Psalm 138:8

"The Lord will fulfill His purpose for me;

Your love, O Lord, endures forever--

do not abandon the works of your hands."

-Psalm 138:8

Tonight I was skyping with my sister, Claire. Her roommate, Emily Reese, was sitting on her bed listening to our convo. [Not only is Emily my baby sister's roommate, but she is also one of my newest sorority sisters!] I was telling Claire about my hesitations on law school, fears of not being able to find a job, and just all of the overwhelming craziness in my life right now. Suddenly, Emily jumped into the camera's way and said, "Psalm 138:8!" I laughed and said, "What??" Emily responded, "Look it up! I have to go study," and gave me a big smile. Well, as you can see, I wrote out Psalm 138:8 above. Emily gave me a precious gift tonight. She did not just feed me scripture when I needed it most, but God used her to remind me of an extremely simple (yet huge) concept that I tend to forget on an all too regular basis: God is in control. He will fulfill His purpose for me. His love endures forever.

So, I'm reminded once again how small I am and how big He is. But I won't abandon my work, because I know He won't abandon His.

Thanks for the reminder Em:)

That which daunts me: the future...

What should I do with my life?

I've been asking myself this question the last couple of days. You see, I thought I had it all figured out. Move back to Texas from New York, work at Camp Zephyr for the summer, marry Luke, go to law school, get a job, and live happily ever after, right? RIIIGGHHT?? Well, humph. I'm not so sure now:/

I haven't heard back from any law schools yet, which I guess isn't a bad thing. Is no news better than good news? I didn't do early admission because I decided to go to law school in September. So with taking the LSAT and filling out applications, I didn't actually apply until December. But all of the places I applied to say that the latest you could still hear something is in May. HELLO?? I have to make plans here people! I'm getting married in August. Would a law school like to send me an acceptance letter so that Luke and I can plan our lives?? That'd be great, kthanks.

Also, where are Luke and I going to live you ask? Great question. We don't know yet. A house is not going to magically grow itself out at camp, but they want Luke to live on the camp grounds. Well everyone, here's my (not-so) shocking reply to that: I'M NOT LIVING IN THE CONFERENCE CENTER. I'm sorry, there are a lot of things I am willing to consider and adapt to, but this is not one of them. We'll be newly weds and will have just had all these fun showers where people buy us cute stuff for our house. I WANT A HOUSE. Or an apartment. Whatever. NOT a crappy hotel room, thank you very much. Uggh. Calallen? Beeville? I don't know...Please pray for me.

What if I don't get into law school? Do I go to grad school? Do I find a full-time job? I was sort of banking on law school here people. Now all of sudden, I feel like I need to start looking into other options. Luke graduates in December, which will free us up a bit and give us more options. But until then, what am I supposed to do?? I'm also trying to decide if I should go into PR, go into law, or go into ministry. Do I combine two of the three? All three? Could someone please tell me what job THAT is? Seriously, this time of my life has given a whole new meaning to the verse 1 Thessalonians 5:17..."Pray without ceasing." That's all I do these days.

Ok, I'm done venting about my fear of the future. Now it's time to buck up and go do something. I'm going to start looking into grad school, jobs around the CC area, and keep checking the online acceptance sites for the law schools I applied to. Oh yeah, and pray. A LOT.

Seriously though, if you throwing up a prayer for your family members, kids, friends, etc. about jobs, school, or anything else related to this topic, could you add me to your list? As you can see, I'm a little stressed out.

But no worries. It's nothing a glass of wine tonight with friends can't fix:) [For a night anyways.]

My "Other" Blog

For those of you who don't know, I'm currently living in New York right now. I moved here in January for my last semester of college. I've been blogging since December 2007 and I've only ever kept one blog, this one:) However, in celebration of my new, 4 month long life in New York, I started a second blog to be focused simply on my time and adventures in New York. I'm not quite sure this was a good idea now, looking back, because I feel like I have to split my life into two different blogs. Oh well, I'm going to stick with it a little longer and see how it goes. But these blogs may end up merging before May. Here is the link to my New York blog:

www.achildinthecity.blogspot.com

Just in case you wanted to keep up with what I'm doing around this good ol' dirty city:)

Goods for the soul

Recently I've been thinking a lot about the things in life that are good for my soul. When I say this, I mean the daily occurrences or life's little surprises, that give me that warm, peaceful feeling in my whole body. I believe these things are God's way of reminding us how much He is in love with His children. I know I keep saying "things" which is very vague, so here's a list of the "things" I'm talking about.

1) A cup of coffee when it isn't needed, just simply enjoyed.
2) When God reminds me that He is still in control, even in New York City.
3) Blogging. I love it. Even if no one reads it.
4) Reading the Word and praying with Luke. Even over the phone, I cherish every moment.
5) Skyping and laughing with my best friends after a long day. Truly, these girls are my soul mates.
6) Cleaning my room on Sunday. This harnesses my chi:)
7) "New York" adventures. The kinds where I live out my childhood dreams.
8) Checking things off of my long to-to list.
9) Hour and a half to two hour workouts. I hear the Hallelujah chorus singing now!
10) Luke's love. Seriously, it like none other. I'm the luckiest girl.

I've already experience a couple of these today and it's put me in such a great mood! Now, time to go work out and then the figure skating portion of the 2010 Winter Olympics starts tonight at 7 p.m.! I will hopefully being getting a little homework done while I watch, but that's wishful thinking I'm sure.

What's good for your soul? Please share! I'd love to know:)