if you want me to...

I know this seems kind of soon for an update, normally I wait a month or so, but I thought I would avoid homework :]

So I was spending sometime with Jesus last night and was listening to my ipod and this song came on, and let's just say that I have listened to it at least 10 times since last night. It is actually on repeat on my computer right now, but if you haven't ever heard it, look it up! It'll be worth 3:35 that it takes to listen to it!

"If you want me to"
By: Ginny Owens

The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to

Chorus:
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise
You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will walk through the fire If You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone

ya oh oh no
So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering that Your love put You through
And I walk through the darkness If You want me to

cause When I cross over Jordan, I'm gonna sing, gonna shout
Gonna look into your eyes and see you never let me down
So take me on the pathway that leads me home to you
And I will walk through the valley if you want me to

Yes, I will walk through the valley if you want me to

listen to it...and be blessed like I was!

searching for new strength...

Isiah 40:29-31
He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;
but those who wait in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.


So this verse has been up on the wall in my room for a year now, and I didn't realize how much I needed it until I walked into my room today. Strength to the weary, power to the weak. Those both describe me..so I will wait on the Lord to find new strength.

I went back to the doctor today and am back in a hard cast for 3 weeks. Then back to a boot again and then hopefully walking. We are starting over from square one, because my foot was just getting worse and not really better. So the goal was thanksgiving/start of December, then it was January, and now, well basketball season is not very likely. That's what the doctor said anyways. I guess we will see though.

Now it's just a matter of figuring out where I fit on the team. Trying to see how I can still help the team out and be a leader on the team, without being able to have an active role. I just want to be whatever they need me to be.

So for now...I am searching for new strength

an update

g and i at the bake sale (we were working hard)



a few of my favs


whit and i at one of the engagement parties on campus, there were 4 in one month


There are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. I went home this last weekend and spent some much needed time away with the family. Its amazing how refreshing it can be just to spend time with the ones that you love. Uncle Allen and Aunt Ruthie came down from Oklahoma and spent sometime with us, which was awesome. And my cousins and their kids came down and we had some fun riding mom and dad's new scooter. I think that I had just as much fun as they did though. I'll put some pictures up on here when I get them :]

If you think about it, pray for my mom this week. She is helping start an after-school program for the kids at the church on Wednesday. She has started a puppet ministry at the church and it has been so awesome to watch it grow. She really loves doing it, and I am so proud of her for making that step. She is taking Wednesday afternoons off now, so pray that all of that will just fall into place and that this ministry that she has started will just continue to grow. Man, I'm so excited for her.

Basketball practice starts tomorrow, which is really exciting. First scrimmage a week from yesterday. I can't believe it's already that time again. I'm still in the boot and not walking yet, but hopefully that will come soon. I think our goal date keeps getting pushed back, but it will heal all in the Lord's timing, it's just a matter of me being patient and obedient to that.

Well that is all for now. Hope that you have a blessed week!!

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."
Proverbs 19:21

bingo and friends...

we went to goodwill to find outfits for bingo

lil ed and i

We had bingo a couple of weeks ago, so I decided to put up a few pictures. A few of us went to goodwill to find some outfits, hoping that maybe they would bring us good luck, unfortunately they didn't. None of us won, however got some good looks in the process.

A week and a half until basketball practice starts. Crazy! I am in the process of learning to walk. I walked with crutches for a couple of days last week, but it hurt too bad so now we are back in the boot. We are going to try again next week and hopefully be off crutches and walking in a normal shoe by the end of the week.

This week I had to write a paper for Faith and Life called, "My Four Year faith journey". How am I supposed to explain how the Lord has worked in my life in the last 4 years in 3 pages? I used the verse

Genesis 1:3-4 "And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and He seperated the light from darkness."

From darkness to light, that's the transformation that has happened. I came in freshman year knowing who the Lord was, but not having really any clue on how to make my life intersect with his love. Now I look at where I am, and realize I'm not where I should be, not where I could be, but thanking the Lord that I am better than I was. The Lord has moved mountains in my life, restorted me, and captured my heart by the only one worth giving it to.

And a lot of it...I owe to these girls. I have no idea where I would be without them...wow, I wonder why He has put people like them in my life, because I am so undeserving of their love and friendship, but then I realize it's because He wants me to see a glimpse of just how good He is.