Hello
Ahhh you week, you.
I'm chillin' in my room right now. Because it's warm in my room and cold everywhere else in my house. Plus I can talk to people online... but most people aren't actually online. How rude is that? I advocate people actually being online when they are signed on.
Last night I got to see Steph, one of my best friends from home. Pretty awesome. We got to talk about things that I needed to talk about, and I got to see Steph and learn more about her summer and just see where she hangs out. I miss her because she speaks honestly to me in a way that no one else does. She'll yell at me when I'm messing up, and she'll remind me of the important messed up things that I like to ignore ever happens. It really was nice to see her...
Yesterday at work I got to talk to Kathy Hoever. That was really awesome. Kathy Hoever is an amazing believer. My trials are nothing compared to her own and I am so appreciative of such a woman to look up to that went through such difficult times. And who, when challenged, would stop and point to God and stand appreciatively on His foundation. She's so awesome too, I never realized how well versed and wise she was in her beliefs. She always prays to the Lord to guide her and always researches everything that comes across her way. If she doubts something, or hears of something new, she'll study it. I think that's so awesome because there are so many Christians out there who don't think it is important to find the truth. I feel that Christians have truly lost a depth in their spirituality when they don't search for truth. And I know that they fall short in some of the many callings of a believer. Seeing that in her was awesome. And being able to speak to her about some of the things that I have gone through and having her there just as an open ear who cares about me, a fellow believer, it was truly appreciated. It was just really nice. I ended up talking to her for about 3 or 4 hours at work and the afternoon just flew by because of it. Really awesome.
Two nights ago I was blessed with the chance to have a small bible study at my house. It was really really awesome. It was me, Jessee Maline, Joe Clark, and Ben. It was so awesome to talk to Joe because Joe could truly attest to the huge change in my heart. Joe was a guy in high school that I absolutely hated, honestly. And Joe would try to talk to me about God when I was the firmest and most arrogant in my stance of atheism. He was surprised at how much I had changed. It was also really exciting to hear about how his father's church pianist had a stroke about a year ago while at service... And how after she had the stroke she couldn't speak to anyone but would be able to sing hymns and recite psalms. She would even start tearing up during certain hymns that spoke of being in the presence of the Lord, because she knows that is where she soon will be. This woman was very in love with the Lord and Joe said that she was the most Godly woman he knew, that she was truly an inspiration. And as sad as it is to see such a thing happen to a Lord-fearing woman,I feel her testimony is truly amazing. The stroke literally rendered her incapable of talking of anything else other than the Lord. She is serving in a way that is asked of us: communicating through scripture and hymns. She is so close to her Savior right now and she is serving Him everyday. How amazing. Truly amazing. It was just awesome to have such fellowship. It felt more at home than the bible studies I have had this summer... and for that I was truly appreciative. I truly love each of the people who showed up for the study, my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
God has really been granting me relaxation and just absolute appreciation of the summer, appreciation of the beauty I am blessed to see everyday at work, and patience in the time that is spent on earth. I love the Lord, I truly do. And to live is Christ, and to die is gain. I am going to go and pray and hopefully have a nice quiet time with the Lord. I love you guys! Lord Bless you always!
I'm chillin' in my room right now. Because it's warm in my room and cold everywhere else in my house. Plus I can talk to people online... but most people aren't actually online. How rude is that? I advocate people actually being online when they are signed on.
Last night I got to see Steph, one of my best friends from home. Pretty awesome. We got to talk about things that I needed to talk about, and I got to see Steph and learn more about her summer and just see where she hangs out. I miss her because she speaks honestly to me in a way that no one else does. She'll yell at me when I'm messing up, and she'll remind me of the important messed up things that I like to ignore ever happens. It really was nice to see her...
Yesterday at work I got to talk to Kathy Hoever. That was really awesome. Kathy Hoever is an amazing believer. My trials are nothing compared to her own and I am so appreciative of such a woman to look up to that went through such difficult times. And who, when challenged, would stop and point to God and stand appreciatively on His foundation. She's so awesome too, I never realized how well versed and wise she was in her beliefs. She always prays to the Lord to guide her and always researches everything that comes across her way. If she doubts something, or hears of something new, she'll study it. I think that's so awesome because there are so many Christians out there who don't think it is important to find the truth. I feel that Christians have truly lost a depth in their spirituality when they don't search for truth. And I know that they fall short in some of the many callings of a believer. Seeing that in her was awesome. And being able to speak to her about some of the things that I have gone through and having her there just as an open ear who cares about me, a fellow believer, it was truly appreciated. It was just really nice. I ended up talking to her for about 3 or 4 hours at work and the afternoon just flew by because of it. Really awesome.
Two nights ago I was blessed with the chance to have a small bible study at my house. It was really really awesome. It was me, Jessee Maline, Joe Clark, and Ben. It was so awesome to talk to Joe because Joe could truly attest to the huge change in my heart. Joe was a guy in high school that I absolutely hated, honestly. And Joe would try to talk to me about God when I was the firmest and most arrogant in my stance of atheism. He was surprised at how much I had changed. It was also really exciting to hear about how his father's church pianist had a stroke about a year ago while at service... And how after she had the stroke she couldn't speak to anyone but would be able to sing hymns and recite psalms. She would even start tearing up during certain hymns that spoke of being in the presence of the Lord, because she knows that is where she soon will be. This woman was very in love with the Lord and Joe said that she was the most Godly woman he knew, that she was truly an inspiration. And as sad as it is to see such a thing happen to a Lord-fearing woman,I feel her testimony is truly amazing. The stroke literally rendered her incapable of talking of anything else other than the Lord. She is serving in a way that is asked of us: communicating through scripture and hymns. She is so close to her Savior right now and she is serving Him everyday. How amazing. Truly amazing. It was just awesome to have such fellowship. It felt more at home than the bible studies I have had this summer... and for that I was truly appreciative. I truly love each of the people who showed up for the study, my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
God has really been granting me relaxation and just absolute appreciation of the summer, appreciation of the beauty I am blessed to see everyday at work, and patience in the time that is spent on earth. I love the Lord, I truly do. And to live is Christ, and to die is gain. I am going to go and pray and hopefully have a nice quiet time with the Lord. I love you guys! Lord Bless you always!