well…i’m getting ready to go to a church in cincinnati tonight with my best and some friends. it’s such a beautiful saturday here! i am so thankful that the warm weather is finally here. it’s finally starting to feel like summer. i have all of next week off work too, which i am thankful for! on monday i’m going here to see john piper speak which should be pretty amazing. i don’t know where this is going so i better end this here before it gets too long and boring have an amazing weekend full of Christ’s love, His peace and His joy.

much love.

sometimes it’s so easy to get caught up in my own little life doing my own little things that i don’t take the time to see what is actually going on around the world….like the fact that…right now in china nearly 19,000 are buried alive and 12,000 died after an earthquake that struck there this week. this breaks my heart. so many now are without homes, without shelter. we in america are so worried about the gas prices, about the economy, about such small things when others around the world (even in america) are looking for a place to sleep tonight, where they are going to get their next meal, how they are going to support their family yet another day… Lord, we are so blessed here. i pray that we won’t be blind to the needs of others. open our eyes & may we see the needs of others before our own…

one decision down…the rest is in His hands. i knew that i needed to decided on what school i’d be going to in the fall and praise Jesus, that part is done. for two years, i’m going to stay home (the thing i didn’t think i was going to do… .. .His ways are not our ways sometimes, are they? ) and go to nku (northern kentucky university) and ccu (cincinnati bible college.) i’ll major in photography and take classes through ccu to minor in biblical studies. : ) not what i would have though i would be doing five months ago, but i’m pretty much excited. after those two years…maybe bible college in europe….maybe this or that…who knows. i’ll follow where He leads. as much as i love working full time (8-5) and my job…it will be nice to mix up the hours a little bit come fall. but…i have the whole summer until then..

“be Thou my vision, o Lord of my heart…”

i’m going to start leading a girl’s bible study..somewhere, i don’t know where yet but, somewhere. i’ve talked about it long enough and now it’s actually time to do something about it. i want to disciple young girls and encourage them and show them the blessings of living a pure life with a pure heart. our generation desperately needs young woman to take a stand for their purity and their innocence. there needs to be young woman who are set apart for Christ. living an un-compromised life because they know that they have been bought with a precious price. living a life for Christ and not for temporary pleasure. this is my heart cry. that they would see they are treasured…that they are beautiful in His sight.

these girls need to see and know that their beauty is not to come from what the media tells them…what they see on tv or in magazines or on the internet. it does not come from broken relationships, chasing guys, wanting the attention of others. no, their beauty is so much more and can only be found from loving Jesus above everything else. it can only be found in treasuring Him above their popularity, above their status-quo, above everything. the Lord has such good things in store for those that truly seek Him…for those who give Him their all. oh, that the Lord would touch this generation. a generation that is looking for something more. something better. give me words to speak, Jesus…