new ink

i went with becky today to get a tattoo! it's kind of hard to see but it's the word faith with a dove in white ink. it hurt more than i thought it would, but i love it! i can't wait till it's all healed.

God's photo album of grace

"What is the Bible if it isn't God's photo album? It's a book full of our heritage, with pictures of the infinite love, mercy, favor, and goodwill shown to humankind by God. So often we just reduce the Bible to some set of principles, or we focus only on its doctrine--but it's a beautiful album featuring living pictures of God's grace."
~Nicole Johnson

grace that knows no limits

my books from amazon came today. i bought myself two devotionals and the book faith is not a feeling. abby told me to buy it after my little freak out about interning. so i did. the devotional that i'm going through now is called infinite grace. obviously i've only done the first one, but i like it so far. i like that it's all about grace, because i feel like God's grace is something that i forget about so easily.

i think i'm going to start to get involved in the bridges movement that is building here. i'm excited about it. this summer made me realize that i have a heart for international students. i can't wait to see what God does with it.

food for thought: God's boundless grace has no room for prejudice. every man, woman, and child is made and loved by God. he sees no distinction between races and colors, wealth and poverty, the cultured and the coarse. i see no greater challenge extended to the church today than this: to share the boundless grace of God that knows no limits to everyone we meet.
~ Sheila Walsh

wake up.

proverbs 16:3- commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. (thanks becky <3 )

lately that's been really hard to do. in my last post i thought that i had finally figured out what the Lord wanted me to do with my life and my future. now i'm not so sure. i feel like all of these other options are being thrown at me and i don't know what to do with them. my one friend told me about mission year which is working in inner cities (like Chicago) for a year, and you can even get a master's degree through the program, which essentially, i want to go to grad school and obtain a master's degree. but then there's the possibility that i can get a job here at high point working for the school. i'm not sure that working for the school is what i really want, but i'd be getting paid, possibly have health benefits, plus the cost of housing is cheap and affordable. it would be a nice job to save up some money for if i do want to move away to grad school.

i'm still going to apply to intern with cru because i still believe that God was/is calling me to that. but now i guess i'm seriously considering other options. i'm just going to apply and see where i should go from there. who knows. i may not even get accepted, then i'll know for sure that that's not what God wanted for me.

God has really been challenging me this week. everything from phi mu stuff to just my workload for class. it's been exhausting and frustrating. i got to talk to jess on the phone though which was awesome and so encouraging. we're both kind of in the same spot in ways, so it was nice to talk it out with her. i miss her and my roommates a lot.

i'm so ready for fall break. and the road trip to iu. :)