Good friends, Good convos

Today was a good day. Church at the Orchard is always so refreshing and wonderful.

I was able to have some good conversations with people throughout my day. My friend Clint called me this afternoon and we encouraged each other a lot. It is so good to have brothers in Christ. God has placed some of the best brothers I could ever have in my life. Seriously. I have had the best. :) They have helped me so much and I have grown so much closer to God by their influence. Another brother of mine, Matthew, we went to Houston tonight to play music for my old youth group. (There are some great kids in Houston, Ms at FUMC...just saying).

Anyways, we talked about life as usual, but the question that kept popping in to my mind was "how do people deal with the world without Jesus?" I can not imagine going through some of my downfalls without having Jesus to lift me up, you know? Or how do people celebrate this life with joy and not have that joy found in Christ? This made me so grateful to know that I have tasted and seen the goodness of God during times when goodness was no where to be found. I have seen the Lord work through the ugliness of Satan by turning ashes into beauty. My God can do that. My God can take a situation that was so hurtful and wrong; where there was so much injustice done to an indvidual, and He can create hope, peace, and comfort. We talked about the sin we commit doesn't just effect ourself, but others as well. My God is the Lord of the wronged.

"There's room for your tears, sister don't be ashamed. The maker of your soul shares your sorrows. So sing even if its a sad, sad song. He's the brother to the broken. He's the Lord of the wronged."

That is so encouraging to me. I just can not imagine walking this world alone. I can not imagine trying to find hope and satisfaction with my life by depending on other people. People are full of sin. There is no way they can give us what we need. I can not imagine turning to just individuals for comfort and love and not knowing the love of my Father. There is a Shawn McDonal song that says:

"Have you ever wanted to be someone else?
Have you ever wanted just to be someone?
Have you ever wanted to reach your dreams?
Have you ever wanted life to be more than it seems?

I have tasted of a love so wide
That it stops all my time
I have tasted of a love so deep
That it blows my mind

Have you ever wanted to reach up and touch the sky?
Have you ever wanted to pack it up and say good-bye?
Have you ever wanted someone to care?
Have you ever wanted someone to be there?

He is sweet, He is sweet
What your looking for
Is my sweet, sweet Jesus
What You're looking for
Is my sweet Lord

People are looking for answers and love from all the wrong things: money, relationships, material possessions, when the one thing that is right in front of them looks to hard to reach or maybe they don't feel worthy enough? I love that my God takes me as I am because I know I will never be "good enough"...

"Come all you weary and find rest. For I am gentle, learn from me. I do not love like the world so take heart."--Jesus

What is this thing called, "Blogging"?

Well, I've decided that it is about time that I take up this whole blogging thing especially since I'm not going to be around my friends at school anymore since I'm officially in the "real world" as my dad likes to say. What does that even mean? Oh yeah, that means that all the bills come to me. What? I don't even know what I'm doing. How come parents take care of you all through out college, but then you get that job and there like, "Okay, its all on you. Good luck." Well parents, gee...Thanks? Haha.
I've noticed that a lot of cool people blog so I've decided to join the club. Maybe no one will ever read this so maybe this will be blogger therapy for me. Who knows. But if you do read this, ha, welcome to my brain and thought process. Its fun sometimes.
I was reading a blog that my friend and fellow songwriter Abbye Pates has written and she was talking about the seasons of life. Well, I am lucky because I actually got to have lunch with the Pates as well as Matthew Clark and Sashi. We exchanged stories and laughed a lot, but she talked about how she does not like when friends come into our lives and then leave. She has a close friend that is going to India for a year, and true, its only a year, but still. This made me feel so grateful for the friends that I have and the times shared at MSU, but it also made me sad because I will not be going back in the fall due to the reality of the real world. :)
I'm excited about my story in God's great big story. A new season is approaching, but that does not mean that we must forget the past seasons spent with beautiful people and wonderful memories....