Since then:
Child.
Have you forgotten what was laid so heavy on your heart?
This incredible thing that I have blessed you with.
Have you forgotten all I have done since you've been here?
Have you forgotten the battles we've already fought?
Have you forgotten that this battle is already won?
"...that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus..."
In all these things, we are more than conquerors
through Him who love us.
In loneliness.
And friends moving away.
And broken hearts.
And change.
And summer school.
I remember at the end of the spring semester looking back on everything that had happened over the last few months. Looking back on all the ways that the Lord provided for me, and was faithful, and all of the crazy things I saw Him do. And seeing the semester come to an end thinking, "This can't be it. This is wonderful, but it can't just end here. I know You-- there is more."
"Let us hold unwaveringly to the hope we profess,
for
HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL."
All of these words and promises that I clung so tightly to last spring have been lost with the summer I think. Especially since I got back from camp. I didn't have to lean on them so much with nothing going on, so I guess I just haven't been. (And we see where that's gotten me.)
But everything that happened last semester- in my heart and everything He did-- is what I need to stand on. To cling to and hang on for dear life- because I am sucking it up sitting in my apartment by myself watching ANTM marathons and playing tetris on my new mac. (Really? This is what my life has come to?)
Oh, Hales. What happened to "setting your mind on things above?"
I'm so dumb sometimes.
How quickly I forget things.
How easy it is to lose my grip.
Pressing on.
I will stand on Your truth and fight with Your strength.
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In other news, my "In Awe" moment of the day:
I was studying for my geography final, and was reading about caverns and how they happen. So caverns are formed when water dissolves limestone underground and leaves a huge void... aka, a cavern. That's cool in itself. BUT, God was like, "I'm going to make a huge cave underground, then w
e'll decorate it so my people can find it and be amazed later." So in the cavern are stalactites and stalagmites, which are the little spike things you see coming off the floor and ceiling. These are created when the water drips off the surfaces and leaves stuff behind. Each drop of water leaves a deposit, and eventually it makes this. In other words, this picture you see was created by water.
And furthermore, what is the point of a cavern, other than beauty? Like, what purpose does it serve? Like I said, they are found completely underground in places where limestone is. We don't use them for anything, I'm sure there are tons that we don't even know exist. What purpose did the Creator create this for other than for us to discover and be amazed at? (I mean, I honestly don't know. Maybe they do serve a purpose, I'm just sayin'...)
If Your creation is this beautiful, how much more beautiful are You?
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