i always want to say so much more
this weekend was amazing! i went on a church retreat out in the hill country and i wish i was still there - it was like a taste of heaven. i am sad that it is over and i have to go back to the "real world" filled with homework and busyness. there is nothing like getting away with your friends and falling even more in love with Christ and having the greatest time of your life. i laughed so much, in fact i laughed so hard i fell off a bed in tears! i talked a lot with my friends and grew even closer to the girls in my group, who are all amazing and i love them so much. becky (my bible study leader) is one of the most incredible people i have ever met. she has been such an encouragement to me this past semester and i have grown in my faith so much. just being able to hang out with everyone and get open and honest was awesome. its overwhelming!
sunday night we had something called 20 minutes. we all went out and found our own place around camp and spent 20 minutes just praying and listening to God. after that we all met in our cabins and shared about what God said to us. there is something indescribable about hearing how God speaks to everyone and it unites us all together. its so honest and real and i love it. personally God has just been showing me how much He has changed me from the person i used to be. i am so in love with Christ and who He is and what He has done in my life that i can't really describe it in words.
one thing our speaker said is that grace is ridiculous, and it really is. i know that i have made so many mistakes and i just screw up over and over, and each time i come to God asking for forgiveness and He does every time. even more than that He longs to be with me and to give me a life greater than i could imagine. i don't deserve any of it whatsoever. who am i that God - the Creator of the Universe - would want to know me? i am nothing...but i am in love. call me crazy, but i don't really care. there is nothing better than this!
becky - she's the greatest! me & katie...haha she makes me laugh!
sophia, katy, allison & lisa playing super uno while i was doing my bio test...yuck
my bible study girls or cute girls as becky calls us - insert jill where katherine is
top row - katy holly katherine carley sophia
bottom row - allison lisa becky! christiney beany me
sophia, me & katy
sunday night we had something called 20 minutes. we all went out and found our own place around camp and spent 20 minutes just praying and listening to God. after that we all met in our cabins and shared about what God said to us. there is something indescribable about hearing how God speaks to everyone and it unites us all together. its so honest and real and i love it. personally God has just been showing me how much He has changed me from the person i used to be. i am so in love with Christ and who He is and what He has done in my life that i can't really describe it in words.
one thing our speaker said is that grace is ridiculous, and it really is. i know that i have made so many mistakes and i just screw up over and over, and each time i come to God asking for forgiveness and He does every time. even more than that He longs to be with me and to give me a life greater than i could imagine. i don't deserve any of it whatsoever. who am i that God - the Creator of the Universe - would want to know me? i am nothing...but i am in love. call me crazy, but i don't really care. there is nothing better than this!
becky - she's the greatest! me & katie...haha she makes me laugh!
sophia, katy, allison & lisa playing super uno while i was doing my bio test...yuck
my bible study girls or cute girls as becky calls us - insert jill where katherine is
top row - katy holly katherine carley sophia
bottom row - allison lisa becky! christiney beany me
sophia, me & katy