Breaking Free.....

Well I have not been very good at this whole blog thing. So I am trying again....with a little encouragement from Ms. Lauren Surwic :) Here we go....

Wow. Can I just say how awesome God is. I have had the craziest couple of months here, but one thing has remained constant and that is the never failing love of my sweet Savior. Going back a few weeks to right before school let out...I got the chance to hang out with some pretty awesome people. It was so refreshing to get to hang out with such great people. The whole semester I wanted to be back home and see my family, but right at the end I didn't want to leave these great people I was starting to build friendships with. The day finally came when I had to make the 10 hour drive back to good ole Houston. 10 hours is a long time, a very long time, but this drive was really good for me. I got the chance to think about things I wanted to accomplish this summer and how I thought the summer would go and it gave me lots of time to talk to God. It was like he was sitting right next to me in the passenger seat and I was talking away.....I may have looked a tad crazy to people passing by, but I didn't care :) I had a short time with my family in Houston before I was going to be heading back up to Nashville to live with one of my best friends before she gets married at the end of the month. This time with my family was so refreshing and so wonderful, there is nothing like looking out your back door and being able to see for miles, sitting under the biggest sky in the country(there is no sky like Texas' sky) and see the stars so clearly.....Gods creations are truly amazing.

lets fast forward a bit....

Now Im in Nashville living with one of my best friends Amanda and helping here with the final touches on her wedding coming up in 10 days now! Nashville is one of my favorite places to be and I am so glad I am here. I am so happy for Amanda and TJ, its a joy to be able to celebrate this time with them. I also am excited because Jennifer my other best friend here in Nashville is now engaged and asked me to be a bridesmaid in her wedding too!! yay! It is such an honor to be able to celebrate with my two best friends here and these new chapters in their lives!

While I enjoy all of the excitement and its all fun, I have been working on me too. Working on becoming the woman God intended me to be. I picked up a few new books a couple weeks ago and one of them is called "Breaking Free" by Beth Moore. I love this book. I am learning so many new things and being reminded of things I need to be reminded of as well. I realized that I have allowed things in my life to blind me of the real reason I am here. Things like worry, not being patient, wanting my own will at times, and frustration with why things do or dont happen to me. My God deserves more than the life I have been living. I want to break free of the things that keep me from living a life that is reckless for Christ. Because at the end of the day nothing else matters. I cannot wait to see what God has in store for the rest of the summer and for this upcoming year. All I want is to do Gods will. For Him to be in every area of my life, to Grow in Him and to know Him more.


"Honestly I need to be broken
Honestly I need to fall down
Go ahead and shake my foundations
‘Cause honestly I'm figuring out
That of all that I have
All that I need is You
Honestly"

-Carl Cartee