31 Days of Praise

I will be doing these when I get back from Fall Conference. Stay tuned. :)

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I’m back from Fall Con! Praise God for speaking through people to get to me. This weekend 1B’s topics were basically all about discipline. It was good. We discussed some spiritual disciplines in regards to a farm and growing wheat to harvest. It’s kinda complicated, plus I’m still trying to process everything that went on. Also, I thank God for revealing to me where He really wants me. I’ve been taking a break from worship team the past 3 weeks and it’s been nice, but when I got called back to do worship this weekend at the conference, it was clear to me that that’s where God wanted me to serve. It was also through a mass amount of praying and listening that I was able to figure that one out. Oh Jesus, the ways that You work.

Check out my blog post on my other tumblr. Praise God for putting Jake in my life.

Praise God for my friends, the ones I can just hang out with on a night when I have no homework just to chill and have some good times. :)

Praise God for being who He is, even if my heart isn’t in the right place. Does that kinda sound weird? Cause it does to me. Just slightly. Life is hard. We all face that, and it’s normal. Even when the goodness and greatness of God is probably THE VERY last thing I want to talk about, He has NEVER left my side. There’s times where in my head, I don’t believe that God is good, all the time. In fact, there’s times where I doubt the presence of God or I don’t believe that He’s got my best interests in mind. My first instinct is just to book it. But I learned not to. I remember about a year ago when I was going through a rough time my friend had me listen to “Praise You In This Storm” by Casting Crowns.

I was sure by now
God You would have reached down
And wiped our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining

As the thunder rolls
I barely hear Your whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

And I’ll praise You in this storm
And I will lift my hands
For You are who You are
No matter where I am
And every tear I’ve cried
You hold in Your hand
You never left my side
And though my heart is torn
I will praise You in this storm

I remember when
I stumbled in the wind
You heard my cry to you
And you raised me up again
My strength is almost gone
How can I carry on
If I can’t find You

But as the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through the rain
“I’m with you”
And as Your mercy falls
I raise my hands and praise the God who gives
And takes away

I lift my eyes unto the hills
Where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord
The Maker of Heaven and Earth.

God is good, ALL THE TIME. Even when I’m not. Haha. :)

Praise God for a wonderful bible study. I like my current bible study. The people, the leaders, the food, etc. It’s lovely. And I learn. :)

Praise God for a restful weekend. Honestly, I did like ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And it was amazing. I had time to just hang out with people and reflect on things. I was able to think through some internal issues and try to get them resolved. On top of that, I went to worship practice for the worship night and I’m excited for Thursday. The boys sound GOOD. :) Best weekend I’ve had in an entire semester.

Praise God for His story. Self-explanatory? I think so. If not, let me know. :)

Praise God for the most amazing day EVER. Had sooo much fun, and all the deets are going on to my regular blog, so check that out! :)

Praise God for giving me the best boyfriend ever. Like seriously. We talked to Fiji after Large Group last night about a multitude of crap that’s going on, not between us, but just….stuff. (Jake and I are perfectly fine hahaha.) So anyway, one of the questions we had was if we were “allowed” to be in the same bible study. The answer was technically, no. Since we are both “leaders” on the Timmy/Servant teams, we can’t be in the same bible study, even though Jake’s not leading the bible study. So that left us with the question of, “Who’s going to leave Shae and Clayton’s bible study?” since that’s the one both of us LOVE and are currently going to. Since I’m the one that basically caused the issue, I said I would, as reluctant as I was to move. See, I have this thing where I get close to one group of people and then I’m just expected to get up and leave right after. (i.e, Oberlin, CCIC) Jake realized that, among other things and said that he would be the one to go. And of course, I felt terrible but he kept telling me that it is an easy decision for him to make and yenno all that good stuff. That’s just one of the many reasons why he’s the best boyfriend ever. I’ve also been sick and he’s taken care of me, drove me to Salt Lake last week to watch me compete, and for the most part, he’s got my best interest in mind. I love my boyfriend. :)

PS Did I mention he’s taking me on a date for our one year today?!?!? :)

Dang…I’ve been sucking it up to keep up with this…Praise God for grace. What would I do without it? He is so gracious to me and to others, but why can’t I have that same type of grace? It’s a lesson that I’m going to have to learn sooner or later, and Fiji said it’s the hardest lesson she’s ever had to learn. I would pray and ask that God teaches me that lesson…but I just dunno what He would hit me with HAHA. So…we’ll see. :)