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Alrighty then! Welcome back ye who forgot thy even had a blog. Woe to me. Now that that's settled, shall we?

I must first start out by mentioning that life is tough isn't it? Life JUST happens. But is that going to be our excuse everytime? I'm learning that through the chaos and the late nights that business never goes away and if anything it only picks up as you get older. Yay! Can't wait to age. In saying that, God is the same God He was yesterday as He is today. When life happens, why should we not enjoy it through the good times in bad?! After all, our lives are only a speck in the grand scheme of things compared to God's eternal plan. School is overwhelming, working is demanding, spare time is close to never to be found and the list goes on and on. It's completely sad how we pitty ourselves and become so wrapped up in how "bad" we have it that we miss out on God's voice, His provision, His opportunities, His truth. I'm so guilty of this and Begin to make excuses for my lack of attention to His glories. I'm blinded and distracted by "life". Often times our God-view, if you will, becomes this distorted image of someone who is tucked away in our hearts and is only brought out when we've become bare and naked with conviction that we can't help but to call upon Him. This is a daily struggle for me and I can't fathom how even when we put limits and conditions on Him, His love for us never changes and is conditionLESS. Hard for me to swallow. And because we're so self absorbed we can't take the conviction in Romans, so we run to the comfort of Psalms. We shall praise Him in the good times and in the bad.

On a lighter note, God laid it on my heart this past week to start a Bible study at LSU(Lone Star). I've been praying about it and want the Lord to use this opportunity to saturate this community and this student body. I'm asking for prayer that I would be humble and not worry about the numbers of attendance. I don't want to act as though I have it all together and know-it-all. I want God to simply use me as a funnel through the lives of young girls here at Lone Star.

On an even lighter lighter note, it's about that time again to kick things into gear for running season. Planning on completing a personal goal of 5 half-marathons, a 25k and the MS150 by the end of this school year. But that's all on paper, we'll see what really happens. I'm still trying to grasp this college/work thing first.

Until next time...