Holy cow ya’ll– In all of my classes yesterday, each time I wrote the date: 4-25-2017– I was thinking “Wait, wasn’t it just December 25th!? How is it almost the end of April?” I am sure many of you join me in wondering where on EARTH this year has gone. I feel as though it was just the end of Christmas break and I was heading back to school to start a new semester and now there are only two…
I have come to learn that time is a really weird thing. Especially when it comes to God’s timing and how he chooses to orchestrate events in my life. I am usually in shock at how He never ceases to let things happen except for exactly when they need to occur. Not a minute too early or a second too late. I love being able to look back at specific moments in my life and see how God is so…
I would be stating the obvious to say that every element of the scenery and landscape of Colorado is absolutely breathtaking. Today however, on our visit to the peak of the Rocky Mountains, it was not the grand summits that kept catching my eye, but the hundreds of little yellow flowers that were scattered all over the foothills of the mountains. Their bright color stuck out amongst the green and gray of the jagged mountain terrain and brought a soft…
I have a 0 hour that starts at 7:30 every morning. It is often hard to get myself up and around at such an early hour. But, one perk of having a 0 hour is seeing the sunrise every morning! The last 2 mornings have been absolutely breathtaking. Sunrises are such an encouragement to me as they remind me of God’s faithfulness and mercies that are new every morning. Thank you Lord for the beautiful sunrise! Psalm 19:1- “The heavens declare the…
Today as I was driving home from school, I was reviewing my day and I realized how fast it flew by. My first day back to school was a whirlwind of syllabuses and rules, opening packages of freshly sharpened pencils and using new spirals, and greeting friends I have not seen all summer. It was wonderful and overwhelming and somewhat surreal all at once. It occurred to me that today was the start of my last day of high school…
