well...while i was out of the country...Georgia decided it was time for summer

now that i am back...im glad that it is summer...i love heat

a reflection on last week:
well, here i am confronted with the glorious joy of family...i never thought id be meeting my second family as a 19 yr old...but love loves to shatter expectations and thoughts on the future...i am in constant shock of how life changes so fast...one year im graduating high school...the next im conversing on weddings with the parents...
its funny and ironic...gloriful no doubt...but in all truth i must settle down with my thoughts and have some self-de-briefing...you know...when so many things happen...you just need time to pray and think...
so instead of unloading my mind for you all im going to go stow-away in my room and enjoy the peace of my bed, my light, my books...of course sleep is not far away...

i experienced the most love ive ever experienced over the past week...especially the past 24 hours...
church this morning was the best service ive ever been to...God was there...it was amazing how so many people can gather together in His name to grow, pray, enjoy one-another, worship...all these things ive always wanted to see come together in a c hurch service...where young and old would become one in humility and truth...

His Kingdom is stronger because of WCC...and all that happened this morning.

i need to pray more

i was encouraged tonight, and blessed...

you know the experiences that make you confident of love; the conversations when you feel most alive...when you know the presence of love--the greatest reality and the only thing real...is all around you and moving you.

pain can be present as it was tonight...but true pain can be purifying, it can be a blessing...a gloriful moment of feeling and growth where joy finds presence...

experiences like these...conversations like these...they are not formed by my doing, i have little power in creating these eternity filled moments...the glue, foundation, and power behind life creates these moments...establishing love.

i am greatful for love