Stolen from the TOMS blog

“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.”

I'm Back!

Wellll I guess I'm back doesn't mean anything to anyone who didn't read my ecuador blog from the summer. I am also fully and painfully aware that no one will read this blog. Honestly I just really missed my ramblings from Ecuador. There is something really freeing and emptying about blogging (again, even if just your parents read it). It was almost like therapy for me, and since school is just starting back, I feel like I could definitely use a little bit of therapy already. So basically this blog is going to be just me, rambling, probably more about spiritual stuff since my day to day life mainly consists of making macaroni from a blue box & painting my fingernails. My youth minister (who is kind of awesome, but don't tell him I said so) once was telling us that if God speaks something into your life, something that inspires, comforts, or helps you, it is your responsibility to tell someone else about it, so that is what I am going to try to do on here. so yeah here it goes!

I just got back from a truly amazing summer in Ecuador, amazing people, amazing country, amazing God. Now I am back at the University of Alabama and trying to piece together how to hold on to that lifestyle in what some would call the real world, fun times right? It is so easy to get all caught up in the stress of school when all God really wants you to do is breathe. Seriously I have had to tell myself to breathe like 10 times already. Just to update everyone, I am a senior and so are most of my friends. Everyone is making life decisions and having to make them pretty quick-Luckily for me I am graduating a semester late, so my strategy for this situation is to pretend like it's not really happening. It's working well so far. Actually honestly that is one of the things I really learned this summer is that everything works out. God has the plan, you just have to take the opportunities He puts in front of you. Even if I fail all of my classes this semester (I have no idea btw why this is such a concern of mine, it hasn't happened yet), maybe I just wasn't meant to do what I am doing now & He will open the right opportunities for me.

So my advice for the day: Breathe.

Also a disclaimer for this blog: I CANT spell, and since this is my therapy, I normally don't read over my paragraphs after I write them. Just apologizing for my future typos :)

Quote of the week from a good friend:

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him
than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness'
on the walls of his cell."

C.S. Lewis (I know! I am obsessed with him too)