can you tell ive been busy and have neglected my blog?!...well the Kanakuk Institute has ended and i cant believe it...we all graduated on friday night and it was a great evening...i even sang for the ceremony...oh how ive grown!!...if ud asked me a year ago to sing in front of people theres no way i would have said yes...but God has really stretched me this year!!...He has really encouraged me through the people i got to spend this year with to use the gifts that He has blessed me with...singing in front of people to lead worship has been one thing i will always be thankful that denise white told our K-Life director that i can sing...haha...who knew id become this bold...but im so passionate about music and i love singing to my Father who loves me more than i could ever know!!...lets see...where to begin since spring break...well we went on a couple more hiking trips to arkansas that were soo much fun!!...i love those ozarks soo much!!...it is so enchanting to be down by the buffalo river...it reminds me of one of my favorite movies...tuck everlasting...i just love that feeling that time has stopped and all you have to enjoy is the splendor of the Lord's creation!!...we continued to work on belief statements which was incredible to complete!!...i encourage you to do one if you never have!!...if you have never truly sought out what YOU believe and not what your church or pastor has told you to believe...to take it all to the scriptures and see what does GOD say you should believe!!...its an incredible feeling to truly know how to defend my faith that is my foundation and the other reason i have life!!...i realize if you dont define what you believe for you someone else will define it for you!!!...now is the time to seek Him and have an active faith for all to see!!...ive really felt that this year has taught be to fade more and more each day!!...that as i fade He will become more in me...i have never seen a true picture of what the body of Christ was suppose to look like till this year!...i have learned first that we must become vulnerable and truly honest with each other in order to face the struggles and appetites that entangle us in this world...i have also learned what it truly means to mourn another's sin...we MUST start doing this as a body...we dont care enough to help those around us become overcomers and it is NOT ok!!...we have been called to be set apart and be bold for the sake of Christ but if we are simply "praying" for each other to be better--we never will...we have got to be willing to take active sets to defeat the sin entirely!!...it has been a beautiful but painful journey to experience this for the first time this year!!...i just pray that every believer can get to this point where we not only walk alongside and ask how we are but to truly know how we are and on top of that have all rights to make the actions to get rid of the flesh that gets in our way of ministry...we all have the same purpose in this life and that is to make disciples!!...we can not lead until weve surrendered our flesh to the Lord...it is definitely the SANCTIFICATION process in which we will be going through until Christ glorifies us when He returns and will reign forever and ever!!...but we must life a life that is greater today than it was yesterday!!...i am soo thankful for my roommate and my timothy group and my best friends who saw me through some great days and some really hard ones this year!!...ive learned to turn to Him first but that He brings people into our lives that understand our joys and hurts!...He has been too good to me and im really going to miss living with some of those people who will be in my life forever!!...i am soo thankful that i get to spend the summer at K-2!!...a lot of my friends from this year will be at kamp with me and i cant wait to have more time with them!!...God is soo good and i wouldnt take this year back for anything!!...and another amazing thing is the fact that my roomie is moving to nashville after the summer!!...i cant believe i get to spend another year with one of the greatest people ive ever known!!...eeee!!!...roomielove nashville better what out!!...
