Friday, August 20, 2010

Two weeks...

I'm supposed to be leaving in two weeks. I have so many emotions and feelings about it though. On one hand, I'm kind of freaking out a bit because I'm not sure where the rest of the money I need is going to come from. I've been praying like mad about it. In some ways I wonder if I should have found a fourth job this summer...but really. I don't know what else I could have done. Anyway. Those of you following this, please pray that if it is in God's will for me to attend Focus, that the money will show up. I really feel like it's where I'm supposed to be, but right now it is semi-discouraging.

I will lean on God.

I love these verses:

Faith and Endurance

2 Dear brothers and sisters,[a] when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. 3 For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
5 If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. 6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

9 Believers who are[b] poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. 10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.

12 God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong,[c] and he never tempts anyone else. 14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

16 So don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. 17 Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens.[d] He never changes or casts a shifting shadow.[e] 18 He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.[f]

Monday, August 2, 2010

Pure

I love this song. (Click the title of this post: Pure) This song is my prayer, as the next five weeks fly by. I have about $4,500 left to raise for the fall...which scares me but at the same time excites me because it will be cool to see God show up. :) I'm putting the finishing touches on two different fundraisers, so I'll have information on that linked to this blog pretty soon.

Pure

Your love is pure, Your love is precious
Your love is all I need
Your love surrounds me, Your love as- tounds me
Your love is everything

I run to You when my heart is weak
I cling to You, You're all I seek
It's my heart's desire to be close to You
Here in Your arms I'll find my strength

Everything I want, everything I hope in
Everything my heart cries out for
Everything I want, everything I hope in
Everything my heart cries out for