Yeah, It's Been a While

So school has started up again, and people are back in the area, and life is crazy...for those who don't know, I've been dealing with significant health problems since last November, and recently I haven't had a ton of energy. Right now I'm sitting here with a migraine that's lasted a week, so this won't be a super long post. I just wanted to say, yes, I'm still here, and hopefully I'll be back more regularly in the near future =)

I'm so grateful for my wonderful friends at school...they've made the first three weeks back a really good time--though it's been hard, too. But I love being able to stay up and talk randomly till midnight about anything and everything, and learning about literature with my professors, and arguing about science fiction and Ayn Rand, and watching awesome movies together...God has truly blessed me. I'm even enjoying Latin, which is the last thing on earth I expected (having hated it for seven years of school previously...)

Despite all my failures, God keeps pulling me back into His arms...and I'm so incredibly grateful for it. He's working on our campus now, and it's amazing to see. I feel like I should have something deep and profound to share here, but I don't really. One of my favorite verses recently has been from Isaiah 25...It says that God will "swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; He will remove His people's disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken. In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in Him, and He saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in Him; let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation." When I look back on my life, this is what I see...less of my trusting and more of God's salvation, but I see His work over and over. It's such a powerful and beautiful thing, and I can't believe I forget it so often...

There are so many verses and truths God has been reminding me of recently, and I want to share all of them...but I also don't want to write the longest blog post in the history of the world. So they'll show up in the near future.

One last thing was really cool today, though...God used a friend to convict me--and by convict I mean, pretty much rock my world and the way I see my faith. He was talking about what he wanted to do with his life, and basically said that he would give up what he wants, traveling and doing exciting things like that, if he could serve God better here. I hadn't heard such a clear statement of faith and of desire to be used for God's kingdom in...a really long time. And now I'm wondering if I can truthfully say the same thing. Because I want, desperately, for that to be true for me, too.

Anyway. Just stuff I've been processing. I'll be back with photos and stories from a trip to Maine soon!