love my friends.

go vertical.

In bible study last week, we talked a little about horizontal vs. vertical relationships.  Horizontal relationships - meaning your relationships on earth.  Vertical relationships - meaning your relationship with God.  As humans, our sinful nature draws us to think that our horizontal relationships are the only thing that matters.  We forget that it was God who granted us those relationships, and if we trust in Him and focus our relationship in a vertical direction, then everything horizontally will fall into place.  It kind of goes along with only depending on the Lord, and no one else.

P.s.: something crazy.  We talked about horizontal/vertical relationships on Monday in Bible study.  Then on Wednesday, Ashley and I led a Bible study where we talked about fulfillment in Christ alone (based on John 7).  Throughout the whole week I had been struggling about focusing my life on Christ - and it is crazy to think that the Lord has shown me to turn to Him and depend on Him so many times this week through those two Bible studies.  I'm realizing that a lot of the things that we're going over in the Bible study I'm leading with Ashley are basic, but they apply just as much to me as they do to someone who has never heard the gospel before.

So, go vertical.

Peace.  And Blessings.