Hello Everyone! I wanted to start a blog to write about what the Lord has been teaching me and to tell about what is going on in my life. This week I just finished my freshman year at IWU. This year was absolutely spectacular! I feel extremely blessed and I am looking forward for the next three years that await me at college.
My favorite thing about this year was the body of Believers that surrounded me. Everyday, I was encouraged by friends who desire to serve the Lord with their whole heart and seek out His presence. Their love and passion for the Lord helped me to continue to grow and strengthen my relationship with my Heavenly Father.
By having a relationship with Jesus, we see His glory. God "made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6). I saw this verse live and active in my friends lives.
~ John 11:9-10~
It is much easier to not fall into sin or darkness when those around you are helping you to seek out light.
Right now, I am working on learning what is means to be a disciple and follow Him. Matthew 16 says:
"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?"
My goal for this summer is to take my life one day at a time. Not look forward to the future or behind me at the past, but focus on the present. I want to focus living out each day to the fullest! Every morning I want to wake up and carry my cross for the Lord.
I want to learn how to lose my life to truly win and gain His Kingdom.
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